In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory. In him you also, when you heard the word …
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Leader: Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.ALL: I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds. (1 Thessalonians 5:18, Psalm 9:1 ESV) Note: this reading is useful for a Thanksgiving-themed service. At Redeemer Church, …
This is the grace of our Jesus Christ,That though he was rich, yet for our sake he became poor,so that by his poverty we might become rich. (Based on 2 Corinthians 8:9) Following song suggestion: Thou Who Wast Rich
Leader: You are God and we praise You;You are the Lord and we acclaim You;You are the eternal Father;ALL: All creation worships You. Leader: To You all angels, all the powers of heaven,Cherubim and seraphim sing in endless praise,ALL: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might;Heaven and earth are full of Your glory. …
To our Lord be glory and dominionand an everlasting kingdom,that all peoples, nations, and languagesshould serve Him;His dominion is an everlasting dominion,which shall not pass away,and His kingdom one that shall not be destroyed. (Based on Daniel 7:14)
Leader: For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.ALL: For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of …
Leader: Jesus said, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I …
Leader: Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit …
Leader: Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.ALL: According to the riches of his glory may the Father grant us to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in our …
Leader: Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die.ALL: He is the first and the last, and the living one. He died, and is alive forevermore, having the keys of Death and …