Leader: Sing praises to God, sing praises!For God is the King of all the earth;Let us sing praises to him. ALL: God reigns over the nations;God sits on His holy throne. Leader: There is none like You among the gods,O Lord, nor are there any works like Yours.All the nations You have made shall comeand …
Leader: For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.ALL: For we have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” Leader: The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,ALL: and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow …
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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. Do you believe this?” ALL: Yes, Lord; We believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God.Blessed be the God and Father …
I waited patiently for the LORD; he inclined to me and heard my cry.He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. (Psalm 40:1–3 ESV) Exhortation:As …
Leader: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. ALL: In love he predestined us for …
Exhortation: Perhaps there is no sweeter word than God’s promise to dwell with his people – that we will be with the Lord. This promise stands as the apex of all other promises. All the promises of God culminate in his promise to be with us. For God Himself is the gospel. He is the …
Leader: Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing …
The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever.He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities.For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast …
The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it, the world and all who live in it. Heavenly Father, we confess that we belong to You. According to Your will, by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the power of the Holy Spirit, we have been…ransomed from our futile waysdelivered from the domain …
Leader: To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever.ALL: Amen. Leader: Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced …