New Heart ❦ Morning & Evening
We are called to be faithful in the Scriptures, prayer, and worship of Almighty God. Since we have cancelled our worship service in light of the present situation, please make use of the Morning Prayer worship order below. The Scripture lessons are for the 5th Sunday of Easter, May 10th. To use this order click the player for each section of the liturgy and follow along as you worship the Lord. Since this is a remote worship service, the Lord's Supper is not included. Also, Evening Prayer is included on this page should you desire to close your day in that way. Let us pray that Almighty God would answer our prayers and we can return to our normal worship services soon!
Sincerely in Christ,
Pastor Brian
Sincerely in Christ,
Pastor Brian
5th Sunday of Easter ♰ 2020
⁜ The Acclamation
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen!
This is the day the Lord has made;
We will rejoice and be glad in it!
Christ is risen from the dead;
He is risen indeed!
O Lord, open now our lips
And our mouths shall declare Your praise.
Amen!
This is the day the Lord has made;
We will rejoice and be glad in it!
Christ is risen from the dead;
He is risen indeed!
O Lord, open now our lips
And our mouths shall declare Your praise.
Now shall be sung this hymn: O Worship the King
⁜ The Collect for Purity
Let us pray:
Almighty God, to Whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from Whom no secrets are hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of Your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love You, and worthily magnify Your holy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Almighty God, to Whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from Whom no secrets are hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of Your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love You, and worthily magnify Your holy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
⁜ The Law of God
Hear what our Lord Jesus Christ says to us His people:
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is first and great commandment. And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two depend all the Law and the Prophets.
Lord have mercy on us and write these laws in our hearts, we pray.
⁜ The Confession of Sin & Declaration of Pardon
Beloved people of God, we have not perfectly kept these commandments, but have sinned in thought, word, and deed. Let us now confess our sins and seek forgiveness.
Gracious Heavenly Father, we confess that we have sinned against You in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved You with our whole hearts, and we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We are truly sorry for our sins, and we humbly repent. For the sake of Your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us, that we may delight in Your will, and walk in Your ways, to the glory of Your Name. Amen.
Pray silently confessing particular sins, then the Minister shall say
Now lift up your heads and hear the good news: “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” Beloved, as Christ’s minister and by the authority of His Word, I declare: Your sins are forgiven you!
Amen!
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is first and great commandment. And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two depend all the Law and the Prophets.
Lord have mercy on us and write these laws in our hearts, we pray.
⁜ The Confession of Sin & Declaration of Pardon
Beloved people of God, we have not perfectly kept these commandments, but have sinned in thought, word, and deed. Let us now confess our sins and seek forgiveness.
Gracious Heavenly Father, we confess that we have sinned against You in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved You with our whole hearts, and we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We are truly sorry for our sins, and we humbly repent. For the sake of Your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us, that we may delight in Your will, and walk in Your ways, to the glory of Your Name. Amen.
Pray silently confessing particular sins, then the Minister shall say
Now lift up your heads and hear the good news: “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” Beloved, as Christ’s minister and by the authority of His Word, I declare: Your sins are forgiven you!
Amen!
⁜ The Collect of the Day
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Let us bow in prayer
Almighty God, Whom truly to know is everlasting life: Grant us so perfectly to know Your Son Jesus Christ to be the way, the truth, and the life, that we may steadfastly follow His steps in the way that leads to eternal life; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, Who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
And also with you.
Let us bow in prayer
Almighty God, Whom truly to know is everlasting life: Grant us so perfectly to know Your Son Jesus Christ to be the way, the truth, and the life, that we may steadfastly follow His steps in the way that leads to eternal life; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, Who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
⁜ The Scripture Lessons
First Lesson: Acts 7
Then the high priest said, “Are these things so?”
2 And he said, “Brethren and fathers, listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran, 3 and said to him, ‘Get out of your country and from your relatives, and come to a land that I will show you.’ 4 Then he came out of the land of the Chaldeans and dwelt in Haran. And from there, when his father was dead, He moved him to this land in which you now dwell. 5 And God gave him no inheritance in it, not even enough to set his foot on. But even when Abraham had no child, He promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his descendants after him. 6 But God spoke in this way: that his descendants would dwell in a foreign land, and that they would bring them into bondage and oppress them four hundred years. 7 ‘And the nation to whom they will be in bondage I will judge,’ said God, ‘and after that they shall come out and serve Me in this place.’ 8 Then He gave him the covenant of circumcision; and so Abraham begot Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot the twelve patriarchs.
9 “And the patriarchs, becoming envious, sold Joseph into Egypt. But God was with him 10 and delivered him out of all his troubles, and gave him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house. 11 Now a famine and great trouble came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers found no sustenance. 12 But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first. 13 And the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family became known to the Pharaoh. 14 Then Joseph sent and called his father Jacob and all his relatives to him, seventy-five people. 15 So Jacob went down to Egypt; and he died, he and our fathers. 16 And they were carried back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem.
17 “But when the time of the promise drew near which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt 18 till another king arose who did not know Joseph. 19 This man dealt treacherously with our people, and oppressed our forefathers, making them expose their babies, so that they might not live. 20 At this time Moses was born, and was well pleasing to God; and he was brought up in his father’s house for three months. 21 But when he was set out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him away and brought him up as her own son. 22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and deeds.
23 “Now when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel. 24 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended and avenged him who was oppressed, and struck down the Egyptian. 25 For he supposed that his brethren would have understood that God would deliver them by his hand, but they did not understand. 26 And the next day he appeared to two of them as they were fighting, and tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brethren; why do you wrong one another?’ 27 But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? 28 Do you want to kill me as you did the Egyptian yesterday?’ 29 Then, at this saying, Moses fled and became a dweller in the land of Midian, where he had two sons.
30 “And when forty years had passed, an Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire in a bush, in the wilderness of Mount Sinai. 31 When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight; and as he drew near to observe, the voice of the Lord came to him, 32 saying, ‘I am the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ And Moses trembled and dared not look. 33 ‘Then the Lord said to him, “Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground. 34 I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt; I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send you to Egypt.” ’
35 “This Moses whom they rejected, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’ is the one God sent to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the Angel who appeared to him in the bush. 36 He brought them out, after he had shown wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
37 “This is that Moses who said to the children of Israel, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear.’
38 “This is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the Angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, the one who received the living oracles to give to us, 39 whom our fathers would not obey, but rejected. And in their hearts they turned back to Egypt, 40 saying to Aaron, ‘Make us gods to go before us; as for this Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’ 41 And they made a calf in those days, offered sacrifices to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands. 42 Then God turned and gave them up to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the Prophets:
‘Did you offer Me slaughtered animals and sacrifices during forty years in the wilderness,
O house of Israel?
43 You also took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan,
Images which you made to worship;
And I will carry you away beyond Babylon.’
44 “Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as He appointed, instructing Moses to make it according to the pattern that he had seen, 45 which our fathers, having received it in turn, also brought with Joshua into the land possessed by the Gentiles, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers until the days of David, 46 who found favor before God and asked to find a dwelling for the God of Jacob. 47 But Solomon built Him a house.
48 “However, the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says:
49 ‘Heaven is My throne, And earth is My footstool.
What house will you build for Me? says the Lord,
Or what is the place of My rest?
50 Has My hand not made all these things?’
51 “You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you. 52 Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers, 53 who have received the law by the direction of angels and have not kept it.”
54 When they heard these things they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth. 55 But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, 56 and said, “Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”
57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and ran at him with one accord; 58 and they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59 And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” 60 Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not charge them with this sin.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
2 And he said, “Brethren and fathers, listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran, 3 and said to him, ‘Get out of your country and from your relatives, and come to a land that I will show you.’ 4 Then he came out of the land of the Chaldeans and dwelt in Haran. And from there, when his father was dead, He moved him to this land in which you now dwell. 5 And God gave him no inheritance in it, not even enough to set his foot on. But even when Abraham had no child, He promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his descendants after him. 6 But God spoke in this way: that his descendants would dwell in a foreign land, and that they would bring them into bondage and oppress them four hundred years. 7 ‘And the nation to whom they will be in bondage I will judge,’ said God, ‘and after that they shall come out and serve Me in this place.’ 8 Then He gave him the covenant of circumcision; and so Abraham begot Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot the twelve patriarchs.
9 “And the patriarchs, becoming envious, sold Joseph into Egypt. But God was with him 10 and delivered him out of all his troubles, and gave him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house. 11 Now a famine and great trouble came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers found no sustenance. 12 But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first. 13 And the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family became known to the Pharaoh. 14 Then Joseph sent and called his father Jacob and all his relatives to him, seventy-five people. 15 So Jacob went down to Egypt; and he died, he and our fathers. 16 And they were carried back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem.
17 “But when the time of the promise drew near which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt 18 till another king arose who did not know Joseph. 19 This man dealt treacherously with our people, and oppressed our forefathers, making them expose their babies, so that they might not live. 20 At this time Moses was born, and was well pleasing to God; and he was brought up in his father’s house for three months. 21 But when he was set out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him away and brought him up as her own son. 22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and deeds.
23 “Now when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel. 24 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended and avenged him who was oppressed, and struck down the Egyptian. 25 For he supposed that his brethren would have understood that God would deliver them by his hand, but they did not understand. 26 And the next day he appeared to two of them as they were fighting, and tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brethren; why do you wrong one another?’ 27 But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? 28 Do you want to kill me as you did the Egyptian yesterday?’ 29 Then, at this saying, Moses fled and became a dweller in the land of Midian, where he had two sons.
30 “And when forty years had passed, an Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire in a bush, in the wilderness of Mount Sinai. 31 When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight; and as he drew near to observe, the voice of the Lord came to him, 32 saying, ‘I am the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ And Moses trembled and dared not look. 33 ‘Then the Lord said to him, “Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground. 34 I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt; I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send you to Egypt.” ’
35 “This Moses whom they rejected, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’ is the one God sent to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the Angel who appeared to him in the bush. 36 He brought them out, after he had shown wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
37 “This is that Moses who said to the children of Israel, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear.’
38 “This is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the Angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, the one who received the living oracles to give to us, 39 whom our fathers would not obey, but rejected. And in their hearts they turned back to Egypt, 40 saying to Aaron, ‘Make us gods to go before us; as for this Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’ 41 And they made a calf in those days, offered sacrifices to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands. 42 Then God turned and gave them up to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the Prophets:
‘Did you offer Me slaughtered animals and sacrifices during forty years in the wilderness,
O house of Israel?
43 You also took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan,
Images which you made to worship;
And I will carry you away beyond Babylon.’
44 “Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as He appointed, instructing Moses to make it according to the pattern that he had seen, 45 which our fathers, having received it in turn, also brought with Joshua into the land possessed by the Gentiles, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers until the days of David, 46 who found favor before God and asked to find a dwelling for the God of Jacob. 47 But Solomon built Him a house.
48 “However, the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says:
49 ‘Heaven is My throne, And earth is My footstool.
What house will you build for Me? says the Lord,
Or what is the place of My rest?
50 Has My hand not made all these things?’
51 “You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you. 52 Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers, 53 who have received the law by the direction of angels and have not kept it.”
54 When they heard these things they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth. 55 But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, 56 and said, “Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”
57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and ran at him with one accord; 58 and they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59 And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” 60 Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not charge them with this sin.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
The Word of the Lord!
Thanks be to God!
Thanks be to God!
Now shall be sung this hymn: Blessed Jesus at Thy Word
Second Lesson: 1 Peter 2:2-10
As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, 3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious. 4 Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, 5 you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture,
“Behold, I lay in Zion
A chief cornerstone, elect, precious,
And he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame.”
7 Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient,
“The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone,”
8 and
“A stone of stumbling
And a rock of offense.”
They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed. 9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 10 who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.
“Behold, I lay in Zion
A chief cornerstone, elect, precious,
And he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame.”
7 Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient,
“The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone,”
8 and
“A stone of stumbling
And a rock of offense.”
They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed. 9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 10 who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.
The Word of the Lord!
Thanks be to God!
Thanks be to God!
Now shall be sung this hymn: Lo, the Deserts Shall Rejoice
Third Lesson: John 14:1-14
“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. 4 And where I go you know, and the way you know.”
5 Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?”
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. 7 “If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him.”
8 Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us.”
9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works. 11 Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves. 12 Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. 13 And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask anything in My name, I will do it."
5 Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?”
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. 7 “If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him.”
8 Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us.”
9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works. 11 Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves. 12 Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. 13 And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask anything in My name, I will do it."
The Gospel of our Lord!
Glory be to Jesus Christ!
Glory be to Jesus Christ!
Now shall be sung this hymn: It Is Good to Thank the Lord
⁜ Sermon: The Martyrdom of Stephen ♰ Acts 7
Now shall be sung this hymn: A Mighty fortress Is Our God
⁜ Heidelberg Catechism Lord’s Day #20
Q. What do you believe concerning the Holy Spirit?
A. First, He is, together with the Father and the Son, true and eternal God. Second, He is also given to me, to make me by true faith
share in Christ and all His benefits, to comfort me, and to remain with me forever.
A. First, He is, together with the Father and the Son, true and eternal God. Second, He is also given to me, to make me by true faith
share in Christ and all His benefits, to comfort me, and to remain with me forever.
⁜ The Apostle’s Creed
Christians what do you believe?
I believe in God the Father, Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, His only-begotten Son, our Lord; Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary; suffered under Pontius Pilate; was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell; the third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit. I believe a holy catholic church, the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen!
I believe in God the Father, Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, His only-begotten Son, our Lord; Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary; suffered under Pontius Pilate; was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell; the third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit. I believe a holy catholic church, the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen!
⁜ The Prayers of God’s People
Let us now bow our hearts in prayer.
Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, be gracious to us and hear us.
Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and help us.
Holy Spirit, pour out Your blessings upon us.
From all sin, from all error, from all evil; from all the deceptions and assaults of the devil; from deadly disease and famine; from war and bloodshed; from calamity of storms and natural disasters; and from everlasting death;
Deliver us, O Lord.
By the mystery of Your incarnation; by Your miraculous birth; by Your baptism, fasting, and temptation; by Your agony and suffering; by Your cross and passion; by Your sacrificial death and Your burial; by Your glorious resurrection and ascension; and by the coming of the Comforter, the blessed Holy Spirit;
Help us, O Lord.
Raise those who fall and strengthen those who stand; comfort and help the weak and the distressed; in all our troubles; in all our prosperity; throughout all our life; and even to the hour of death;
Help us, O Lord.
Rule and govern Your Holy Church; preserve all pastors and ministers in true knowledge and the understanding of Your Holy Word; put an end to all divisions and causes of offense; bring into the way of truth all who have gone astray and are deceived; send faithful workers into Your harvest; and crush Satan under our feet;
Hear our prayer, O Lord.
Give to all peoples unity and peace; preserve our land from discord and strife; protect Your people in every time of need; guide and direct all who are in authority over us; grant protection to all who travel; bless every Christian mother with children; strengthen every godly father; protect Your covenant children from error and wickedness; defend and provide for orphans and widows; bless those who are suffering with sickness and disease; bless this church, and the whole Church of Jesus Christ;
Hear our prayer, O Lord.
Silent prayer is offered for special needs
And now let us pray as Jesus taught us:
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, and the power, and the glory forever and ever. Amen.
Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, be gracious to us and hear us.
Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and help us.
Holy Spirit, pour out Your blessings upon us.
From all sin, from all error, from all evil; from all the deceptions and assaults of the devil; from deadly disease and famine; from war and bloodshed; from calamity of storms and natural disasters; and from everlasting death;
Deliver us, O Lord.
By the mystery of Your incarnation; by Your miraculous birth; by Your baptism, fasting, and temptation; by Your agony and suffering; by Your cross and passion; by Your sacrificial death and Your burial; by Your glorious resurrection and ascension; and by the coming of the Comforter, the blessed Holy Spirit;
Help us, O Lord.
Raise those who fall and strengthen those who stand; comfort and help the weak and the distressed; in all our troubles; in all our prosperity; throughout all our life; and even to the hour of death;
Help us, O Lord.
Rule and govern Your Holy Church; preserve all pastors and ministers in true knowledge and the understanding of Your Holy Word; put an end to all divisions and causes of offense; bring into the way of truth all who have gone astray and are deceived; send faithful workers into Your harvest; and crush Satan under our feet;
Hear our prayer, O Lord.
Give to all peoples unity and peace; preserve our land from discord and strife; protect Your people in every time of need; guide and direct all who are in authority over us; grant protection to all who travel; bless every Christian mother with children; strengthen every godly father; protect Your covenant children from error and wickedness; defend and provide for orphans and widows; bless those who are suffering with sickness and disease; bless this church, and the whole Church of Jesus Christ;
Hear our prayer, O Lord.
Silent prayer is offered for special needs
And now let us pray as Jesus taught us:
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, and the power, and the glory forever and ever. Amen.
⁜ The Benediction
And now receive this benediction:
Now may the God of peace Who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you complete in every in good work to do His will, working in you what is well-pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to Whom be glory forever and ever. Amen!
Now may the God of peace Who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you complete in every in good work to do His will, working in you what is well-pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to Whom be glory forever and ever. Amen!
⁜ Closing Hymn
⁜ The Charge & Dismissal
Finally brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might; put on the whole armor of God; fight the good fight of faith....we are dismissed to serve the Lord with gladness! Amen!
Minister: In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
All: Amen!
Minister: O Lord, open my lips;
All: And my mouth will declare Your praise.
Minister: Show us Your mercy, Lord,
All: And grant us Your salvation.
Psalm 16
1 Preserve me, O God, for in You I put my trust.
2 O my soul, you have said to the LORD,
“You are my Lord,
My goodness is nothing apart from You.”
3 As for the saints who are on the earth,
“They are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.”
4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied who hasten after another god;
Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer,
Nor take up their names on my lips.
5 O LORD, You are the portion of my inheritance and my cup;
You maintain my lot.
6 The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places;
Yes, I have a good inheritance.
7 I will bless the LORD who has given me counsel;
My heart also instructs me in the night seasons.
8 I have set the LORD always before me;
Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.
9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices;
My flesh also will rest in hope.
10 For You will not leave my soul in Sheol,
Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption.
11 You will show me the path of life;
In Your presence is fullness of joy;
At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
Now shall be sung the Gloria Patri.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit;
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be,
World without end. Amen.
All: Amen!
Minister: O Lord, open my lips;
All: And my mouth will declare Your praise.
Minister: Show us Your mercy, Lord,
All: And grant us Your salvation.
Psalm 16
1 Preserve me, O God, for in You I put my trust.
2 O my soul, you have said to the LORD,
“You are my Lord,
My goodness is nothing apart from You.”
3 As for the saints who are on the earth,
“They are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.”
4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied who hasten after another god;
Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer,
Nor take up their names on my lips.
5 O LORD, You are the portion of my inheritance and my cup;
You maintain my lot.
6 The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places;
Yes, I have a good inheritance.
7 I will bless the LORD who has given me counsel;
My heart also instructs me in the night seasons.
8 I have set the LORD always before me;
Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.
9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices;
My flesh also will rest in hope.
10 For You will not leave my soul in Sheol,
Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption.
11 You will show me the path of life;
In Your presence is fullness of joy;
At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
Now shall be sung the Gloria Patri.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit;
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be,
World without end. Amen.
First Lesson: Romans 12:1-21
Minister: The Word of the Lord!
All: Thanks be to God!
Now shall be sung the Magnificat
All: Thanks be to God!
Now shall be sung the Magnificat
My soul does magnify the Lord, for He Most High has shown to me His favor.
I praise Him with my voice; my spirit does rejoice in Him, my God and Savior.
For He did contemplate His handmaid's low estate.
Behold, all generations will call me ever blest,
For at the Lord's behest, great is my exaltation.
How holy is His name! Let every one proclaim this name with veneration.
His mercy is on them that fear and honor Him,
Through every generation.
I praise Him with my voice; my spirit does rejoice in Him, my God and Savior.
For He did contemplate His handmaid's low estate.
Behold, all generations will call me ever blest,
For at the Lord's behest, great is my exaltation.
How holy is His name! Let every one proclaim this name with veneration.
His mercy is on them that fear and honor Him,
Through every generation.
Second Lesson: John 8:46-59
Minister: The Gospel of our Lord!
All: Glory be to Jesus Christ!
Now shall follow a season of prayer for particular people, needs, and concerns.
Next shall follow the Lord's Prayer.
Minister: Lord have mercy upon us.
All: Christ have mercy upon us and hear our 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 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.
Now shall be sung this closing hymn.
All: Christ have mercy upon us and hear our 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 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.
Now shall be sung this closing hymn.
Lord, let our evening prayer ascend, Thy servants by Thy grace defend,
Save, guard, and keep us to the end; have mercy, Lord.
When in the night our eyelids close, Lord may our souls in Thee repose,
Safe from the danger of our foes; grant this, O Lord.
Thy angels, peace with us abide, nor ever leave Thy servants' side,
Our souls to guard, our steps to guide; have mercy, Lord.
Lord, let the sins--our soul's distress, which we in penitence confess--
Be pardoned in Thy faithfulness; grant this, O Lord.
Now shall follow the Benediction
Save, guard, and keep us to the end; have mercy, Lord.
When in the night our eyelids close, Lord may our souls in Thee repose,
Safe from the danger of our foes; grant this, O Lord.
Thy angels, peace with us abide, nor ever leave Thy servants' side,
Our souls to guard, our steps to guide; have mercy, Lord.
Lord, let the sins--our soul's distress, which we in penitence confess--
Be pardoned in Thy faithfulness; grant this, O Lord.
Now shall follow the Benediction