Epiphany Season | Friday 25 February 2022
+ In the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Opening:
O God, the strength of all who put their trust in you:
Mercifully accept our prayers, and because,
through the weakness of our mortal nature,
we can do no good thing without you,
grant us the help of your grace,
that in keeping your commandments
we may please you both in will and deed;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
In Caesarea there lived a Roman army officer named Cornelius,
who was a captain of the Italian Regiment.
He was a devout, God-fearing man,
as was everyone in his household.
He gave generously to the poor
and prayed regularly to God.
(Acts 10:1-2)
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Psalms: Psalm 99 – Holy / Psalm 99 (feat. Leeanne Albrecht) · Mark Baldwin
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OT Reading: Deuteronomy 9:6-14 (NLT)
9:6 You must recognize that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land because you are good, for you are not—you are a stubborn people.
Remembering the Gold Calf
9:7 “Remember and never forget how angry you made the Lord your God out in the wilderness. From the day you left Egypt until now, you have been constantly rebelling against him. Even at Mount Sinai you made the Lord so angry he was ready to destroy you. This happened when I was on the mountain receiving the tablets of stone inscribed with the words of the covenant that the Lord had made with you. I was there for forty days and forty nights, and all that time I ate no food and drank no water. The Lord gave me the two tablets on which God had written with his own finger all the words he had spoken to you from the heart of the fire when you were assembled at the mountain.
“At the end of the forty days and nights, the Lord handed me the two stone tablets inscribed with the words of the covenant. Then the Lord said to me, ‘Get up! Go down immediately, for the people you brought out of Egypt have corrupted themselves. How quickly they have turned away from the way I commanded them to live! They have melted gold and made an idol for themselves!’
“The Lord also said to me, ‘I have seen how stubborn and rebellious these people are. Leave me alone so I may destroy them and erase their name from under heaven. Then I will make a mighty nation of your descendants, a nation larger and more powerful than they are.’
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Make it Right (feat. Dante Bowe, Todd Dulaney, & Jekalyn Carr) | Maverick City Music | TRIBL
TRIBL
Verse 1
I remember when sin was sin
I remember when wrong was wrong
I remember when we all fell short
But got back up much quicker than the fall
Chorus
I’m praying that You open our eyes
Praying that You open our eyes again
Father please open our eyes
Father please open our eyes again
Verse 2
I remember when the left was left
I remember when we had respect
I remember when my mama said no
it’s exactly what she meant
And then she’d follow up and say
Because I told you so
Chorus
I’m pray that you open our eyes
Praying that You open our eyes again
Father please open our eyes
Father please open our eyes again
Bridge
You can take what’s wrong
You can make it right
With some holy conviction
A little loving and correction
You can take these burdens
Give us one that’s light
Here I am Jesus
Here I am Jesus
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NT Reading: Acts 10:1-8 (NLT)
Cornelius Calls for Peter
10:1 In Caesarea there lived a Roman army officer named Cornelius, who was a captain of the Italian Regiment. He was a devout, God-fearing man, as was everyone in his household. He gave generously to the poor and prayed regularly to God. 
One afternoon about three o’clock, he had a vision in which he saw an angel of God coming toward him. “Cornelius!” the angel said.
Cornelius stared at him in terror. “What is it, sir?” he asked the angel.
And the angel replied, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have been received by God as an offering! Now send some men to Joppa, and summon a man named Simon Peter. He is staying with Simon, a tanner who lives near the seashore.”
As soon as the angel was gone, Cornelius called two of his household servants and a devout soldier, one of his personal attendants. He told them what had happened and sent them off to Joppa.
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Break Me For The Nations – Faith Schneider | Christ For The Nations Worship
VERSE
Break me for the nations
Let my heart become Your heart for all the world
Send me to the harvest
As an ambassador to speak Your holy name
CHORUS
Send me, use me,
As a vessel yielded in the Master’s hand
And please touch me with Your anointing
For a world that’s broken and in need
BRIDGE
Take me to all the world
‘Till every nation knows Your love, knows Your love
Your name be lifted high
Your praises fill the earth and sky, earth and sky
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For the Mission of the Church
+ O God, our heavenly Father, you manifested your love by sending your only-begotten Son into the world, that all might live through him: Pour out your Spirit on your Church, that we may fulfill his 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.
For All Missionaries
+ O God, you desire that all people be saved and come to knowledge of the truth: Prosper all those who live, preach, and teach the Gospel at home and in distant lands; protect them in all perils, support them in their loneliness, sustain them in the hour of trial; give them your abundant grace to bear faithful witness; and endue them with burning zeal and love, that they may turn many to righteousness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
For a Spirit of Evangelism
+ Almighty God our Savior, you have taught us through your Son that there is great joy in heaven over every sinner who repents: Grant that our hearts may ache for a lost and broken world. May your Holy Spirit work through our words, deeds, and prayers, that the lost may be found and the dead made alive, and that all your redeemed may rejoice around your throne; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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Closing: faithandworship.com / John Birch
Be the Life I live
Be the Love I give
+ In the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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