by Clément Tendo
Leader: 7 Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God.
All: Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God.
8 But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
Leader: 9 God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him.
All: 10 This is real love—not that we loved God,
but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.
Leader: 11 Dear friends, because God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other.
All: 12 No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other,
God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us.
Leader: 13 And God has given us his Spirit as proof that we live in him and he in us.
All: 15 All who declare that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them, and they live in God.
16 We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love.
by Clément Tendo
Leader: 6 God works in different ways, but it is the same God who does the work in all of us.
ALL: 7 A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other.
Leader: 12 The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up one whole body. So it is with the body of Christ.
ALL: 21 The eye can never say to the hand, “I don’t need you.” The head can’t say to the feet, “I don’t need you.”
Leader: 25 This makes for harmony among the members, so that all the members care for each other.
26 If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it, and if one part is honored, all the parts are glad.
ALL: 27 All of us together are Christ’s body. Each of us are a part of Christ’s Church!
by Clément Tendo
French Leader: 1 Quand l’Éternel ramena les captifs de Sion,
Nous étions comme ceux qui font un rêve.
English Leader: 1 When the Lord brought back his exiles to Jerusalem,
it was like a dream!
ALL: 2 We were filled with laughter,
and we sang for joy.
French Leader: 2 Alors on disait parmi les nations:
L’Éternel a fait pour eux de grandes choses!
English Leader: 2 And the other nations said,
“What amazing things the Lord has done for them.”
ALL: 3 Yes, the Lord has done amazing things for us! What joy!
4 Restore our fortunes, Lord, as streams renew the desert.
French Leader: 5 Ceux qui sèment avec larmes
Moissonneront avec chants d’allégresse.
English Leader: 5 Those who plant in tears
will harvest with shouts of joy.
ALL: 6 They weep as they go to plant their seed,
but they sing as they return with the harvest.
by Clément Tendo
Leader: We lift up our eyes to the hills. From where does our help come?
ALL: Our help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
Leader: He will not let our foot be moved; he who keeps us will not slumber.
ALL: Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
Leader: The LORD is our keeper; the LORD is our shade on our right hand.
ALL: The sun shall not strike us by day, nor the moon by night.
Leader: The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep our lives.
by Clément Tendo
Leader: 1 May God be merciful and bless us.
May his face smile with favor on us.
ALL: 2 May your ways be known throughout the earth,
your saving power among people everywhere.
3 May the nations praise you, O God.
Yes, may all the nations praise you.
Leader: 4 Let the whole world sing for joy,
because you govern the nations with justice
and guide the people of the whole world.
ALL: 5 May the nations praise you, O God.
Yes, may all the nations praise you.
Leader: 6 Then the earth will yield its harvests,
and God, our God, will richly bless us.
ALL: 7 Yes, God will bless us,
and people all over the world will fear him.
