Description
Luke 13:10-17
Jesus is teaching in a synagogue on the Sabbath. There is a woman there who has been crippled for eighteen years. Jesus calls her forward and heals her- performs a miracle for all to see! And yet the synagogue leader is indignant, telling the people no work is to be done on the Sabbath. To the delight of the people, Jesus does not back down and points out the blatant hypocrisy of his opponents asking why this woman shouldn’t be set free on the Sabbath.
We Lift Our Hearts in Worship
[Preservice options include video countdowns, worship song videos, welcomes), CDs, or live music.]
Welcome & Time of Greeting
Time of Praise and Worship
Come Thou Fount, Come Thou King
Robert Robinson & Thomas Miller, ©2005 Gateway Create Publishing (Admin. by Integrity’s Praise!
Music)
Your Name
Glenn Packiam & Paul Baloche, ©2006 Integrity’s Hosanna! Music; Vertical Worship Songs (Admin. by Integrity Music, Inc.)
Way Maker
Osinachi Kalu Okoro Egbu, © 2016 Integrity Music Europe (Admin by Capitol CMG Publishing)
[Traditional Options]
Beautiful Savior
BH 75 48; BH 91 176; CH 87; CHH 97; EH 383; ELW 838; HWC 88; HPW 5; HFG 24-; HLC 67; HGP 34; HSP 41; LBW 518; LSB 537; LW 507; NCH 44; PH 306; RH 47; STTL 152; WC 115; UMH 189; WAR 123; WHM 188; WIS 99
Come Thou Fount of Ev’ry Blessing
BH75 12,13; BH 91 15, 18; CH 11; CHH 16; EH 686; ELW 807; HS98 876; HWC 2; HPW 4; HFG 318; HLC 28; HGP 9; HSP 16; LBW 499; LWB 686; NCH 459; PH 356; RH 11; STTL 51; WC 45; UMH 400; WAR 68; WHM 30; WIS 62
Before You Lord We Bow
ELW 893; LBW 401; LSB 966; LW 500
Invocation
Pastor / Worship Leader
Heavenly Father, we welcome you today!
Worshipers
We welcome You Father , Son and Holy Spirit.
Pastor / Worship Leader
Jesus, You are with us to the very end of the age.
Worshipers
Teach us Jesus, to love and follow only You.
Pastor / Worship Leader
Lord, show us Your Glory!
Worshipers
We proclaim Your Glory and Your Name to all!
Pastor / Worship Leader
In Jesus’ Name, Amen!
Worshipers
Amen!
Opening Prayer / Theme Introduction
Pastor / Worship Leader
Heavenly Father, we praise you and we thank you for your Son, Jesus Christ. We praise you and thank you Jesus for your sacrifice, your pain, your suffering on the cross. While we were yet sinners, you died for us. Jesus, you are a God of compassion, a God of miracles, the Great Healer. Lord, help us to take great delight in You, to worship and honor You. Help us to seek the joy that comes from spending time with You. Teach us to rest in You. To keep our eyes on You, Lord. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
Worshipers
Amen!
Time of Confession and Forgiveness
[Alternate location: following Message]
Pastor / Worship Leader
Heavenly Father, I confess that I have sinned against you. I have delighted my soul in other things more than I have in you.
Worshipers
In my arrogance, I have enjoyed the comforts of this world
Pastor / Worship Leader
In one moment, I believe that I’m invincible, able to withstand any problem or struggle. In the next moment, I believe that the evil all around me is out to get me.
Worshipers
O God, forgive me of my sin. Look on me with mercy, and give me grace to delight in you, rather than in my sin.
Pastor / Worship Leader
My mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression; under my tongue are mischief and iniquity.
Worshipers
Lift me out of this pit of sin, cleanse me of my unrighteousness, and fill me with your Holy Spirit so that I might walk in holiness and obey your commandments.
Pastor / Worship Leader
Open my lips Lord, and my mouth will declare your praise.
Worshipers
We are saved by the Grace of God! Thank you, Jesus! Amen!
We Hear God’s Word
[Read aloud both the introduction and Scripture]
First Reading Isaiah 58:9b-14
God, through the Prophet Isaiah, speaks of doing away with oppressive behavior and spending time helping the oppressed. The Lord will both provide and reward. And if people will but honor the Lord’s day, the Sabbath, and delight in it, they will find their joy in the Lord.
“If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk, and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday. The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.12 Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins and will raise up the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls, Restorer of Streets with Dwellings. 13 “If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the Lord’s holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,14 then you will find your joy in the Lord, and I will cause you to ride in triumph on the heights of the land and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob.” For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
