FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT
Prayer
Psalms And Prayers For Congregational Participation
CALL TO WORSHIP
Hear what God's word says. I will save those who love me. When they call to me, I will answer them; when they are in trouble, I will be with them.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
YOUR NAME, OH GOD, IS TO BE SPOKEN WITH REVERENCE AND HOPE WE HAVE SPOKEN IT IRREVERENTLY AT TIMES AND NOT AT ALL WHEN WE MIGHT HAVE CALLED UPON YOU WITH EXPECTATION OF YOUR PRESENCE AND HELP. WE KNOW YOU ARE PRESENT BUT PUT YOU OUT OF OUR MINDS WHEN WE WORSHIP WEALTH AND POWER. MOST OF US WOULD NOT ACKNOWLEDGE OURSELVES DEVIL WORSHIPPERS AND YET SUCCUMB TO TEMPTATIONS THAT JESUS
RESISTED WITH THE STRENGTH OF YOUR WORD. FORGIVE OUR LACK OF FAITH IN YOUR SAVING POWER OR OUR WANTING TO BE SAVED ONLY FROM THE CONSEQUENCES OF OUR SINS AND NOT FROM THE SINS THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. AMEN
DECLARATION OF GOD'S FORGIVENESS
Hear the Good News! Everyone who calls out to the Lord for help will be saved. Friends, believe the Good News! IN JESUS CHRIST, WE ARE FORGIVEN.
EXHORTATION
Confess that Jesus is Lord. Believe that God raised him from the dead. It is by our confession that we are saved.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
GOD OUR STRENGTH IN TIMES OF NEED, SAVE US FROM DESPAIR. IN TIMES OF INDECISION, SAVE US FROM OPTING FOR POWER RATHER THAN SERVICE. IN TIMES OF DANGER, SAVE US FROM HIDING RATHER THAN RISKING WHAT WE MAY DO WITH YOUR APPROVAL AND HELP. WE WOULD BE MORE LIKE YOUR SON, JESUS. AMEN
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
GOD ABOVE HISTORY, GOD IN OUR HISTORY, GOD AT THE END OF HISTORY, AS THE ANCESTORS OF ISRAEL WERE WANDERING ARAMAEANS, SO OUR ANCESTORS WERE EMIGRATING PILGRIMS, SEEKING FREEDOM TO WORSHIP AND TO
GOVERN THEMSELVES ACCORDING TO AN ENLIGHTENED CONSCIENCE. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THEIR PIONEERING.
FOR ALL THE FREEDOMS WE ENJOY IN THIS LAND OF IMMIGRANTS WE GIVE YOU OUR THANKS, REMEMBERING ALSO
THAT WE LIVE AMONG THE REMNANTS OF THOSE WHO LIVED HERE BEFORE US. WE GIVE THANKS FOR THEIR LOVE
OF THE LAND, THE FORESTS AND THE CREATURES WHICH YOU HAVE CREATED. HELP US TO SHOW OUR THANKSGIVING IN THE CONTINUAL RE-EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE THAT WE MAY LIVE JUSTLY, SHOW MERCY, AND WALK IN HUMILITY BEFORE YOU, LIKE JESUS CHRIST, YOUR SON, OUR LORD. AMEN
PRAYER OF DEDICATION
AS YOUR PEOPLE ISRAEL WORSHIPPED YOU IN THE PRESENTATION OF THE FIRST PART OF THE HARVEST, SO MAY WE YOUR PEOPLE OF CHRIST'S CHURCH, WORSHIP YOU IN THE PRESENTATION OF OUR OFFERINGS, REMEMBERING ALSO MINISTERS, AND THE POOR IN THIS AND EVERY LAND WHO LOOK TO US FOR THE GIFTS THAT WE SHARE THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. AMEN
PSALM 91:9-16
Because you have made the Lord your refuge,
AND THE MOST HIGH YOUR HABITATION,
There shall no evil happen to you,
NEITHER SHALL ANY PLAGUE COME NEAR YOUR DWELLING.
For he shall give his angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways.
THEY SHALL BEAR YOU IN THEIR HANDS, LEST YOU DASH YOUR FOOT AGAINST A STONE.
You shall tread upon the lion and adder;
YOU SHALL TRAMPLE THE YOUNG LION AND THE SERPENT UNDER YOUR FEET.
Because he is bound to me in love, therefore will I deliver him;
I WILL PROTECT HIM, BECAUSE HE KNOWS MY NAME.
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him;
I AM WITH HIM IN TROUBLE;
I will rescue him and bring him to honor.
WITH LONG LIFE WILL I SATISFY HIM, AND SHOW HIM MY SALVATION.
Hear what God's word says. I will save those who love me. When they call to me, I will answer them; when they are in trouble, I will be with them.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
YOUR NAME, OH GOD, IS TO BE SPOKEN WITH REVERENCE AND HOPE WE HAVE SPOKEN IT IRREVERENTLY AT TIMES AND NOT AT ALL WHEN WE MIGHT HAVE CALLED UPON YOU WITH EXPECTATION OF YOUR PRESENCE AND HELP. WE KNOW YOU ARE PRESENT BUT PUT YOU OUT OF OUR MINDS WHEN WE WORSHIP WEALTH AND POWER. MOST OF US WOULD NOT ACKNOWLEDGE OURSELVES DEVIL WORSHIPPERS AND YET SUCCUMB TO TEMPTATIONS THAT JESUS
RESISTED WITH THE STRENGTH OF YOUR WORD. FORGIVE OUR LACK OF FAITH IN YOUR SAVING POWER OR OUR WANTING TO BE SAVED ONLY FROM THE CONSEQUENCES OF OUR SINS AND NOT FROM THE SINS THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. AMEN
DECLARATION OF GOD'S FORGIVENESS
Hear the Good News! Everyone who calls out to the Lord for help will be saved. Friends, believe the Good News! IN JESUS CHRIST, WE ARE FORGIVEN.
EXHORTATION
Confess that Jesus is Lord. Believe that God raised him from the dead. It is by our confession that we are saved.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
GOD OUR STRENGTH IN TIMES OF NEED, SAVE US FROM DESPAIR. IN TIMES OF INDECISION, SAVE US FROM OPTING FOR POWER RATHER THAN SERVICE. IN TIMES OF DANGER, SAVE US FROM HIDING RATHER THAN RISKING WHAT WE MAY DO WITH YOUR APPROVAL AND HELP. WE WOULD BE MORE LIKE YOUR SON, JESUS. AMEN
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
GOD ABOVE HISTORY, GOD IN OUR HISTORY, GOD AT THE END OF HISTORY, AS THE ANCESTORS OF ISRAEL WERE WANDERING ARAMAEANS, SO OUR ANCESTORS WERE EMIGRATING PILGRIMS, SEEKING FREEDOM TO WORSHIP AND TO
GOVERN THEMSELVES ACCORDING TO AN ENLIGHTENED CONSCIENCE. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THEIR PIONEERING.
FOR ALL THE FREEDOMS WE ENJOY IN THIS LAND OF IMMIGRANTS WE GIVE YOU OUR THANKS, REMEMBERING ALSO
THAT WE LIVE AMONG THE REMNANTS OF THOSE WHO LIVED HERE BEFORE US. WE GIVE THANKS FOR THEIR LOVE
OF THE LAND, THE FORESTS AND THE CREATURES WHICH YOU HAVE CREATED. HELP US TO SHOW OUR THANKSGIVING IN THE CONTINUAL RE-EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE THAT WE MAY LIVE JUSTLY, SHOW MERCY, AND WALK IN HUMILITY BEFORE YOU, LIKE JESUS CHRIST, YOUR SON, OUR LORD. AMEN
PRAYER OF DEDICATION
AS YOUR PEOPLE ISRAEL WORSHIPPED YOU IN THE PRESENTATION OF THE FIRST PART OF THE HARVEST, SO MAY WE YOUR PEOPLE OF CHRIST'S CHURCH, WORSHIP YOU IN THE PRESENTATION OF OUR OFFERINGS, REMEMBERING ALSO MINISTERS, AND THE POOR IN THIS AND EVERY LAND WHO LOOK TO US FOR THE GIFTS THAT WE SHARE THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. AMEN
PSALM 91:9-16
Because you have made the Lord your refuge,
AND THE MOST HIGH YOUR HABITATION,
There shall no evil happen to you,
NEITHER SHALL ANY PLAGUE COME NEAR YOUR DWELLING.
For he shall give his angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways.
THEY SHALL BEAR YOU IN THEIR HANDS, LEST YOU DASH YOUR FOOT AGAINST A STONE.
You shall tread upon the lion and adder;
YOU SHALL TRAMPLE THE YOUNG LION AND THE SERPENT UNDER YOUR FEET.
Because he is bound to me in love, therefore will I deliver him;
I WILL PROTECT HIM, BECAUSE HE KNOWS MY NAME.
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him;
I AM WITH HIM IN TROUBLE;
I will rescue him and bring him to honor.
WITH LONG LIFE WILL I SATISFY HIM, AND SHOW HIM MY SALVATION.
