After Pentecost | Thursday 06 Jul 2023: Psalm 145:8-14; Zechariah 1:1-6; Romans 7:1-6 ~ Live in the Spirit.

After Pentecost | Thursday 06 Jul 2023

+ In the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Opening:

O God, your never-failing providence
sets in order all things both in heaven and on earth:
Put away from us all hurtful things,
and give us those things that are profitable for us;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

“Now we can serve God,
not in the old way of obeying
the letter of the law,
but in the new way of living
in the Spirit.”
(Romans 7:6b)

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From Psalms: Psalm 145 | Dustin Kensrue | Trinity Fellowship

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OT Reading: Zechariah 1:1-6 (NLT)

A Call to Return to the Lord

1:1 In November of the second year of King Darius’s reign, the Lord gave this message to the prophet Zechariah son of Berekiah and grandson of Iddo:

“I, the Lord, was very angry with your ancestors. Therefore, say to the people, ‘This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.’ Don’t be like your ancestors who would not listen or pay attention when the earlier prophets said to them, ‘This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Turn from your evil ways, and stop all your evil practices.’

“Where are your ancestors now? They and the prophets are long dead. But everything I said through my servants the prophets happened to your ancestors, just as I said. As a result, they repented and said, ‘We have received what we deserved from the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. He has done what he said he would do.’”

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Turn To Me (O Turn, and be Saved) | John Foley | Sunday 7pm Choir

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NT Reading: Romans 7:1-6 (NLT)

No Longer Bound to the Law

7:1 Now, dear brothers and sisters—you who are familiar with the law—don’t you know that the law applies only while a person is living? For example, when a woman marries, the law binds her to her husband as long as he is alive. But if he dies, the laws of marriage no longer apply to her. So while her husband is alive, she would be committing adultery if she married another man. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law and does not commit adultery when she remarries.

So, my dear brothers and sisters, this is the point: You died to the power of the law when you died with Christ. And now you are united with the one who was raised from the dead. As a result, we can produce a harvest of good deeds for God. When we were controlled by our old nature, sinful desires were at work within us, and the law aroused these evil desires that produced a harvest of sinful deeds, resulting in death. But now we have been released from the law, for we died to it and are no longer captive to its power. Now we can serve God, not in the old way of obeying the letter of the law, but in the new way of living in the Spirit.

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“Spirit Lead Me” by Michael Ketterer

After Pentecost | Wednesday 05 Jul 2023: Psalm 119:161-168; Jeremiah 18:1-11; Matthew 11:20-24 ~ Sorrow awaits unbelievers.

After Pentecost | Wednesday 05 Jul 2023

+ In the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Opening:

“Then Jesus began to denounce the towns
where he had done so many of his miracles,
because they hadn’t repented of their sins
and turned to God.”
(Matthew 11:20)

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From Psalms: Psalm 119 – Sin and Shin (Poor Bishop Hooper)

princes persecute me
still my heart stands in awe
i rejoice in your word
like one who’s found great treasure

how i hate falsehood
but how i love your law
i praise i praise
seven times a day

great peace have those who love your law
nothing can make them stumble

for all my ways all my ways all my ways
are before you

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OT Reading: Jeremiah 18:1-11 (NLT)

The Potter and the Clay

18:1 The Lord gave another message to Jeremiah. He said, “Go down to the potter’s shop, and I will speak to you there.” So I did as he told me and found the potter working at his wheel. But the jar he was making did not turn out as he had hoped, so he crushed it into a lump of clay again and started over.

Then the Lord gave me this message: “O Israel, can I not do to you as this potter has done to his clay? As the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand. If I announce that a certain nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed, but then that nation renounces its evil ways, I will not destroy it as I had planned. And if I announce that I will plant and build up a certain nation or kingdom, but then that nation turns to evil and refuses to obey me, I will not bless it as I said I would.

“Therefore, Jeremiah, go and warn all Judah and Jerusalem. Say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says: I am planning disaster for you instead of good. So turn from your evil ways, each of you, and do what is right.’”

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Change My Heart Oh God ~ Maranatha! Music | Easy Worship Resources

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NT Reading: Matthew 11:20-24 (NLT)

Judgment for the Unbelievers

11:20 Then Jesus began to denounce the towns where he had done so many of his miracles, because they hadn’t repented of their sins and turned to God. “What sorrow awaits you, Korazin and Bethsaida! For if the miracles I did in you had been done in wicked Tyre and Sidon, their people would have repented of their sins long ago, clothing themselves in burlap and throwing ashes on their heads to show their remorse. I tell you, Tyre and Sidon will be better off on judgment day than you.

“And you people of Capernaum, will you be honored in heaven? No, you will go down to the place of the dead. For if the miracles I did for you had been done in wicked Sodom, it would still be here today. I tell you, even Sodom will be better off on judgment day than you.”

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Day of Judgement! Day of Wonders! (by John Newton)~ Everlasting Word Band

+ Day of judgment, day of wonders!
Hark! the trumpet’s awful sound,
Louder than a thousand thunders,
Shakes the vast creation round!
How the summons
Will the sinner’s heart confound!

+ At his call the dead awaken,
Rise to life from earth and sea:;
All the powers of nature shaken
By his look, prepare to flee:
Careless sinner,
What will then become of thee?

+ See the Judge our nature wearing,
Clothed in majesty divine!
We who long for his appearing
Then shall say, “”This God is mine!””
Woe to those who while on the earth
Refused to ever bend the knee.
They will say: “Lord, Lord we knew you!”
But He’ll say: “Depart from me!”

+ Horrors, past imagination,
Will surprise your trembling heart,
When you hear your condemnation,
Hence, accursèd wretch, depart!
Thou, with Satan
And his angels, have thy part!

+ Satan, now who tries to please you,
Lest your timely warning take,
When that word is past, will seize you,
Plunge you in the burning lake:
Think, poor sinner,
Thy eternal all’s at stake.

+ But to those who have confessèd,
Loved and served the Lord below,
He will say, Come near, ye blessèd,
See the kingdom I bestow;
You for ever
Will My love and glory know.

+ Under sorrows and reproaches,
May this thought your courage raise!
Swiftly God’s great day approaches,
Sighs then shall be changed to praise.
We shall triumph
While the world is in a blaze.

+ Rise up! Good and faithful soldiers
Take your place.

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After Pentecost | Tuesday 04 Jul 2023: Psalm 119:161-168; 1 Kings 21:17-29; 1 John 4:1-6 ~ Beware of false prophets.

After Pentecost | Tuesday 04 Jul 2023

+ In the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Opening:

“Dear friends, do not believe everyone
who claims to speak by the Spirit.
You must test them to see
if the spirit they have comes from God.”
(1 John 4:1)

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From Psalms: Psalm 119:161-168 (KJV) (Singing Psalm 119) | Meek Bible Study

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OT Reading:1 Kings 21:17-29 (NLT)

21:17 But the Lord said to Elijah, “Go down to meet King Ahab of Israel, who rules in Samaria. He will be at Naboth’s vineyard in Jezreel, claiming it for himself. Give him this message: ‘This is what the Lord says: Wasn’t it enough that you killed Naboth? Must you rob him, too? Because you have done this, dogs will lick your blood at the very place where they licked the blood of Naboth!’”

“So, my enemy, you have found me!” Ahab exclaimed to Elijah.

“Yes,” Elijah answered, “I have come because you have sold yourself to what is evil in the Lord’s sight. So now the Lord says, ‘I will bring disaster on you and consume you. I will destroy every one of your male descendants, slave and free alike, anywhere in Israel! I am going to destroy your family as I did the family of Jeroboam son of Nebat and the family of Baasha son of Ahijah, for you have made me very angry and have led Israel into sin.’

“And regarding Jezebel, the Lord says, ‘Dogs will eat Jezebel’s body at the plot of land in Jezreel.’

“The members of Ahab’s family who die in the city will be eaten by dogs, and those who die in the field will be eaten by vultures.”

(No one else so completely sold himself to what was evil in the Lord’s sight as Ahab did under the influence of his wife Jezebel. His worst outrage was worshiping idols just as the Amorites had done—the people whom the Lord had driven out from the land ahead of the Israelites.)

But when Ahab heard this message, he tore his clothing, dressed in burlap, and fasted. He even slept in burlap and went about in deep mourning.

Then another message from the Lord came to Elijah: “Do you see how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has done this, I will not do what I promised during his lifetime. It will happen to his sons; I will destroy his dynasty.”

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Humble yourself | Maranatha.wmv

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NT Reading: 1 John 4:1-6 (NLT)

Discerning False Prophets

4:1 Dear friends, do not believe everyone who claims to speak by the Spirit. You must test them to see if the spirit they have comes from God. For there are many false prophets in the world. This is how we know if they have the Spirit of God: If a person claiming to be a prophet acknowledges that Jesus Christ came in a real body, that person has the Spirit of God. But if someone claims to be a prophet and does not acknowledge the truth about Jesus, that person is not from God. Such a person has the spirit of the Antichrist, which you heard is coming into the world and indeed is already here.

But you belong to God, my dear children. You have already won a victory over those people, because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world. Those people belong to this world, so they speak from the world’s viewpoint, and the world listens to them. But we belong to God, and those who know God listen to us. If they do not belong to God, they do not listen to us. That is how we know if someone has the Spirit of truth or the spirit of deception.

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I Belong To God | Big Daddy Weave

After Pentecost | Monday 03 Jul 2023: Psalm 119:161-168; 1 Kings 21:1-16; 1 Thessalonians 4:9-12 ~ Live a quiet life.

After Pentecost | Monday 03 Jul 2023

+ In the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Opening:

“Make it your goal to live a quiet life
minding your own business
and working with your hands.”
(1 Thessalonians 4:11)

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From Psalms: Psalm 119 Shin (Great Peace Have They Who Love Your Law) | ZCPress

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OT Reading:1 Kings 21:1-16 (NLT)

Naboth’s Vineyard

21:1 Now there was a man named Naboth, from Jezreel, who owned a vineyard in Jezreel beside the palace of King Ahab of Samaria. One day Ahab said to Naboth, “Since your vineyard is so convenient to my palace, I would like to buy it to use as a vegetable garden. I will give you a better vineyard in exchange, or if you prefer, I will pay you for it.”

But Naboth replied, “The Lord forbid that I should give you the inheritance that was passed down by my ancestors.”

So Ahab went home angry and sullen because of Naboth’s answer. The king went to bed with his face to the wall and refused to eat!

“What’s the matter?” his wife Jezebel asked him. “What’s made you so upset that you’re not eating?”

“I asked Naboth to sell me his vineyard or trade it, but he refused!” Ahab told her.

“Are you the king of Israel or not?” Jezebel demanded. “Get up and eat something, and don’t worry about it. I’ll get you Naboth’s vineyard!”

So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and other leaders of the town where Naboth lived. In her letters she commanded: “Call the citizens together for a time of fasting, and give Naboth a place of honor. And then seat two scoundrels across from him who will accuse him of cursing God and the king. Then take him out and stone him to death.”

So the elders and other town leaders followed the instructions Jezebel had written in the letters. They called for a fast and put Naboth at a prominent place before the people. Then the two scoundrels came and sat down across from him. And they accused Naboth before all the people, saying, “He cursed God and the king.” So he was dragged outside the town and stoned to death. The town leaders then sent word to Jezebel, “Naboth has been stoned to death.”

When Jezebel heard the news, she said to Ahab, “You know the vineyard Naboth wouldn’t sell you? Well, you can have it now! He’s dead!” So Ahab immediately went down to the vineyard of Naboth to claim it.

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We Rest On Thee, Our Shield And Our Defender | Parkside Evangelical Church

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NT Reading: 1 Thessalonians 4:9-12 (NLT)

4:9 But we don’t need to write to you about the importance of loving each other, for God himself has taught you to love one another. Indeed, you already show your love for all the believers throughout Macedonia. Even so, dear brothers and sisters, we urge you to love them even more.

Make it your goal to live a quiet life, minding your own business and working with your hands, just as we instructed you before. Then people who are not believers will respect the way you live, and you will not need to depend on others.

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Be Still – David J Evans | Risca Corps

After Pentecost| Sunday – 02 Jul 2023: Isa 2:10-17; Ps 89:1-18; Rom 6:1-11; Matt 10:34-42 ~ Take up your cross and follow Jesus.

After Pentecost | Sunday – 02 Jul 2023

+ In the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Opening:

O God, your never-failing providence sets in order all things
both in heaven and on earth: Put away from us all hurtful
things, and give us those things that are profitable for us;
through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Jesus: “If you refuse to
take up your cross and follow me,
you are not worthy of being mine.”
(Matt 10:38)

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He is Exalted (Shane & Shane) | Pastor Madeline

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OT Reading: Isaiah 2:10-17 (NLT)

2:10 Crawl into caves in the rocks.
Hide in the dust
from the terror of the Lord
and the glory of his majesty.
Human pride will be brought down,
and human arrogance will be humbled.
Only the Lord will be exalted
on that day of judgment.

For the Lord of Heaven’s Armies
has a day of reckoning.
He will punish the proud and mighty
and bring down everything that is exalted.
He will cut down the tall cedars of Lebanon
and all the mighty oaks of Bashan.
He will level all the high mountains
and all the lofty hills.
He will break down every high tower
and every fortified wall.
He will destroy all the great trading ships
and every magnificent vessel.

Human pride will be humbled,
and human arrogance will be brought down.
Only the Lord will be exalted
on that day of judgment.

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From Psalms: Psalm 89 ~ Via Christus Choir

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From the Epistles: Rom 6:1-11 (NLT)

Sin’s Power Is Broken

6:1 Well then, should we keep on sinning so that God can show us more and more of his wonderful grace? Of course not! Since we have died to sin, how can we continue to live in it? Or have you forgotten that when we were joined with Christ Jesus in baptism, we joined him in his death? For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives.

Since we have been united with him in his death, we will also be raised to life as he was. We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin. For when we died with Christ we were set free from the power of sin. And since we died with Christ, we know we will also live with him. We are sure of this because Christ was raised from the dead, and he will never die again. Death no longer has any power over him. When he died, he died once to break the power of sin. But now that he lives, he lives for the glory of God. So you also should consider yourselves to be dead to the power of sin and alive to God through Christ Jesus.

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Yet Not I But Through Christ In Me | CityAlight

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Gospel Reading: Matt 10:34-42 (NLT)

10:34 “Don’t imagine that I came to bring peace to the earth! I came not to bring peace, but a sword.

‘I have come to set a man against his father,
a daughter against her mother,
and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
Your enemies will be right in your own household!’

“If you love your father or mother more than you love me, you are not worthy of being mine; or if you love your son or daughter more than me, you are not worthy of being mine. If you refuse to take up your cross and follow me, you are not worthy of being mine. If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give up your life for me, you will find it.

“Anyone who receives you receives me, and anyone who receives me receives the Father who sent me. If you receive a prophet as one who speaks for God, you will be given the same reward as a prophet. And if you receive righteous people because of their righteousness, you will be given a reward like theirs. And if you give even a cup of cold water to one of the least of my followers, you will surely be rewarded.”

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Take Up Your Cross | The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir

Take Up Your Cross And Follow Jesus
Take Up Your Cross Every Day
Don’t Be Ashamed To Say That You Know Him
Count The Cost, Take Up Your Cross And Follow Him

What Are You Doing For The King
Have You Really Given Everything
To The One Who Gave His All For You
Don’t Be Satisfied Just To Know
That The Lord Has Saved Your Soul
Have You Forgotten What You Need To Do

Don’t Be Ashamed To Say That You Know Him
Count The Cost, Take Up Your Cross And Follow Him

I Know Sometimes The Road Is Long
And I Know Sometimes You Feel Like You Can’t Go On
But You Can Make It, You Just

Don’t Be Ashamed To Say That You Know Him
Count The Cost, Take Up Your Cross
And Follow Him

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Prayer: ACNA | BCP2019

A Covenant Prayer by John Wesley [please read before praying]

+ I am no longer my own, but yours. Put me to what you will, rank me with whom you will. Put me to doing, put me to suffering. Let me be employed by you or laid aside for you, exalted for you or brought low for you. Let me be full, let me be empty. Let me have all things, let me have nothing. I freely and heartily yield all things to your pleasure and disposal. And now, O glorious and blessed God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, you are mine, and I am yours. So be it. And the covenant which I have made on earth, let it be ratified in heaven. Amen.

For Satisfaction in Christ by Julian of Norwich

+ O God, of your goodness, give me yourself, for you are enough for me. I can ask for nothing less that is completely to your honor, and if I do ask anything less, I shall always be in want. Only in you I have all. Amen.

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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