John 4:5-26 – Our Need for Living Water
WELCOME TO WORSHIP In the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ, we welcome you to St. Paul’s. We especially welcome our guests who have joined us today. We pray that your soul will be strengthened by the good news of God’s forgiveness through Jesus. PRAYER IN PREPARATION FOR TODAY’S WORSHIP Lord God, I have a deep spiritual thirst. I long for a good relationship with you and for everlasting life. Yet I am tempted to satisfy that deep thirst with worldly things,…
Zechariah 12:10-11 – Look at the One WHo Was Pierced
WELCOME TO WORSHIP In the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ, we welcome you to St. Paul’s. We especially welcome our guests who have joined us today. We pray that your soul will be strengthened by the good news of God’s forgiveness through Jesus. PRAYER IN PREPARATION FOR TODAY’S WORSHIP Lord Jesus, I mourn your death because it is also a mourning over my sins that put you there on the cross. Forgive me for the great and many reasons you were…
Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 – Justification Is a Gift, Not a Wage
WELCOME TO WORSHIP In the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ, we welcome you to St. Paul’s. We especially welcome our guests who have joined us today. We pray that your soul will be strengthened by the good news of God’s forgiveness through Jesus. PRAYER IN PREPARATION FOR TODAY’S WORSHIP Lord God, without you I would be separated from you and lost in the despair of unbelief. Thanks to you, I know that I am your child through Jesus Christ and have…
Zechariah 11:7-13 – What’s He Worth To You?
WELCOME TO WORSHIP In the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ, we welcome you to St. Paul’s. We especially welcome our guests who have joined us today. We pray that your soul will be strengthened by the good news of God’s forgiveness through Jesus. PRAYER IN PREPARATION FOR TODAY’S WORSHIP Lord Jesus, you are clearly my greatest treasure. Yet in my life I can value you as little as those who planned your death and betrayed you. Enlighten me to the depth…
Matthew 4:1-11 – “Go Away, Satan!”
WELCOME TO WORSHIP In the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ, we welcome you to St. Paul’s. We especially welcome our guests who have joined us today. We pray that your soul will be strengthened by the good news of God’s forgiveness through Jesus. PRAYER IN PREPARATION FOR TODAY’S WORSHIP Lord God, from the Garden of Eden you have seen the human beings you created fall to the temptations of the devil. Yet you did not abandon us. You promised and sent…
Zechariah 13:7-9 – Scattered Sheep
WELCOME TO WORSHIP In the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ, we welcome you to St. Paul’s. We especially welcome our guests who have joined us today. We pray that your soul will be strengthened by the good news of God’s forgiveness through Jesus. PRAYER IN PREPARATION FOR TODAY’S WORSHIP Lord God Almighty, your punishment of death upon sin makes me but dust and ashes before you. With my sinful nature, my desire for sin, and my willingness to disobey your commands,…
Matthew 17:1-9 – What God Made Known at Jesus’ Transfiguration
WELCOME TO WORSHIP In the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ, we welcome you to St. Paul’s. We especially welcome our guests who have joined us today. We pray that your soul will be strengthened by the good news of God’s forgiveness through Jesus. PRAYER IN PREPARATION FOR TODAY’S WORSHIP Lord Jesus, you veiled your glory as you took on a human nature in order to save me from my sins. As you reveal your glory today in the account of the…
1 Peter 2:9-12 – Don’t Move Back In
WELCOME TO WORSHIP In the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ, we welcome you to St. Paul’s. We especially welcome our guests who have joined us today. We pray that your soul will be strengthened by the good news of God’s forgiveness through Jesus. PRAYER IN PREPARATION FOR TODAY’S WORSHIP Lord Almighty, you have called me to be your child even though I don’t deserve it. Your grace in giving me spiritual life shows your marvelous glory. Forgive me for not living…
Matthew 5:1-12 – Am I Really Blessed?
WELCOME TO WORSHIP In the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ, we welcome you to St. Paul’s. We especially welcome our guests who have joined us today. We pray that your soul will be strengthened by the good news of God’s forgiveness through Jesus. PRAYER IN PREPARATION FOR TODAY’S WORSHIP Lord Jesus, you spoke some pretty big words to begin your Sermon on the Mount, numerous times calling your disciples “blessed.” Such a revelation is difficult for my sinful, straying heart not…
1 John 2:3-11 – Don’t Just Talk the Talk, Walk the Walk in Christ’s Light
WELCOME TO WORSHIP In the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ, we welcome you to St. Paul’s. We especially welcome our guests who have joined us today. We pray that your soul will be strengthened by the good news of God’s forgiveness through Jesus. PRAYER IN PREPARATION FOR TODAY’S WORSHIP Lord Almighty, you have pierced through the darkness of this world with the light of your Son, our Savior. Forgive me when I hide from your light either in fear or in…
Colossians 2:6-15 – Brought to Fullness
WELCOME TO WORSHIP In the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ, we welcome you to St. Paul’s. We especially welcome our guests who have joined us today. We pray that your soul will be strengthened by the good news of God’s forgiveness through Jesus. PRAYER IN PREPARATION FOR TODAY’S WORSHIP Lord Jesus, my sin is so burdensome that I can feel like I’m going to crumble under the weight of my guilt. Open not only my ears but especially my heart to…
Matthew 3:13-17 – What God Made Known at Jesus’ Baptism
WELCOME TO WORSHIP In the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ, we welcome you to St. Paul’s. We especially welcome our guests who have joined us today. We pray that your soul will be strengthened by the good news of God’s forgiveness through Jesus. PRAYER IN PREPARATION FOR TODAY’S WORSHIP Lord, your baptism in the Jordan River revealed who you truly are. The voice from heaven testified that you are the perfect Son of God, anointed by the Holy Spirit to be…