Instrumental Meditation

Words Of Preparation
Using words which Jesus quoted while on the cross, from Psalm 22:1-5 (NRSV) My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning? O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer; and by night, but find no rest. Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. In you they trusted, and you delivered them. To you they cried, and were saved; in you they trusted, and were not put to shame.

Hymn
"What A Friend"

Scripture: Romans 5:1-11
Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access to his grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. And not that only, but we also boast …