PROPER 20
Prayer
Psalms And Prayers For Congregational Participation
CALL TO WORSHIP
Praise the matchless One, servants of God. There is none like our Sovereign God in heaven or on earth.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
RULER OF ALL, ALL THINGS, ALL PERSONS, WE ADMIT THAT WE ARE MORE SHREWD IN GETTING AHEAD IN EARTHLY THINGS THAN WE ARE IN HEAVENLY THINGS. WE MAY USE EVERY ADVANTAGE WE CAN GET TO AVOID TAXES, BUT NOT EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO AVOID TEMPTATION. WE MAY PAD OUR ACCOUNTS AND EXAGGERATE OUR VIRTUES IN GIVING ACCOUNT OF OURSELVES. FORGIVE DISHONEST ACCOUNTING AND SLIPSHOD MORALITY FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR SON, OUR SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST. AMEN
DECLARATION OF GOD'S FORGIVENESS
Hear the Good News! It is the will of God our Savior that all should find salvation and come to know the truth. Friends, believe the Good News. IN JESUS CHRIST, WE ARE FORGIVEN.
EXHORTATION
Be trustworthy in little things, so that God will trust you with greater things, both in this life and in the life to come.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
LIBERATING GOD, FREE US FROM SUBJECTION TO PROPERTY, SO THAT WE MAY NOT BE BOUND TO MONEY FOR THE SAKE OF POWER OR PRIVILEGE BUT USE WHAT WE HAVE FOR YOUR PURPOSES: THE ENRICHMENT OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT, OTHERS AND OURS; THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. AMEN
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
GLORIOUS GOD, PEOPLE-LOVING-MONARCH, YOUR MAJESTY DOES NOT PREVENT YOUR LOOKING AFTER THE LOWLY. YOU SENT YOUR PRINCELY SON, TO LIVE AMONG US AS OUR MEDIATOR. WE HONOR THE MINISTRY OF JESUS CHRIST AND ANY OF HIS DISCIPLES WHO HAVE LIFTED THE WEAK OUT OF THE DUST AND BROUGHT DIGNITY TO THOSE WHO WERE WITHOUT RESPECT. YOU BRING CHILDREN TO THE CHILDLESS HOUSE AND MAKE A HAPPY FAMILY. FROM THE RISING OF THE SUN TO ITS SETTING MAY YOUR NAME BE PRAISED, ROYAL ONE, UNCOMMON ONE, HOLY ONE, ONE GOD. AMEN
PRAYER OF DEDICATION
TIMELESS GOD, YOU HAVE ENTERED INTO OUR TIMES IN JESUS CHRIST AND ARE WITH US NOW AND ALWAYS IN THE SPIRIT. RECEIVE THESE TOKENS OF OUR WORLDLY INCOME. WE WILL USE OUR MONEY SO THAT WHEN IT IS A THING OF THE PAST, WE MAY BE RECEIVED INTO A PRICELESS HOME; THROUGH THE DIVINE CARPENTER, JESUS OF NAZARETH. AMEN
PSALM 107:1-9
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
AND HIS MERCY ENDURES FOR EVER.
Let all those whom the Lord has redeemed proclaim that he redeemed them from the hand of the foe.
HE GATHERED THEM OUT OF THE LANDS; FROM THE EAST AND FROM THE WEST, FROM THE NORTH AND FROM THE SOUTH.
Some wandered in desert wastes;
THEY FOUND NO WAY TO A CITY WHERE THEY MIGHT DWELL.
They were hungry and thirsty;
THEIR SPIRITS LANGUISHED WITHIN THEM.
Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
AND HE DELIVERED THEM FROM THEIR DISTRESS.
He put their feet on a straight path
TO GO TO A CITY WHERE THEY MIGHT DWELL.
Let them give thanks to the Lord for his mercy
AND THE WONDERS HE DOES FOR HIS CHILDREN.
For he satisfies the thirsty
AND FILLS THE HUNGRY WITH GOOD THINGS.
Praise the matchless One, servants of God. There is none like our Sovereign God in heaven or on earth.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
RULER OF ALL, ALL THINGS, ALL PERSONS, WE ADMIT THAT WE ARE MORE SHREWD IN GETTING AHEAD IN EARTHLY THINGS THAN WE ARE IN HEAVENLY THINGS. WE MAY USE EVERY ADVANTAGE WE CAN GET TO AVOID TAXES, BUT NOT EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO AVOID TEMPTATION. WE MAY PAD OUR ACCOUNTS AND EXAGGERATE OUR VIRTUES IN GIVING ACCOUNT OF OURSELVES. FORGIVE DISHONEST ACCOUNTING AND SLIPSHOD MORALITY FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR SON, OUR SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST. AMEN
DECLARATION OF GOD'S FORGIVENESS
Hear the Good News! It is the will of God our Savior that all should find salvation and come to know the truth. Friends, believe the Good News. IN JESUS CHRIST, WE ARE FORGIVEN.
EXHORTATION
Be trustworthy in little things, so that God will trust you with greater things, both in this life and in the life to come.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
LIBERATING GOD, FREE US FROM SUBJECTION TO PROPERTY, SO THAT WE MAY NOT BE BOUND TO MONEY FOR THE SAKE OF POWER OR PRIVILEGE BUT USE WHAT WE HAVE FOR YOUR PURPOSES: THE ENRICHMENT OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT, OTHERS AND OURS; THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. AMEN
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
GLORIOUS GOD, PEOPLE-LOVING-MONARCH, YOUR MAJESTY DOES NOT PREVENT YOUR LOOKING AFTER THE LOWLY. YOU SENT YOUR PRINCELY SON, TO LIVE AMONG US AS OUR MEDIATOR. WE HONOR THE MINISTRY OF JESUS CHRIST AND ANY OF HIS DISCIPLES WHO HAVE LIFTED THE WEAK OUT OF THE DUST AND BROUGHT DIGNITY TO THOSE WHO WERE WITHOUT RESPECT. YOU BRING CHILDREN TO THE CHILDLESS HOUSE AND MAKE A HAPPY FAMILY. FROM THE RISING OF THE SUN TO ITS SETTING MAY YOUR NAME BE PRAISED, ROYAL ONE, UNCOMMON ONE, HOLY ONE, ONE GOD. AMEN
PRAYER OF DEDICATION
TIMELESS GOD, YOU HAVE ENTERED INTO OUR TIMES IN JESUS CHRIST AND ARE WITH US NOW AND ALWAYS IN THE SPIRIT. RECEIVE THESE TOKENS OF OUR WORLDLY INCOME. WE WILL USE OUR MONEY SO THAT WHEN IT IS A THING OF THE PAST, WE MAY BE RECEIVED INTO A PRICELESS HOME; THROUGH THE DIVINE CARPENTER, JESUS OF NAZARETH. AMEN
PSALM 107:1-9
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
AND HIS MERCY ENDURES FOR EVER.
Let all those whom the Lord has redeemed proclaim that he redeemed them from the hand of the foe.
HE GATHERED THEM OUT OF THE LANDS; FROM THE EAST AND FROM THE WEST, FROM THE NORTH AND FROM THE SOUTH.
Some wandered in desert wastes;
THEY FOUND NO WAY TO A CITY WHERE THEY MIGHT DWELL.
They were hungry and thirsty;
THEIR SPIRITS LANGUISHED WITHIN THEM.
Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
AND HE DELIVERED THEM FROM THEIR DISTRESS.
He put their feet on a straight path
TO GO TO A CITY WHERE THEY MIGHT DWELL.
Let them give thanks to the Lord for his mercy
AND THE WONDERS HE DOES FOR HIS CHILDREN.
For he satisfies the thirsty
AND FILLS THE HUNGRY WITH GOOD THINGS.
