EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY
Prayer
Psalms And Prayers For Congregational Participation
CALL TO WORSHIP
Declare the love of our Sovereign every morning, the constancy of the Most High every night. Let us approach with music and the sounding of chords, for God is majestic in deed and in thought.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
GOD OF GLORY, GOD OF HUMILITY, GOD OF TRUTH, HOW SILLY OUR WILD BLUSTERING MUST SEEM TO YOU. WE ARE FULL OF RESENTMENT AGAINST YOU IN TIMES OF TROUBLE AND THEN CERTAIN OF YOUR ABSOLUTE FAIRNESS AND RESTRAINT. WE ARE QUICK TO SPEAK AND SLOW TO THINK, QUICK TO TEACH THOSE WE BELIEVE TO BE LESS LEARNED THAN OURSELVES, SLOW TO LEARN FROM THOSE WITH GREATER EXPERIENCE AND WISDOM. WE CAN MAKE FINE DISTINCTIONS IN THE MORALS OF OTHERS AND MISS GROSS FAULTS IN OURSELVES. FORGIVE OUR VACILLATION AND LACK OF PROPORTION. HEAR THE PLEADING OF OUR ADVOCATE, JESUS CHRiST. AMEN
DECLARATION OF GOD'S FORGIVENESS
Hear the Good News! God gives us the victory over sin and death through Jesus Christ. Friends, believe the Good News. IN JESUS CHRIST, WE ARE FORGIVEN.
EXHORTATION
Stand firm and immovable and work for Christ always. Work without limit, since you know that what you do in the Spirit can not be lost.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
TEACH US, WISE TUTOR, TO BE QUIET WHEN WE HAVE NOTHING GOOD TO SAY. ROOT OUT THE EVIL IN US SO THAT WHEN WE SPEAK WHAT WE SAY MAY BE THE OVERFLOWING OF LOVE AND GOODNESS FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT WITHIN US. AMEN
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
HOW BEAUTIFUL IN YOUR GOODNESS, O GOD, ARE MANY AGED WORSHIPPERS IN YOUR HOUSE. THEIR DECLARATION
IS OF YOUR GREAT GOODNESS AND NO IDLE BOASTING OF THEIR OWN RELIGIOUS PROWESS. YOUNG AND OLD FLOURISH AS A GARDEN OF TREES NOURISHED BY YOUR WORD AND LUXURIANT IN VIRTUE AND THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT. WE ARE VARIED IN OUR STRENGTHS BUT YOU ARE THE SOURCE OF ALL GOODNESS THAT WE MAY MANIFEST. ALL PRAISE TO YOU, PLANTER OF GARDENS, BUILDER OF THE CHURCH, NOURISHER OF SOULS. AMEN
PRAYER OF DEDICATION
WE WOULD WORSHIP YOU, O GOD, WITH OUR BEST GIFTS OF WORDS AND MUSIC, WITH OUR MOST INTENSE ATTENTION AND SERIOUS INTENTIONS, WITH OUR THOUGHTFUL CONTRIBUTIONS AND OUR CAREFUL SERVICE, IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN
PSALM 92:1-4, 12-15
It is a good thing to give thanks to the Lord,
AND TO SING PRAISES TO YOUR NAME, O MOST HIGH;
To tell of your loving-kindness early in the morning
AND OF YOUR FAITHFULNESS IN THE NIGHT SEASON;
On the psaltery, and on the lyre,
AND TO THE MELODY OF THE HARP.
For you have made me glad by your acts, O Lord;
AND I SHOUT FOR JOY BECAUSE OF THE WORKS OF YOUR HANDS.
Those who are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in
the courts of our God;
THEY SHALL STILL BEAR FRUIT IN OLD AGE;
THEY SHALL BE GREEN AND SUCCULENT;
That they may show how upright the Lord is,
MY ROCK, IN WHOM THERE IS NO FAULT.
Declare the love of our Sovereign every morning, the constancy of the Most High every night. Let us approach with music and the sounding of chords, for God is majestic in deed and in thought.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
GOD OF GLORY, GOD OF HUMILITY, GOD OF TRUTH, HOW SILLY OUR WILD BLUSTERING MUST SEEM TO YOU. WE ARE FULL OF RESENTMENT AGAINST YOU IN TIMES OF TROUBLE AND THEN CERTAIN OF YOUR ABSOLUTE FAIRNESS AND RESTRAINT. WE ARE QUICK TO SPEAK AND SLOW TO THINK, QUICK TO TEACH THOSE WE BELIEVE TO BE LESS LEARNED THAN OURSELVES, SLOW TO LEARN FROM THOSE WITH GREATER EXPERIENCE AND WISDOM. WE CAN MAKE FINE DISTINCTIONS IN THE MORALS OF OTHERS AND MISS GROSS FAULTS IN OURSELVES. FORGIVE OUR VACILLATION AND LACK OF PROPORTION. HEAR THE PLEADING OF OUR ADVOCATE, JESUS CHRiST. AMEN
DECLARATION OF GOD'S FORGIVENESS
Hear the Good News! God gives us the victory over sin and death through Jesus Christ. Friends, believe the Good News. IN JESUS CHRIST, WE ARE FORGIVEN.
EXHORTATION
Stand firm and immovable and work for Christ always. Work without limit, since you know that what you do in the Spirit can not be lost.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
TEACH US, WISE TUTOR, TO BE QUIET WHEN WE HAVE NOTHING GOOD TO SAY. ROOT OUT THE EVIL IN US SO THAT WHEN WE SPEAK WHAT WE SAY MAY BE THE OVERFLOWING OF LOVE AND GOODNESS FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT WITHIN US. AMEN
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
HOW BEAUTIFUL IN YOUR GOODNESS, O GOD, ARE MANY AGED WORSHIPPERS IN YOUR HOUSE. THEIR DECLARATION
IS OF YOUR GREAT GOODNESS AND NO IDLE BOASTING OF THEIR OWN RELIGIOUS PROWESS. YOUNG AND OLD FLOURISH AS A GARDEN OF TREES NOURISHED BY YOUR WORD AND LUXURIANT IN VIRTUE AND THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT. WE ARE VARIED IN OUR STRENGTHS BUT YOU ARE THE SOURCE OF ALL GOODNESS THAT WE MAY MANIFEST. ALL PRAISE TO YOU, PLANTER OF GARDENS, BUILDER OF THE CHURCH, NOURISHER OF SOULS. AMEN
PRAYER OF DEDICATION
WE WOULD WORSHIP YOU, O GOD, WITH OUR BEST GIFTS OF WORDS AND MUSIC, WITH OUR MOST INTENSE ATTENTION AND SERIOUS INTENTIONS, WITH OUR THOUGHTFUL CONTRIBUTIONS AND OUR CAREFUL SERVICE, IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN
PSALM 92:1-4, 12-15
It is a good thing to give thanks to the Lord,
AND TO SING PRAISES TO YOUR NAME, O MOST HIGH;
To tell of your loving-kindness early in the morning
AND OF YOUR FAITHFULNESS IN THE NIGHT SEASON;
On the psaltery, and on the lyre,
AND TO THE MELODY OF THE HARP.
For you have made me glad by your acts, O Lord;
AND I SHOUT FOR JOY BECAUSE OF THE WORKS OF YOUR HANDS.
Those who are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in
the courts of our God;
THEY SHALL STILL BEAR FRUIT IN OLD AGE;
THEY SHALL BE GREEN AND SUCCULENT;
That they may show how upright the Lord is,
MY ROCK, IN WHOM THERE IS NO FAULT.
