PROPER 6
Prayer
Psalms And Prayers For Congregational Participation
CALL TO WORSHIP
Rejoice in the Lord and be glad, good people sing aloud, all people of upright heart.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
SUPREME LORD, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE FREQUENTLY UNTHINKING IN OUR BEHAVIOR NEEDING TO BE
CHECKED IN OUR COURSES BY YOUR WORD IN CHRIST, IN WRITING, AND IN THE WITNESS OF YOUR CHURCH. TOO OFTEN WE STONEWALL, UNWILLING TO CONFESS THAT WE COULD BE MISTAKEN IN WHAT WE DO AND SAY. WE FORGET THE FORGIVENESS YOU OFFER WHEN WE ARE HONEST IN ADMITING OUR MISTAKES, OUR MISJUDGMENTS, OUR MISDEEDS. REMIND US OF THE INCREASE OF LOVE THAT CAN COME WITH THE INCREASE OF FORGIVENESS THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. AMEN
DECLARATION OF GOD'S FORGIVENESS
Friends, hear the Good News! We are made right with God through our faith in Jesus Christ, who loved us and gave himself for us, whose death is not in vain. Friends, believe the Good News. IN JESUS CHRIST, WE ARE FORGIVEN.
EXHORTATION
Live by faith in the Son of God Be crucified with Christ and let his life be lived out in you.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
MERCIFUL LORD, MAY ALL OF OUR WORSHIP BE ADORATION FOR YOUR GENEROUS FORGIVENESS AND NOT AN ATTEMPT TO ACHIEVE WHAT YOU HAVE ALREADY GRANTED FREELY. SEND US OUT IN PEACE OF MIND AND HEART TO SHARE YOUR SAVING WORD IN JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. AMEN
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
WE REJOICE, GOOD LORD, THAT YOU HAVE CLEARED OUR ACCOUNT OF INDEBTEDNESS TO GOD SO THAT WE MAY
SERVE YOU IN THE SPIRIT OF GRATITUDE. YOU HAVE BEEN OUR REFUGE IN TIMES OF DISTRESS AND HAVE ENFOLDED US IN UNFAILING LOVE. YOU HAVE SENT US NOT ONLY CRITICS TO POINT OUT OUR FAULTS BUT ALSO YOUR SON TO BE OUR SAVIOR, NOT ONLY THE LAW BUT ALSO THE GOSPEL. HOW GREAT YOU ARE; HOLY ... UNDERSTANDING ... LOVING. ALLELUIA. AMEN!
PRAYER OF DEDICATION
CREATOR OF BEAUTY, LORD OF LIFE, YOU ACCEPT GRACIOUSLY NOT ONLY THE PRACTICAL SERVICES WE OFFER TO YOU BUT ALSO THE OFFERINGS OF THE HEART, THE WORKS OF ART AND THE GESTURES OF LOVE. RECEIVE OUR GIFTS OF VOCATION AND AVOCATION. ALL WE HAVE WE OWE TO YOU, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, OUR LOVE, OUR LORD. AMEN
PSALM 42
As the deer longs for the water-brooks,
SO LONGS MY SOUL FOR YOU, O GOD.
My soul is athirst for God, athirst for the living God;
when shall I come to appear before the presence of God?
MY TEARS HAVE BEEN MY FOOD DAY AND NIGHT, WHILE ALL DAY LONG
THEY SAY TO ME, "WHERE NOW IS YOUR GOD?"
I pour out my soul when I think on these things.
HOW I WENT WITH THE MULTITUDE AND LET THEM INTO THE HOUSE OF GOD,
With the voice of praise and thanksgiving,
AMONG THOSE WHO KEEP HOLY-DAY.
Why are you so full of heaviness, O my soul?
AND WHY ARE YOU SO DISQUIETED WITHIN ME?
Put your trust in God;
FOR I WILL YET GIVE THANKS TO HIM, WHO IS THE HELP OF MY CONTENANCE, AND MY GOD.
My soul is heavy within me;
THEREFORE I WILL REMEMBER YOU FROM THE LAND OF JORDAN, AND FROM THE PEAK OF MIZAR AMONG THE HEIGHTS OF HERMON.
One deep calls to another in the noise of your cataracts;
ALL YOUR RAPIDS AND FLOODS HAVE GOVE OVER ME.
The Lord grants his loving-kindness in the daytime;
IN THE NIGHT SEASON HIS SONG IS WITH ME, A PRAYER TO THE GOD OF MY LIFE.
I will say to the God of my strength, "Why have you forgotten me?
AND WHY DO I GO SO HEAVILY WHILE THE ENEMY OPPRESSES ME?
While my bones are being broken, my enemies mock me to my face;
ALL DAY LONG THEY MOCK ME AND SAY TO ME, "WHERE NOW IS YOUR GOD?"
Why are you so full of heaviness, O my soul?
AND WHY ARE YOU SO DISQUIETED WITHIN ME?
Put your trust in God; for I will yet give thanks to him,
WHO IS THE HELP OF MY COUNTENANCE, AND MY GOD.
Rejoice in the Lord and be glad, good people sing aloud, all people of upright heart.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
SUPREME LORD, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE FREQUENTLY UNTHINKING IN OUR BEHAVIOR NEEDING TO BE
CHECKED IN OUR COURSES BY YOUR WORD IN CHRIST, IN WRITING, AND IN THE WITNESS OF YOUR CHURCH. TOO OFTEN WE STONEWALL, UNWILLING TO CONFESS THAT WE COULD BE MISTAKEN IN WHAT WE DO AND SAY. WE FORGET THE FORGIVENESS YOU OFFER WHEN WE ARE HONEST IN ADMITING OUR MISTAKES, OUR MISJUDGMENTS, OUR MISDEEDS. REMIND US OF THE INCREASE OF LOVE THAT CAN COME WITH THE INCREASE OF FORGIVENESS THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. AMEN
DECLARATION OF GOD'S FORGIVENESS
Friends, hear the Good News! We are made right with God through our faith in Jesus Christ, who loved us and gave himself for us, whose death is not in vain. Friends, believe the Good News. IN JESUS CHRIST, WE ARE FORGIVEN.
EXHORTATION
Live by faith in the Son of God Be crucified with Christ and let his life be lived out in you.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
MERCIFUL LORD, MAY ALL OF OUR WORSHIP BE ADORATION FOR YOUR GENEROUS FORGIVENESS AND NOT AN ATTEMPT TO ACHIEVE WHAT YOU HAVE ALREADY GRANTED FREELY. SEND US OUT IN PEACE OF MIND AND HEART TO SHARE YOUR SAVING WORD IN JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. AMEN
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
WE REJOICE, GOOD LORD, THAT YOU HAVE CLEARED OUR ACCOUNT OF INDEBTEDNESS TO GOD SO THAT WE MAY
SERVE YOU IN THE SPIRIT OF GRATITUDE. YOU HAVE BEEN OUR REFUGE IN TIMES OF DISTRESS AND HAVE ENFOLDED US IN UNFAILING LOVE. YOU HAVE SENT US NOT ONLY CRITICS TO POINT OUT OUR FAULTS BUT ALSO YOUR SON TO BE OUR SAVIOR, NOT ONLY THE LAW BUT ALSO THE GOSPEL. HOW GREAT YOU ARE; HOLY ... UNDERSTANDING ... LOVING. ALLELUIA. AMEN!
PRAYER OF DEDICATION
CREATOR OF BEAUTY, LORD OF LIFE, YOU ACCEPT GRACIOUSLY NOT ONLY THE PRACTICAL SERVICES WE OFFER TO YOU BUT ALSO THE OFFERINGS OF THE HEART, THE WORKS OF ART AND THE GESTURES OF LOVE. RECEIVE OUR GIFTS OF VOCATION AND AVOCATION. ALL WE HAVE WE OWE TO YOU, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, OUR LOVE, OUR LORD. AMEN
PSALM 42
As the deer longs for the water-brooks,
SO LONGS MY SOUL FOR YOU, O GOD.
My soul is athirst for God, athirst for the living God;
when shall I come to appear before the presence of God?
MY TEARS HAVE BEEN MY FOOD DAY AND NIGHT, WHILE ALL DAY LONG
THEY SAY TO ME, "WHERE NOW IS YOUR GOD?"
I pour out my soul when I think on these things.
HOW I WENT WITH THE MULTITUDE AND LET THEM INTO THE HOUSE OF GOD,
With the voice of praise and thanksgiving,
AMONG THOSE WHO KEEP HOLY-DAY.
Why are you so full of heaviness, O my soul?
AND WHY ARE YOU SO DISQUIETED WITHIN ME?
Put your trust in God;
FOR I WILL YET GIVE THANKS TO HIM, WHO IS THE HELP OF MY CONTENANCE, AND MY GOD.
My soul is heavy within me;
THEREFORE I WILL REMEMBER YOU FROM THE LAND OF JORDAN, AND FROM THE PEAK OF MIZAR AMONG THE HEIGHTS OF HERMON.
One deep calls to another in the noise of your cataracts;
ALL YOUR RAPIDS AND FLOODS HAVE GOVE OVER ME.
The Lord grants his loving-kindness in the daytime;
IN THE NIGHT SEASON HIS SONG IS WITH ME, A PRAYER TO THE GOD OF MY LIFE.
I will say to the God of my strength, "Why have you forgotten me?
AND WHY DO I GO SO HEAVILY WHILE THE ENEMY OPPRESSES ME?
While my bones are being broken, my enemies mock me to my face;
ALL DAY LONG THEY MOCK ME AND SAY TO ME, "WHERE NOW IS YOUR GOD?"
Why are you so full of heaviness, O my soul?
AND WHY ARE YOU SO DISQUIETED WITHIN ME?
Put your trust in God; for I will yet give thanks to him,
WHO IS THE HELP OF MY COUNTENANCE, AND MY GOD.
