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4976. Sin Causes Suffering

Lamentations 1:1-22

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... O God, when everything around us seems to be crumbling, when there appears to be no avenue of escape from trials and tribulation, and when we are tempted to despair, we remember that your love is unfailing and your mercy will continue. We put our hope in you, Lord, for you are all that we have. Hear our prayers of supplication as well as thanksgiving and our songs of praise to you. We pray in Jesus' name. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Merciful God, we confess that our sins have been part of the reason for the ...

4977. Ask With A Thankful Heart

Philippians 4:2-9

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... the gift of your Son, Jesus Christ. His life, his death, his resurrection, and his ascension have shown us the way to eternal life with you. With hearts filled with hope, joy, and thankfulness, we praise your holy name. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, with humble and contrite hearts, we come to you seeking forgiveness for the forgetfulness and ingratitude with which we routinely accept our daily blessings. Fill us with your Holy Spirit that our hearts may overflow with thanksgiving, and may we never take ...

4978. The Bread Of Life

John 6:25-59

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... , my soul, and remember how kind he is. Leader: He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases. People: He blesses me with love and mercy. He fills my life with good things. All: Praise the Lord, all his creatures. Praise the Lord! Collect O Lord, we gather to thank you for the many ways in which you have blessed us. We thank you for parents who labor to build strong character in their children; for teachers who are more concerned about the development of the children they teach than they are about test ...

4979. We Have This Hope

2 Corinthians 2:12--3:6

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... sight of our responsibility and fail to carry out the task assigned to us we become discouraged. By your Spirit, transform us that we may put aside all shameful deeds, and commit ourselves once more so to live that we may reflect the glory of our Lord. Amen. Offertory Prayer Lord, we know that you have freed us from being slaves to the Law, but increase our understanding that now we are committed to use all that we have and are in keeping with your will. In that spirit we return a portion of our goods to ...

4980. God's Salvation Is For All People

Titus 2:1-15

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... on earth are your children. Open our hearts and minds to the truth that we are one people, and help us not only to accept our brothers and sisters of every nation, but also to do all in our power to share your love with them. Amen. Offertory Prayer Lord of the universe, made known to us in the Christ Child, accept these gifts and use them to go where we cannot go with the message of your redeeming love. Amen. Hymns "Good Christian Friends, Rejoice" "Infant Holy, Infant Lowly" "O Little Town Of Bethlehem"

4981. The New Life In Christ

Colossians 3:1-17

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... , tolerance, and forgiveness, but often we find that the most difficult of all is to do it all with love. Forgive our self-centeredness, we pray, and by your Holy Spirit enable us truly to let your love shine through us in all that we do. Amen. Offertory Prayer Lord, we know that there are limits to what we personally can do to show others your love, compassion, and kindness. We bring these gifts that they may be used to reach out to places near and far where we cannot go, and let them show forth your love ...

4982. Spiritual Blessings In Christ

Ephesians 1:1-14

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... . In this time of worship when we give you thanks for your many blessings, we pray, too, that your Holy Spirit will give us new strength and courage that we might share the Good News of Jesus with countless others. We pray in Christ's name. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, we know what you want us to do and the way you would have us live, but time and again we choose to follow our own will rather than yours. In humility we would claim your forgiveness, and with the aid of your Holy Spirit we intend to lead ...

4983. Fire Falling from Heaven

Luke 12:49-53

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R. Robert Cueni

... than a firestorm from heaven. That can happen. This faith can change your life as well. Be open to that fire God rains down from heaven. Open your heart that God in Christ Jesus will strengthen and purify you. As hymn writer Adelaide Pollard puts it, "Have thine own way, Lord. Thou art the potter. I am the clay. Mold me and make me after thy will, while I am waiting, yielded and still."3 1. Pliny, Letters X, p. 96. 2. Pulpit Resources, Volume 23, No. 3, July-September, 1995, p. 34. 3. "Have Thine Own Way ...

4984. Discipline

Hebrews 12:1-13

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King Duncan

... of living fuller lives in appreciation of God’s gifts. Blessing #7--Pain helps us develop compassion and understanding for others experiencing pain or loss. (6) If you’re battling with a terrible hardship right now, whatever it might be, here’s what I want you to pray. “Lord I know you’re with me, and that you won’t leave me. If possible, I would like this cup taken from me, but, if not, then help me learn from it. Make me a stronger person because of it. Help it ultimately to make me more like ...

4985. Warning To The Clueless Enthusiasts

Luke 14:25-35

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R. Robert Cueni

... a God who is Creator and Sustainer of the Cosmos, but also that we are ultimately and personally dependent for our strength on this Ground of our Being. We believe that we come to know this God best in Jesus of Nazareth, the one we claim as Lord and Savior. This understanding of God Incarnate, God made flesh, leads us to realize that all people of the earth are brothers and sisters, children of the same parent God. This Christian way to look at the world determines our core values and influences the way we ...

4986. Can You Hear Me Now?

Exodus 3:1-15

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Arley K. Fadness

... has come to me ... I have also seen how the Egyptians oppress them" (Exodus 3:7-9). Here God reveals the meaning of the vision and the audition at the bush and declares God's purpose for Israel. The Israelites have been groaning so loudly that the Lord of the heavens and the earth hears their groanings and acts. God's hatred of oppression and concern for justice runs through the Old Testament like a recurring theme in a symphony. The Psalms sing of it. The prophets decry it. The greatest salvation act in ...

4987. Grace for a Complaining People

Exodus 16:2-15

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Arley K. Fadness

... willing to forego his birthright for a pot of food, Israel is willing to make an equal trade. Captain Moses senses mutiny from the "crew" who feel the freedom ship is going nowhere. The people murmur against Moses. "If only we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots and ate our fill of bread: for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger" (Exodus 16:3). Centuries later, Jesus would remind the multitudes whom he had just ...

4988. Before I Was Born

Isaiah 49:1-7, Psalm 40:1-17

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Frank Ramirez

... scroll of the book it is written of me. I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart. I have told the glad news of deliverance in the great congregation; see, I have not restrained my lips, as you know, O Lord." (Psalm 40:7-9) Collect One: The Lord who called you before you were born says this: All: It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the survivors of Israel; I will give you as a light to the nations ...

4989. Cross Your Is, Dot Your Ts

Matthew 5:13-20

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Frank Ramirez

... mind. Three: For your steadfast love is before my eyes, and I walk in faithfulness to you. (based on Psalm 26:1-3) Collect As the salt of the earth, as the light on the hill, let us do the good works of the Lord as we praise him for the lessons of scripture. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, why do we make things more complicated for others? Why do we set out hoops for them to jump through? You have given us the law of love and it is simple and sweet. Help us to share a simpler gospel of wholeness ...

4990. Whose Church Is It?

1 Corinthians 3:1-9

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Frank Ramirez

... in your heart. (Deuteronomy 6:4-6) Collect Not as a fractured people, claiming an allegiance to an earthly realm, but as members of one body in Christ, we come together in our time of worship to praise you, Lord, and to seek the meaning of your Holy Word for our lives. Amen. Prayer Of Confession O Lord who is one, we come to you divided. We confess that in our hardness of heart we nurture our grievances, real and imagined. As members of one body justified through one cross and claiming one reward we pray ...

4991. A String on God’s Finger

Isaiah 49:8-26

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Frank Ramirez

... has forgotten me." One: Can a woman forget her nursing child, or show no compassion for the child of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you. All: See, I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands. (Isaiah 49:13-16a) Collect Lord, let this be your time of favor when you call us out of hunger, confusion, and darkness through the light of your Word and the power of your Spirit. Amen Prayer Of Confession Guide us by your healing springs, heal our wounds, forgive our sins, restore the life ...

4992. The Day Is Approaching

Hebrews 10:1-18, Hebrews 10:19-39, Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

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Frank Ramirez

... , we approach your throne with confidence, even in this dark hour, knowing that your Son was the pioneer of our perfection, running the course to its end, even to dark Calvary. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, remember our sins no more. Tear the curtain that separates us in two and call us into your presence. We confess the sins that made this sacrifice necessary. We accept your forgiveness. We are your people. Amen. Hymns "Beneath The Cross Of Jesus" "Calvary: Ev'ry Time I Think About ...

4993. We Can’t See This Enough

John 18:1--19:42, Acts 10:34-43

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Frank Ramirez

Call To Worship Let us prepare with humility and holy purpose to hear again the story of the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth, naked and bleeding, nailed to a cross, on a public crossroads, on a false charge of treason. Jesus of Nazareth, Savior, Lord, and King. Collect Pray for us Lord. In your agony think of us. We don't know what to say in the face of your suffering, of your sacrificing love. We throw ourselves upon your mercy. We are your children. Amen. Prayer Of Confession We are asked if we are one ...

4994. All The Families of the Earth Shall Be Blessed

Genesis 12:1-4a

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Frank Ramirez

... couple to get up and go and they got up and went. With the promise of a child no less. A promise that was delayed for decades, but not denied. And all so all of the families of the earth could be blessed through this one dead-end family. Collect Lord, we call upon you this day as our protector. We lift up our eyes to you, who made heaven and earth, and pray for your protection and guidance as we seek your will for our lives in our worship together. Open our hearts to the direction you might send us ...

4995. Massah and Meribah

Exodus 17:1-7

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Frank Ramirez

... , today we call to mind how you reconciled the people in the desert to yourself through your gift of water. We remember how your Son reconciled an outsider through the water at a well. It is through our Lord Jesus Christ that we are reconciled today, to you, to each other, to our sisters and brothers throughout the world. In this season of Lent focus our hearts and our minds on our need for reconciliation. Hear our confession of faith and our confession of our sins and grant us ...

4996. As Children of the Light!

Psalm 23, Ephesians 5:8-14

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Frank Ramirez

... us in our gathering. We pray for your Spirit's presence in our midst as a pledge to open our hearts and our hearing towards your message for us this morning. These things we pray in your name as Shepherd and King. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Once more, Lord, we offer up to you the sum and total of our lives, the successes and failures, the joys and concerns. We share these aloud in the midst of the community of faith. We whisper these softly with a trusted friend. We offer them up silently from the depths ...

4997. Improving Our Memory

1 Corinthians 11:23-26

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Frank Ramirez

... you allow us to approach this closely to the burning bush, to sit again with the Master as he served his disciples. We praise you for the privilege of knowing Jesus Christ as risen Lord and loving servant. Help us to remember that the way to lead is to serve, the way to adore is on bended knee, the way to praise is by following your holy example. These things we pray in the name of the servant king. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Heavenly Father ...

4998. Spiritual Calisthenics

Romans 5:1-8

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Frank Ramirez

... Sisters and Brothers, take your rest from God's appointed labors. In God we find our true home. Taste and see that the Lord is good. Collect Blessed be the Lord forever and ever. Blessed be the Lord forever and ever. Blessed be the Lord forever and ever. Amen and Amen. Prayer Of Confession - Statement Of Faith Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of ...

4999. Backwards Day

Matthew 10:24-39

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Frank Ramirez

... me, for I am poor and needy. Two: Preserve my life, for I am devoted to you; save your servant who trusts in you. Three: You are my God; be gracious to me, O Lord, for to you do I cry all day long. Four: Gladden the soul of your servant, for to you, O Lord, I lift up my soul. (based Psalm 86:1-4) Collect Lord, in the dry places of our lives you know what troubles us, even before we ask. You answer our call and we have not yet called. There is no place we can go that you ...

5000. Who Vouches for Us?

Romans 8:26-39

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Frank Ramirez

... love endures forever. (based on Psalms 118 and 119) Collect Today we come together as God's people, sure of God's wisdom in charting our paths. After a time of long waiting we see God's faithful promises fulfilled in our midst once again. Bind us together, Lord, as your servant people, secure in your love and blessed in your mercy. As your will for our lives together unfolds, day by day, open our hearts and minds to the glory of your will for your people. Bless us as we seek to witness to your glory ...

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