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  • John 18

    Passage:

    33 So Pilate entered his headquarters again and called Jesus and said to him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” 34 Jesus answered, “Do you say this of your own accord, or did others say it to you about me?” 35 Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered you over to me. What have you done?” 36 Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.” 37 Then Pilate said to him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world—to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.” 38 Pilate said to him, “What is truth?”
    (John 18:33-38)

    Song:

    Your Love is Strong by Jon Foreman

    Lyrics:

    Heavenly Father You always amaze me
    Let Your kingdom come in my world and in my life
    Give me the food I need to live through today
    And forgive me as I forgive the people that wrong me
    Lead me far from temptation
    Deliver me from the evil one

    I look out the window the birds are composing

    Not a note is out of tune or out of place
    I walk to the meadow and stare at the flowers
    Better dressed than any girl on her wedding day
    So why should I worry why do I freak out
    God knows what I need You know what I need

    Your love is

    Your love is
    Your love is strong

    The kingdom of the heavens is now advancing

    Invade my heart invade this broken town
    The kingdom of the heavens is buried treasure
    Would you sell yourself to buy the one you've found
    Two things You told me that You are strong
    And You love me yes You love me

    Our God in heaven

    Hallowed be Thy name above all names
    Your kingdom come Your will be done
    On earth as it is in heaven
    Give us today our daily bread
    Forgive us weary sinners
    Keep us far from our vices
    And deliver us from these prisons

    Prayer:

    “Divine Spirit, illumine to me the words of the Lord.
    Show me the wealth of glory that lies beneath the old familiar stories.
    Teach me the depths of meaning hidden in the songs of Zion.
    Raise me to the heights of aspiration that is reached by the wings of the prophet.
    Lift me to the summit of faith that is trod by the feet of the apostle.
    Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law. Amen.”
    — George Matheson

    9 min
  • John 17

    Passage:

    20 “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, 21 that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, 23 I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me. 24 Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world. 25 O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me. 26 I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.”
    (John 17:20-26)

    Song:

    There is One Gospel by Jonny Robinson and Rich Thompson

    Lyrics:

    There is one Gospel on which I stand
    For all eternity
    It is my story my Father's plan
    The Son has rescued me
    Oh what a Gospel oh what a peace
    My highest joy and my deepest need
    Now and forever He is my light
    I stand in the Gospel of Jesus Christ

    There is one Gospel to which I cling

    All else I count as loss
    For there where justice and mercy meet
    He saved me on the cross
    No more I boast in what I can bring
    No more I carry the weight of sin
    For He has brought me from death to life
    I stand in the Gospel of Jesus Christ

    There is one Gospel where hope is found

    The empty tomb still speaks
    For death could not keep my Saviour down
    He lives and I am free
    Now on my Saviour I fix my eyes
    My life is His and His hope is mine
    For he has promised I too will rise
    I stand in the Gospel of Jesus Christ

    And in this Gospel the church is one

    We do not walk alone
    We have His Spirit as we press on
    To lead us safely home
    And when in glory still I will sing
    Of this old story that rescued me
    Praise to my Saviour the King of life
    I stand in the Gospel of Jesus Christ

    And when in glory still I will sing

    Of this old story that rescued me
    Praise to my Saviour the King of life
    I stand in the Gospel of Jesus Christ
    Praise to my Saviour the King of life
    I stand in the Gospel of Jesus Christ
    I stand in the Gospel of Jesus Christ

    Prayer:

    “Dear God, I cast myself at the foot of the cross, bewailing my exceeding sinfulness and unprofitableness deeply, most deeply aggravated by the infinity of my mercies. I plead your precious promises, and earnestly pray to you to shed abroad in my heart more love, more humility, more faith, more hope, more peace and joy; in short, to fill me with all the fullness of God, and make me worthy to be a partaker of the inheritance of the saints in light. Then I shall also be better in all the relations of life in which I am now so defective, and my light will shine before men, and I shall adorn the doctrine of my Savior in all things. Amen.”
    — William Wilberforce

    9 min
  • John 16

    Passage:

    7 “Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. 8 And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: 9 concerning sin, because they do not believe in me; 10 concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer; 11 concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged. 12 I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. 14 He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. 15 All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.”
    (John 16:7-15)

    Song:

    In Spirit, In Truth by Colton Price, Drew Bodine, Heath Balltzglier, and Seth Condrey

    Lyrics:

    You can do no wrong
    For You are holy
    All You do is love
    And show mercy

    Just as we are

    Open our hearts to see
    All that You are
    You are our greatest need

    In spirit in truth

    God we will worship You
    You're making us new
    We love to see You move
    In spirit and in truth
    God we will worship You

    There's none more kind

    Or close to the lonely
    So why would I hide
    You already know me

    O Lord our souls are thirsty

    Open the Heavens and rain down
    Every other well is empty
    Come living water fill us now

    Woah woah woah woah

    God we will worship You

    Prayer:

    “Blessed Lord, you have caused all Holy Scriptures to be written for our learning—grant us that we may in such a way hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them; that by patience and comfort of your holy Word, we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which you have given us in our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.”
    — Book of Common Prayer (1552)

    10 min
  • John 15

    Passage:

    9 “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. 11 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
    (John 15:9-11)

    Song:

    Abide in You by Bryson Breakey, Darion Duncan, and Justin Gray

    Lyrics:

    Hope resurrected joy complete
    You’re the source of salvation
    The one that I can ask anything
    With great expectation

    Left on my own I couldn’t see my way

    Without you I would fail

    You are the vine

    And I will abide in you
    Your love gives me life
    You’re the strength that will bring me through
    I will abide in you

    You are the way

    The truth and the life
    You are my joy
    No one else satisfies

    Prayer:

    “We have great reason, O Lord, to be humbled before you, on account of the coldness and insensibility of our hearts, the disorder and irregularity of our lives, and the prevalence of worldly affections within us. Too often have we indulged the tempers which we ought to have subdued, and have left our duty unperformed. O Lord, be merciful to us for your Son Jesus Christ’s sake. Produce in us deep repentance, and a lively faith in that Savior who has died for our sins, and risen again for our justification. Amen.”
    — Henry Thornton

    8 min
  • John 14

    Passage:

    16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, 17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you. 18 “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. 19 Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. 20 In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. 21 Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.”
    (John 14:16-21)

    Song:

    If Ye Love Me by Thomas Tallis, text from the Book of Common Prayer

    Lyrics:

    If ye love me keep my commandments
    And I will pray the father
    And he shall give you another comforter
    That he may bide with you forever
    Even the spirit of truth

    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.
    -The Book of Common Prayer

    6 min
  • Exodus 32

    Passage:

    7 And the Lord said to Moses, “Go down, for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. 8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way that I commanded them. They have made for themselves a golden calf and have worshiped it and sacrificed to it and said, ‘These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!’” 9 And the Lord said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people. 10 Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them, in order that I may make a great nation of you.”

    11 But Moses implored the Lord his God and said, “O Lord, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? 12 Why should the Egyptians say, ‘With evil intent did he bring them out, to kill them in the mountains and to consume them from the face of the earth’? Turn from your burning anger and relent from this disaster against your people. 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, ‘I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have promised I will give to your offspring, and they shall inherit it forever.’” 14 And the Lord relented from the disaster that he had spoken of bringing on his people.

    (Exodus 32:7-14)

    Song:

    I Need Thee Every Hour by Annie Sherwood Hawks and Robert Lowry

    Lyrics:

    I need Thee every hour
    Most gracious Lord
    No tender voice like Thine
    Can peace afford

    I need Thee O I need Thee

    Every hour I need Thee
    O bless me now my Savior
    I come to Thee

    I need Thee every hour

    Stay Thou near by
    Temptations lose their pow'r
    When Thou art nigh

    I need Thee every hour

    In joy or pain
    Come quickly and abide
    Or life is vain

    I need Thee every hour

    Most Holy One
    O make me Thine indeed
    Thou blessed Son

    Prayer:

    “O Lord, let not your law be a cursing to our consciences, but rather give us grace under this extreme and heavy burden of sin, to be fully persuaded, that you by your death have taken away all our sins, and fulfilled the law for us, and by this means have delivered us from the curse of the law and paid our ransom; and then we, being thus fully persuaded, may have quiet and settled hearts, and a free conscience, and glad desiring wills to forsake this wicked world. Amen.”
    — Henry Smith

    9 min
  • John 10

    Passage:

    14 “I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. 17 For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.”
    (John 10:14-18)

    Song:

    The Good Shepherd by Fernando Ortega, Jana Alayra, and Tim Macres

    Lyrics:

    I am The Good Shepherd
    I lay down my life for you
    Enter in enter in enter in
    I am The Good Shepherd
    As the Father knows me I know you
    I know you I know you I know you
    And no one can take you away
    And no one can take you away
    You are The Good Shepherd
    You lay down your life for me
    Enter in enter in enter in
    You are The Good Shepherd
    As the Father knows you you know me
    You know me you know me you know me
    And no one can take you away
    And no one can take you away

    Prayer:

    “O, make your Word a swift Word,
    passing from the ear to the heart,
    from the heart to the lip and conversation;
    that, as the rain returns not empty,
    so neither may your Word,
    but accomplish that for which it is given. Amen.”
    — George Herbert

    7 min
  • John 9

    Passage:

    1 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. 4 We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
    (John 9:1-5)

    Song:

    Broken Vessels by Joel Houston and Jonas Myrin

    Lyrics:

    All these pieces
    Broken and scattered
    In mercy gathered
    Mended and whole
    Empty handed
    But not forsaken
    I've been set free
    I've been set free

    Amazing grace

    How sweet the sound
    That saved a wretch like me
    Oh I once was lost
    But now I am found
    Was blind but now I see

    Oh I can see You now

    Oh I can see the love in Your eyes
    Laying Yourself down
    Raising up the broken to life

    You take our failure

    You take our weakness
    You set Your treasure
    In jars of clay
    So take this heart Lord
    I'll be Your vessel
    The world to see Your life in me

    Prayer:

    “Almighty Lord, our God, whose eyes are in every place beholding the evil and the good, and who sees not only our outward actions, but all our most secret thoughts—we pray you to maintain in us this day a constant sense of your presence, and to preserve us from sinning against you. We are exposed to dangers by night and by day; our lives are in your hands, and unto you do we look for preservation from every evil. O Lord, teach us to be ever mindful of you. When we go out and come in, and when we are alone and in company, may we bear in mind that you are continually with us, and that you take account of all we think, and speak, and do. Amen.”
    — Henry Thornton

    10 min
  • John 8

    Passage:

    12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” 13 So the Pharisees said to him, “You are bearing witness about yourself; your testimony is not true.” 14 Jesus answered, “Even if I do bear witness about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going, but you do not know where I come from or where I am going.”
    (John 8:12-14)

    Song:

    Light of the World by Lauren Daigle, Paul Duncan, and Paul Mabury

    Lyrics:

    The world waits for a miracle
    The heart longs for a little bit of hope
    O come O come Emmanuel
    A child prays for peace on earth
    And she's calling out from a sea of hurt
    O come O come Emmanuel
    And can you hear the angels singing

    Glory to the Light of the world

    Glory the Light of the world is here

    The drought breaks with the tears of a mother

    A baby’s cry is the sound of love come down
    Come down Emmanuel woh
    He is the song for the suffering
    He is Messiah the Prince of peace has come
    He has come Emmanuel oh

    Glory to the light of the world

    Glory to the light of the world
    Glory to the light of the world
    Glory to the light of the world

    For all who wait for all who hunger

    For all who’ve prayed for all who wonder
    Behold your King behold Messiah
    Emmanuel Emmanuel

    Glory to the light of the world

    Glory to the light of the world
    Glory to the light of the world
    Behold your King behold Messiah
    Emmanuel Emmanuel

    The world waits for a miracle

    The heart longs for a little bit of hope
    O come O come Emmanuel

    Prayer:

    “Almighty God, and most merciful Father, we humbly submit ourselves, and fall down before your Majesty, asking you from the bottom of our hearts, that this seed of your Word now sown among us, may take such deep root, that neither the burning heat of persecution cause it to wither, nor the thorny cares of this life choke it. But that, as seed sown in good ground, it may bring forth thirty, sixty, or a hundredfold, as your heavenly wisdom has appointed. Amen.”
    — Middelburg Liturgy

    8 min
  • Exodus 28

    Passage:

    36 “You shall make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engraving of a signet, ‘Holy to the Lord.’ 37 And you shall fasten it on the turban by a cord of blue. It shall be on the front of the turban. 38 It shall be on Aaron’s forehead, and he shall bear any guilt from the holy things that the people of Israel consecrate as their holy gifts. It shall regularly be on his forehead, that they may be accepted before the Lord.”
    (Exodus 28:36-38)

    Song:

    High Priest by Alisha Powell, Cassie Campbell, and Jon Thurlow

    Lyrics:

    I stand before the throne and boldly I approach
    Not by my own righteousness I stand
    Behold there is a Lamb standing as though slain
    His blood was spilled He made a way for me

    I have a High Priest

    Who has passed through the heavens
    I have a High Priest
    Who has made intercession
    I have a High Priest
    Through His body He made a way

    I enter in by faith before the throne of grace

    Into that holy place with confidence I enter in
    Behold there is a Man
    Whose hands still bear the scars
    And through His death He tore the veil for me

    Thank You for the wound in Your side

    You made a way for me You made a way for me

    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.
    -The Book of Common Prayer

    11 min

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