PROPER 26
Prayer
Psalms And Prayers For Congregational Participation
CALL TO WORSHIP
Speak up. Our God is very near to those who call upon their Savior in singleness of heart.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
GOD COMPASSIONATE AND GRACIOUS, LONGSUFFERING, EVER CONSTANT AND TRUE, FORGIVE OUR INIQUITY, REBELLION, AND SIN. WE ADMIT THAT WE ARE ONLY TOO WILLING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOUR FORGIVING NATURE. WE GO ON STUBBORNLY IN SELFISH WAYS AND PERSIST IN SINS THAT TAKE THEIR TOLL ON GENERATIONS TO COME. WE RISK OUR OWN HEALTH AND THE HEALTH OF THE UNBORN WITH THE USE OF SUBSTANCES YOU DID NOT CREATE FOR OUR BODILY USE. WE REFUSE YOUR OFFERED POWER TO LIBERATE US FROM ENSLAVING HABITS. FORGIVE OUR UNWILLINGNESS TO CHANGE EVEN FOR OUR HEALTH'S SAKE; THROUGH
JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. AMEN
DECLARATION OF GOD'S FORGIVENESS
Hear the Good News! God does not sweep the guilty clean away, and will bring to fulfillment every good purpose and every act inspired by faith according to the grace of our God in Jesus Christ. Friends, believe the Good News. IN JESUS CHRIST, WE ARE FORGIVEN.
EXHORTATION
Live in a manner worth of your calling so that the name of Jesus may be glorified in you, and in patient and sure expectation of his coming.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
UNIVERSAL SON OF MAN, IN YOUR CHURCH YOU HAVE COME FAR FROM ISRAEL TO SEEK AND TO SAVE US. SEND US TO FIND THOSE WHO ARE LOST THAT THEY MAY FIND, AND BE FOUND BY, YOU AND COUNTED AMONG THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM AND SARAH. FAITHFUL BELIEVERS IN ONE GOD. AMEN
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
DIVINE SEARCHER, YOU HAVE COME TO WHERE WE ARE AND WE REJOICE IN OUR SALVATION. YOU ARE GOOD TO ALL AND YOUR TENDER CARE RESTS UPON ALL YOUR CREATURES. WE WILL TALK OF THE GLORY OF YOUR PEACEABLE KINGDOM AND PROCLAIM THE MAJESTY OF YOUR MIGHTY DEEDS. YOU GIVE WITH A BOUNTIFUL HAND AND WATCH OVER ALL WHO LOVE YOU. ALL PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING WE GIVE TO YOU, GOD OF ABRAHAM AND SARAH, GOD OF JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH, GOD OF ALL THE NATIONS. AMEN
PRAYER OF DEDICATION
HEAD OF THE CHURCH, WE MAY NOT BE RICH ENOUGH TO GIVE HALF OF WHAT WE HAVE TO CHARITY, BUT WE SHARE THE SUPPORT OF THE CHURCH WITH OTHER MEMBERS. GRANT US FAITH AND AN UNSELFISH SPIRIT THAT WE MAY GIVE A GENEROUS PORTION OF WHAT WE HAVE TO OTHERS THROUGH YOUR CHURCH AND OURS. AMEN
PSALM 65:1-8
You are to be praised, O God, in Zion;
TO YOU SHALL VOWS BE PERFORMED IN JERUSALEM.
To you that hear prayer shall all flesh come,
BECAUSE OF THEIR TRANSGRESSIONS.
Our sins are stronger than we are,
BUT YOU WILL BLOT THEM OUT.
Happy are they whom you choose
AND DRAW TO YOUR COURTS TO DWELL THERE!
They will be satisfied by the beauty of your house,
BY THE HOLINESS OF YOUR TEMPLE.
Awesome things will you show us in your righteousness, O God of our salvation,
O HOPE OF ALL THE ENDS OF THE EARTH AND OF THE SEAS THAT ARE FAR AWAY,
You make fast the mountains by your power;
THEY ARE GIRDED ABOUT WITH MIGHT.
You still the roaring of the seas,
THE ROARING OF THEIR WAVES, AND THE CLAMOR OF THE PEOPLES.
Those who dwell at the ends of the earth will tremble at your marvelous signs;
YOU MAKE THE DAWN AND THE DUSK TO SING FOR JOY.
Speak up. Our God is very near to those who call upon their Savior in singleness of heart.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
GOD COMPASSIONATE AND GRACIOUS, LONGSUFFERING, EVER CONSTANT AND TRUE, FORGIVE OUR INIQUITY, REBELLION, AND SIN. WE ADMIT THAT WE ARE ONLY TOO WILLING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOUR FORGIVING NATURE. WE GO ON STUBBORNLY IN SELFISH WAYS AND PERSIST IN SINS THAT TAKE THEIR TOLL ON GENERATIONS TO COME. WE RISK OUR OWN HEALTH AND THE HEALTH OF THE UNBORN WITH THE USE OF SUBSTANCES YOU DID NOT CREATE FOR OUR BODILY USE. WE REFUSE YOUR OFFERED POWER TO LIBERATE US FROM ENSLAVING HABITS. FORGIVE OUR UNWILLINGNESS TO CHANGE EVEN FOR OUR HEALTH'S SAKE; THROUGH
JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. AMEN
DECLARATION OF GOD'S FORGIVENESS
Hear the Good News! God does not sweep the guilty clean away, and will bring to fulfillment every good purpose and every act inspired by faith according to the grace of our God in Jesus Christ. Friends, believe the Good News. IN JESUS CHRIST, WE ARE FORGIVEN.
EXHORTATION
Live in a manner worth of your calling so that the name of Jesus may be glorified in you, and in patient and sure expectation of his coming.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
UNIVERSAL SON OF MAN, IN YOUR CHURCH YOU HAVE COME FAR FROM ISRAEL TO SEEK AND TO SAVE US. SEND US TO FIND THOSE WHO ARE LOST THAT THEY MAY FIND, AND BE FOUND BY, YOU AND COUNTED AMONG THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM AND SARAH. FAITHFUL BELIEVERS IN ONE GOD. AMEN
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
DIVINE SEARCHER, YOU HAVE COME TO WHERE WE ARE AND WE REJOICE IN OUR SALVATION. YOU ARE GOOD TO ALL AND YOUR TENDER CARE RESTS UPON ALL YOUR CREATURES. WE WILL TALK OF THE GLORY OF YOUR PEACEABLE KINGDOM AND PROCLAIM THE MAJESTY OF YOUR MIGHTY DEEDS. YOU GIVE WITH A BOUNTIFUL HAND AND WATCH OVER ALL WHO LOVE YOU. ALL PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING WE GIVE TO YOU, GOD OF ABRAHAM AND SARAH, GOD OF JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH, GOD OF ALL THE NATIONS. AMEN
PRAYER OF DEDICATION
HEAD OF THE CHURCH, WE MAY NOT BE RICH ENOUGH TO GIVE HALF OF WHAT WE HAVE TO CHARITY, BUT WE SHARE THE SUPPORT OF THE CHURCH WITH OTHER MEMBERS. GRANT US FAITH AND AN UNSELFISH SPIRIT THAT WE MAY GIVE A GENEROUS PORTION OF WHAT WE HAVE TO OTHERS THROUGH YOUR CHURCH AND OURS. AMEN
PSALM 65:1-8
You are to be praised, O God, in Zion;
TO YOU SHALL VOWS BE PERFORMED IN JERUSALEM.
To you that hear prayer shall all flesh come,
BECAUSE OF THEIR TRANSGRESSIONS.
Our sins are stronger than we are,
BUT YOU WILL BLOT THEM OUT.
Happy are they whom you choose
AND DRAW TO YOUR COURTS TO DWELL THERE!
They will be satisfied by the beauty of your house,
BY THE HOLINESS OF YOUR TEMPLE.
Awesome things will you show us in your righteousness, O God of our salvation,
O HOPE OF ALL THE ENDS OF THE EARTH AND OF THE SEAS THAT ARE FAR AWAY,
You make fast the mountains by your power;
THEY ARE GIRDED ABOUT WITH MIGHT.
You still the roaring of the seas,
THE ROARING OF THEIR WAVES, AND THE CLAMOR OF THE PEOPLES.
Those who dwell at the ends of the earth will tremble at your marvelous signs;
YOU MAKE THE DAWN AND THE DUSK TO SING FOR JOY.
