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November 21, 2024 Hebrews 10:31-39
Passage:
31 It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
32 Remember the earlier days when, after you had been enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings. 33 Sometimes you were publicly exposed to taunts and afflictions, and at other times you were companions of those who were treated that way. 34 For you sympathized with the prisoners and accepted with joy the confiscation of your possessions, because you know that you yourselves have a better and enduring possession. 35 So don’t throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. 36 For you need endurance, so that after you have done God’s will, you may receive what was promised.
37 For yet in a very little while,
the Coming One will come and not delay.
38 But my righteous one will live by faith;
and if he draws back,
I have no pleasure in him.
39 But we are not those who draw back and are destroyed, but those who have faith and are saved.
(Hebrews 10:31-39 CSB)
Song:
Children of the Living God by Fernando Ortega
Lyrics:
Children of the living God
Come and sing sing out loud
Children of the living God
Sing to the living God
Sing of the wonders He has made
Bird in flight falling rain
Sing of the wonders He has made
Sing to the living God
How He loves us with great love
He who sits enthroned above
For our lives He spilled His blood
Sent His Spirit like a flood
Children of the living God
Sing to the living God
Sing of His gentle healing hands
How they found the lowliest man
Sing of His gentle healing hands
Sing to the living God
Sing of the mercy that He gives
Though we sin He forgives
Sing of the mercy that He gives
Sing to the living God
Sing for the morning when He comes
In the clouds glorious Son
Sing for the morning when He comes
Sing to the living God
Prayer:
Stir up, O Lord, the wills of your faithful people, that bringing forth in abundance the fruit of good works, they may be abundantly rewarded when our Savior Jesus Christ comes to restore all things; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
-Book of Common Prayer
8 min
November 20, 2024Psalm 16
Passage:
Protect me, God, for I take refuge in you.
2 I said to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
I have nothing good besides you.”
3 As for the holy people who are in the land,
they are the noble ones.
All my delight is in them.
4 The sorrows of those who take another god
for themselves will multiply;
I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood,
and I will not speak their names with my lips.
5 Lord, you are my portion
and my cup of blessing;
you hold my future.
6 The boundary lines have fallen for me
in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.
7 I will bless the Lord who counsels me —
even at night when my thoughts trouble me.
8 I always let the Lord guide me.
Because he is at my right hand,
I will not be shaken.
9 Therefore my heart is glad
and my whole being rejoices;
my body also rests securely.
10 For you will not abandon me to Sheol;
you will not allow your faithful one to see decay.
11 You reveal the path of life to me;
in your presence is abundant joy;
at your right hand are eternal pleasures.
Psalms 16:1-11 (CSB)
Song:
Fullness of Joy (Psalm 16) by Caroline Cobb and Shane Barnard
Lyrics:
O God, You are my refuge
I know without You
I have no good thing
O God, You are my portion
My chosen portion
You are what I need
No other god beside You
You hold my lot and fill my cup
Oh beautiful inheritance
You are enough
In Your presence, there is fullness
There is fullness of joy
At Your right hand, there is goodness
Boundless goodness
Forevermore
I choose You, Lord
O God, You go before me
You're right beside me
In my darkest night
My God, You hold my future
My hope it rests secure
In the finished work of Christ
My heart is glad, my soul rejoices
You hold me fast, You won't let go
Your ways are good, and good for me
I'm Yours and Yours alone
In Your presence, there is fullness
There is fullness of joy
At Your right hand, there is goodness
Boundless goodness
Forevermore
I choose You, Lord
I choose You, Lord
Your Holy One has risen up
He's overcome the grave
The path of life is opened wide
For He has made a way
In Your presence, there is fullness
There is fullness of joy
At Your right hand, there is goodness
Boundless goodness
Forevermore
I choose You, Lord
Prayer:
Most loving Father, whose will it is for us to give thanks for all things, to fear nothing but the loss of you, and to cast all our care on you who care for us: Preserve us from faithless fears and worldly anxieties, that no clouds of this mortal life may hide from us the light of that love which is immortal, and which you have manifested to us in your Son Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
-The Book of Common Prayer
11 min
November 19, 2024Daniel 12:1-4a
Passage:
1 At that time
Michael, the great prince
who stands watch over your people, will rise up.
There will be a time of distress
such as never has occurred
since nations came into being until that time.
But at that time all your people
who are found written in the book will escape.
2 Many who sleep in the dust
of the earth will awake,
some to eternal life,
and some to disgrace and eternal contempt.
3 Those who have insight will shine
like the bright expanse of the heavens,
and those who lead many to righteousness,
like the stars forever and ever.
4 “But you, Daniel, keep these words secret and seal the book until the time of the end.
Daniel 12:1-4a (CSB)
Song:
Forever (We Sing Hallelujah)
Lyrics:
The moon and stars they wept
The morning sun was dead
The Savior of the world was fallen
His body on the cross
His blood poured out for us
The weight of every curse upon Him
One final breath He gave
As heaven looked away
The Son of God was laid in darkness
A battle in the grave
The war on death was waged
The power of hell forever broken
The ground began to shake
The stone was rolled away
His perfect love could not be overcome
Now death where is your sting
Our resurrected King has rendered you defeated
Now forever He is glorified
Forever He is lifted high
And forever He is risen
He is alive and He is alive
We sing hallelujah we sing hallelujah
We sing hallelujah the Lamb has overcome
We sing hallelujah we sing hallelujah
We sing hallelujah
And now death where is your sting
Our resurrected King has overcome
He's overcome oh
Prayer:
O Lord God, who sees that we put not our trust in anything that we do; mercifully grant that by your power we may be defended against all adversity, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. -The Gregorian Sacramentary
11 min
November 18, 2024 Galatians 5:13-26
Sunday’s Sermon:
Aliso Creek Church Podcast
Passage:
13 For you were called to be free, brothers and sisters; only don’t use this freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but serve one another through love. 14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one statement: Love your neighbor as yourself. 15 But if you bite and devour one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.
16 I say, then, walk by the Spirit and you will certainly not carry out the desire of the flesh. 17 For the flesh desires what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit desires what is against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you don’t do what you want. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
19 Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, moral impurity, promiscuity, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambitions, dissensions, factions, 21 envy, drunkenness, carousing, and anything similar. I am warning you about these things — as I warned you before — that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. The law is not against such things. 24 Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another. -- Galatians 5:13-26 (CSB)
Song:
The Goodness of Jesus by Fiona Aghajanian, Harrison Druery, Jaywan Maxwell, Jonny Robinson, Michael Farren, Rich Thompson
Prayer:
This is another day, O Lord. I know not what it will bring forth, but make me ready, Lord, for whatever it may be. If I am to stand up, help me to stand bravely. If I am to sit still, help me to sit quietly. If I am to lie low, help me to do it patiently. And if I am to do nothing, let me do it gallantly. Make these words more than words, and give me the Spirit of Jesus. Amen.
10 min
November 15, 2024 Mark 12:38-44
Passage:
38 He also said in his teaching,“Beware of the scribes, who want to go around in long robes and who want greetings in the marketplaces, 39 the best seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at banquets. 40 They devour widows’ houses and say long prayers just for show. These will receive harsher judgment.”
41 Sitting across from the temple treasury, he watched how the crowd dropped money into the treasury. Many rich people were putting in large sums. 42 Then a poor widow came and dropped in two tiny coins worth very little. 43 Summoning his disciples, he said to them,“Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. 44 For they all gave out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had — all she had to live on.” -- Mark 12:38-44 (CSB)
Song:
All Sufficient Merit by Bethany Barnard, Bryan Fowler, and Shane Barnard
Lyrics:
All sufficient merit shining like the sun
A fortune I inherit by no work I have done
My righteousness I forfeit at my Savior’s cross
Where all sufficient merit did what I could not
In love He condescended eternal now in time
A life without a blemish the Maker made to die
The law could never save us our lawlessness had won
Until the pure and spotless Lamb had finally come
It is done it is finished
No more debt I owe
Paid in full all sufficient
Merit now my own
I lay down my garments any empty boast
Good works now all corrupted by the sinful host
I'm dressed in my Lord Jesus
A crimson robe made white
No more fear of judgment His righteousness is mine
All sufficient merit firm in life and death
The joy of my salvation shall be my final breath
When I stand accepted before the throne of God
I’ll gaze upon my Jesus and thank Him for the cross
Yes I’ll thank Him for the cross
Oh Your merit now my own
Oh Your merit now my own
Prayer:
O God, whose blessed Son came into the world that he might destroy the works of the devil and make us children of God and heirs of eternal life: Grant that, having this hope, we may purify ourselves as he is pure; that, when he comes again with power and great glory, we may be made like him in his eternal and glorious kingdom; where he lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
-Book of Common Prayer
10 min
November 14, 2024Hebrews 9:24-28
Passage:
24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands (only a model of the true one) but into heaven itself, so that he might now appear in the presence of God for us. 25 He did not do this to offer himself many times, as the high priest enters the sanctuary yearly with the blood of another. 26 Otherwise, he would have had to suffer many times since the foundation of the world. But now he has appeared one time, at the end of the ages, for the removal of sin by the sacrifice of himself. 27 And just as it is appointed for people to die once—and after this, judgment—28 so also Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.
Hebrews 9:24-28 (CSB)
Song:
You Are My Sanctuary by Jon Guerra, Molly Parden, and Isaac Wardell
Lyrics:
You are my sanctuary
My hiding place
Where I belong
You are my peaceful harbor
You will bring me
Safely home
Out in the dark, when the light is gone
Your waves and breakers roll over me
And when my anchor won’t touch the ground
Deep calls to deep
You are my sanctuary
My hiding place
Where I belong
You are my peaceful harbor
You will bring me
Safely home
You are my sanctuary
My hiding place
Where I belong
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You are my peaceful harbor
You will bring me
Safely home
In the morning, in the night
In the darkness, in the light
You alone will be my guide
For you are with me
In the morning, in the night
In the darkness, in the light
You alone will be my guide
For you are with me
You are my sanctuary
My hiding place
Where I belong
You are my peaceful harbor
You will bring me
Safely home
You will bring me
Safely home
Prayer:
O God, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels and all just works do proceed; give unto your servants that peace that the world cannot give, that both our hearts may be set to obey your commandments and also that, by you, we being defended from the fear of our enemies, may pass our time in rest and quietness, through the merits of Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.
-The Gelasian Sacramentary
8 min
November 13, 2024 Psalm 146
Passage:
1 Hallelujah!
My soul, praise the Lord.
2 I will praise the Lord all my life;
I will sing to my God as long as I live.
3 Do not trust in nobles,
in a son of man, who cannot save.
4 When his breath leaves him,
he returns to the ground;
on that day his plans die.
5 Happy is the one whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the Lord his God,
6 the Maker of heaven and earth,
the sea and everything in them.
He remains faithful forever,
7 executing justice for the exploited
and giving food to the hungry.
The Lord frees prisoners.
8 The Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
The Lord raises up those who are oppressed.
The Lord loves the righteous.
9 The Lord protects resident aliens
and helps the fatherless and the widow,
but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.
10 The Lord reigns forever;
Zion, your God reigns for all generations.
Hallelujah! -- Psalms 146:1-10 (CSB)
Song:
Psalm 146 by The Corner Room
Prayer:
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace:
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy.
O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Amen.
-St. Francis of Assisi
9 min
November 12, 2024 1 Kings 17:8-16
Passage:
8 Then the word of the Lord came to him: 9 “Get up, go to Zarephath that belongs to Sidon and stay there. Look, I have commanded a woman who is a widow to provide for you there.” 10 So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering wood. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup and let me drink.” 11 As she went to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread in your hand.”
12 But she said, “As the Lord your God lives, I don’t have anything baked — only a handful of flour in the jar and a bit of oil in the jug. Just now, I am gathering a couple of sticks in order to go prepare it for myself and my son so we can eat it and die.”
13 Then Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid; go and do as you have said. But first make me a small loaf from it and bring it out to me. Afterward, you may make some for yourself and your son, 14 for this is what the Lord God of Israel says, ‘The flour jar will not become empty and the oil jug will not run dry until the day the Lord sends rain on the surface of the land.’ ”
15 So she proceeded to do according to the word of Elijah. Then the woman, Elijah, and her household ate for many days. 16 The flour jar did not become empty, and the oil jug did not run dry, according to the word of the Lord he had spoken through Elijah. -- 1 Kings 17:8-16 (CSB)
Song:
Miracles by Chris Quilala, Dustin Smith, Joshua Silverberg, and Stuart Garrard
Lyrics:
The One who made the blind to see
Is moving here in front of me
Moving here in front of me
The One who made the deaf to hear
Is silencing my ev'ry fear
Silencing my ev'ry fear
I believe in You
I believe in You
You're the God of miracles
I believe in You
I believe in You
You're the God of miracles
The One who does impossible
Is reaching out to make me whole
Reaching out to make me whole
The One who put death in its place
His life is flowing through my veins
His life is flowing through my veins
The God who was and is to come
The power of the Risen One
The God who brings the dead to life
You're the God of miracles
You're the God of miracles
Prayer:
This is another day, O Lord. I know not what it will bring forth, but make me ready, Lord, for whatever it may be. If I am to stand up, help me to stand bravely. If I am to sit still, help me to sit quietly. If I am to lie low, help me to do it patiently. And if I am to do nothing, let me do it gallantly. Make these words more than words, and give me the Spirit of Jesus. Amen.
9 min
November 08, 2024 James 1:17-27
Passage:
17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. 18 By his own choice, he gave us birth by the word of truth so that we would be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
19 My dear brothers and sisters, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger, 20 for human anger does not accomplish God’s righteousness. 21 Therefore, ridding yourselves of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent, humbly receive the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 But be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 Because if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like someone looking at his own face in a mirror. 24 For he looks at himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of person he was. 25 But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom and perseveres in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer who works — this person will be blessed in what he does.
26 If anyone thinks he is religious without controlling his tongue, his religion is useless and he deceives himself. 27 Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained from the world. -- James 1:17-27 (CSB)
Song:
Gentle and Lowly by Joe Deegan
Lyrics:
Lord, make us servants in Your house

And consider others better than ourselves
Lord, make us humble and make us meek
Quick to hear, slow to speak
Make us gentle and lowly in heart
That we might demonstrate who You are
For your yoke is easy and Your burden’s not hard
Make us gentle and lowly as You are
Lord, take our burdens and give us rest
That we might know the poor in spirit shall be blessed
Take our ambitions and take our dreams
Make us still enough for You to wash our feet
Make us lovers of the truth
While loving others who do not trust in You
Give us courage not to be proud
To do the work that goes unnoticed by the crowds
Hide our right hand from our left
Do not give us over to self-righteousness
If love is patient, if love is kind
If there’s no greater love than laying down our lives
Prayer:
O Lord God, grant your people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil, and with pure hearts and minds to follow you, the only God; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
-The Book of Common Prayer
10 min
November 07, 2024 2 Corinthians 4:13-18
Passage:
13 And since we have the same spirit of faith in keeping with what is written, I believed, therefore I spoke, we also believe, and therefore speak. 14 For we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you. 15 Indeed, everything is for your benefit so that, as grace extends through more and more people, it may cause thanksgiving to increase to the glory of God.
16 Therefore we do not give up. Even though our outer person is being destroyed, our inner person is being renewed day by day. 17 For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory. 18 So we do not focus on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. -- 2 Corinthians 4:13-18 (CSB)
Song:
Wait on You by Dana Miller and Diana Trout
Lyrics:
In the stillness before dawn breaks
Steady my heart and mind as long as it takes
My God I've never seen far
Just keep my eyes on places You are
In every season I will wait
I will lean into Your strength
You will fight my battles I need only to be still
You will renew my weary soul
Mending the broken hearts to whole
O God alone my hope is found in You
I will wait on You
I will wait on You
When I can't see my way
I will choose to wait on You
I will wait patiently in all ways
You've been a faithful friend all of my days
My God You've brought me this far
I won't give up on chasing Your heart
When I can't see my way
I will choose to wait on You
Prayer:
Grant, O Lord, that the course of this world may be so peaceably ordered by your providence, that your Church may joyfully serve you in quiet confidence and godly peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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