First Baptist Church Of Saratoga

November 30, 2025

Prelude - Born in Me

Call to Worship

Gracious God help us to meet you as you come to us.  Help us to prepare your way in our lives, and to announce your coming in love to others.  Take, O God, what we give and transform it, to your glory.  Take, O God, what we do and transform it to your acting.  Take, O God, what we say and transform it to your singing.  Lord, hear our prayer.  Amen.

Hymn - Lamb of Glory

Invocation and Lord's Prayer

Father God, giver and Lord of life, we pause in this hour to acknowledge our need for your presence and grace. In our worship today, visit us with presence, strength, power, and Spirit as we repeat the prayer your Son 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 - Galatians 4:1-7

1 What I am saying is that as long as an heir is underage, he is no different from a slave, although he owns the whole estate. 2 The heir is subject to guardians and trustees until the time set by his father. 3 So also, when we were underage, we were in slavery under the elemental spiritual forces of the world. 4 But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. 6 Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.” 7 So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.

Joys and Concerns

Lord, on this Sunday of preparation, this Sunday which celebrates your peace, help there to be peace in our lives and peace in our churches, and peace in our world.  Where we have sinned, move us to repentance, and help us confess to those we have grieved and seek their forgiveness; and where others have sinned against us help us to trust in your vindication and grant that those who have hurt us might see your light and be made new in Christ.  

Hymn - Love Has Come

Sermon -  I'm Adopted

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Hymn - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Benediction

Let us go now knowing we have been adopted as God’s sons and daughters. Amen.

Postlude - He Is Exalted