Epiphany Season | Saturday 20 2024
+ In the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Opening:
Almighty God, whose Son our Savior Jesus Christ
is the light of the world: Grant that your people,
illumined by your Word and Sacraments,
may shine with the radiance of Christ’s glory,
that he may be known, worshiped, and obeyed
to the ends of the earth;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns,
one God, now and for ever. Amen.
“The person who rejects me
rejects the one who sent me.”
(Luke 10:16b)
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From Psalms: Psalm 62 – “My Soul will wait for you” – Sovereign Grace Music / Rachel Overd
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OT Reading: Jeremiah 20:14-18 (GW)
20:14 Cursed is the day that I was born,
the day that my mother gave birth to me.
May it not be blessed.
Cursed is the man who made my father very happy with the news
that he had just become the father of a baby boy.
May that man be like the cities
that the Lord destroyed without pity.
May he hear a cry of alarm in the morning
and a battle cry at noon.
If only he had killed me while I was in the womb.
Then my mother would have been my grave,
and she would have always been pregnant.
Why did I come out of the womb?
All I’ve seen is trouble and grief.
I will finish my days in shame.
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Shadow Of Shaddai – Steffany Gretzinger (Official Lyric Video)
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NT Reading: Luke 10:13-16 (GW)
10:13 “How horrible it will be for you, Chorazin! How horrible it will be for you, Bethsaida! If the miracles worked in your cities had been worked in Tyre and Sidon, they would have changed the way they thought and acted.
Long ago they would have worn sackcloth and sat in ashes. Judgment day will be better for Tyre and Sidon than for you. And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to heaven? No, you will go to hell!
“The person who hears you hears me, and the person who rejects you rejects me. The person who rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”
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I believe in Jesus / gatehouse blackpool
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+ O God, our heavenly Father: Pour out your Spirit on your faithful people in the Middle East, that your Son’s life-giving Gospel may be preached to every tribe and nation. 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.
+ Lord of Heaven’s Armies, we pray for swift and total victory over all evil in the Holy Land. Bring home the hostages, and deliver from bondage every person captivated by the evil death cult terrorizing the Middle East. And finally, grant heavenly wisdom to those guiding Israel militarily, politically, diplomatically, and especially to those who will restore Israel spiritually, 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 Christ, who sends us to the nations,
give us the power of his Spirit.
+ In the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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