Tag: 15 July

Eighth Sunday after Pentecost – 15 July – Mark 6:7-13 ~ sent to save

Eighth Sunday after Pentecost

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

Opening Prayer

God of justice, God of salvation, from every land you call a people to yourself. Yours is the work we do, yours the message we carry.

Keep your people single-minded and faithful to you. Let failure not discourage us nor success beguile our hearts, as you send us to proclaim the gospel.

We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever.
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“We’ve a Story to Tell to the Nations” – Church of God (Philippines)

1. We’ve a story to tell to the nations, that shall turn their hearts to the right, a story of truth and mercy, a story of peace and light, a story of peace and light.

Refrain:
For the darkness shall turn to dawning, and the dawning to noonday bright, and Christ’s great kingdom shall come on earth, the kingdom of love and light.

2. We’ve a song to be sung to the nations, that shall lift their hearts to the Lord, a song that shall conquer evil and shatter the spear and sword, and shatter the spear and sword.

3. We’ve a message to give to the nations, that the Lord who reigneth above has sent us His Son to save us, and show us that God is love, and show us that God is love.

4. We’ve a Savior to show to the nations, who the path of sorrow has trod, that all of the world’s great peoples may come to the truth of God, may come to the truth of God.
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Gospel Reading: Mark 6:7-13 (NLT)

And he called his twelve disciples together and began sending them out two by two, giving them authority to cast out evil spirits. He told them to take nothing for their journey except a walking stick—no food, no traveler’s bag, no money. He allowed them to wear sandals but not to take a change of clothes.

“Wherever you go,” he said, “stay in the same house until you leave town. But if any place refuses to welcome you or listen to you, shake its dust from your feet as you leave to show that you have abandoned those people to their fate.”

So the disciples went out, telling everyone they met to repent of their sins and turn to God. And they cast out many demons and healed many sick people, anointing them with olive oil.
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Prayers of Intercession:

God our Helper: We turn to you with confidence and faith. Hear these prayers and those that are on our hearts –

+ For believers everywhere – that we may experience your mercy and grace in our lives….
+ For all who proclaim the message of repentance and restoration - that we may persevere….
+ For all who have turned away from you – that they may come to their senses and come home….
+ For all who hunger and thirst for justice – that we may be satisfied….
+ For all who are sick and suffering – that we may receive healing, according to your will….
+ For all who are dying and those whose death is immanent – that they may be welcomed into your Kingdom….
+ For our loved ones who have already died in Christ – that they may rest eternally in your peace….

God our Helper: You are our refuge and strength; you are our hope and salvation. Accept our prayers and help us, according to your perfect purpose for our lives. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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“Jesus Saves” – Buddy Greene, featuring Russ Taff

1. We have heard the joyful sound: Jesus saves! Jesus saves!
Spread the tidings all around: Jesus saves! Jesus saves!
Bear the news to every land, Climb the steeps and cross the waves;
Onward!—’tis our Lord’s command; Jesus saves! Jesus saves!

2. Waft it on the rolling tide, Jesus saves, Jesus saves;
Tell to sinners far and wide, Jesus saves, Jesus saves;
Sing, ye islands of the sea, Echo back, ye ocean caves;
Earth shall keep her jubilee, Jesus saves, Jesus saves.

3. Sing above the battle’s strife, Jesus saves, Jesus saves;
By His death and endless life, Jesus saves, Jesus saves;
Sing it softly thru the gloom, When the heart for mercy craves,
Sing in triumph o’er the tomb, Jesus saves, Jesus saves.

4. Give the winds a mighty voice, Jesus saves, Jesus saves;
Let the nations now rejoice. Jesus saves, Jesus saves;
Shout salvation full and free, Highest hills and deepest caves,
This our song of victory, Jesus saves, Jesus saves.
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Blessing – 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.

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

Reading, Reflection & Prayer: Sat, 15 July – Colossians 1-2 ~ Jesus at the center

Reading, Reflection & Prayer

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

Opening – (Northumbria Community)

One thing I have asked of the Lord, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life; to behold the beauty of the Lord and to seek Him in His temple.

Praise to You, Lord Jesus Christ, King of endless glory.

Reading: Colossians 1-2 (NLT) – click here

Reflection & Prayer

Lord God, Father of my Lord Jesus Christ: Thank you for making me your own through faith in Christ Jesus; fill me with love in your Spirit for all your people. Continue to build your kingdom on earth as it is in heaven that your word of truth may go forth throughout the world bearing much good fruit and increasing the number of those who are called by your name.

Colossians 1:9-14 (NLT)

So we have not stopped praying for you since we first heard about you. We ask God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding. Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit. All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better.

We also pray that you will be strengthened with all his glorious power so you will have all the endurance and patience you need. May you be filled with joy, always thanking the Father. He has enabled you to share in the inheritance that belongs to his people, who live in the light. For he has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son, who purchased our freedom and forgave our sins.

Lord God: fill me with knowledge of your will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding –

+ that I may live my life in a way that honors you;
+ That I may grow in good works and increase in my understanding of you;
+ That I may be strengthened with your power for endurance and joy-filled patience;
+ That I may share in your inheritance – inclusion in your kingdom with its freedom and forgiveness through faith in Christ Jesus.

Colossians 1:15-20 (NLT)

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.

Lord God: increase my understanding of Christ Jesus, your Son and my Lord –

+ that I may look to him to better understand you;
+ that I may recognize him as the creative and unifying force in all creation;
+ that I may acknowledge him as head of the church through faith and obedience;
+ that I may rely solely on his blood shed on the cross for reconciliation and peace.

Colossians 2:15-20 (NLT)

As you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.

Lord God: enrich me with the treasure of wisdom and knowledge hidden in Christ Jesus –

+ that I may be encouraged in my walk with him;
+ that I may be rooted and established in his love through faith;
+ that I may be filled with your fullness, the one true God, through his presence living in me;
+ that I may live victoriously over all powers and principalities in this world because of his triumph on the cross.

Lord God, Father of my Lord Jesus Christ: Thank you for redeeming me and reconciling me to yourself through faith in Christ Jesus. Fill me with your Holy Spirit that I might live in accordance with your Word and serve you until my life’s end – through Christ Jesus my Lord, who lives with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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“Jesus at the Center” – Darlene Zschech


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Blessing – (Northumbrian Community)

May the peace of the Lord Christ go with you, wherever He may send you. May He guide you through the wilderness, protect you through the storm. May He bring you home rejoicing at the wonders He has shown you. May He bring you home rejoicing once again into our doors.
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+ In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen!