Lord God, our Father in heaven, you have shown your great love toward us by sending your Son into the world to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
We give you thanks because you have made us worthy to share in the inheritance of the saints in light, having rescued us from the power of darkness, and brought us into the kingdom of your beloved Son.
Watchword for the Week
Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in the way. Psalm 25:8
Daily Watchword
Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the works of your hands. Psalm 102:25
Doctrinal Text
Jesus Christ will also strengthen you to the end. 1 Corinthians 1:8
Prayer
Lord, you created everything by the work of your hands, including each of us. We pray that we
see your handiwork in all that we observe, and we give thanks to you for your divine work. May
we trust in you and in your Son as we go through the days of our life. In your name, we pray.
Amen.
HYMN OF ASSURANCE: HE LEADETH ME #787 MBW
He leadeth me: O blessed thought!
O words with heavenly comfort fraught!
Whate’er I do, where’er I be, still ’tis God’s hand that leadeth me.
He leadeth me, he leadeth me;
by his own hand he leadeth me,
his faithful foll’wer I would be,
for by his hand he leadeth me.
Sometimes mid scenes of deepest gloom,
sometimes where Eden’s flowers bloom,
by waters calm, o’er troubled sea,
still ’tis his hand that leadeth me. [Refrain]
Lord, I would clasp thy hand in mine,
nor ever murmur nor repine;
content, whatever lot I see,
since ’tis my God that leadeth me. [Refrain]
And when my task on earth is done,
when by thy grace the victory’s won,
e’en death’s cold wave I will not flee,
since God through Jordan leadeth me.[Refrain]
Congregation Watchword for the Year
The Lord will bless his people with peace. Psalm 29:1
