PROPER 18
Prayer
Psalms And Prayers For Congregational Participation
CALL TO WORSHIP
Come and speak to our Monarch, who listens to the prayers of the lowly and will give you courage.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
SUPREME BEING FROM WHOM OUR BEING COMES, ONLY GOD TO WHOM OUR PRAYERS SHOULD BE RAISED, HEAR
OUR CONFESSION. WE FIND IT EASIER TO GO ALONG WITH JESUS WHEN THERE IS A CROWD. WE ARE NOT ALWAYS READY TO PART COMPANY WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHEN OUR CALL IS TO COSTLY DISCIPLESHIP. WE MAY BEGIN BRAVELY AND LOSE OUR NERVE, FORGETTING THAT YOU CAN GIVE US COURAGE IN THE FACE OF CHALLENGE AND PERSEVERANCE IN THE TIME OF FATIGUE. FORGIVE US IF WE HAVE TURNED BACK FROM YOUR SON, NOT FOR THE DISGRACE WE BRING ON OURSELVES, BUT FOR THE SHAME WE BRING TO HIS NAME. WE HAVE NO CLAIM BUT HIS GRACIOUS INTERCESSION FOR US. AMEN
DECLARATION OF GOD'S FORGIVENESS
Hear the Good News! God gives us grace and peace through Jesus Christ. Friends, believe the Good News. IN JESUS CHRIST, WE ARE FORGIVEN.
EXHORTATION
Carry your own cross and be a faithful follower of Jesus. Give up anything that prevents your being a loyal Christian.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
STRONG ONE, WITHOUT YOUR AID THERE IS NO WAY WE CAN CONFRONT THE FORCES OF EVIL WITHIN US AND
AROUND US. WITHOUT YOUR ENABLEMENT, THERE IS NO WAY WE CAN BEGIN, CONTINUE, AND COMPLETE THE WORK YOU WANT US TO DO. DISCIPLINE OUR SPIRITS AND KEEP US IN THE WAY OF A DISCIPLE. AMEN
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
ALL-KNOWING GOD, YOUR WISDOM IS BEYOND OUR REACH. WE ARE THANKFUL THAT YOU HAVE ACCOMMODATED
YOURSELF TO OUR LIMITED CAPACITY IN THE SENDING OF YOUR SON INTO THE WORLD. WE ARE GLAD FOR THE KNOWLEDGE OF YOU THAT WE HAVE THROUGH JESUS OF NAZARETH, HIS LIFE, HIS TEACHING, HIS HEALING MINISTRY. WE APPRECIATE THE PATIENCE OF THE SPIRIT WHO CONTINUES TO TEACH US AS WE ARE WILLING TO BE TAUGHT, THROUGH EXPERIENCE AND THE SHARED WISDOM OF OTHERS IN TALKING, IN READING, IN LISTENING TO RADIO AND TELEVISION AND RECORDINGS. WE ARE IN AWE OF YOU, FOR WHAT WE KNOW, FOR WHAT WE CAN NOT KNOW, FOR WHAT WE HAVE YET TO LEARN. YOU ARE THE ONE WHO IS, WHO WAS, AND
WHO IS TO COME, ALMIGHTY AND ALL WISE. AMEN
PRAYER OF DEDICATION
SOVEREIGN GOD, YOU ARE A COMPASSIONATE MONARCH. YOU HEAR THE CRIES OF THE OPPRESSED AND HAVE ALWAYS HELPED THE NEEDY. YOU TAKE NOTICE OF TROUBLE AND SUFFERING AND ARE ALWAYS READY TO HELP. USE US TO DO YOUR WORKS OF MERCY IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST. AMEN
PSALM 94:12-22
Happy are they whom you instruct, O Lord!
WHOM YOU TEACH OUT OF YOUR LAW;
To give them rest in evil days,
UNTIL A PIT IS DUG FOR THE WICKED.
For the Lord will not abandon his people,
NOR WILL HE FORSAKE HIS OWN.
For judgment will again be just,
AND ALL THE TRUE OF HEART WILL FOLLOW IT.
Who rose up for me against the wicked?
WHO TOOK MY PART AGAINST THE EVILDOERS?
If the Lord had not come to my help, I should soon have dwelt in the land of silence.
AS OFTEN AS I SAID, "MY FOOT HAS SLIPPED." YOUR LOVE, O LORD, UPHELD ME.
When many cares fill my mind, your consolation cheers my soul.
CAN A CORRUPT TRIBUNAL HAVE ANY PART WITH YOU,
ONE WHO FRAMES EVIL INTO LAW?
They conspire against the life of the just
AND CONDEMN THE INNOCENT TO DEATH.
But the Lord has become my stronghold,
AND MY GOD THE ROCK OF MY TRUST.
Come and speak to our Monarch, who listens to the prayers of the lowly and will give you courage.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
SUPREME BEING FROM WHOM OUR BEING COMES, ONLY GOD TO WHOM OUR PRAYERS SHOULD BE RAISED, HEAR
OUR CONFESSION. WE FIND IT EASIER TO GO ALONG WITH JESUS WHEN THERE IS A CROWD. WE ARE NOT ALWAYS READY TO PART COMPANY WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHEN OUR CALL IS TO COSTLY DISCIPLESHIP. WE MAY BEGIN BRAVELY AND LOSE OUR NERVE, FORGETTING THAT YOU CAN GIVE US COURAGE IN THE FACE OF CHALLENGE AND PERSEVERANCE IN THE TIME OF FATIGUE. FORGIVE US IF WE HAVE TURNED BACK FROM YOUR SON, NOT FOR THE DISGRACE WE BRING ON OURSELVES, BUT FOR THE SHAME WE BRING TO HIS NAME. WE HAVE NO CLAIM BUT HIS GRACIOUS INTERCESSION FOR US. AMEN
DECLARATION OF GOD'S FORGIVENESS
Hear the Good News! God gives us grace and peace through Jesus Christ. Friends, believe the Good News. IN JESUS CHRIST, WE ARE FORGIVEN.
EXHORTATION
Carry your own cross and be a faithful follower of Jesus. Give up anything that prevents your being a loyal Christian.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
STRONG ONE, WITHOUT YOUR AID THERE IS NO WAY WE CAN CONFRONT THE FORCES OF EVIL WITHIN US AND
AROUND US. WITHOUT YOUR ENABLEMENT, THERE IS NO WAY WE CAN BEGIN, CONTINUE, AND COMPLETE THE WORK YOU WANT US TO DO. DISCIPLINE OUR SPIRITS AND KEEP US IN THE WAY OF A DISCIPLE. AMEN
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
ALL-KNOWING GOD, YOUR WISDOM IS BEYOND OUR REACH. WE ARE THANKFUL THAT YOU HAVE ACCOMMODATED
YOURSELF TO OUR LIMITED CAPACITY IN THE SENDING OF YOUR SON INTO THE WORLD. WE ARE GLAD FOR THE KNOWLEDGE OF YOU THAT WE HAVE THROUGH JESUS OF NAZARETH, HIS LIFE, HIS TEACHING, HIS HEALING MINISTRY. WE APPRECIATE THE PATIENCE OF THE SPIRIT WHO CONTINUES TO TEACH US AS WE ARE WILLING TO BE TAUGHT, THROUGH EXPERIENCE AND THE SHARED WISDOM OF OTHERS IN TALKING, IN READING, IN LISTENING TO RADIO AND TELEVISION AND RECORDINGS. WE ARE IN AWE OF YOU, FOR WHAT WE KNOW, FOR WHAT WE CAN NOT KNOW, FOR WHAT WE HAVE YET TO LEARN. YOU ARE THE ONE WHO IS, WHO WAS, AND
WHO IS TO COME, ALMIGHTY AND ALL WISE. AMEN
PRAYER OF DEDICATION
SOVEREIGN GOD, YOU ARE A COMPASSIONATE MONARCH. YOU HEAR THE CRIES OF THE OPPRESSED AND HAVE ALWAYS HELPED THE NEEDY. YOU TAKE NOTICE OF TROUBLE AND SUFFERING AND ARE ALWAYS READY TO HELP. USE US TO DO YOUR WORKS OF MERCY IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST. AMEN
PSALM 94:12-22
Happy are they whom you instruct, O Lord!
WHOM YOU TEACH OUT OF YOUR LAW;
To give them rest in evil days,
UNTIL A PIT IS DUG FOR THE WICKED.
For the Lord will not abandon his people,
NOR WILL HE FORSAKE HIS OWN.
For judgment will again be just,
AND ALL THE TRUE OF HEART WILL FOLLOW IT.
Who rose up for me against the wicked?
WHO TOOK MY PART AGAINST THE EVILDOERS?
If the Lord had not come to my help, I should soon have dwelt in the land of silence.
AS OFTEN AS I SAID, "MY FOOT HAS SLIPPED." YOUR LOVE, O LORD, UPHELD ME.
When many cares fill my mind, your consolation cheers my soul.
CAN A CORRUPT TRIBUNAL HAVE ANY PART WITH YOU,
ONE WHO FRAMES EVIL INTO LAW?
They conspire against the life of the just
AND CONDEMN THE INNOCENT TO DEATH.
But the Lord has become my stronghold,
AND MY GOD THE ROCK OF MY TRUST.
