GATHERING
(If you are gathered in a group, you could begin with the following call and response.)
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Lift up your hearts!
We lift them up to the Lord!
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give Him thanks and praise!
THE CALL | Luke 24:1-6 [ESV]
But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel. And as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen.”
CONFESSION
ASSURANCE | Isaiah 53:4,6 [ESV]
Surely he has borne our griefs
and carried our sorrows;
yet we esteemed him stricken,
smitten by God, and afflicted.
All we like sheep have gone astray;
we have turned—every one—to his own way;
and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
WORD
ABIDING
SING
- Psalm 130 [recording] [chord sheet]
SUNDAY
MONDAY
Praying Psalm 130:1-2
This week, we will use Psalm 130 as a prayer template that we move through progressively each day.
“Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord!
O Lord, hear my voice!
Let your ears be attentive
to the voice of my pleas for mercy!” (Psalm 130:1-2)
At times, our sin and the cares of the world can seem to overwhelm us. These verses invite us to express this to the Lord. Ask him to comfort you with his mercy.
TUESDAY
Praying Psalm 130:3-4
This week, we will use Psalm 130 as a prayer template that we move through progressively each day.
“If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could stand?
But with you there is forgiveness,
that you may be feared.” (Psalm 130:3-4).
It is right for us to confess specific sins
WEDNESDAY
Praying Psalm 130:5
This week, we will use Psalm 130 as a prayer template that we move through progressively each day.
“I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,
and in his word I hope;” (Psalm 129:4)
Take some time to meditate on God’s promises in his Word.
THURSDAY
Praying Psalm 130:6
This week, we will use Psalm 130 as a prayer template that we move through progressively each day.
“My soul waits for the Lord
more than watchmen for the morning,
more than watchmen for the morning.” (Psalm 130:6)
FRIDAY
Praying Psalm 130:7-8
This week, we will use Psalm 130 as a prayer template that we move through progressively each day.
“O Israel, hope in the Lord!
For with the Lord there is steadfast love,
and with him is plentiful redemption.
And he will redeem Israel
from all his iniquities.” (Psalm 130:7-8)
SATURDAY
(see Saturday liturgy)
SENDING
APOSTLES’ CREED
I believe in the God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth.
I believe Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son, our Lord;
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary;
suffered under Pontius Pilate;
was crucified, dead, and buried;
he descended into hell;
the third day he rose again from the dead;
he ascended into heaven,
and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
from there he shall come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit;
the holy catholic church;
the communion of saints;
the resurrection of the dead;
and the life everlasting. Amen.
1 Thessalonians 5:2-6 [ESV]
For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief. For you are all children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness. So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober.