P: God is uniquely present as we gather to worship Him this morning. C: He is present in His sanctuary. P: He is present where two or more have gathered in His name. C: He is present to edify. P: He is present to save the lost. C: He is present to restore. P: He [...]
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A responsive reading based on what is bequeathed to us: M: Listen, my dear brothers: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him? C: We are heirs of the kingdom (James 2:5) M: [...]
Immanuel (or Emmanuel) means “God With Us”. What a profound statement contained in a name as God is with us in so many ways. Here’s a responsive reading to illustrate this point. P: God is with us in the flesh C: The Word became flesh and lived for a while among us. – John 1:14 P: [...]
John the Baptist’s Cry
Posted: November 22, 2011 in Advent, CompositeTags: John the Baptist, New International Version
About 2,000 years ago, John the Baptist broke a biblical silence of over 400 years to express this inspired message: “Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near.” (Mt 3:1-3) If the Kingdom of Heaven was near back when he said it, then it’s even closer now and his message is critically important to us. [...]
Responsive Luther Prayer
Posted: October 11, 2011 in Composite, Martin Luther, Martin Luther, Quotes, ReformationTags: Martin Luther, The Reformation
P: Behold, Lord, an empty vessel that needs to be filled. C: My Lord, fill it. P: I am weak in the faith; strengthen me. C: I am cold in love; warm me and make me fervent that my love may go out to my neighbor. P: I do not have a strong or firm [...]
A responsive reading based on 1 Cor 13:1-8 M: Love is patient C: It is not hurried M: love is kind C: It is not harsh, rough or hurtful M: It does not envy C: It knows no other Gods M: it does not boast C: but only in Christ M: it is not proud [...]
A responsive prayer for a Vacation Bible School Service
Posted: July 19, 2011 in Composite, PrayerTags: VBS
A responsive prayer for a Vacation Bible School Service: Pastor: Our Father, may we all have the hope and energy and strength of our youth, All: strengthened by You to run and not grow weary. Pastor: From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise. All: You use the “weak” to lead [...]
P: Jesus, You did everything to show us both your love and your Father’s love. C: You became a small dependent child to show us yourself in your weakness P: You became a refugee in Egypt to show us your solidarity with all who are driven from their homes C: You grew up in obedience [...]
P: He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, C: nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. P: He was despised and rejected by men, C: a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. P: Like one from whom men hide their faces C: he was despised, and we [...]
Birth and Death Mash-Up
Posted: February 22, 2011 in Book I: 1-41, Composite, LentTags: Luke 2:10-20, Psalm 22
Psalm 22 (selected verses) and the Birth Account (from Luke 2:1-20) The following is a combination of the anguish of death and separation from God stated in Psalm 22 and the birth account from Luke 2. My thought was to bring together Jesus’ birth and the reason behind his coming to earth in one reading. P: [...]
