Leader: Who has come in the fullness of time to make us adopted children of God?ALL: Jesus, who is our Redeemer! Leader: Who has come to save his people from their sin?ALL: Jesus, who is Emmanuel, “God with Us”! Leader: Who has come to bring joy for all peoples?ALL: Jesus, …
Leader: If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. ALL: For the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him …
Leader: We believe in one GodALL: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Leader: He is the true and living God, and the everlasting King.ALL: Worthy to receive glory and honor and power. Leader: He created all things,ALL: And by his will they existed and were created. Leader: We believe in the Lord Jesus Christ;ALL: He is …
Leader: Be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.ALL: For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over …
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 …