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(Silence for reflection on God’s Word and for self-examination) Pastor: People: O almighty God, merciful Father, I, a poor, miserable sinner, confess to you all my sins and iniquities with which I have ever offended you and justly deserved your punishment now and forever. But I am heartily sorry for them and sincerely repent of them, and I pray you of your boundless mercy and for the sake of the holy, innocent, bitter sufferings and death of your beloved Son, Jesus Christ, to be gracious and merciful to me, a poor sinful being. ABSOLUTION OR DECLARATION OF GRACE Pastor: People: Upon this confession, I, by virtue of my office as a called and ordained servant of the Word, announce the grace of God to all of you, and in the stead and by the command of my Lord Jesus Christ I forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen (Please rise) Liturgist: People: In the mercy of almighty God, Jesus Christ was given to die for us, and for his sake God forgives us all our sins. To those who believe in Jesus Christ he gives the power to become the children of God and bestows on them the Holy Spirit. May the Lord, who has begun this good work in us, bring it to completion in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen (Please rise) Service of the Word HYMN OR SONG OF PRAISE Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow LW 461 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise him, all creatures here below; Praise him above, O heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Text: Thomas Ken, 1637-1711 Tune: Old Hundredth, Louis Bourgeois, c. 1510-1561 He Is Exalted He is exalted, the King is exalted on high; I will praise Him. He is exalted, forever exalted and I will praise His name! He is the Lord, forever His truth shall reign; Heaven and earth rejoice in His holy name. He is exalted, the King is exalted on high. (Repeat) Words and Music: Twila Paris © SALUTATION AND PRAYERS OF THE DAY Disciples in his presence asked, “Lord, teach us to pray.” Pastor: People: Pastor: The Lord be with you. And with your spirit. Let us pray. (A brief silence is kept.) 4
People: Pastor: People: Pastor: People: O God, in the century past you have taught the hearts of your faithful people of the Texas District and sent the precious gift of your Holy Spirit. Grant us in our day that same Spirit that we may have a right understanding in all things and evermore rejoice in his holy consolation; through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord. Amen Let us pray. (A brief silence is kept.) Almighty God, heavenly Father, by your Son, Jesus Christ, you promised to be with your Church to the end of the world and that the gates of hell should not overcome it. Graciously make your strength perfect in our weakness and, according to your promise, be present with us, your unworthy servants, and grant us your mighty and merciful help in your mission and ministry; through the same Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord. Amen Let us pray. (A brief silence is kept.) Direct us, O Lord, and the people of our District, in all our deeds by your most gracious favor, and further us with your continual help that in all our works, begun, continued, and ended in your name, we may glorify your holy name and finally by your mercy receive eternal life; through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen (Please be seated) OLD TESTAMENT READING Deuteronomy 8:1-18 Give thanks and remember the Lord, the land, the faith, the mission. The mission? That all may worship and adore the God of Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebekah, Jacob and Rachel, Moses and Miriam, ever the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ and his Holy Spirit. Be careful to follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and increase and may enter and possess the land that the Lord promised on oath to your forefathers. Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the desert these forty years, to humble you and to test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands. He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your fathers had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years. Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you. (And have we not been blessed with the manna of Holy Communion and the Word of God these past 100 years?) Observe the commands of the Lord your God, walking in his ways and revering him. For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land - a land with streams and pools of water, with springs flowing in the valleys and hills; a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey; a land where bread will not be scarce and you will lack nothing; a land where the rocks are iron and you can dig copper out of the hills. (And have we not known the good land of Texas from the Red to the Rio, from the Piney Woods to the Big Bend – from cotton and sugar cane to pecans and peaches?) When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you. Be careful that you do not forget the Lord your God, failing to observe his commands, his 5
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