Lent | Wednesday 09 Apr 2025
+ In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen
Opening prayer:
Almighty God,
you alone can bring into order
the unruly wills and affections of sinners:
Grant your people grace to love what you command
and desire what you promise; that,
among the swift and varied changes of this world,
our hearts may surely there be fixed
where true joys are to be found;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. Amen.
“Everything that is written
about the Son of Man by the prophets
will be accomplished.”
(Luke 18:31)
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From the Psalms: Psalm 20 | Some Trust in Horses (Psalm 20) | My Soul Among Lions
May the Lord answer you in the day of worry
May the name of Jacob’s God bless you from on high
May He bring help to you from His sanctuary
May the Lord give to you the strength of Zion
When you bring offerings, may He find them pleasant
Share with you all good things when you come inquire
May He give help to you from the highest heaven
May the Lord do for you what you desire
Some will trust in chariots
Some will trust in horses
We will boast in the name of the Lord, our God
We will rise, we will stand
We will lift our voices
We will boast in the name of the Lord, our God
We will hope for victory and not be disappointed
In the name of Jacob’s God, raise our banners high
For we know the Lord will come rescue His anointed
Bow the heavens down and make our foes to fly
Some will trust in chariots
Some will trust in horses
We will boast in the name of the Lord, our God
We will rise, we will stand
We will lift our voices
We will boast in the name of the Lord, our God
We will stand while our enemies flee
We will rise but they’ll fall to their knees
Hear us, Lord, hear our cries and our pleas
And save us, O Lord, and make us free
Some will trust in chariots
Some will trust in horses
We will boast in the name of the Lord, our God
We will rise, we will stand
We will lift our voices
We will boast in the name of the Lord, our God (x2)
We will boast in Your name; save us, Lord, our God
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OT Reading: Habakkuk 3:2-15 (ESV)
3:2 O Lord, I have heard the report of you,
and your work, O Lord, do I fear.
In the midst of the years revive it;
in the midst of the years make it known;
in wrath remember mercy.
God came from Teman,
and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah
His splendor covered the heavens,
and the earth was full of his praise.
His brightness was like the light;
rays flashed from his hand;
and there he veiled his power.
Before him went pestilence,
and plague followed at his heels.
He stood and measured the earth;
he looked and shook the nations;
then the eternal mountains were scattered;
the everlasting hills sank low.
His were the everlasting ways.
I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction;
the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
Was your wrath against the rivers, O Lord?
Was your anger against the rivers,
or your indignation against the sea,
when you rode on your horses,
on your chariot of salvation?
You stripped the sheath from your bow,
calling for many arrows. Selah
You split the earth with rivers.
The mountains saw you and writhed;
the raging waters swept on;
the deep gave forth its voice;
it lifted its hands on high.
The sun and moon stood still in their place
at the light of your arrows as they sped,
at the flash of your glittering spear.
You marched through the earth in fury;
you threshed the nations in anger.
You went out for the salvation of your people,
for the salvation of your anointed.
You crushed the head of the house of the wicked,
laying him bare from thigh to neck. Selah
You pierced with his own arrows the heads of his warriors,
who came like a whirlwind to scatter me,
rejoicing as if to devour the poor in secret.
You trampled the sea with your horses,
the surging of mighty waters.
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Salvation Belongs to Our God | Downtown Singing
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NT Reading: Luke 18:31-34 (ESV)
Jesus Foretells His Death a Third Time
8:31 And taking the twelve, he said to them, “See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished. For he will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and shamefully treated and spit upon. And after flogging him, they will kill him, and on the third day he will rise.” But they understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said.
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And Can It Be That I Should Gain | Sovereign Grace Music / The Commissioned
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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.
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.
Hasten, O Father, the coming of your kingdom; and grant that we your servants, who now live by faith, may with joy behold your Son at his coming in glorious majesty; even Jesus Christ, our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen.
Closing: FaithandWorship.com | John Birch
May God our Redeemer show us compassion and love.
+ In the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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