After Pentecost | Friday 26 Sep 2025
+ In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen
Opening prayer:
O Lord,
you have taught us that without love,
all our deeds are worth nothing:
Send your Holy Spirit and pour into our hearts
that most excellent gift of charity,
the true bond of peace and of all virtues,
without which whoever lives is counted dead before you;
grant this for the sake of your Son Jesus Christ,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen
“We are [God’s] workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus for good works.”
(Ephesians 2:10)
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From the Psalms: Psalm 146 – What Joy (Psalm 146) | Sarah Emerson / crossingctr
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OT Reading: Proverbs 28:3-10 (ESV)
28:3 A poor man who oppresses the poor
is a beating rain that leaves no food.
+ Those who forsake the law praise the wicked,
but those who keep the law strive against them.
+ Evil men do not understand justice,
but those who seek the Lord understand it completely.
+ Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity
than a rich man who is crooked in his ways.
+ The one who keeps the law is a son with understanding,
but a companion of gluttons shames his father.
+ Whoever multiplies his wealth by interest and profit
gathers it for him who is generous to the poor.
+ If one turns away his ear from hearing the law,
even his prayer is an abomination.
+ Whoever misleads the upright into an evil way
will fall into his own pit,
but the blameless will have a goodly inheritance.
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When We Walk with the Lord | The Sensational Nightingales / Chet Valley Churches
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NT Reading: Ephesians 2:1-10 (ESV)
By Grace Through Faith
2:1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. 
But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
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“By Grace Through Faith” | Canyon Worship 2021
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O God, without whose beauty and goodness our souls are unfed, without whose truth our reason withers: Consecrate our lives to your will, giving us such purity of heart, such depth of faith, and such steadfastness of purpose, that in time we may come to think your own thoughts after you; through Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.
Almighty God, we pray for the peace of Jerusalem: Intervene in ways that only you can, so the whole world will know that you alone are God. Protect your people from the assaults of the evil one, and grant Israel’s leaders the wisdom and courage to do what’s right in your sight. Deliver all the hostages from captivity, and restore their souls. Comfort those who grieve and mourn the loss of loved ones. Protect the innocent and punish the guilty, that all may live in peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Go before us, O Lord, in all our doings with your most gracious favor, and further us with your continual help; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in you, we may glorify your holy Name, and finally, through your mercy, obtain everlasting life; through 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.
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