First Sunday in Lent – February 21, 2021
Today’s
Theme for Worship:
Jesus not only
died in our place, he lived a perfect life as our substitute- all to win us
back to himself.
Order
of Service:
Service of Word and Sacrament
Opening
Hymn: 752 In Christ Alone
1 In Christ alone my hope is found.
He is my light, my strength, my
song;
This cornerstone, this solid ground,
Firm through the fiercest drought
and storm.
What heights of love, what depths of
peace,
When fears are stilled, when
strivings cease
My Comforter, my all in all,
Here in the love of Christ I stand.
2 In Christ alone who took on flesh,
Fullness of God in helpless babe.
This gift of love and righteousness,
Scorned by the ones he came to save.
Till on that cross, as Jesus died,
The wrath of God was satisfied;
For ev'ry
sin on him was laid.
Here in the death of Christ I live.
3 There in the ground his body lay,
Light of the world by darkness
slain;
Then bursting forth in glorious day
Up from the grave he rose again!
And as he stands in victory,
Sin's curse has lost its grip on me.
For I am his and he is mine
Bought with the precious blood of
Christ.
4 No guilt in life, no fear in
death,
This is the pow'r
of Christ in me;
From life's first cry to final
breath,
Jesus commands my destiny.
No pow'r
of hell, no scheme of man
Can ever pluck me from his hand;
Till he returns or calls me home,
Here in the pow'r
of Christ I'll stand.
P: The grace of our Lord + Jesus Christ
and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you.
C: And also with you.
Lord, We Confess
Confession and Absolution
Responsive Scripture with text from “Lord, We
Confess” (CW 398) and tune DETROIT (CW 493).
M: Because we are all
sons and daughters of the Lord, we are called by him to repent of our sins. Let
us go before our God and ask for his forgiveness. (Acts 17:29-30)
Stanza 1 (Special
Music)
Lord,
we confess our numerous faults,
How
great our guilt has been,
How
vain and foolish all our thoughts,
How
deeply stained with sin.
M: The Apostle John
declares, “If we confess our sins, God is faithful and just and will forgive
our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” Together, we confess our
sins. (1 John 1:9)
C: Have mercy on me, O
God, according to your unfailing love. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me
from my sin. For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
Against you only have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight. Cleanse me
and I will be clean. Wash me and I will be whiter than snow. Hide your face
from my sins and blot out all my iniquity. Create in me a pure heart, O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within me. (Psalm 51)
SILENT CONFESSION
Stanza 2 (Special
Music)
It’s
not by works of righteousness
Which
our own hands have done,
But
we are saved by God’s free grace
Abounding
through his Son.
M: Having
confessed your sins, hear the good news of our salvation, “the blood of Jesus,
his Son, purifies us from all sin. Dear children, your sins have been forgiven
on account of his name. God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his
Son.” (1 John 1:7, 2:12, 5:11)
Stanzas 3-4 (congregation
joins)
It’s
from the mercy of our God
That
all our hopes begin;
Itʼs by the water and
the blood
Our
souls are washed from sin.
Raised
from the dead we live anew;
And,
justified by grace,
We
shall appear in glory, too,
And see our Father’s
face.
P: The works of the Lord
are great and glorious; his name is worthy of praise.
Song of Praise: Grades K-8 Let’s Light the
World
Prayer of the Day
P: Let us Pray.
Lord our strength,
the battle of good and evil rages within and around us, and our ancient foe
tempts us with his deceits and empty promises. Keep us steadfast in your Word,
and when we fall, raise us again and restore us through your Son, Jesus Christ
our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and
forever. C: ♬ A-men.
Since God did not
spare his own Son, not even the troubles we have in this life can separate us
from God’s love.
31What then will we
say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32Indeed,
he who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not
also graciously give us all things along with him?
33Who will bring an
accusation against God’s elect? God is the one who justifies! 34Who
is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus, who died and, more
than that, was raised to life, is the one who is at God’s right hand and who is
also interceding for us! 35What will separate us from the love of
Christ? Will trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or
danger or sword? 36Just as it is written:
For your sake we
are being put to death all day long.
We are considered
as sheep to be slaughtered.
37No, in all these
things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
38For I am convinced
that neither death nor life, neither angels nor rulers, neither things present
nor things to come, nor powerful forces, 39neither height nor depth,
nor anything else in creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God
in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Verse:
Matthew 4:10b
M:
It is written: “Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.”
Psalm of the Day – Psalm 6
Refrain
Lamb of God, you take away the sin
of the world;
have mercy on us.
O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger*
or discipline me in
your wrath.
Be merciful to me, LORD, for I
am faint;*
O LORD, heal me,
for my soul is in anguish.
Turn, O LORD, and deliver
me;*
save me because of
your unfailing love.
Refrain
Lamb of God, you take away the sin
of the world;
have mercy on us.
I am worn out from groaning.*
My eyes grow weak
with sorrow.
Away from me, all you who do evil,*
for the LORD has
heard my weeping.
The LORD has heard my cry for mercy;*
the LORD accepts
my prayer.
Glory be to the Father and to
the Son*
and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning,*
is now, and will
be forever. Amen.
Refrain
Lamb of God, you take away the sin
of the world;
have mercy on us.
Refrain Tune:
Richard Proulx. © 1986 GIA Publications, Inc., Chicago, IL, www.giamusic.com.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Gospel Lesson: Mark 1:12-15
Christ’s
defeats Satan at the beginning of his public ministry.
12The Spirit
immediately sent Jesus out into the wilderness. 13He was in the
wilderness for forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild
animals, and angels were serving him.
14After John was put
in prison, Jesus went to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God. 15“The
time is fulfilled,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near! Repent, and
believe in the gospel.”
Hymn of the Day: 201 A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
1 A mighty fortress is our God, A trusty shield
and weapon;
He
helps us free from ev’ry need That has us now o’ertaken.
The
old evil foe Now means deadly woe;
Deep
guile and great might Are his dread arms in fight;
On
earth is not his equal.
2 With might of ours can naught be done; Soon
were our loss effected.
But
for us fights the valiant one Whom God himself elected.
You
ask, “Who is this?” Jesus Christ it is,
The
almighty Lord. And there’s no other God;
He
holds the field forever.
3 Though devils all the world should fill, All
eager to devour us,
We
tremble not, we fear no ill; They shall not overpow’r
us.
This
world’s prince may still Scowl fierce as he will,
He
can harm us none. He’s judged; the deed is done!
One
little word can fell him.
4 The Word they still shall let remain, Nor any
thanks have for it;
He’s
by our side upon the plain With his good gifts and Spirit.
And
do what they will-Hate, steal, hurt, or kill-
Though
all may be gone, Our victory is won;
The
kingdom’s ours forever!
Text:
Martin Luther, 1483-1546; tr. composite.
Some
time
later God tested Abraham. He called to him, “Abraham!”
Abraham answered,
“I am here.”
2God said, “Now
take your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of
Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains there, the
one to which I direct you.”
3Abraham got up
early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with
him, along with Isaac his son. Abraham split the wood for the burnt offering.
Then he set out to go to the place that God had told him about. 4On
the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.
5Abraham said to
his young men, “Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go on over there.
We will worship, and then we will come back to you.” 6Abraham took
the wood for the burnt offering and loaded it on Isaac his son. He took the
firepot and the knife in his hand. The two of them went on together.
7Isaac spoke to
Abraham his father and said, “My father?”
He said, “I am
here, my son.”
He said, “Here are
the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”
8Abraham said, “God
himself will provide the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So the two of them
went on together. 9They came to the place that God had told him about.
Abraham built the altar there. He arranged the wood, tied up Isaac his son, and
laid him on the altar on top of the wood. 10Abraham stretched out
his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.
11The Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven, “Abraham,
Abraham!”
Abraham said, “I am here.”
12He said, “Do not
lay your hand on the boy. Do not do anything to him. For now I know that you
fear God, because you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”
13Abraham looked
around and saw that behind him there was a ram caught in the thicket by its
horns. Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering
instead of his son. 14Abraham called the name of that place “The Lord Will Provide.” So it is said to this day, “On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.”
Nicene Creed
We believe in one God, the Father, the
Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the
only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from
Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one being with the
Father.
Through him all things were made. For us and for our salvation, he came down
from heaven, was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the virgin Mary, and became
fully human. For our sake he was
crucified under Pontius Pilate. He
suffered death and was buried. On the
third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures.
He ascended into heaven and is seated at
the right hand of the Father. He will
come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have
no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord,
the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who in unity with
the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified, who has spoken through the
prophets. We believe in one holy
Christian and apostolic Church. We
acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead and
the life of the world to come. Amen.
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Prayer 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.
The Sacrament
P: The Lord be with you.
C: ♬ And also with
you.
P: Lift
up your hearts.
C: ♬ We lift them up
to the Lord.
P: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
C: ♬ It is right to
give him thanks and praise.
P: Praise to the God and Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ! In love he has blessed us with every spiritual blessing. He made his Son to be the atoning
sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the
whole world. Now have come the salvation
and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ. To
him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and thanks and honor and
glory for ever and ever.
♬ Holy, Holy, Holy
Ho-ly, ho-ly, ho-ly is the Lord of hosts.
The whole earth is full of your glo-ry.
You are my God, and I will ex-alt you.
I will give you thanks, for you have
be-come my sal-va-tion.
Ho-ly, ho-ly, ho-ly is the Lord of hosts.
The whole earth is full of your glo-ry.
Words of Institution
P: Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the night he
was betrayed, took bread; and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it
to his disciples, saying “Take and eat; this is my body, which is given for
you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
Then he took the cup, gave thanks, and
gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it all of you; this is my blood of the new
covenant, which is poured out for you for the forgiveness of sins. Do this,
whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.”
P: The peace of the Lord be with you
always.
C: ♬ A-men.
♬ O Christ, Lamb Of God
O Christ, Lamb of God,
you take a-way the sin of the world;
have mer-cy on
us.
O Christ, Lamb of God,
you take a-way the sin of the world;
have mer-cy on
us.
O Christ, Lamb of God,
you take a-way the sin of the world;
grant us your peace.
A-men.
Song of Thanksgiving: Grades K-8 - Luther’s
Morning Prayer
Prayer
P: Hear the prayer of your people, O Lord,
that the lips which have praised you here may glorify you in the world, that
the eyes which have seen the coming of your Son may long for his coming again,
and that all who have received in his true body and blood the pledge of your
forgiveness may be restored to live a new and holy life, through Jesus Christ,
our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and
forever.
C: A-men.
Blessing
M: Brothers and sisters, go in
peace. Live in harmony with one another.
Serve the Lord with gladness.
The Lord bless you and keep you.
The Lord make his face shine on you
and be gracious to you.
The Lord look on you with favor and
give you peace.
C: (sing) Amen. Amen. Amen.
Closing Hymn: 371 vv. 1,2,5,7 Oh, Love, How Deep
1 Oh, love, how deep, how broad, how high,
Beyond all thought and fantasy,
That
God, the Son of God, should take Our mortal form for mortals’ sake!
2 He sent no angel to our race, Of higher or of
lower place,
But
wore the robe of human frame, And to this world himself he came.
5 For us, by wickedness betrayed, For us, in
crown of thorns arrayed,
He
bore the shameful cross and death; For us he gave his dying breath.
7 All glory to our Lord and God For love so
deep, so high, so broad,
The
Trinity whom we adore Forever and forevermore.
Text: attr. Thomas à
Kempis, 1380-1471, abr.; tr. Benjamin Webb, 1819-85, alt.