PROPER 27
Prayer
Psalms And Prayers For Congregational Participation
CALL TO WORSHIP
Repeat your praise to the One who has lifted you up and brought you back from the gates of death.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
GOD OF THE LIVING, WE CONFESS THAT OUR FAITH IS OFTEN UNIMAGINATIVE. WE ARE LIMITED BY WHAT WE KNOW AND EXPERIENCE IN THIS LIFE. WE FIND IT DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE THAT THERE CAN BE ANOTHER LIFE WITHOUT THE LIMITATIONS OF THIS LIFE. WE HESITATE TO LAY UP FOR OURSELVES TREASURES IN HEAVEN, AND INVEST TOO MUCH IN WHAT PASSES AWAY AT THE TIME OF OUR DEATH. FORGIVE OUR
SHORTSIGHTEDNESS IN NOT ENVISIONING THE GLORIES YOU HAVE PREPARED FOR YOUR CHILDREN BEYOND DEATH: FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR SON JESUS WHO IS ALIVE FROM THE DEAD. AMEN
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
FAITHFUL GOD, WE ADMIT THAT WE ARE FREQUENTLY SLOW TO BELIEVE WHAT YOU HAVE PROMISED THROUGH YOUR PROPHETS AND IN YOUR SON, JESUS. WE SUCCUMB TO FEARS OF DEATH AS IF DEATH WERE THE NEGATION OF LIFE. WE LIVE AS IF THERE IS NOTHING TO LIVE FOR BEYOND DEATH. WE WORK AS IF THERE IS NO ABIDING SIGNIFICANCE TO THE THINGS THAT WE DO OR NO LOSS IF WE CHOOSE TO DO NOTHING. FORGIVE OUR DOUBTS, OUR DISBELIEF, OUR UNBELIEF, OUR DEAFNESS TO THE WITNESS OF OTHER BELIEVERS, OUR SILENCE WHEN WE COULD GIVE WITNESS TO THE FAITH WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN. HEAR OUR PRAYERS THROUGH OUR CRUCIFIED BUT LIVING ADVOCATE, AT YOUR RIGHT HAND, JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. AMEN
DECLARATION OF GOD'S FORGIVENESS
Hear the Good News! The Lord's love endures forever. Tne Lord chastens us but does not surrender us to death. God is our deliverer. Friends, believe the Good News. IN JESUS CHRIST, WE ARE FORGIVEN.
EXHORTATION
May the Lord direct your hearts toward God's love and the steadfastness of Christ!
PRAYER OF THE DAY
GOD OF THE BURNING BUSH, LORD OF THE EMPTY TOMB, SPIRIT OF LIFE: IN LIVING PREVENT US FROM BEING CONSUMED BY OUR PASSIONS; IN DYING SAVE US FROM DESPAIR; AND AFTER OUR DEATH RAISE US AGAIN TO EVERLASTING LIFE IN COMPANY WITH ALL YOUR PEOPLE. AMEN
PRAYER OF THE DAY
SAVE US FROM DULLNESS, DIVINE TEACHER. SHARPEN OUR WITS THAT WE MAY FIND YOUR FOOTSTEPS THROUGH ALL OF THE SCRIPTURES, THEN HAVING FOUND THEM, MAY WE FOLLOW WHERE YOU LEAD US THROUGH THIS LIFE AND INTO THE NEXT, THAT WE MAY ENTER THE GATE OF THE LORD AS VICTORS, LIVING TO PROCLAIM THE WORKS OF THE LORD. AMEN
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
MIGHTY DELIVERER, YOU FREE SLAVE NATIONS TO SERVE YOU AND THEIR NEIGHBORS IN FREEDOM. YOU BREAK THE BONDS OF DEATH IN THE VICTORY OF JESUS OVER THE GRAVE, TO FREE PEOPLE FROM THE FEAR OF DEATH, SO THAT THEY MAY KNOW THAT THEIR LIVES ARE OF ETERNAL WORTH, AND THEIR WORK IN THE SPIRIT OF ABIDING VALUE. WE REJOICE IN THE EASTER VICTORY OF THE SAVIOR, JESUS,
OR JOSHUA, OUR DELIVERER. AMEN
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
GOD OF JUSTICE, COMPASSION AND LOVE, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR ALL JUDGES, LEGISLATORS AND EXECUTIVES WHO ARE DEVOTED TO JUSTICE IN ACTION AND NOT MERELY IN WORDS. WE GIVE THANKS FOR ALL WHO HAVE SHOWN COMPASSION ON WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS AND ORPHANS AND HAVE PROVIDED FOR THEM WHEN THEY WERE IN WANT. WE REMEMBER HAPPILY THE CITIZENS WHO HAVE WELCOMED NEWCOMERS, STRANGERS AND ALIENS AND HELPED THEM FIND THEIR PLACE IN A NEW LAND. WE CELEBRATE IN ANTICIPATION THE PLEASANT PLACE YOU HAVE PREPARED FOR ALL WHO LOVE YOUR APPEARING. GLORY BE TO YOU, O GOD. AMEN
PRAYER OF DEDICATION
GOD OF THE LIVING, NOT ONLY IN ONE GREAT HOUR OF SHARING, BUT IN ALL THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES, USE US AND OUR TOTAL RESOURCES TO HELP FEED THE HUNGRY, TO HEAL THE SICK, TO BRING GOOD NEWS TO THE DESPONDENT, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, OUR RISEN LORD. AMEN
PRAYER OF DEDICATION
GOD OF PATRIARCHS AND MATRIARCHS, OF KINGS AND QUEENS AND COMMONERS, OF THE MARRIED AND THE UNMARRIED, THOUGH OUR DAYS ON EARTH ARE AS A SHADOW, YET WE SEEK TO MAINTAIN A HOUSE TO HALLOW YOUR NAME. WITH HONEST AND WILLING HEARTS WE GIVE OUR OFFERINGS FOR THIS ABIDING PURPOSE. AMEN
PSALM 9:11-20
Sing praise to the Lord who dwells in Zion;
PROCLAIM TO THE PEOPLES THE THING HE HAS DONE.
The Avenger of blood will remember them;
HE WILL NOT FORGET THE CRY OF THE AFFLICTED.
Have pity on me, O Lord;
SEE THE MISERY I SUFFER FROM THOSE WHO HATE ME,
(ALL) O YOU WHO LIFT ME UP FROM THE GATE OF DEATH;
So that I may tell of all your praises
AND REJOICE IN YOUR SALVATION IN THE GATES OF ZION.
The ungodly have fallen into the pit they dug,
AND IN THE SNARE THEY SET IS THEIR OWN FOOT CAUGHT.
The Lord is known by his acts of justice;
THE WICKED ARE TRAPPED IN THE WORKS OF THEIR OWN HANDS.
The wicked shall be given over to the grave,
AND ALSO ALL THE PEOPLES THAT FORGET GOD.
For the needy shall not always be forgotten,
AND THE HOPE OF THE POOR SHALL NOT PERISH FOR EVER.
Rise up, O Lord, let not the ungodly have tne upper hand;
LET THEM BE JUDGED BEFORE YOU.
Put fear upon them, O Lord;
LET THE UNGODLY KNOW THEY ARE BUT MORTAL.
Repeat your praise to the One who has lifted you up and brought you back from the gates of death.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
GOD OF THE LIVING, WE CONFESS THAT OUR FAITH IS OFTEN UNIMAGINATIVE. WE ARE LIMITED BY WHAT WE KNOW AND EXPERIENCE IN THIS LIFE. WE FIND IT DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE THAT THERE CAN BE ANOTHER LIFE WITHOUT THE LIMITATIONS OF THIS LIFE. WE HESITATE TO LAY UP FOR OURSELVES TREASURES IN HEAVEN, AND INVEST TOO MUCH IN WHAT PASSES AWAY AT THE TIME OF OUR DEATH. FORGIVE OUR
SHORTSIGHTEDNESS IN NOT ENVISIONING THE GLORIES YOU HAVE PREPARED FOR YOUR CHILDREN BEYOND DEATH: FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR SON JESUS WHO IS ALIVE FROM THE DEAD. AMEN
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
FAITHFUL GOD, WE ADMIT THAT WE ARE FREQUENTLY SLOW TO BELIEVE WHAT YOU HAVE PROMISED THROUGH YOUR PROPHETS AND IN YOUR SON, JESUS. WE SUCCUMB TO FEARS OF DEATH AS IF DEATH WERE THE NEGATION OF LIFE. WE LIVE AS IF THERE IS NOTHING TO LIVE FOR BEYOND DEATH. WE WORK AS IF THERE IS NO ABIDING SIGNIFICANCE TO THE THINGS THAT WE DO OR NO LOSS IF WE CHOOSE TO DO NOTHING. FORGIVE OUR DOUBTS, OUR DISBELIEF, OUR UNBELIEF, OUR DEAFNESS TO THE WITNESS OF OTHER BELIEVERS, OUR SILENCE WHEN WE COULD GIVE WITNESS TO THE FAITH WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN. HEAR OUR PRAYERS THROUGH OUR CRUCIFIED BUT LIVING ADVOCATE, AT YOUR RIGHT HAND, JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. AMEN
DECLARATION OF GOD'S FORGIVENESS
Hear the Good News! The Lord's love endures forever. Tne Lord chastens us but does not surrender us to death. God is our deliverer. Friends, believe the Good News. IN JESUS CHRIST, WE ARE FORGIVEN.
EXHORTATION
May the Lord direct your hearts toward God's love and the steadfastness of Christ!
PRAYER OF THE DAY
GOD OF THE BURNING BUSH, LORD OF THE EMPTY TOMB, SPIRIT OF LIFE: IN LIVING PREVENT US FROM BEING CONSUMED BY OUR PASSIONS; IN DYING SAVE US FROM DESPAIR; AND AFTER OUR DEATH RAISE US AGAIN TO EVERLASTING LIFE IN COMPANY WITH ALL YOUR PEOPLE. AMEN
PRAYER OF THE DAY
SAVE US FROM DULLNESS, DIVINE TEACHER. SHARPEN OUR WITS THAT WE MAY FIND YOUR FOOTSTEPS THROUGH ALL OF THE SCRIPTURES, THEN HAVING FOUND THEM, MAY WE FOLLOW WHERE YOU LEAD US THROUGH THIS LIFE AND INTO THE NEXT, THAT WE MAY ENTER THE GATE OF THE LORD AS VICTORS, LIVING TO PROCLAIM THE WORKS OF THE LORD. AMEN
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
MIGHTY DELIVERER, YOU FREE SLAVE NATIONS TO SERVE YOU AND THEIR NEIGHBORS IN FREEDOM. YOU BREAK THE BONDS OF DEATH IN THE VICTORY OF JESUS OVER THE GRAVE, TO FREE PEOPLE FROM THE FEAR OF DEATH, SO THAT THEY MAY KNOW THAT THEIR LIVES ARE OF ETERNAL WORTH, AND THEIR WORK IN THE SPIRIT OF ABIDING VALUE. WE REJOICE IN THE EASTER VICTORY OF THE SAVIOR, JESUS,
OR JOSHUA, OUR DELIVERER. AMEN
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
GOD OF JUSTICE, COMPASSION AND LOVE, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR ALL JUDGES, LEGISLATORS AND EXECUTIVES WHO ARE DEVOTED TO JUSTICE IN ACTION AND NOT MERELY IN WORDS. WE GIVE THANKS FOR ALL WHO HAVE SHOWN COMPASSION ON WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS AND ORPHANS AND HAVE PROVIDED FOR THEM WHEN THEY WERE IN WANT. WE REMEMBER HAPPILY THE CITIZENS WHO HAVE WELCOMED NEWCOMERS, STRANGERS AND ALIENS AND HELPED THEM FIND THEIR PLACE IN A NEW LAND. WE CELEBRATE IN ANTICIPATION THE PLEASANT PLACE YOU HAVE PREPARED FOR ALL WHO LOVE YOUR APPEARING. GLORY BE TO YOU, O GOD. AMEN
PRAYER OF DEDICATION
GOD OF THE LIVING, NOT ONLY IN ONE GREAT HOUR OF SHARING, BUT IN ALL THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES, USE US AND OUR TOTAL RESOURCES TO HELP FEED THE HUNGRY, TO HEAL THE SICK, TO BRING GOOD NEWS TO THE DESPONDENT, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, OUR RISEN LORD. AMEN
PRAYER OF DEDICATION
GOD OF PATRIARCHS AND MATRIARCHS, OF KINGS AND QUEENS AND COMMONERS, OF THE MARRIED AND THE UNMARRIED, THOUGH OUR DAYS ON EARTH ARE AS A SHADOW, YET WE SEEK TO MAINTAIN A HOUSE TO HALLOW YOUR NAME. WITH HONEST AND WILLING HEARTS WE GIVE OUR OFFERINGS FOR THIS ABIDING PURPOSE. AMEN
PSALM 9:11-20
Sing praise to the Lord who dwells in Zion;
PROCLAIM TO THE PEOPLES THE THING HE HAS DONE.
The Avenger of blood will remember them;
HE WILL NOT FORGET THE CRY OF THE AFFLICTED.
Have pity on me, O Lord;
SEE THE MISERY I SUFFER FROM THOSE WHO HATE ME,
(ALL) O YOU WHO LIFT ME UP FROM THE GATE OF DEATH;
So that I may tell of all your praises
AND REJOICE IN YOUR SALVATION IN THE GATES OF ZION.
The ungodly have fallen into the pit they dug,
AND IN THE SNARE THEY SET IS THEIR OWN FOOT CAUGHT.
The Lord is known by his acts of justice;
THE WICKED ARE TRAPPED IN THE WORKS OF THEIR OWN HANDS.
The wicked shall be given over to the grave,
AND ALSO ALL THE PEOPLES THAT FORGET GOD.
For the needy shall not always be forgotten,
AND THE HOPE OF THE POOR SHALL NOT PERISH FOR EVER.
Rise up, O Lord, let not the ungodly have tne upper hand;
LET THEM BE JUDGED BEFORE YOU.
Put fear upon them, O Lord;
LET THE UNGODLY KNOW THEY ARE BUT MORTAL.
