Sermon Manuscript for Lord’s Day 9/26/2021

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Order of Worship—John 17.20-26

Prelude

Welcome and Announcements

Call to Worship

(Ps. 67:1-7) May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, Selah  ² that your way may be known on earth, your saving power among all nations.  ³ Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you!  ⁴ Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth. Selah  ⁵ Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you!  ⁶ The earth has yielded its increase; God, our God, shall bless us.  ⁷ God shall bless us; let all the ends of the earth fear him!

Hymn No. 149 Praise Him! Praise Him!

Pastoral Prayer

O Father, Son, Holy Spirit you are worthy of our praise! May our praise of you fuel our desire to make your name known to all peoples.

As we prayed Wednesday night, we ask again for the Pashtun people of Afghanistan to be reached with the gospel. O Lord, so few people there know you. Make yourself known in that dark land and may your people fill that land with praise.

We also pray again for the suffering of Rama and Joseph who were recently married but had to flee their family and home because they follow Christ. Please, Lord, strengthen them by your grace to endure under trial for your glory. Give them wisdom in every move that they might find a place to resettle and live out their faith.

 We are also excited about the new church plant in eastern Berlin. Please help them begin with a healthy start and grow that community as they seek to make your name known in that vast city for your glory.

O, Father, we ask along with many others that you would raise up labors for the harvest. Send help to us here that we might reach our neighbors and friends. Lord use us to make your name known here. To the praise of your glorious grace! Be honor and domain and praise forevermore! In Christ’s name, amen.

Hymn No. 40 All People That on Earth Do Dwell

(Tit. 3:5)  ⁵ he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy

Hymn No. 162 Wonderful, Merciful Savior

Sermon

Hymn No. 346 The Church’s One Foundation

Benediction

(2 Cor. 5:18-21)  ¹⁸ All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation;  ¹⁹ that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.  ²⁰ Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.  ²¹ For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Next Week’s Text: Roman 1:18-23