1st Sunday in Lent Luke 4:1-13

Sometimes we know

We just know

And yet we strive for all that is in us

For those things

------------- thoughts

----------------- directions

that will lead us down

-------- the path

-------------- we wish not to go.

That will lead us to the one

-------------- we wish not to serve,

but we are drawn

by all the humanness within us

we are drawn

until

we find the strength

---- somehow

and the presence of mind

---- from somewhere

to say

Hear my people

---- The Lord is our God

---- The Lord is One

and in that moment

we know

---- we just know

all the power

---- prestige

-------- and glory

the world has to offer

---- are only fleeting

a moments spotlight

---- exchanged

--------- for the joy

that comes from the God who created all the Joy

--------------------------------------------- life

and calls us to put down our walls

of glory

for the joy of life

lived to its fullness

in Christ

Opening litany based on Psalm 91

 Worship Leader: Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty. This I declare about the LORD: who alone is my refuge, my place of safety; my God in whom I trust.

Congregation: For the Lord will rescue you from every trap and protect us from that which brings death. Our Sheltering God will cover with her feathers and shelter us with caring and protective wings. The faithful promises of God are our armor and protection.

Worship Leader: Do not be afraid of the terrors of the night, nor the arrow that flies in the day. Do not dread the disease that stalks in darkness, nor the disaster that strikes at midday for though a thousand may fall at your side or ten thousand are dying around you, these evils will not touch you for you are never alone. Open your eyes and see how those without the knowledge of God feel so alone at these times.

Congregation: If we make the LORD your refuge and the Most High our shelter, no evil will conquer us; no fear will come near our home for we will be surrounded by angels who will protect us wherever you go.

Worship Leader: They will hold you up with their hands so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone. The LORD says, “I will rescue all whom I love and will protect those who trust in my name.

Congregation: The Lord says that when we call the Lord, the Lord will answer. “I will be with them in trouble. I will rescue and honor them. I will reward them with a long life and give them my salvation,” declares the Lord.

 

10w worship for March 6th, Hunger for God.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for March 6th, Hunger for God. If you find this worship experience helpful, please share with friends and family. You can also find these audio worship services as well as Gospel poems and Opening Litanies on the Facebook page, "Lutheran Flannelboard or on Twitter #lutheranflannel. The song for the day is Out in the Wilderness by the Jay Beech Band from the album Everyone who is thirsty, Come.  Used with permission you can find this and other gifts for ministry at baytonemusic.com

 

bollerud · 3.6.22 Hunger for God

The Transfiguration of our Lord Luke 9:28-36

 In the Joy filled intensity of our excitement

we look up and catch a glimpse

-- of something unseen

---- (This)

beyond the realm of all we know

----- and feel

--------- and hear,

beyond the encounter of those special moments in life

when every part of existence

------------------------------ is focused

on the here and now,

and for a brief moment

---------------------------- all is just right,

beyond even the pureness of joy

that comes in the perfection of religious expression

----- amid the rising voices

---------- and the spine tingling timelessness

---- of our worship

---- (is)

into this came an almost moment in time

rising from the mist of exhausted ecstasy

---------- on a high mountain top

---- (My)

 apart

---- from a world seething in hunger and pain

longing

---- to see that to which they have turned

------------- a blind eye.

Here

---- in the almost place and time

comes the light

---- (Son)

that can burn through even the blindness

------------------ of not looking

---------- or looking too hard

with our eyes focused on that unseen moment

that we almost notice.

Here at this time

The Son of God leads us down

------------------------------------ into

--------------------------------------- the world around us

to see

the glory of God

in the poor and lost in the midst of our world,

to see the pureness of unbounded timelessness

in the moment of love expressed

to one who knows not love

to see

---- by not trying to focus on that faint glimmer

--------------------------------------------------- off high

------------------------------------------- in the distant mist

---- (Listen to Him!)
Christ

---- in those around us!

 

Psalm 99

 Pastor: The LORD reigns, let all the nations of the world look in awe before the mighty God who sits enthroned between the cherubim. 

Congregation: Great is the LORD in Zion who is exalted over all the economic powers and the nations. Let us praise the great and awesome name of the Lord our God who is Holy of Holies, Lord or Lords and King of Kings. 

Pastor: The King of Glory is mighty. The Lord of all loves justice and establishes equity in the world. 

Congregation: We will exalt the LORD our God and worship at his footstool for he alone is Holy.

Pastor: Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel was among those who called on his name; they called on the LORD and he answered them. He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept his statutes and the decrees he gave them.

Congregation: Oh LORD our God, You answered them; You were to Israel a forgiving God.  Oh Lord our God, You speak to us, and you are a forgiving God calling us to share the love of Christ. 

Pastor: I will Exalt the LORD our God and worship at his Holy Places, for the LORD our God is holy.

Congregation: We will Exalt the LORD our God and worship at his Holy Places, for the LORD our God is holy.

 

10w worship for February 27th, Mountain High.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for February 27th, Mountain High. If you find this worship experience helpful, please share with friends and family. You can also find these audio worship services as well as Gospel poems and Opening Litanies on the Facebook page, "Lutheran Flannelboard or on Twitter #lutheranflannel. The song for the day is Suddenly, Up on the Mountain by the Jay Beech Band from the album, Everyone who is Thirsty, Come.  Used with permission you can find this and other gifts for ministry at www.baytonemusic.com

 

bollerud · 2.27.22 Mountain High