After Pentecost | Tuesday 25 Aug 2026
+ In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen
Opening prayer:
Let your continual mercy, O Lord,
cleanse and defend your Church; and,
because it cannot continue in safety without your help,
protect and govern it always by your goodness;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
“Oh, how great are God’s riches
and wisdom and knowledge!”
(Romans 11:33)
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Psalms: Psalm 18 – Psalm 18 (He Delights in Me) | The Psalms Project
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OT Reading: Deuteronomy 32:18-20 (NLT)
32:18 You neglected the Rock who had fathered you;
you forgot the God who had given you birth.
32:19 “The Lord saw this and drew back,
provoked to anger by his own sons and daughters.
+ He said, ‘I will abandon them;
then see what becomes of them.
For they are a twisted generation,
children without integrity.
32:28 “But Israel is a senseless nation;
the people are foolish, without understanding.
+ Oh, that they were wise and could understand this!
Oh, that they might know their fate!
+ How could one person chase a thousand of them,
and two people put ten thousand to flight,
unless their Rock had sold them,
unless the Lord had given them up?
+ But the rock of our enemies is not like our Rock,
as even they recognize.
+ Their vine grows from the vine of Sodom,
from the vineyards of Gomorrah.
Their grapes are poison,
and their clusters are bitter.
+ Their wine is the venom of serpents,
the deadly poison of cobras.
32:34 “The Lord says, ‘Am I not storing up these things,
sealing them away in my treasury?
+ I will take revenge; I will pay them back.
In due time their feet will slip.
Their day of disaster will arrive,
and their destiny will overtake them.’
32:36 “Indeed, the Lord will give justice to his people,
and he will change his mind about his servants,
when he sees their strength is gone
and no one is left, slave or free.
+ Then he will ask, ‘Where are their gods,
the rocks they fled to for refuge?
+ Where now are those gods,
who ate the fat of their sacrifices
and drank the wine of their offerings?
Let those gods arise and help you!
Let them provide you with shelter!
+ Look now; I myself am he!
There is no other god but me!
I am the one who kills and gives life;
I am the one who wounds and heals;
no one can be rescued from my powerful hand!
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Blessed Be Your Name – Matt Redman | Hadleigh Baptist Church
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NT Reading: Romans 11:33-36 (NLT)
11:33 Oh, how great are God’s riches and wisdom and knowledge! How impossible it is for us to understand his decisions and his ways!
11:34 For who can know the Lord’s thoughts?
Who knows enough to give him advice?
+ And who has given him so much
that he needs to pay it back?
11:36 For everything comes from him and exists by his power and is intended for his glory. All glory to him forever! Amen.
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Christ Our Wisdom | Sovereign Grace Music
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Almighty God, your truth endures from age to age: Direct in our time, we pray, those who speak where many listen and write what many read; that they may speak your truth to make the heart of this people wise, its mind discerning, and its will righteous; to the honor of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Blessed Lord, who caused all Holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience and the comfort of your Holy Word we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which you have given us in our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
O God, our heavenly Father: Pour out your Spirit on your Church, that we may fulfill Christ’s command to preach the Gospel to all people. Send forth laborers into your harvest; defend them in all dangers and temptations; and hasten the time when the fullness of the Gentiles shall be gathered in, and faithful Israel shall be saved; through your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Closing: FaithandWorship.com | John Birch
The Lord bless us, and preserve us from all evil,
and keep us in eternal life.
+ In the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
He will judge everyone according to what they have done. He will give eternal life to those who keep on doing good, seeking after the glory and honor and immortality that God offers. But he will pour out his anger and wrath on those who live for themselves, who refuse to obey the truth and instead live lives of wickedness. There will be trouble and calamity for everyone who keeps on doing what is evil—for the Jew first and also for the Gentile. But there will be glory and honor and peace from God for all who do good—for the Jew first and also for the Gentile. For God does not show favoritism.
+ Then he asked them, “But who do you say I am?”
“Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
10:15 Nor do we boast and claim credit for the work someone else has done. Instead, we hope that your faith will grow so that the boundaries of our work among you will be extended. Then we will be able to go and preach the Good News in other places far beyond you, where no one else is working. Then there will be no question of our boasting about work done in someone else’s territory. As the Scriptures say, “If you want to boast, boast only about the Lord.”
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