Invocation
P In
the name of the Father and of the T Son
and of the Holy Spirit.
C Amen.
Collect
Almighty
God, You are an ever-present help in trouble. We humbly ask You to
assist [name of mother] in her labor and bring forth in safety the
[child/children] she is delivering. Sustain and comfort her and her
husband with Your all-sufficient grace in Christ, that they may trust
in You and Your love and not be afraid; through the same Jesus
Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever.
Reading
the Bible
The
Holy Spirit leads us to confess faith with the Church. Never imagine
that believers exist without the Church. Someone may object to this
by asserting that a person could come to faith while reading the
bible at home, without ever going to a church. But how would that
person receive a copy of the Bible? Of course, he or she would
receive it from someone else, God called someone to prepare that
Bible and distribute that Bible, work carried on by the Church. In
other words, the holy Spirit is always working through the
Church—through believers like you—to Spread the Word to other
people. The Lord has entrusted his Word to the Church for this
purpose.
Reading
the Genesis
Abraham
sent his servant to find a wife for his son, Isaac. Rebekah and her
parents cosnsent to the proposal. Though they have not met, Isaac and
Rebekah consent to a marriage that will be filled with God's blessing
and love. God wants marriage (lifelong faithfulness vowed publicly)
to be the basis for the love of huband and wife. Such love is a
picture of Christ's love for the Church. He sought us from afar and
promises His faithfulness to us.
Isaac
favors Esau the hunter and Rebekah favors Jacob who remains with her.
She remembers God's promise, but intercedes in order to push forward
God's timing out of line. Jacob and Esau end up against each other
for a time.
Isaac also repeats some of his father Abraham's early mistakes.
Reading
Genesis 25:1—26:35
Abraham
took another wife, whose name was Keturah. She bore him Zimran,
Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. Jokshan fathered Sheba and
Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. The
sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All
these were the children of Keturah. Abraham gave all he had to Isaac.
But to the sons of his concubines Abraham gave gifts, and while he
was still living he sent them away from his son Isaac, eastward to
the east country.
These
are the days of the years of Abraham’s life, 175 years. Abraham
breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of
years, and was gathered to his people. Isaac and Ishmael his sons
buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son
of Zohar the Hittite, east of Mamre, the field that Abraham purchased
from the Hittites. There Abraham was buried, with Sarah his wife.
After the death of Abraham, God blessed Isaac his son. And Isaac
settled at Beer-lahai-roi.
These
are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the
Egyptian, Sarah’s servant, bore to Abraham. These are the names of
the sons of Ishmael, named in the order of their birth: Nebaioth, the
firstborn of Ishmael; and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, Mishma, Dumah,
Massa, Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons
of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages and by their
encampments, twelve princes according to their tribes. (These are the
years of the life of Ishmael: 137 years. He breathed his last and
died, and was gathered to his people.) They settled from Havilah to
Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria. He settled
over against all his kinsmen.
These
are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham fathered
Isaac, and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to be his
wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister
of Laban the Aramean. And Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife,
because she was barren. And the Lord granted his prayer, and Rebekah
his wife conceived. The children struggled together within her, and
she said, “If it is thus, why is this happening to me?” So she
went to inquire of the Lord. And the Lord said to her,
“Two
nations are in your womb,
and
two peoples from within you shall be divided;
the
one shall be stronger than the other,
the
older shall serve the younger.”
When
her days to give birth were completed, behold, there were twins in
her womb. The first came out red, all his body like a hairy cloak, so
they called his name Esau. Afterward his brother came out with his
hand holding Esau’s heel, so his name was called Jacob. Isaac was
sixty years old when she bore them.
When
the boys grew up, Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field,
while Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents. Isaac loved Esau
because he ate of his game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.
Once
when Jacob was cooking stew, Esau came in from the field, and he was
exhausted. And Esau said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red
stew, for I am exhausted!” (Therefore his name was called Edom.)
Jacob said, “Sell me your birthright now.” Esau said, “I am
about to die; of what use is a birthright to me?” Jacob said,
“Swear to me now.” So he swore to him and sold his birthright to
Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and
drank and rose and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.
Now
there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine that was in
the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Gerar to Abimelech king of the
Philistines. And the Lord appeared to him and said, “Do not go down
to Egypt; dwell in the land of which I shall tell you. Sojourn in
this land, and I will be with you and will bless you, for to you and
to your offspring I will give all these lands, and I will establish
the oath that I swore to Abraham your father. I will multiply your
offspring as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all
these lands. And in your offspring all the nations of the earth shall
be blessed, because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge, my
commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”
So
Isaac settled in Gerar. When the men of the place asked him about his
wife, he said, “She is my sister,” for he feared to say, “My
wife,” thinking, “lest the men of the place should kill me
because of Rebekah,” because she was attractive in appearance. When
he had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines
looked out of a window and saw Isaac laughing with Rebekah his wife.
So Abimelech called Isaac and said, “Behold, she is your wife. How
then could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac said to him,
“Because I thought, ‘Lest I die because of her.’” Abimelech
said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the people might
easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt
upon us.” So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever
touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.”
And
Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold.
The Lord blessed him, and the man became rich, and gained more and
more until he became very wealthy. He had possessions of flocks and
herds and many servants, so that the Philistines envied him. (Now the
Philistines had stopped and filled with earth all the wells that his
father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father.) And
Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are much
mightier than we.”
So
Isaac departed from there and encamped in the valley of Gerar and
settled there. And Isaac dug again the wells of water that had been
dug in the days of Abraham his father, which the Philistines had
stopped after the death of Abraham. And he gave them the names that
his father had given them. But when Isaac’s servants dug in the
valley and found there a well of spring water, the herdsmen of Gerar
quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.”
So he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with
him. Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over that also,
so he called its name Sitnah. And he moved from there and dug another
well, and they did not quarrel over it. So he called its name
Rehoboth, saying, “For now the Lord has made room for us, and we
shall be fruitful in the land.”
From
there he went up to Beersheba. And the Lord appeared to him the same
night and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father. Fear not, for
I am with you and will bless you and multiply your offspring for my
servant Abraham’s sake.” So he built an altar there and called
upon the name of the Lord and pitched his tent there. And there
Isaac’s servants dug a well.
When
Abimelech went to him from Gerar with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol
the commander of his army, Isaac said to them, “Why have you come
to me, seeing that you hate me and have sent me away from you?”
They said, “We see plainly that the Lord has been with you. So we
said, let there be a sworn pact between us, between you and us, and
let us make a covenant with you, that you will do us no harm, just as
we have not touched you and have done to you nothing but good and
have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed of the Lord.”
So he made them a feast, and they ate and drank. In the morning they
rose early and exchanged oaths. And Isaac sent them on their way, and
they departed from him in peace. That same day Isaac’s servants
came and told him about the well that they had dug and said to him,
“We have found water.” He called it Shibah; therefore the name of
the city is Beersheba to this day.
When
Esau was forty years old, he took Judith the daughter of Beeri the
Hittite to be his wife, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the
Hittite, and they made life bitter for Isaac and Rebekah.
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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
Third Article
Sanctification
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 everlasting. Amen.
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 everlasting. Amen.
What does this mean?
I
believe that I cannot by my own reason or strength believe in Jesus
Christ, my Lord, or come to Him; but the Holy Spirit has called me by
the Gospel, enlightened me with His gifts, sanctified and kept me in
the true faith.
In
the same way He calls, gathers, enlightens and sanctifies the whole
Christian Church on earth, and keeps it with Jesus Christ in the one
true faith.
In
this Christian Church He daily and richly forgives all my sins and
the sins of all believers.
On
the Last Day He will raise me and all the dead, and give eternal life
to me and all believers in Christ.
This
is most certainly true.
- For deliverance against temptation and evil;
- for the addicted and despairing;
- for the sick;
- for those who work to protect and serve around the clock;
- for victims of abuse and torture;
- for those in prison
- for peace
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.
Luther's
Morning Prayer
C I
thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son,
that You have kept me this night from all harm and danger; and I pray
that You would keep me this day also from sin and every evil, that
all my doings and life may please You. For into Your hands I commend
myself, my body and soul, and all things. Let Your holy angel be
with me, that the evil foe may have no power over me. Amen.
Luther's
Evening Prayer
C I
thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son,
that You have graciously kept me this day; and I pray that You would
forgive me all my sins where I have done wrong, and graciously keep
me this night. For into Your hands I commend myself, my body and
soul, and all things. Let Your holy angel be with me, that the evil
foe may have no power over me. Amen.
Benediction
(Pauline)
P The
grace of the Lord T Jesus Christ and
the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you
all.
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
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