Invocation
P In
the name of the Father and of the T Son
and of the Holy Spirit.
C Amen.
Reading
Deuteronomy 6:1–25
1“Now
this is the commandment, the statutes and the just decrees that the
Lord your God commanded me to teach you, that you may do them in the
land to which you are going over, to possess it,
2that
you may fear the Lord your God, you and your son and your son’s
son, by keeping all his statutes and his commandments, which I
command you, all the days of your life, and that your days may be
long. 3Hear therefore, O Israel, and be careful to do
them, that it may go well with you, and that you may multiply
greatly, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a
land flowing with milk and honey.
4“Hear,
O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5You shall
love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and
with all your might. 6And these words that I command you
today shall be on your heart. 7You shall teach them
diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in
your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and
when you rise. 8You shall bind them as a sign on your
hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9You
shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
10“And
when the Lord your God brings you into the land that he swore to your
fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you—with great
and good cities that you did not build, 11and houses full
of all good things that you did not fill, and cisterns that you did
not dig, and vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant—and
when you eat and are full, 12then take care lest you
forget the Lord, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the
house of slavery. 13It is the Lord your God you shall
fear. Him you shall serve and by his name you shall swear. 14You
shall not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples who are around
you, 15for the Lord your God in your midst is a jealous
God, lest the anger of the Lord your God be kindled against you, and
he destroy you from off the face of the earth.
16“You
shall not put the Lord your God to the test, as you tested him at
Massah. 17You shall diligently keep the commandments of
the Lord your God, and his testimonies and his statutes, which he has
commanded you. 18And you shall do what is right and good
in the sight of the Lord, that it may go well with you, and that you
may go in and take possession of the good land that the Lord swore to
give to your fathers 19by thrusting out all your enemies
from before you, as the Lord has promised.
20“When
your son asks you in time to come, ‘What is the meaning of the
testimonies and the statutes and the rules that the Lord our God has
commanded you?’ 21then you shall say to your son, ‘We
were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt. And the Lord brought us out of
Egypt with a mighty hand. 22And the Lord showed signs and
wonders, great and grievous, against Egypt and against Pharaoh and
all his household, before our eyes. 23And he brought us
out from there, that he might bring us in and give us the land that
he swore to give to our fathers. 24And the Lord commanded
us to do all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for our good
always, that he might preserve us alive, as we are this day. 25And
it will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to do all this
commandment before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us.’
Collect
O
holy and most merciful God, You have taught us the way of Your
commandments. We implore You to pour out Your grace into our hearts.
Cause it to bear fruit in us that, being ever mindful of Your mercies
and Your laws, we may always be directed to Your will and daily
increase in love toward You and one another. Enable us to resist all
evil and to live a godly life. Help us to follow the example of our
Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and to walk in His steps until we
shall possess the kingdom that has been prepared for us in heaven;
through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
708 Lord,
Thee I Love with All My Heart
Apostles'
Creed
C I
believe in God, the Father Almighty,
maker
of heaven and earth.
And
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.
He
descended into hell.
The
third day He rose again from the dead.
He
ascended into heaven
and
sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.
From
thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.
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 T everlasting.
Amen.
The
Fifth Commandment
You
shall not murder.
What
does this mean?
We
should fear and love God so that we do not hurt or harm our neighbor
in his body, but help and support him in every physical need.
Lord's
Prayer
C Our
Father who art in heaven,
hallowed be Thy name,
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;
give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen.
hallowed be Thy name,
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;
give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen.
Benediction
(Aaronic)
P The
Lord bless you and keep you.
The
Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you.
The
Lord look upon you with favor and T give
you peace.
C Amen.
Acknowledgments
Unless
otherwise indicated, all scripture quotations are from The Holy
Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway
Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All
rights reserved.
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by Lutheran Service Builder © 2006 Concordia Publishing House.
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