HYMN All Things Bright and Beautiful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUnQMvwaXlc
SCRIPTURE Genesis 3:8-15
They heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. But the LORD God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?”
He said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.”
LORD God said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”
The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate.” Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent tricked me, and I ate.”
The LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you among all animals and among all wild creatures; upon your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.”
HYMN O’ Lord
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K42bvpgimTg
SCRIPTURE
Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD.
Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications!
If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand?
But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be revered.
I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; my soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning, more than those who watch for the morning.
O Israel, hope in the LORD! For with the LORD there is steadfast love, and with him is great power to redeem. It is he who will redeem Israel from all its iniquities.
HYMN Day by Day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWQEUzOACm4
PRAYER
Holy Lord, hear our prayer: bring revival to our nation. Your hand is upon your people to guide and protect us. Keep us in your service that the powers of this world may not overwhelm us. In the face of all adversity, make us attentive to your will that we may serve you alone
Jesus has removed our burdens and healed our spirits. Help us to hear the voices and see the needs of others. We lift up the prayers of our hearts for those still burdened in need within the church and the world. We ask that you continue to give wisdom, courage and strength to President Trump. Give the Trump Administration discernment to remove power from the corrupt deep state that continues to pervert truth and abuse justice.
Holy God, give each of us the strength to live an authentic Christian witness with our whole being. Let the power of your Spirit continue to move on, within and through us revealing your love through Christ to others. Draw us closer to you, that the whole world may be one with you as you are one with us in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
HYMN The Prayer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5vrPaE5Y1o
SCRIPTURE Mark 3:20-30
And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He [Jesus] has Beelzebul, and by the ruler of the demons he casts out demons.”
And he called them to him, and spoke to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan?
If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.
And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but his end has come.
But no one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his property without first tying up the strong man; then indeed the house can be plundered.
“Truly I tell you, people will be forgiven for their sins and whatever blasphemies they utter;
but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit can never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”— for they had said, “He has an unclean spirit.”
HYMN I Believe in a Hill Called Mount Calvary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTyuT3WkrEE
SCRIPTURE 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1
But just as we have the same spirit of faith that is in accordance with scripture—”I believed, and so I spoke” —we also believe, and so we speak, because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will bring us with you into his presence.
Yes, everything is for your sake, so that grace, as it extends to more and more people, may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God. So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day.
For this slight momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure, because we look not at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen; for what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.
For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
HYMN Because He Lives
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Oz_caE8oQE
Amen to Every Word of your Beautiful, Powerful Prayer, Dear UMCRevMom.
Joining you in Thanksgiving, Prayer, and Praise.