Opening Prayer Spirit of God, You came to us in our Baptism; explain the Word to us. Amen. Text: Exodus 1:22–2:10 So Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “Every son who is born you shall cast into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.” And a man of the house of Levi went…

Opening Prayer Great is the Lord’s mercy upon us. God, let us know this. Amen. Text: Isaiah 53:6–9 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, every one, to his own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed and He was afflicted, yet He…

Opening Prayer Lord Jesus, renew our whole life with Your love. Amen. Text: Second Corinthians 5:14-21 For the love of Christ constrains us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who…

Opening Prayer Lamb of God, You take away the sin of the world, have mercy upon us. Test: John 1:29-34 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! This is He of whom I said, ‘After me comes a…

Opening Prayer Help us, Lord, that we may hear Your Word today. Amen. Text: First Peter 3:18-22 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit, by whom also He went and…

Text: Psalm 46 God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, Though the earth be removed, And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though its waters roar and be troubled, Though the mountains shake with its swelling. Selah There is a…