First Immanuel Lutheran Ministries ~ River of Life Saukville Campus
AS WE GATHER God has given us hope, and we don’t keep that to ourselves. We will be bold enough to share the confidence we have in the cross to others.
OPENING HYMN…Spread the Reign of God the Lord……….LSB 830
1 Spread the reign of God the Lord,
Spoken, written, mighty Word;
Ev’rywhere His creatures call
To His heav’nly banquet hall.
2 Tell how God the Father’s will
Made the world, upholds it still,
How His own dear Son He gave
Us from sin and death to save.
THE INVOCATION:
P: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
C: Amen.
WE CONFESS OUR SIN AND RECEIVE GOD’S FORGIVENESS:
P: Almighty God, we confess our many sins in doing those things You have forbidden, and not doing what You have commanded. You have called us into a living faith—one that shares all the blessings received. Lord, we have not always shared the hope you place in our hearts and in our homes. Forgive our blindness to Your vision for mission, our deafness to Your call to go, our failure to run with a sense of urgency.
C: Cleanse us with Your full and free forgiveness and challenge us by Your Spirit’s call to run a new path with clear vision for Your saving mission, for the sake of Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord and Savior. Amen.
P: Almighty God has had mercy on us and has given His Son to die for us, and for His sake has forgiven us all our sins. Power to become the children of God is given to all who believe in the name of Jesus Christ and they receive the promise of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is sure and certain, that whoever believes and is baptized shall be saved.
C: Amen.
PSALM OF THE DAY………….......Psalm 33:18-22
P Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him,
C: on those who hope in his steadfast love,
P: that he may deliver their soul from death
C: and keep them alive in famine.
P: Our soul waits for the Lord;
C: he is our help and our shield.
P: For our heart is glad in him,
C: because we trust in his holy name.
P: Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us,
C: even as we hope in you.
P: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit;
C: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
P: Empower us, O Lord, by Your Holy Spirit, that we may be a light to others, shining the Gospel of Your truth into each of our relationships. Enable us to live in such a manner that others would see through us the hope and joy of living in You. We pray this in Your powerful name.
C: Amen.
Hebrews 13:14-16 ESV
Mark 10:46-52 ESV
APOSTLES CREED
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth.
And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell. The third day He rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
SERMON HYMN Spread the Reign of God the Lord……….LSB 830
3 Tell of our Redeemer’s grace,
Who, to save our human race
And to pay rebellion’s price,
Gave Himself as sacrifice.
4 Tell of God the Spirit giv’n
Now to guide us on to heav’n,
Strong and holy, just and true,
Working both to will and do.
SERMON BOLD Enough to Share Our Hope
Sermon Reflection:
PRAYERS OF THE CHURCH
LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven; give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen.
BENEDICTION
CLOSING HYMN Spread the Reign of God the Lord……LSB 830
5 Enter, mighty Word, the field;
Ripe the promise of its yield.
But the reapers, oh, how few
For the work there is to do!
6 Lord of harvest, great and kind,
Rouse to action heart and mind;
Let the gath’ring nations all
See Your light and heed Your call.