Willow Creek Worship Service (4-26-2026)
Today's Sermon
Preached by our senior Pastor, Greg Doty
Passage: Hosea 3
Passage: Hosea 3
Outline:
- Our sin
- Adulteress
- Friend
- Owns
- Raisins
- Our savior
- Go
- Buy
- Goodness
Questions:
- Discuss how chapter 3 describes our sin. Did any of the descriptions help you see your sin in a new light? If so, how?
- Discuss the comparison between raisins and God β how does that image help us when we are confronted with temptation?
- Discuss how God demonstrates his love towards us by going and buying us back.
Call to Worship
Psalm 34:8β10 (ESV)
8 Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him! 9 Oh, fear the LORD, you his saints, for those who fear him have no lack! 10 The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
8 Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him! 9 Oh, fear the LORD, you his saints, for those who fear him have no lack! 10 The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
Corporate Singing
- You've Already Won
- Sing
- Gladly Would I Leave Behind Me
- The Church's One Foundation
- O Love That Will Not Let Me Go
Corporate Confession of Sin
Dear Heavenly Father,
I confess that I have chased after many things to satisfy the longings of my heart: money, status, lust, comfort, food, and health. And I confess that everything my heart worships apart from You only further enslaves me. Please forgive me. Thank You for redeeming me with the blood of Jesus Christ, that I might be not only forgiven but also freed from sinβs dominion in my life. Empower me to return to You and abide in faithful love, joyfully seeking You and tasting and seeing that You alone are good. Amen.
I confess that I have chased after many things to satisfy the longings of my heart: money, status, lust, comfort, food, and health. And I confess that everything my heart worships apart from You only further enslaves me. Please forgive me. Thank You for redeeming me with the blood of Jesus Christ, that I might be not only forgiven but also freed from sinβs dominion in my life. Empower me to return to You and abide in faithful love, joyfully seeking You and tasting and seeing that You alone are good. Amen.
Corporate Assurance of Pardon
Colossians 1:13β14 (ESV)
13 He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
13 He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
