PROPER 13
Prayer
Psalms And Prayers For Congregational Participation
CALL TO WORSHIP
(Responsively)
Hear this, all you people,
YOU OF HIGH DEGREE AND LOW, RICH AND POOR TOGETHER.
I shall speak of wisdom
AND WE SHALL MEDITATE ON UNDERSTANDING.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
GOD ABOVE ALL, YOU MAY FAIRLY JUDGE US FOR LIVING BELOW THE LEVEL OF OUR POTENTIAL. FORGIVE US FOR BEING ONLY PARTLY FREED FROM OUR OLD NATURES AND OUR SINS WHEN YOU HAVE MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO BE RENEWED IN THE IMAGE OF YOURSELF - THE LIKENESS IN WHICH HUMANITY WAS CREATED AND WHICH HAS BEEN MANIFEST A SECOND TIME IN CHRIST. THE LIFE WE HAVE LIVED IS NOT THE FULL RESURRECTION-LIFE CHRIST HAS OFFERED US. BE PATIENT WITH OUR SLOWNESS IN PUTTING
ON OUR NEW NATURE IN CHRIST JESUS. AMEN
DECLARATION OF GOD'S FORGIVENESS
Hear the Good News! Potentially, you have died with Christ to sin, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is our life, is manifested, then you too will be manifested with him in glory. Friends, believe the Good News! IN JESUS CHRIST, WE ARE FORGIVEN.
EXHORTATION
Discard the old nature with its deeds. Put on the new nature which is constantly renewed in the image of our Maker.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
SAVE US, MERCIFUL GOD FROM SELF-DESTRUCTION, FROM THE ACCUMULATION OF THINGS FOR OUR OWN ENJOYMENT ONLY AND NOT FOR THE ENJOYMENT AND BENEFIT OF OTHERS. GIVE US THE LONG VIEW, THE ETERNAL PERSPECTIVE, THAT MEASURES RICHNESS IN DIVINE AND SOCIAL DIMENSIONS THAT PREPARES US FOR THE SHARED LIFE OF HEAVEN IN JESUS CHRIST. AMEN.
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
GOD OF HOPE, THANK YOU FOR THE GLIMPSES OF GLORY THAT LIFT US OUT OF DESPAIR, FOR THE THROB OF LIFE THAT HEALS THE DISEASE OF THE SPIRIT, FOR THE NEW VIRTUES THAT DISPLACE THE OLD VICES. WE REMEMBER WITH GRATITUDE THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS AS A SIGN OF SPIRITUAL RECOVERY FROM SIN AND DEATH TO ETERNAL LIFE. WE REJOICE IN THE NEW STIRRINGS OF THAT SPIRITUAL LIFE IN US. PRAISE IS DUE TO YOU, LIVING GOD, LIVING SAVIOR, LIVING SPIRIT, FOR YOU CONQUER DEATH. AMEN
PRAYER OF DEDICATION
CREATOR OF ALL LIFE, SOURCE OF ALL GOODNESS, TRANSFORM THESE TANGIBLES INTO THE INTANGIBLES OF THE SPIRIT THAT MAKE THE CHURCH STRONG TO DO YOUR WORK AND ACCOMPLISH YOUR WILL IN THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST. AMEN
PSALM 28
O Lord, I call to you; my Rock, do not be deaf to my cry;
LEST, IF YOU DO NOT HEAR ME, I BECOME LIKE THOSE WHO GO DOWN TO THE PIT.
Hear the voice of my prayer when I cry out to you,
WHEN I LIFT UP MY HANDS TO YOUR HOLY OF HOLIES.
Do not snatch me away with the wicked or with the viledoer,
WHO SPEAK PEACEABLY WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS, WHILE STRIFE IS IN THEIR HEARTS.
Repay them according to their deeds,
AND ACCORDING TO THE WICKEDNESS OF THEIR ACTIONS.
According to the work of their hands repay them,
AND GIVE THEM THEIR JUST DESSERTS.
They have no understanding of the Lord's doings,
NOR OF THE WORKS OF HIS HANDS;
Therefore he will break them down
AND NOT BUILD THEM UP.
Blessed is the Lord! for he has heard the voice of my prayer.
THE LORD IS MY STRENGTH AND MY SHIELD;
My heart trusts in him,
AND I HAVE BEEN HELPED;
Therefore my heart dances for joy,
AND IN MY SONG WILL I PRAISE HIM.
The Lord is the strength.of his people,
A SAFE REFUGE FOR HIS ANOINTED.
Save your people and bless your inheritance;
SHEPHERD THEM AND CARRY THEM FOR EVER.
(Responsively)
Hear this, all you people,
YOU OF HIGH DEGREE AND LOW, RICH AND POOR TOGETHER.
I shall speak of wisdom
AND WE SHALL MEDITATE ON UNDERSTANDING.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
GOD ABOVE ALL, YOU MAY FAIRLY JUDGE US FOR LIVING BELOW THE LEVEL OF OUR POTENTIAL. FORGIVE US FOR BEING ONLY PARTLY FREED FROM OUR OLD NATURES AND OUR SINS WHEN YOU HAVE MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO BE RENEWED IN THE IMAGE OF YOURSELF - THE LIKENESS IN WHICH HUMANITY WAS CREATED AND WHICH HAS BEEN MANIFEST A SECOND TIME IN CHRIST. THE LIFE WE HAVE LIVED IS NOT THE FULL RESURRECTION-LIFE CHRIST HAS OFFERED US. BE PATIENT WITH OUR SLOWNESS IN PUTTING
ON OUR NEW NATURE IN CHRIST JESUS. AMEN
DECLARATION OF GOD'S FORGIVENESS
Hear the Good News! Potentially, you have died with Christ to sin, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is our life, is manifested, then you too will be manifested with him in glory. Friends, believe the Good News! IN JESUS CHRIST, WE ARE FORGIVEN.
EXHORTATION
Discard the old nature with its deeds. Put on the new nature which is constantly renewed in the image of our Maker.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
SAVE US, MERCIFUL GOD FROM SELF-DESTRUCTION, FROM THE ACCUMULATION OF THINGS FOR OUR OWN ENJOYMENT ONLY AND NOT FOR THE ENJOYMENT AND BENEFIT OF OTHERS. GIVE US THE LONG VIEW, THE ETERNAL PERSPECTIVE, THAT MEASURES RICHNESS IN DIVINE AND SOCIAL DIMENSIONS THAT PREPARES US FOR THE SHARED LIFE OF HEAVEN IN JESUS CHRIST. AMEN.
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
GOD OF HOPE, THANK YOU FOR THE GLIMPSES OF GLORY THAT LIFT US OUT OF DESPAIR, FOR THE THROB OF LIFE THAT HEALS THE DISEASE OF THE SPIRIT, FOR THE NEW VIRTUES THAT DISPLACE THE OLD VICES. WE REMEMBER WITH GRATITUDE THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS AS A SIGN OF SPIRITUAL RECOVERY FROM SIN AND DEATH TO ETERNAL LIFE. WE REJOICE IN THE NEW STIRRINGS OF THAT SPIRITUAL LIFE IN US. PRAISE IS DUE TO YOU, LIVING GOD, LIVING SAVIOR, LIVING SPIRIT, FOR YOU CONQUER DEATH. AMEN
PRAYER OF DEDICATION
CREATOR OF ALL LIFE, SOURCE OF ALL GOODNESS, TRANSFORM THESE TANGIBLES INTO THE INTANGIBLES OF THE SPIRIT THAT MAKE THE CHURCH STRONG TO DO YOUR WORK AND ACCOMPLISH YOUR WILL IN THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST. AMEN
PSALM 28
O Lord, I call to you; my Rock, do not be deaf to my cry;
LEST, IF YOU DO NOT HEAR ME, I BECOME LIKE THOSE WHO GO DOWN TO THE PIT.
Hear the voice of my prayer when I cry out to you,
WHEN I LIFT UP MY HANDS TO YOUR HOLY OF HOLIES.
Do not snatch me away with the wicked or with the viledoer,
WHO SPEAK PEACEABLY WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS, WHILE STRIFE IS IN THEIR HEARTS.
Repay them according to their deeds,
AND ACCORDING TO THE WICKEDNESS OF THEIR ACTIONS.
According to the work of their hands repay them,
AND GIVE THEM THEIR JUST DESSERTS.
They have no understanding of the Lord's doings,
NOR OF THE WORKS OF HIS HANDS;
Therefore he will break them down
AND NOT BUILD THEM UP.
Blessed is the Lord! for he has heard the voice of my prayer.
THE LORD IS MY STRENGTH AND MY SHIELD;
My heart trusts in him,
AND I HAVE BEEN HELPED;
Therefore my heart dances for joy,
AND IN MY SONG WILL I PRAISE HIM.
The Lord is the strength.of his people,
A SAFE REFUGE FOR HIS ANOINTED.
Save your people and bless your inheritance;
SHEPHERD THEM AND CARRY THEM FOR EVER.
