Bulletin 3.22.26
"Then the glory of the LORD will be revealed, And all flesh will see it together; For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.'" Isaiah 40:5
Reflection Before The Service
Reflection Before The Service
Zacchaeus was a wee, little man,
And a wee, little man was he.
He climbed up in a sycamore tree,
For the Lord he wanted to see.
And as the Savior came that way,
He looked up in the tree,
And he said, "Zacchaeus, you come down from there!"
For I'm going to your house today.
For I'm going to your house today.
—Traditional Children ’s Song “Zacchaeus
Was a Wee, Little Man”
Let us thank God for all the ordinary Christians who daily love their neighbors
and live by faith in the resurrected Christ.
They are the secret and sacred agents in the kingdom of God. The world will never know them, and it’s much better that way.
They work openly, yet in secret, in small acts of self -sacrifice that subvert the reigning egocentric ethos of a world saturated with emotion and dry of truth.
They consider others more important than themselves. They make it their ambition to lead quiet lives. And they raise their children to believe a life well lived is in the pursuit of serving others.
They daily pray, confess their sins, and cast themselves upon the mercy of Christ. He forgives and raises them up to forgive others, to show mercy, to speak the truth in love.
No one will reward them or applaud them. Nor do they seek such recognition.
They are simply living as children of God, content with His approval in Christ.
Their lives are an ongoing doxology whispered in holy anonymity while passing
through this dying world on the way to resurrection.
— Chad Bird (Lutheran Theologian)
The Call To Worship
The Call To Worship
Isaiah 40.1-5
"Comfort, O comfort My people," says your God.
"Speak kindly to Jerusalem;
And call out to her, that her warfare has ended,
That her iniquity has been removed,
That she has received of the LORD'S hand
Double for all her sins."
A voice is calling,
"Clear the way for the LORD in the wilderness;
Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God.
Let every valley be lifted up,
And every mountain and hill be made low;
And let the rough ground become a plain,
And the rugged terrain a broad valley;
Then the glory of the LORD will be revealed,
And all flesh will see it together;
For the mouth of the LORD has spoken."
(Prayer)
Reflection Before The Service
Zacchaeus was a wee, little man,
And a wee, little man was he.
He climbed up in a sycamore tree,
For the Lord he wanted to see.
And as the Savior came that way,
He looked up in the tree,
And he said, "Zacchaeus, you come down from there!"
For I'm going to your house today.
For I'm going to your house today.
—Traditional Children ’s Song “Zacchaeus
Was a Wee, Little Man”
Let us thank God for all the ordinary Christians who daily love their neighbors
and live by faith in the resurrected Christ.
They are the secret and sacred agents in the kingdom of God. The world will never know them, and it’s much better that way.
They work openly, yet in secret, in small acts of self -sacrifice that subvert the reigning egocentric ethos of a world saturated with emotion and dry of truth.
They consider others more important than themselves. They make it their ambition to lead quiet lives. And they raise their children to believe a life well lived is in the pursuit of serving others.
They daily pray, confess their sins, and cast themselves upon the mercy of Christ. He forgives and raises them up to forgive others, to show mercy, to speak the truth in love.
No one will reward them or applaud them. Nor do they seek such recognition.
They are simply living as children of God, content with His approval in Christ.
Their lives are an ongoing doxology whispered in holy anonymity while passing
through this dying world on the way to resurrection.
— Chad Bird (Lutheran Theologian)
The Call To Worship
Isaiah 40.1-5
"Comfort, O comfort My people," says your God.
"Speak kindly to Jerusalem;
And call out to her, that her warfare has ended,
That her iniquity has been removed,
That she has received of the LORD'S hand
Double for all her sins."
A voice is calling,
"Clear the way for the LORD in the wilderness;
Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God.
Let every valley be lifted up,
And every mountain and hill be made low;
And let the rough ground become a plain,
And the rugged terrain a broad valley;
Then the glory of the LORD will be revealed,
And all flesh will see it together;
For the mouth of the LORD has spoken."
(Prayer)
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