The Lord has hidden his face from our sin. He has blotted out all of our iniquity. For Christ Jesus, the Perfect suffered for the imperfect, the sinless became sin for the sinner. We are forgiven and freed to live in a right relationship with God. He has created within us a clean heart and renewed a right spirit within us. God has restored our joy and given us a willing spirit to do all that he asks. Brothers and sisters, you are forgiven, indeed! Amen.
Leader: 6 Come, let us bow down in worship,
let us kneel before the Lord our Maker;
ALL: 7 for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture,
the flock under his care.
Leader: Today, if only you would hear his voice,
8 “Do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah,
as you did that day at Massah in the wilderness,
10 For forty years I was angry with that generation;
I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts go astray,
and they have not known my ways.’
ALL: 6 Come, let us bow down in worship,
let us kneel before the Lord our Maker;
Leader: 7 for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture,
the flock under his care.
ALL: 1 Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD!
let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation!
Leader: The Lord says to His people: “Maintain justice, and do what is right, for My salvation is coming soon, and My righteousness will be revealed.
People: “Blessed is the one who keeps the Sabbath, and keeps his hands from evil.”
Leader: The Lord says: “To those who keep My sabbath, who choose the things that please Me and hold fast My covenant, I will give them an everlasting name that will endure forever.”
People: And foreigners will join themselves to the Lord, to worship Him, to love the name of the Lord, and to be His servants…
Leader: The Lord says: “I will bring them to My holy mountain, and make them joyful in My house of prayer. My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.”
People: Let us now worship the Lord of all nations. He is worthy of our praise!
Leader: 1 God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.
ALL: 2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
Leader: 4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy place where the Most High dwells.
ALL: 5 God is within her, she will not fall;
God will help her at break of day.
Leader: 6 Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall;
he lifts his voice, the earth melts.
ALL: 7 The Lord Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
Leader: 10 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”
ALL: 11 The Lord Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress!
Leader 1: 2 I will praise the Lord as long as I live;
I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
Leader 2: 1 Haleluya. Ee nafsi yangu, umsifu Bwana!
ALL: 1 Hallelujah! Praise the Lord, O my soul!
Leader 1: 5 Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the Lord his God,
Leader 2: 1 Haleluya. Ee nafsi yangu, umsifu Bwana!
ALL: 1 Hallelujah! Praise the Lord, O my soul!
Leader 2: The Lord sets the prisoners free;
8 the Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
Leader 1: 1 Haleluya. Ee nafsi yangu, umsifu Bwana!
ALL: 1 Hallelujah! Praise the Lord, O my soul!
Leader 2: 9 The Lord watches over immigrants;
he upholds the widow and the fatherless,
Leader 1: 1 Haleluya. Ee nafsi yangu, umsifu Bwana!
ALL: 1 Hallelujah! Praise the Lord, O my soul!