Opening Prayer Lord Jesus, let us be found among Your people. Amen. Text: John 10:11–16 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. But he who is a hireling and not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and…

Opening Prayer Lord, grant me gladly to carry Your cross after You. Amen. Text: John 21:20–23 Then Peter, turning around, saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following, who also had leaned on His breast at the supper, and said, “Lord, who is the one who betrays You?” Peter, seeing him, said to Jesus, “But Lord,…

Opening Prayer O God, fill our hearts with Christ’s love. Amen. Text: John 21:15–19 So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.” He said to him, “Feed My lambs.”…

Opening Prayer Lord, teach us to say from the heart: Not unto us, not unto us, but to Your name be glory given. Amen. (Psa 115:1) Text: John 21:7–14 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on…

Opening Prayer Teach us, Lord Jesus, to go where You Yourself have said, and to meet You there. Amen. Text: John 21:1–6 After these things Jesus showed Himself again to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias, and in this way He showed Himself: Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the…

Opening Thought Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You. This grant us, O God. (Psa 73:25) Text: Colossians 3:1–6 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your…

Opening Prayer Lord Jesus, overcome our unbelief; grant us grace to believe. Amen. Text: John 20:24–31 But Thomas, called Didymus, one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the…

Opening Prayer “Come, Holy Spirit, and teach me now that Jesus is my life.” Amen. Text: First John 5:4–12 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world – our faith. Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the…

Opening Hymn Peace to soothe our bitter woes, God in Christ on us bestows; Jesus bought our peace with God With His holy, precious blood; Peace in Him for sinners found, Is the Gospel’s joyful sound. (ELH 595:1) Text: John 20:19–23 Then, the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when…