The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost – Divine Service One

 

The Lord’s Word quenches thirst, satisfies hunger, and conveys an everlasting covenant between God and his people.  Israel is the rightful nation to receive God’s adoption, glory, covenant, worship, and promise.  But their lineage is no guarantee!  Only those who believe the promise of Jesus are claimed by Him.  So also every man, woman, and child who hears His Word is completely satisfied with the truth, righteousness, and compassion of Christ.    

 

 

Heavenly Father, though we do not deserve Your goodness, still You provide for all our needs of body and soul. Grant us Your Holy Spirit that we may acknowledge Your gifts, give thanks for all Your benefits, and serve You in willing obedience; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

 

“How Firm a Foundation”    LSB 728   (Hymn of the Month)

“O Living Bread from Heaven”  LSB 642

“Seek Ye First the Kingdom of God”     LSB 712

“Come, Let Us Eat”     LSB 626

“The Gifts Christ Freely Gives”     LSB 602

“Lord Jesus Christ, Life Giving Bread”     LSB 625

“Now Thank We All Our God”     LSB 895

 

The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost – Divine Service 1

 

The people of God are treasured possessions, chosen and loved for all eternity.  God’s divine, amazing grace embraces the predestined, the justified, the glorified.  God’s divine deliverance rescues from tribulation, persecution, danger, and death.  Anything that would separate us from the love of God in Christ is rendered completely powerless!  God’s people, made righteous by Him, will live forever as citizens in the kingdom of heaven.     

 

 

Almighty and everlasting God, give us an increase of faith, hope, and love, that, receiving what You have promised, we may love what You have commanded; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

 

“We Praise You and Acknowledge You, O God”     LSB 941   (Hymn of the Month)

“From God Can Nothing Move Me”  LSB 713

“When Peace, Like a River”     LSB 763

“Before the Throne of God Above”     LSB 574

“Jesus, Priceless Treasure”     LSB 743

“Church of God, Elect and Glorious”     LSB 646

The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost – Divine Service One

 

The Lord of hosts is the indisputable Redeemer – there is no other!  All creation awaits the revelation of the sons of God, who by grace become God’s adopted heirs.  We are the redeemed, the hope-filled, the ones for whom the Spirit cries out that our weaknesses may not devastate, suffocate, or strangle us.  In Christ, we are forgiven and known as the children of His kingdom, because we hear His Word and believe! 

 

 

Almighty and everlasting God, give us an increase of faith, hope, and love, that, receiving what You have promised, we may love what You have commanded; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

 

“We Praise You and Acknowledge You, O God”     LSB 941   (Hymn of the Month)

“In Holy Conversation”  LSB 772

“Great Is Thy Faithfulness”     LSB 809

“Love Divine, All Loves Excelling”     LSB 700

“Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me”     LSB 761

“Listen, God Is Calling”     LSB 833

“Rise, My Soul, to Watch and Pray”     LSB 663

The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost – Divine Service 1

 

God nourishes the whole earth with refreshing water, yielding a bountiful harvest.  His Word does the same – nourishing faith, refreshing souls, and increasing joy.  We dare not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit, who magnifies and sheds all kinds of God’s  goodness upon us and makes us heirs of an incomparable wealth in the Gospel of Christ, recipients of His life-giving Word, and inheritors of the everlasting kingdom of God.

 

 

Blessed Lord, since You have caused all Holy Scriptures to be written for our learning, grant that we may so hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them that we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

 

“We Praise You and Acknowledge You, O God”     LSB 941   (Hymn of the Month)

“Almighty God, Your Word Is Cast”  LSB 577

“Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing”     LSB 686

“May God Bestow on Us His Grace”     LSB 824

“Praise to the Lord, the Almighty”     LSB 790

“For the Fruits of His Creation”     LSB 894

“Forth in Thy Name, O Lord, I Go”     LSB 854

The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost – Divine Service 1

 

Zechariah prophesies the coming of King Jesus, whose reign is about mercy, grace, life, and goodness, not about wrath, power, anger, or violence.  Sometimes we mistakenly think that unyielding wrath guarantees change, self-condemnation begets correction, and power deserves respect.  But for Christians, it is only the gracious, gentle, merciful Jesus who delivers us from our body of death.  He is our divine respite in whom we know kindness, goodness, and forgiveness.     

 

Readings:

 

Collect of the Day:

Gracious God, our heavenly Father, Your mercy attends us all our days. Be our strength and support amid the wearisome changes of this world, and at life’s end grant us Your promised rest and the full joys of Your salvation; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

 

Hymns:

“We Praise You and Acknowledge You, O God”     LSB 941   (hymn of the month)

“I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say”     LSB 699

“Jesus Shall Reign”     LSB 832

“May We Thy Precepts, Lord, Fulfill”     LSB 698

“Be Still, My Soul”     LSB 752

“Eternal Father, Strong to Save”     LSB 717

The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost – Divine Service 1

 

God’s Holy Law binds, condemns, and kills!  Those under the law are terrorized by sin.  Prophets recount the transgressions of people that have provoked wars, famines, pestilence, and death.  Only peace produces life.  But the Lord unsheathes the sword of division between those who vehemently deny and those who humbly confess Christ as Lord.  Nothing dismisses the authority of the Law, but thanks be to God that Christ fulfilled its every letter – so we shall inherit eternal peace! 

 

Readings:

 

Almighty God, by the working of Your Holy Spirit, grant that we may gladly hear Your Word proclaimed among us and follow its directing; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

 

“Hark the Voice of Jesus Crying”     LSB 826  (hymn of the month)

“The Son of God Goes Forth to War”     LSB 661

“Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence”     LSB 621

“When I Survey the Wondrous Cross”     LSB 426

“O Blessed Spring”     LSB 595

“Lord Jesus Christ, We Humbly Pray”     LSB 623

“I Walk in Danger All the Way”     LSB 716

The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost – Divine Service 1

 

Violence and destruction snuff out life!  Mourning crescendos as cruelty erupts.  But, the Lord remains strong as our warrior – our deliverer from evildoers.  And as we battle sin and its consequences to our body and soul, we cling to Christ, who is obedience, justification, and righteousness.  In Him, we claim all the blessed attributes and live, fearing not those things that seek to destroy but in all circumstances acknowledging and confessing Christ before all men!   

 

 

O God, because Your abiding presence always goes with us, keep us aware of Your daily mercies that we may live secure and content in Your eternal love; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

 

“Hark the Voice of Jesus Crying”     LSB 826  (hymn of the month)

“Lord of Our Life and God of Our Salvation”     LSB 659

“Just As I Am”     LSB 570

“O God of Light”     LSB 836

“How Firm a Foundation”     LSB 728

“On Eagles’ Wings”     LSB 727

“O Blest the House”     LSB 862