Sunday Service - First Baptist Church Of Saratoga

April 14, 2024

After Easter - Living the Life of a Disciple

Prelude - The Lord Is My Salvation

Call to Worship

We acknowledge you, O God, as creator and as liberator. In this time of worship, help us to focus on you, O God,
as the priority of our lives. Remind us of your steadfast love revealed so clearly in the new commandment of love
which Jesus disclosed with his life and with his death. Speak to us anew as we offer this prayer and our worship
in Jesus' name and for his sake. Amen.

Hymn - O Love That Will Not Let Me Go

Invocation and Lord's Prayer

Lord, You call us to have no other gods before You. Lord, help us to love You with all our heart, all our soul, all our mind and all our strength, as we commit ourselves through the prayer Jesus taught us, saying: 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 debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.

Scripture Reading - Acts 5:27-33

27 The apostles were brought in and made to appear before the Sanhedrin to be questioned by the high priest. 28 “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us guilty of this man’s blood.”

29 Peter and the other apostles replied: “We must obey God rather than human beings! 30 The God of our ancestors raised Jesus from the dead—whom you killed by hanging him on a cross. 31 God exalted him to his own right hand as Prince and Savior that he might bring Israel to repentance and forgive their sins. 32 We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.”

33 When they heard this, they were furious and wanted to put them to death.

Joys and Concerns

O God, You call us to love the Lord your God with all of your heart, your mind and your soul. May we love You with such intensity, such that no substitute will suffice, that the very mention of God's name will be precious. We pray this in Jesus' name. Amen.