1. Redeemer Lutheran Church
Christ calls us to
Love our Enemies
Redeemer Lutheran Church
Sunday, January 19th 2017

2. Love Is the Gracious Gift CW #505 Verses 1-5 Text: Donald E. Smith, b
Love Is the Gracious Gift CW #505 Verses Text: Donald E. Smith, b Setting: BUNESSAN Tune: Gaelic melody, 19th cent.

3. Love is the gracious gift of your goodness;
CW #505
Verse 1:
Love is the gracious gift of your goodness;
Love is the patient fruit of your care;
Love is the gentle work of your Spirit,
Who is the source of love ev’rywhere.

4. You loved me first, Lord, sending me Jesus.
CW #505
Verse 2:
You loved me first, Lord, sending me Jesus.
Then I responded, trusting your Son.
Now you invite me to love my neighbor,
Showing your true love to ev’ryone.

5. Love means forgiveness, patience, and kindness;
CW #505
Verse 3:
Love means forgiveness,
patience, and kindness;
Love is not jealous, boastful, or rude.
Love endures all things, bearing, believing;
Love hopes forever, rejoices in truth.

6. Love in a marriage, love freely given,
CW #505
Verse 4:
Love in a marriage, love freely given,
Love of a husband, love of a wife—
Made to continue, blossom, and flourish,
Grow ever deeper through-out this life.

7. Love among Christians, love in the fam’ly,
CW #505
Verse 5:
Love among Christians, love in the fam’ly,
Love for the Savior, whose blood was shed,
Love and submission one to another
As unto Christ, who reigns as our head.

8. Opening Verses
Pastor: In the name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
♫ All: Amen.

9. Confession of Sin
Pastor: Beloved in the Lord: let us draw near with a true heart and confess our sins to God our Father, asking him in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to grant us forgiveness.

10. Confession of Sin
All: Holy and merciful Father, I confess that I am by nature sinful and that I have disobeyed you in my thoughts, words and actions.

11. Confession of Sin
I have done what is evil and failed to do what is good.
For this I deserve your punishment both now and in eternity.

12. Confession of Sin
But I am truly sorry for my sins, and trusting in my Savior Jesus Christ, I pray:
Lord, have mercy on me, a sinner.

13. Lord, Have Mercy (Kyrie)
♫ All:
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.

14. (Pastor announces our forgiveness)
♫ All: Amen.

15. Glory be to God (Gloria in Excelsis)
♫ All: Glory be to God on high, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

16. Glory be to God (Gloria in Excelsis)
We praise you, we bless you, we worship you, we glorify you, we give thanks to you, for your great glory,

17. Glory be to God (Gloria in Excelsis)
O Lord God, heav’nly King, God the Father almighty.
O Lord, the only begotten Son, Jesus Christ;

18. Glory be to God (Gloria in Excelsis)
O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, you take away the sin of the world; have mercy on us.
You take away the sin of the world; receive our prayer.

19. Glory be to God (Gloria in Excelsis)
You sit at the right hand of God the Father; have mercy on us.
For you only are holy; you only are the Lord.

20. Glory be to God (Gloria in Excelsis)
You only, O Christ, with the Holy Spirit, are most high in the glory of God the Father.
Amen.

21. Prayer of the Day Pastor: The Lord be with you.
♫ All: And also with you.

22. (Pastor says the Prayer)
Prayer of the Day
Pastor: Let us pray.
(Pastor says the Prayer)
♫ All: Amen.

23. God’s Word to His People
1 Samuel 26:7-25
David does not kill his enemy

24. All Refrain:
Psalm 103

25. Pastor: Praise the LORD, O my soul;
Psalm 103
Pastor: Praise the LORD, O my soul;
All: all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
Pastor: He forgives all your sins
All: and heals all your diseases;
Pastor: He redeems your life from the grave
All: and crowns you with love and compassion.

26. All Refrain:
Psalm 103

27. Pastor: The LORD is compassionate and gracious,
All: slow to anger, abounding in love.
Pastor: He does not treat us as our sins deserve
All: or repay us according to our iniquities.

28. Pastor: For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
All: so great is his love for those who fear him;
Pastor: as far as the east is from the west,
All: so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

29. All Refrain:
Psalm 103

30. Pastor: As a father has compassion on his children,
All: so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him;
Pastor: for he knows how we are formed,
All: he remembers that we are dust.

31. Pastor: Our days are like grass, like a flower of the field;
All: the wind blows over it and it is gone.
Pastor: But the LORD’s love is with those who fear him
All: from everlasting to everlasting.

32. All:
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and will be forever. Amen.

33. All Refrain:
Psalm 103

34. God’s Word to His People
Romans 12:9-21
The practices of true love

35. (Pastor says the Verse of the Day)
♫ All: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleuia!

36. (After the announcement of the Gospel the worship assembly responds:)
♫ All: Glory be to you, O Lord!

37. God’s Word to His People
Matthew 5:38-48
Love even your enemies

38. Gospel Pastor: This is the Word of the Lord.
 All: Praise be to you, O Christ!

39. Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth.

40. Apostles’ Creed
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended into hell.

41. Apostles’ Creed The third day he rose again from the dead.
He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty.
From there he will come to judge the living and the dead.

42. Apostles’ Creed
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

43. Children’s Message
“Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.”
~ Jesus ~

44. Son of God, Eternal Savior CW #492 Verses 1-4 Text: Somerset T. C
Son of God, Eternal Savior CW #492 Verses Text: Somerset T. C. Lowry, Setting: LORD, REVIVE US Tune: The Revialist, Troy, NY, 1868

45. Son of God, eternal Savior, Source of life and truth and grace,
Verse 1:
Son of God, eternal Savior,
Source of life and truth
and grace,
Word made flesh, whose birth among us,
Honors all our human race,
CW #492

46. You our head, who, throned in glory, For your own will ever plead:
Verse 1:
You our head, who, throned in glory,
For your own will ever plead:
Fill us with your love
and pity;
Heal our wrongs and help our need.
CW #492

47. Come, O Christ, and reign among us, King of love and Prince of Peace;
Verse 2:
Come, O Christ, and reign among us,
King of love and Prince of Peace;
Hush the storm of strife and passion;
Bid its cruel discords cease.
CW #492

48. By your patient years of toiling, By your silent hours of pain,
Verse 2:
By your patient years of toiling,
By your silent hours of pain,
Quench our fevered thirst for pleasure;
Stem our selfish greed for gain.
CW #492

49. Bind us all as one together In your Church's sacred fold,
Verse 3:
Bind us all as one together
In your Church's sacred fold,
Weak and healthy, poor and wealthy,
Sad and joyful, young and old.
CW #492

50. Is there want or pain or sorrow? Make us all the burden share.
Verse 3:
Is there want or pain or sorrow?
Make us all the burden share.
Are there spirits crushed and broken?
Teach us, Lord, to soothe their care.
CW #492

51. As you, Lord, have lived for others, So may we for others live.
Verse 4:
As you, Lord, have lived for others,
So may we for others live.
Freely have your gifts been granted;
Freely may your servants give.
CW #492

52. Yours the gold and yours the silver, Yours the wealth of land and sea;
Verse 4:
Yours the gold and yours the silver,
Yours the wealth of land and sea;
We but stewards of your bounty
Held in solemn trust will be.
CW #492

53. We remember what Jesus did
God’s laundry
list of love
We see what love does
We remember what Jesus did 
Romans 12:9-21

54. Create in Me
♫ All: Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me.

55. Create in Me
Restore unto me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with your free Spirit.
Amen.

56. In thankfulness for our salvation, we support God’s work with our offerings.

57. Adult Confirmation
Scott Alm
Terry Alm
Sarah Andes

58. Prayer of the Church Pastor: …Lord, in your mercy.
All: Hear our prayer.

59. Lord’s Prayer All: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done on earth as in heaven.

60. Lord’s Prayer Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us.
Lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.

61. Lord’s Prayer
For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and forever. Amen.

62. Prayer
Pastor:
(Pastor says prayer)
♫ All: Amen.

63. (Pastor says blessing)
The Blessing
Pastor:
(Pastor says blessing)
♫ All: Amen, Amen, Amen.

64. Love in Christ is Strong and Living CW #490 Verses 1-3 Text: Dorothy R
Love in Christ is Strong and Living CW #490 Verses Text: Dorothy R. Schultz, b Setting: DOROTHY Tune: Ralph C. Schultz, b. 1932

65. Love in Christ is strong and living, Binding faithful hearts in one;
CW #490
Verse 1:
Love in Christ is strong and living,
Binding faithful hearts in one;
Love in Christ is true and giving—
May his will in us be done!

66. Love is patient and forbearing, Clothed in Christ’s humility,
CW #490
Verse 2:
Love is patient and forbearing,
Clothed in Christ’s humility,
Gentle, selfless, kind, and caring,
Reaching out in charity.

67. Love in Christ abides forever, Fainting not when ills attend;
CW #490
Verse 3:
Love in Christ abides forever,
Fainting not when ills attend;
Love, forgiving and forgiven,
Shall endure until life’s end.

68. Silent Prayer

69. Redeemer Lutheran Church
Christ calls us to
Love our Enemies
Redeemer Lutheran Church
Sunday, January 19th 2017