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Mark 1:9-15

After Jesus was baptized by John in the Jordan River, he was sent by the Spirit into the wilderness for forty days where he would be tempted by Satan.  Jesus then began preaching the Gospel to those in Galilee proclaiming the good news.  He preached repentance for “The Kingdom of God has come near.”  Repent and believe for through Jesus Christ, we can live under the glorious reign of God and experience His kingdom on earth.

 

… We Lift Our Hearts in Worship …

[Preservice options include videos (countdowns, worship music, welcomes), worship music CD, or live music by worship band.] 

Time of Praise and Worship

To The Cross

Jason Ingram & Paul Baloche, ©2009 Integrity Worship Music (Admin. by Integrity Music, Inc.) Leadworship Songs (Admin. by Integrity Music, Inc.) Sony/ATV Timber Publishing (Admin. by Sony/ATV Sounds LLC) West Main Music (Admin. by Sony/ATV Sounds LLC) Windsor Hill Music (Admin. by Sony/ATV Sounds LLC)

Meet With Me

Lamont Hiebert, ©1999 Maranatha! Music (Admin. by Maranatha! Music)

Build Your Kingdom Here

Rend Collective Experiment, ©2011 Thankyou Music (Admin. by EMI Christian Music Publish


[Traditional Options]

O Lord, Throughout These Forty Days

CHH 180; EH 142; ELW 319; LBW 99; LSB 418; LW 92; NCH 211; PH 81; RS 553; WC 200; UMH 269; WAR 252

Hail, Thou Once Despised Jesus

EH 495; HLC 95; UMH 325

Jesus, Grant That Balm and Healing

LSB 421; LW 95

  

Invocation and Introduction of Today’s Theme 

Pastor              We enter into this season of Lent with grateful hearts and adoration of our Lord, King Jesus!

ALL                  He is the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords!

  

Opening Prayer 

Pastor             God of Heaven and Earth, we are blessed to be your creation.  You have established your covenant with us through your Son, Jesus Christ.                                We honor your holy name, Lord.       

ALL                  May our words not be empty, and may our hearts be surrendered to you, God.

Pastor              We are your people.  Hear us, O God 

ALL                  Hear us we pray, Amen. 

 

Time of Greeting 

Time of Confession and Forgiveness

[Alternate location:  following Message] 

Pastor             Repent for the Kingdom of God is near!

ALL                  We repent of our wayward sins, our stubborn hearts, and the denying of our Lord’s

                          will.

Pastor             Believe for the Kingdom of God is near!

ALL                  We believe in Jesus Christ, the Savior of humanity from this disease called sin.  We believe in Christ crucified and                                          resurrected.

Pastor             Now walk in the freedom and forgiveness that comes from Christ.  No longer shall sin be

your master, no longer shall sin creep at your door.  For Jesus Christ has set you free!

ALL                  Glory, hallelujah! Christ has set us free!

  

… We Hear God’s Word …

[Read aloud both the introduction and Scripture]

 

First Reading                                  Genesis 22:1-18

God tested Abraham by asking him to sacrifice his son, Isaac.  Just when Abraham raises the knife to slay his son on the altar, God commanded him to put it down.  God promised Abraham descendants as numerous as the stars because of his faithfulness. 

 

 Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied. 2 Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.” 3 Early the next morning Abraham got up and loaded his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about. 4 On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. 5 He said to his servants, “Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you.” 6 Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together,7 Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, “Father?” “Yes, my son?” Abraham replied. “The fire and wood are here,” Isaac said, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”8 Abraham answered, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went on together. 9 When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. 10 Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. 11 But the angel of the Lord called out to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied. 12 “Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said. “Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.” 13 Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram] caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son. 14 So Abraham called that place The Lord Will Provide. And to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.” 15 The angel of the Lord called to Abraham from heaven a second time 16 and said, “I swear by myself, declares the Lord, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, 17 I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,18 and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me.”