Proper 7
Prayer
Psalms And Prayers For Congregational Participation
CALL TO WORSHIP
Come before God in the sanctuary to the divine power and glory. God's true love is better than life so we will sing songs of praise.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
LIVING GOD, YOU HEAR AS WELL AS SPEAK, YOU FEEL AS WELL AS ACT. WE ARE SOMETIMES AWARE OF HURTING THE FEELINGS OF OUR CLOSEST FRIENDS, BUT RARELY DO WE CONSIDER THAT OUR BAD BEHAVIOR BREAKS YOUR HEART. WE ARE TOO OFTEN LIKE THOUGHTLESS CHILDREN WHOSE ACTIONS BRING DISGRACE TO THE WHOLE FAMILY. FORGIVE OUR INDIFFERENCE TO YOUR EXPECTATIONS BUT GRANT US GRACE TO TURN FROM OUR SINS AND TO LIVE MORE NEARLY LIKE YOUR SON, JESUS CHRIST. AMEN
DECLARATION OF GOD'S FORGIVENESS
Hear the Good News! Through faith you are all children of God in union with Christ Jesus. Baptized into union with him, you have all put on Christ as a garment. Friends, believe the Good News! IN JESUS CHRIST, WE ARE FORGIVEN.
EXHORTATION
Leave self behind, Day after day, take up your cross and follow Christ. Only in that risk are you ultimately safe.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
STRONG SAVIOR, GIVE SUCH TRUST IN YOUR MISSION THAT WE MAY BE LESS ANXIOUS FOR OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY AND WILLING TO RISK MORE IN THE LIVING OUT OF OUR DISCIPLESHIP. WE WANT TO CONFIRM OUR LIP SERVICE TO YOU IN DAY TO DAY OBEDIENCE TO YOUR GUIDANCE, WITH MORE CONCERN FOR THE NEEDS OF OTHERS THAN THE COST TO OURSELVES. WE WOULD SHOULDER OUR OWN CROSS AS YOU CARRIED YOURS, LORD JESUS. AMEN
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
GOD OF ABRAHAM AND SARAH, GOD OF JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH, GOD OF OUR ANCESTORS, WE REJOICE 1N YOUR PATIENCE WITH US IN THE SLOW PROGRESS OF OUR SOCIAL OBEDIENCE AS FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST. IN THE CHURCH OF YOUR BELOVED JESUS CHRIST, WE HAVE REMOVED THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN JEW AND GREEK, BOTH TOGETHER BECOMING THE SPIRITUAL ISSUE OF ABRAHAM AND SARAH. AFTER LONG CENTURIES NOT ONLY HAS THE DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN SLAVE AND FREEMAN BEEN DIMINISHED, BUT THE EXISTENCE OF SLAVERY ABOLISHED. WE PRAISE YOU, LIBERATING GOD. WE ANTICIPATE WITH JOY THE FURTHER FREEDOM OF MALE AND FEMALE AS ONE PERSON IN JESUS CHRIST. WE ARE HEIRS TOGETHER OF THE PROMISE, REDEEMING GOD, FOR WE BELONG TO CHRIST, YOUR ONLY TRUE CHILD, JESUS OF NAZARETH. AMEN
PRAYER OF DEDICATION
UNIVERSAL GOD, WE MAY WORSHIP YOU ANYWHERE. LET THIS SANCTUARY BE NOT ONLY A PLACE OF PEACE AND SANCTUARY, BUT ALSO A PLACE OF RISK-TAKING AND SELF-GIVING. MAY OUR OFFERINGS BE AN HONEST EXPRESSION OF OUR PRIORITIES AND DISCIPLESHIP IN THE SERVCE OF JESUS CHRIST. AMEN
PSALM 43
Give judgment for me, O God,
and defend my cause against an ungodly people.
DELIVER ME FROM THE DECEITFUL AND THE WICKED.
For you are the God of my strength; why have you put me from you?
AND WHY DO I GO SO HEAVILY WHILE THE ENEMY OPPRESSES ME?
Send out your light and your truth, that they may lead me,
AND BRING ME TO YOUR HOLY HILL AND TO YOUR DWELLING;
That I may go to the altar of God, to the God of my joy and gladness;
AND ON THE HARP I WILL GIVE THANKS TO YOU, O GOD, MY 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.
Come before God in the sanctuary to the divine power and glory. God's true love is better than life so we will sing songs of praise.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
LIVING GOD, YOU HEAR AS WELL AS SPEAK, YOU FEEL AS WELL AS ACT. WE ARE SOMETIMES AWARE OF HURTING THE FEELINGS OF OUR CLOSEST FRIENDS, BUT RARELY DO WE CONSIDER THAT OUR BAD BEHAVIOR BREAKS YOUR HEART. WE ARE TOO OFTEN LIKE THOUGHTLESS CHILDREN WHOSE ACTIONS BRING DISGRACE TO THE WHOLE FAMILY. FORGIVE OUR INDIFFERENCE TO YOUR EXPECTATIONS BUT GRANT US GRACE TO TURN FROM OUR SINS AND TO LIVE MORE NEARLY LIKE YOUR SON, JESUS CHRIST. AMEN
DECLARATION OF GOD'S FORGIVENESS
Hear the Good News! Through faith you are all children of God in union with Christ Jesus. Baptized into union with him, you have all put on Christ as a garment. Friends, believe the Good News! IN JESUS CHRIST, WE ARE FORGIVEN.
EXHORTATION
Leave self behind, Day after day, take up your cross and follow Christ. Only in that risk are you ultimately safe.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
STRONG SAVIOR, GIVE SUCH TRUST IN YOUR MISSION THAT WE MAY BE LESS ANXIOUS FOR OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY AND WILLING TO RISK MORE IN THE LIVING OUT OF OUR DISCIPLESHIP. WE WANT TO CONFIRM OUR LIP SERVICE TO YOU IN DAY TO DAY OBEDIENCE TO YOUR GUIDANCE, WITH MORE CONCERN FOR THE NEEDS OF OTHERS THAN THE COST TO OURSELVES. WE WOULD SHOULDER OUR OWN CROSS AS YOU CARRIED YOURS, LORD JESUS. AMEN
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
GOD OF ABRAHAM AND SARAH, GOD OF JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH, GOD OF OUR ANCESTORS, WE REJOICE 1N YOUR PATIENCE WITH US IN THE SLOW PROGRESS OF OUR SOCIAL OBEDIENCE AS FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST. IN THE CHURCH OF YOUR BELOVED JESUS CHRIST, WE HAVE REMOVED THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN JEW AND GREEK, BOTH TOGETHER BECOMING THE SPIRITUAL ISSUE OF ABRAHAM AND SARAH. AFTER LONG CENTURIES NOT ONLY HAS THE DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN SLAVE AND FREEMAN BEEN DIMINISHED, BUT THE EXISTENCE OF SLAVERY ABOLISHED. WE PRAISE YOU, LIBERATING GOD. WE ANTICIPATE WITH JOY THE FURTHER FREEDOM OF MALE AND FEMALE AS ONE PERSON IN JESUS CHRIST. WE ARE HEIRS TOGETHER OF THE PROMISE, REDEEMING GOD, FOR WE BELONG TO CHRIST, YOUR ONLY TRUE CHILD, JESUS OF NAZARETH. AMEN
PRAYER OF DEDICATION
UNIVERSAL GOD, WE MAY WORSHIP YOU ANYWHERE. LET THIS SANCTUARY BE NOT ONLY A PLACE OF PEACE AND SANCTUARY, BUT ALSO A PLACE OF RISK-TAKING AND SELF-GIVING. MAY OUR OFFERINGS BE AN HONEST EXPRESSION OF OUR PRIORITIES AND DISCIPLESHIP IN THE SERVCE OF JESUS CHRIST. AMEN
PSALM 43
Give judgment for me, O God,
and defend my cause against an ungodly people.
DELIVER ME FROM THE DECEITFUL AND THE WICKED.
For you are the God of my strength; why have you put me from you?
AND WHY DO I GO SO HEAVILY WHILE THE ENEMY OPPRESSES ME?
Send out your light and your truth, that they may lead me,
AND BRING ME TO YOUR HOLY HILL AND TO YOUR DWELLING;
That I may go to the altar of God, to the God of my joy and gladness;
AND ON THE HARP I WILL GIVE THANKS TO YOU, O GOD, MY 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.
