1. Redeemer Lutheran Church
Jesus’ Blessed Beatitudes
Blessed are the Merciful
Redeemer Lutheran Church
Sunday, August 7th

2. Welcome to Redeemer! Welcome to worship at Redeemer.
God's mercy is his most important gift to us.
Today we praise him that he relented from sending the punishment we deserve, but that he punished his own Son instead in our place.

3. For Our Guests
If you have questions, let us try to help. Speak with an usher, greeter, or the person next to you.
If you’d like to learn more about Redeemer and its ministry, please talk to Pastor Wolfe or a church member after the service.

4. Children’s Message
Each week, our younger worshipers are invited to the front of church before the sermon hymn to hear a special message for them from Pastor Wolfe.

5. Need to Know what’s going on?
Our church website has the info you need right at your fingertips
Check the church calendar,
Get access to sermons,
and more.

6. Prayer before Worship
Dear Jesus, You are worthy of praise for the sacrifice You made for us.
Help us never to take our salvation for granted and fill our hearts with joy and praise.
Bless our time together today. Amen.

7. Please be courteous and silence all pagers and cell phones.
Thank You

8. Please pray for the men serving Redeemer in this special way.
Church Leaders Wanted
It is time to identify men to serve next year on:
Leadership boards
Committees
Please pray for the men serving Redeemer in this special way.

9. 2011 VBS August 8-12 This week Bible-Based Teaching Crafts
Spiritual Growth in Christ
For children ages 3-5th grade

10. Please speak to Pastor Wolfe if interested in helping out.
Church Library
Library Leader Needed
Organize what we have
Promote the Church Library
Please speak to Pastor Wolfe if interested in helping out.

11. Redeemer Lutheran Church
Jesus’ Blessed Beatitudes
Blessed are the Merciful
Redeemer Lutheran Church
Sunday, August 7th

12. Forgive Our Sins as We Forgive CW #493 Verses 1-4
Text: Rosamond E. Herklots,
Setting: DETROIT
Tune: A Supplement to the Kentucky
Harmony, Harrisonburg, 1820

13. Verse 1:
"Forgive our sins as we forgive,"
You taught us, Lord, to pray,
But you alone can grant us grace
To live the words we say.

14. Verse 2:
How can your pardon reach and bless
The unforgiving heart
That broods on wrongs and will not let
Old bitterness depart?

15. Verse 3:
In blazing light your cross reveals
The truth we dimly knew:
What trivial debts are owed to us;
How great our debt to you!

16. Verse 4:
Lord, cleanse the depths within our souls
And bid resentment cease;
Then, bound to all in bonds of love
Our lives will spread your peace.

17. Opening Verses Pastor:
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you.
All: And also with you.

18. Confession of Sin Pastor:
We have come into the presence of God, who created us to love and to serve him as his dear children.
But we have disobeyed him and deserve only his wrath and punishment.
Therefore, let us confess our sins to him and plead for his mercy.

19. Confession of Sin
All:
Merciful Father in heaven, I am altogether sinful from birth.
In countless ways I have sinned against you and do not deserve to be called your child.

20. Confession of Sin All: But trusting in Jesus, my Savior, I pray:
Have mercy on me according to your unfailing love.
Cleanse me from my sin, and take away my guilt.

21. (Pastor announces our forgiveness)
All: Amen.

22. Pastor:
In the peace of forgiveness, let us praise the Lord.

23. Oh, Taste and See ♫ All: Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good.
Blessed are they who take refuge in him.
Your Word, O Lord, is eternal;
it stands firm in the heavens.

24. Oh, Taste and See ♫ All: Your faithfulness continues forever.
Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good.
Blessed are they who take refuge in him.

25. Prayer of the Day Pastor: Let us pray.
(The pastor says the Prayer of the Day.)
♫ All: Amen.
(Please be seated)

26. God’s Word to His People
Luke 1:46-55
Mary’s song

27. Psalm #143
All ♫ Refrain:

28. All ♫ Verses:
O LORD, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy;
in your faithfulness and righteousness come to my relief.

29. All ♫ Verses:
Do not bring your servant into judgment,
for no one living is righteous before you.

30. My spirit grows faint within me; my heart within me is dismayed.
All ♫ Verses:
My spirit grows faint within me;
my heart within me is dismayed.

31. All ♫ Refrain:

32. All ♫ Verses:
Answer me quickly, O LORD;
do not hide your face from me.
Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love,
for I have put my trust in you.

33. All ♫ Verses:
Teach me to do your will, for you are my God;
may your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

34. ♫ 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.

35. All ♫ Refrain:

36. God’s Word to His People
Matthew 18:21-35
The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant

37. Verse of the Day Pastor: Alleluia.
The Word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.

38. Verse of the Day ♫ All: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
These words are written that we may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God.

39. God’s Word to His People
Matthew 5:1-2, 7
Jesus’ Fifth Beatitude

40. Praise be to you, O Christ!
♫ All:
Praise be to you, O Christ!
(Please be seated)

41. Children’s Message

42. Blessed Are They, Forever Blest CW #383 Verses 1-4
Text: Isaac Watts,
Setting: O JESU CHRISTE, WAHRES LICHT
Tune: Andächtige Hans-Kirche, Nürnberg, 1676, alt.

43. Verse 1:
Blessed are they, forever blest,
Whose guilt is pardoned by their God,
Whose sins with sorrow are confessed
And covered with their Savior's blood.

44. Verse 2:
Blessed are they to whom the Lord
Imputes not their iniquity.
They plead no merit or reward
And not on works but grace rely.

45. Verse 3:
From guile their hearts and lips are free;
Their humble joy, their holy fear
With deep repentance well agree
And join to prove their faith sincere.

46. Verse 4:
How glorious is that righteousness
That hides and cancels all their sins,
While bright the evidence of grace
Through all their lives appears and shines!

47. Compassion Takes Action
Jesus’ Blessed
Beatitudes
Compassion Takes Action

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

49. Apostles’ Creed All: 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.

50. Apostles’ Creed All: He descended into hell.
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.

51. Apostles’ Creed All: 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.

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

53. Prayer of the Church

54. Lord’s Prayer All: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.

55. Lord’s Prayer All: Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those
who sin against us.
Lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.

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

57. Now I Have Found the Firm Foundation CW #386 Verses 1, 4-6
Text: Johann A. Rothe,
Setting: O DASS ICH TAUSEND ZUNGEN HÄTTE (KÖNIG)
Tune: Johann B. König,

58. Verse 1:
Now I have found the firm foundation
Which holds my life forever sure;
'Twas laid before the world's creation
In Christ my Savior's wounds secure,

59. Verse 1:
Foundation which unmoved shall stay
When heav'n and earth will pass away.

60. Verse 4:
O depth of love, to me revealing
The sea where my sins disappear!
In Christ my wounds find perfect healing;
There is no condemnation here!
For Jesus' blood through earth and skies
Forever "Mercy! Mercy!" cries.

61. Verse 5:
Let mercy cause me to be willing
To bear my lot and not to fret.
While he my restless heart is stilling,
May I his mercy not forget!
Whatever comes my heart to test,
His mercy is my only rest.

62. Verse 6:
Lord, I will stand on this foundation
As long as I on earth remain;
This will engage my meditation
While I the breath of life retain.
And then, when face to face with you,
I'll sing your mercy great and true.

63. #386 - Now I Have Found the Firm Foundation
Verse 6
Lord, I will stand on this foundation
As long as I on earth remain;
This will engage my meditation
While I the breath of life retain.
And then, when face to face with you,
I'll sing your mercy great and true.

64. Pastor:
Almighty God, we thank you for teaching us the things you want us to believe and do.
Help us by your Holy Spirit to keep your Word in pure hearts that we may be strengthened in faith, guided in holiness, and comforted in life and in death,
through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
♫ All: Amen.

65. God’s Blessing ♫ All: Amen, Amen, Amen. Pastor:
Brothers and sisters, go in peace.
Live in harmony with one another. Serve the Lord with gladness.
The Lord bless you and keep you.
The Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you.
The Lord look on you with favor and give you peace.
♫ All: Amen, Amen, Amen.

66. Jesus Sat With His Disciples CWS #763 Verses 1-3
Text: Stephen P. Starke, b. 1955
Setting: JOYOUS LIGHT
Tune: Marty Haugen, b. 1950

67. Verse 1:
Jesus sat with his disciples
On a mountainside one day;
As the crowds of people gathered
He began to teach and say:

68. Verse 1:
“Blessed are the poor in spirit,
Heaven’s kingdom they will share.
Blessed are the sad and mourning,
Joy and comfort will be theirs.

69. Verse 2:
“Blessed are the meek and humble,
All the earth to them is willed.
Those who hunger to be holy,
They are bless’d and will be filled.

70. Verse 2:
Yes, the merciful are blessed,
Mercy will to them be shown.
And the pure in heart are blessed,
They have eyes for God alone.

71. Verse 3:
“Blessed are God’s sons and daughters,
Making peace where
there is strife.
Blessed are the persecuted,
Who for righteousness lose life;

72. Verse 3:
Their reward is great in heaven,
In the kingdom up above—
So be glad to share my suff’ring,
And rejoice to know my love.”

73. Silent Prayer