1. Rose Free Lutheran Church
Welcome!
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Rose Free Lutheran Church
January 6, 2019

2. Announcements
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Prayer

3. Love Divine, All Love Excelling
Ambassador Hymnal #226

4. Love divine, all love excelling,
Joy of heav’n to earth come down!
Fix in us Thy humble dwelling,
All Thy faithful mercies crown:
Jesus, Thou art all compassion,
Pure, unbounded love Thou art;
Visit us with Thy salvation,
Enter ev’ry trembling heart.

5. Breathe, O breathe Thy loving Spirit
Into ev’ry troubled breast!
Let us all in Thee inherit,
Let us find Thy promised rest.
Take away the love of sinning,
Alpha and Omega be;
End of faith, as its beginning,
Set our hearts at liberty.

6. Come, Almighty to deliver,
Let us all Thy life receive;
Graciously return, and never,
Never more Thy temples leave!
Thee we would be always blessing,
Serve Thee as Thy hosts above,
Pray and praise Thee without ceasing,
Glory in Thy perfect love.

7. Finish, then, Thy new creation,
Pure and spotless let us be;
Let us see Thy great salvation,
Perfectly restored in Thee,
Changed from glory into glory,
Till in heav’n we take our place,
Till we cast our crowns before Thee,
Lost in wonder, love, and praise.

8. Confession of Sin
Ambassador Hymnal Pg. 2
Almighty God, our Maker and Redeemer, we poor sinners confess to You that we are by nature sinful and unclean, and that we have sinned against You in thought, word, and deed.

9. Confession of Sin
Ambassador Hymnal Pg. 2
Therefore we flee for refuge to Your infinite mercy and ask You for Christ’s sake, grant us forgiveness of all our sins, and by Your Holy Spirit increase in us true knowledge of You and of Your will and true obedience to Your Word,

10. Confession of Sin
Ambassador Hymnal Pg. 2
To the end that by Your grace we may come to eternal life, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

11. 1 Corinthians 26-31

12. Apostles’ Creed p. 4 in Ambassador Hymnal
I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth; And 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, dead and buried; He descended into hell; the third day He rose again from the dead;…

13. Apostles’ Creed p. 4 in Ambassador Hymnal
…He ascended into heaven; And is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From where He shall come to judge the living and the dead. 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.

15. We give Thee but Thine own,
Whate’er the gifts may be;
All that we have is Thine alone,
A trust, oh Lord, from Thee.
Amen.

16. Children’s Message

17. As With Gladness Men of Old
Ambassador Hymnal #53

18. As with gladness men of old
Did the guiding star behold;
As with joy they hailed its light,
Leading onward, beaming bright;
So, most gracious Lord, may we
Evermore be led by Thee.

19. As with joyful steps they sped,
Savior, to Thy lowly bed,
There to bend the knee before
Thee, whom heav’n and earth adore;
So may we with willing feet
Ever seek Thy mercy seat.

20. As they offered gifts most rare
At Thy cradle, rude and bare,
So may we with holy joy,
Pure and free from sin’s alloy,
All our costliest treasures bring,
Christ, to Thee, our heav’nly King.

21. Holy Jesus, ev’ry day
Keep us in the narrow way;
And when earthly things are past,
Bring our ransomed souls at last
Where they need no star to guide,
Where no clouds Thy glory hide.

22. In the heav’nly country bright
Need they no created light;
Thou its light, its joy, its crown,
Thou its sun which goes not down;
There forever may we sing
Alleluias to our King.

24. You can’t live up to a brag, but God can and does
Obadiah 1-9

25. Brag about God’s kingdom because of its current security

26. Earthly kingdoms always have security threats

27. Earthly kingdoms always have security threats
A fragile structure-the sinful nature does not improve

28. “Let him who boasts, boast in the Lord.” -1 Corinthians 1:31
“May I not boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
-Galatians 6:14

29. Earthly kingdoms always have security threats
A fragile web of relationships- the world does not improve

30. God’s kingdom is secured
Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, 24 but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.”
Jeremiah 9:23-24

31. God’s kingdom is secured
“My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.”
John 10:29

32. Brag about God’s kingdom because of its approaching conclusion

33. Earthly kingdoms are on the brink of desolation

34. God redeems the WHOLE life
There’s no, “Maybe I can invest a little in God’s kingdom and he will bless mine…”

35. God is coming back at any time.
There’s no “Maybe later I will repent…”

36. God’s wisdom is totally different than man’s
There’s no “I have figured it out before, and I will again…”

37. God’s Kingdom will have its King return soon

38. When I Survey
Ambassador Hymnal #63

39. When I survey the wondrous cross
On which the Prince of Glory died,
My richest gain I count but loss,
And pour contempt on all my pride.

40. Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
Save in the death of Christ, my God:
All the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to His blood.

41. See, from His head, His hands, His feet,
Sorrow and love flow mingled down!
Did e’er such love and sorrow meet?
Or thorns compose so rich a crown?

42. Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were a present far too small;
Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all.

43. The LORD’s Prayer
Our Father, Who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven; Give us this day our daily bread: And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us,

44. The LORD’s Prayer
And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil; For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, And the glory, forever and ever. AMEN.

45. Communion Service

46. Amen

47. Have a
blessed day!