SUNDAY, MARCH 24 2024 | SIXTH SUNDAY OF LENT

THE CALL TO WORSHIP

SONGS OF WORSHIP

THE CALL TO CONFESSION

The Bible Says

Psalm 51

1 Have mercy on me, O God,
    according to your unfailing love;
according to your great compassion
    blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash away all my iniquity
    and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I know my transgressions,
    and my sin is always before me.
4 Against you, you only, have I sinned
    and done what is evil in your sight;
so you are right in your verdict
    and justified when you judge.

CORPORATE CONFESSION

Leader: O God, you know us better than we know ourselves.

All: We are quick to speak of faith, but slow to live it fully. We shout "hosanna" as Jesus approaches, as did the people of Jerusalem many years ago; but we do not want him to come too close -- not close enough to really see our frailty and failures. In your mercy expose our fears. And forgive us of our lack of faith.

Leader: O God, you know us well.

All: We are quick to want the blessings of faithfulness; but, like the Twelve who spent the last week with him, we are slow to accept the pain and suffering of authentic Christ-like living, and fail to love you fully or our neighbors as ourselves. Soften our hearts and align them with yours, that we may live in your love, and share your joy, to the glory of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. AMEN.

ASSURANCE

Colossians 1:13-14

13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

PASSING OF THE PEACE

SONG OF WORSHIP

THE SERMON

Whose Report Will You Believe?!

Rev Dr. Toby Gillespie Mobley

Luke 19:28-40

New International Reader's Version

Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King

28 After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead. He was going up to Jerusalem. 29 He approached Bethphage and Bethany. The hill there was called the Mount of Olives. Jesus sent out two of his disciples. He said to them, 30 “Go to the village ahead of you. As soon as you get there, you will find a donkey’s colt tied up. No one has ever ridden it. Untie it and bring it here. 31 Someone may ask you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ If so, say, ‘The Lord needs it.’ ”

32 Those who were sent ahead went and found the young donkey. It was there just as Jesus had told them. 33 They were untying the colt when its owners came. The owners asked them, “Why are you untying the colt?”

34 They replied, “The Lord needs it.”

35 Then the disciples brought the colt to Jesus. They threw their coats on the young donkey and put Jesus on it. 36 As he went along, people spread their coats on the road.

37 Jesus came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives. There the whole crowd of disciples began to praise God with joy. In loud voices they praised him for all the miracles they had seen. They shouted,

38 “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!” (Psalm 118:26)

“May there be peace and glory in the highest heaven!”

39 Some of the Pharisees in the crowd spoke to Jesus. “Teacher,” they said, “tell your disciples to stop!”

40 “I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.”

THE APOSTLES CREED

AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
Apostles Creed

We Believe in God the Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
We believe in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord:
who was conceived by the Holy Spirt,
born of the virgin Mary, He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried; He descended into the dead;
the third day He rose again from the dead;
he ascended into heaven, and is seated on the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
from there he shall come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit; the holy Christian church;
the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins;
the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting.
Amen.

THE LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name;
thy kingdom come;
thy will be done;
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation;
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
the power and the glory,
for ever and ever.
Amen.

BENEDICTION