tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28637219099777418202024-03-05T08:09:49.631-05:00GleaningsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12610213297393178018noreply@blogger.comBlogger207125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863721909977741820.post-38929232290429775082017-02-17T17:00:00.000-05:002017-02-17T17:00:31.705-05:00Week 7: Saturday Exodus 21-22<br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Morning
Prayer </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>In
the morning when you get up, make the sign of the holy cross and say:</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">In
the name of the Father and of the <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T</span> Son
and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>Then,
kneeling or standing, repeat the Creed and the Lord's Prayer. If you
choose, you may also say this little prayer:</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">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.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>Then
go joyfully to your work, singing a hymn, like that of the Ten
Commandments, or whatever your devotion may suggest.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Collect </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Lord
Jesus, with Your death, the temple curtain was torn from top to
bottom, giving access to Your holy presence to all people. By the
preaching of Your Gospel, may You be our peace, for You have made us
one and have broken down in Your flesh the dividing wall of hostility
by fulfilling the Law in Your death on the cross; for You live and
reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Reading </b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><i>
Exodus 21:1—22:31</i></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Now
these are the rules that you shall set before them. When you buy a
Hebrew slave, he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall
go out free, for nothing. If he comes in single, he shall go out
single; if he comes in married, then his wife shall go out with him.
If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters,
the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go
out alone. But if the slave plainly says, ‘I love my master, my
wife, and my children; I will not go out free,’ then his master
shall bring him to God, and he shall bring him to the door or the
doorpost. And his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and
he shall be his slave forever.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">When
a man sells his daughter as a slave, she shall not go out as the male
slaves do. If she does not please her master, who has designated her
for himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no
right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has broken faith with
her. If he designates her for his son, he shall deal with her as with
a daughter. If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not
diminish her food, her clothing, or her marital rights. And if he
does not do these three things for her, she shall go out for nothing,
without payment of money.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Whoever
strikes a man so that he dies shall be put to death. But if he did
not lie in wait for him, but God let him fall into his hand, then I
will appoint for you a place to which he may flee. But if a man
willfully attacks another to kill him by cunning, you shall take him
from my altar, that he may die.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Whoever
strikes his father or his mother shall be put to death.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Whoever
steals a man and sells him, and anyone found in possession of him,
shall be put to death.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Whoever
curses his father or his mother shall be put to death.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">When
men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist
and the man does not die but takes to his bed, then if the man rises
again and walks outdoors with his staff, he who struck him shall be
clear; only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall have him
thoroughly healed.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">When
a man strikes his slave, male or female, with a rod and the slave
dies under his hand, he shall be avenged. But if the slave survives a
day or two, he is not to be avenged, for the slave is his money.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">When
men strive together and hit a pregnant woman, so that her children
come out, but there is no harm, the one who hit her shall surely be
fined, as the woman’s husband shall impose on him, and he shall pay
as the judges determine. But if there is harm, then you shall pay
life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for
foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">When
a man strikes the eye of his slave, male or female, and destroys it,
he shall let the slave go free because of his eye. If he knocks out
the tooth of his slave, male or female, he shall let the slave go
free because of his tooth.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">When
an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox shall be stoned, and
its flesh shall not be eaten, but the owner of the ox shall not be
liable. But if the ox has been accustomed to gore in the past, and
its owner has been warned but has not kept it in, and it kills a man
or a woman, the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put
to death. If a ransom is imposed on him, then he shall give for the
redemption of his life whatever is imposed on him. If it gores a
man’s son or daughter, he shall be dealt with according to this
same rule. If the ox gores a slave, male or female, the owner shall
give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be
stoned.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">When
a man opens a pit, or when a man digs a pit and does not cover it,
and an ox or a donkey falls into it, the owner of the pit shall make
restoration. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead beast
shall be his.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">When
one man’s ox butts another’s, so that it dies, then they shall
sell the live ox and share its price, and the dead beast also they
shall share. Or if it is known that the ox has been accustomed to
gore in the past, and its owner has not kept it in, he shall repay ox
for ox, and the dead beast shall be his.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> “<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">If
a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it or sells it, he shall
repay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> “<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">If
a thief is found breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there
shall be no bloodguilt for him, but if the sun has risen on him,
there shall be bloodguilt for him. He shall surely pay. If he has
nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. If the stolen beast is
found alive in his possession, whether it is an ox or a donkey or a
sheep, he shall pay double.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">If
a man causes a field or vineyard to be grazed over, or lets his beast
loose and it feeds in another man’s field, he shall make
restitution from the best in his own field and in his own vineyard.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">If
fire breaks out and catches in thorns so that the stacked grain or
the standing grain or the field is consumed, he who started the fire
shall make full restitution.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">If
a man gives to his neighbor money or goods to keep safe, and it is
stolen from the man’s house, then, if the thief is found, he shall
pay double. If the thief is not found, the owner of the house shall
come near to God to show whether or not he has put his hand to his
neighbor’s property. For every breach of trust, whether it is for
an ox, for a donkey, for a sheep, for a cloak, or for any kind of
lost thing, of which one says, ‘This is it,’ the case of both
parties shall come before God. The one whom God condemns shall pay
double to his neighbor.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">If
a man gives to his neighbor a donkey or an ox or a sheep or any beast
to keep safe, and it dies or is injured or is driven away, without
anyone seeing it, an oath by the Lord shall be between them both to
see whether or not he has put his hand to his neighbor’s property.
The owner shall accept the oath, and he shall not make restitution.
But if it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to its owner.
If it is torn by beasts, let him bring it as evidence. He shall not
make restitution for what has been torn.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">If
a man borrows anything of his neighbor, and it is injured or dies,
the owner not being with it, he shall make full restitution. If the
owner was with it, he shall not make restitution; if it was hired, it
came for its hiring fee.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">If
a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged to be married and lies with
her, he shall give the bride-price for her and make her his wife. If
her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money
equal to the bride-price for virgins.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">You
shall not permit a sorceress to live.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Whoever
lies with an animal shall be put to death.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Whoever
sacrifices to any god, other than the Lord alone, shall be devoted to
destruction.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">You
shall not wrong a sojourner or oppress him, for you were sojourners
in the land of Egypt. You shall not mistreat any widow or fatherless
child. If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to me, I will surely
hear their cry, and my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the
sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children
fatherless.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">If
you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall
not be like a moneylender to him, and you shall not exact interest
from him. If ever you take your neighbor’s cloak in pledge, you
shall return it to him before the sun goes down, for that is his only
covering, and it is his cloak for his body; in what else shall he
sleep? And if he cries to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">You
shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler of your people.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">You
shall not delay to offer from the fullness of your harvest and from
the outflow of your presses. The firstborn of your sons you shall
give to me. You shall do the same with your oxen and with your sheep:
seven days it shall be with its mother; on the eighth day you shall
give it to me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">You
shall be consecrated to me. Therefore you shall not eat any flesh
that is torn by beasts in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>555
Salvation unto Us Has Come <a href="http://www.bach-cantatas.com/MIDI/008606b_.mid" target="_blank">Midi File</a> <a href="http://youtu.be/znjQTJoZYEA" target="_blank">Organ (1 min)</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OktSQiXakTs" target="_blank">Cantata (10 minutes)</a> <a href="http://youtu.be/lyY1HgiHqUY" target="_blank">Choral</a> </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">5 Yet
as the Law must be fulfilled<br /> Or we must die despairing,<br />Christ
came and has God’s anger stilled,<br /> Our human nature
sharing.<br />He has for us the Law obeyed<br />And thus the Father’s
vengeance stayed<br /> Which over us impended.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">6 Since
Christ has full atonement made<br /> And brought to us
salvation,<br />Each Christian therefore may be glad<br /> And build
on this foundation.<br />Your grace alone, dear Lord, I plead,<br />Your
death is now my life indeed,<br /> For You have paid my ransom.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">7 Let
me not doubt, but truly see<br /> Your Word cannot be broken;<br />Your
call rings out, “Come unto Me!”<br /> No falsehood have You
spoken.<br />Baptized into Your precious name,<br />My faith cannot be
put to shame,<br /> And I shall never perish.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">8 The
Law reveals the guilt of sin<br /> And makes us
conscience-stricken;<br />But then the Gospel enters in<br /> The
sinful soul to quicken.<br />Come to the cross, trust Christ, and
live;<br />The Law no peace can ever give,<br /> No comfort and no
blessing.</span></span></div>
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<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.6in; text-indent: -0.5in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">9 Faith
clings to Jesus’ cross alone<br /> And rests in Him unceasing;<br />And
by its fruits true faith is known,<br /> With love and hope
increasing.<br />For faith alone can justify;<br />Works serve our
neighbor and supply<br /> The proof that faith is living.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.6in; text-indent: -0.5in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">10 All
blessing, honor, thanks, and praise<br /> To Father, Son, and
Spirit,<br />The God who saved us by His grace;<br /> All glory to His
merit.<br />O triune God in heav’n above,<br />You have revealed Your
saving love;<br /> Your blessèd name we hallow.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br />Public
domain</span></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Apostles'
Creed </b></span></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>I
believe in God, the Father Almighty,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>maker
of heaven and earth.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>And
in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>who
was conceived by the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>born
of the virgin Mary,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>suffered
under Pontius Pilate,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>was
crucified, died and was buried.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>He
descended into hell.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>The
third day He rose again from the dead.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>He
ascended into heaven</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>and
sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>From
thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>I
believe in the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
holy Christian Church,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
communion of saints,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
forgiveness of sins,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
resurrection of the body,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>and
the life </b><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";"><b>T </b></span><b>everlasting.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The
Eighth Commandment </b></span></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">You
shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i><br /></i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>What
does this mean?</i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">We
should fear and love God so that we do not tell lies about our
neighbor, betray him, slander him, or hurt his reputation, but defend
him, speak well of him, and explain everything in the kindest way.</span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Lord's
Prayer </b></span></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Our
Father who art in heaven,<br /> hallowed be Thy name,<br /> Thy
kingdom come,<br /> Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;<br />
give us this day our daily bread;<br /> and forgive us our
trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us;<br /> and
lead us not into temptation,<br /> but deliver us from evil.<br />For
Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Benediction
(Aaronic) </b></span></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">P </span>The
Lord bless you and keep you.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
Lord look upon you with favor and <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T </span>give
you peace.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Amen.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Acknowledgments</b></span></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12610213297393178018noreply@blogger.com0286 Delavan Ave, Greenwich, CT 06830, USA41.002442 -73.65479141.000944000000004 -73.6572585 41.00394 -73.652323500000008tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863721909977741820.post-11760520306798005962017-02-16T17:00:00.000-05:002017-02-22T14:09:40.911-05:00Week 7: Friday Exodus 19-20<b style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Morning
Prayer</b><br />
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>In
the morning when you get up, make the sign of the holy cross and say:</i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">In
the name of the Father and of the <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T</span> Son
and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>Then,
kneeling or standing, repeat the Creed and the Lord's Prayer. If you
choose, you may also say this little prayer:</i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">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.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>Then
go joyfully to your work, singing a hymn, like that of the Ten
Commandments, or whatever your devotion may suggest.</i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Reading </b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><i>
Exodus 19:1—20:26</i></span></span></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">On
the third new moon after the people of Israel had gone out of the
land of Egypt, on that day they came into the wilderness of Sinai.
They set out from Rephidim and came into the wilderness of Sinai, and
they encamped in the wilderness. There Israel encamped before the
mountain, while Moses went up to God. The Lord called to him out of
the mountain, saying, “Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob,
and tell the people of Israel: You yourselves have seen what I did to
the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you
to myself. Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep
my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples,
for all the earth is mine; and you shall be to me a kingdom of
priests and a holy nation. These are the words that you shall speak
to the people of Israel.”</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">So
Moses came and called the elders of the people and set before them
all these words that the Lord had commanded him. All the people
answered together and said, “All that the Lord has spoken we will
do.” And Moses reported the words of the people to the Lord. And
the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I am coming to you in a thick
cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and may also
believe you forever.”</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">When
Moses told the words of the people to the Lord, the Lord said to
Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow,
and let them wash their garments and be ready for the third day. For
on the third day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight
of all the people. And you shall set limits for the people all
around, saying, ‘Take care not to go up into the mountain or touch
the edge of it. Whoever touches the mountain shall be put to death.
No hand shall touch him, but he shall be stoned or shot; whether
beast or man, he shall not live.’ When the trumpet sounds a long
blast, they shall come up to the mountain.” So Moses went down from
the mountain to the people and consecrated the people; and they
washed their garments. And he said to the people, “Be ready for the
third day; do not go near a woman.”</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">On
the morning of the third day there were thunders and lightnings and a
thick cloud on the mountain and a very loud trumpet blast, so that
all the people in the camp trembled. Then Moses brought the people
out of the camp to meet God, and they took their stand at the foot of
the mountain. Now Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke because the Lord
had descended on it in fire. The smoke of it went up like the smoke
of a kiln, and the whole mountain trembled greatly. And as the sound
of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered
him in thunder. The Lord came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the
mountain. And the Lord called Moses to the top of the mountain, and
Moses went up.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">And
the Lord said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people, lest they
break through to the Lord to look and many of them perish. Also let
the priests who come near to the Lord consecrate themselves, lest the
Lord break out against them.” And Moses said to the Lord, “The
people cannot come up to Mount Sinai, for you yourself warned us,
saying, ‘Set limits around the mountain and consecrate it.’”
And the Lord said to him, “Go down, and come up bringing Aaron with
you. But do not let the priests and the people break through to come
up to the Lord, lest he break out against them.” So Moses went down
to the people and told them.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">And
God spoke all these words, saying,</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">I
am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out
of the house of slavery.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">You
shall have no other gods before me.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">You
shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of
anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or
that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them
or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the
iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth
generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to
thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">You
shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord
will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Remember
the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do
all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God.
On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter,
your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the
sojourner who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made
heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the
seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it
holy.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Honor
your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land
that the Lord your God is giving you.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">You
shall not murder.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">You
shall not commit adultery.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">You
shall not steal.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">You
shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">You
shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your
neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his
ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.”</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Now
when all the people saw the thunder and the flashes of lightning and
the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking, the people were
afraid and trembled, and they stood far off and said to Moses, “You
speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, lest
we die.” Moses said to the people, “Do not fear, for God has come
to test you, that the fear of him may be before you, that you may not
sin.” The people stood far off, while Moses drew near to the thick
darkness where God was.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">And
the Lord said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the people of
Israel: ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have talked with you
from heaven. You shall not make gods of silver to be with me, nor
shall you make for yourselves gods of gold. An altar of earth you
shall make for me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your
peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen. In every place where I
cause my name to be remembered I will come to you and bless you. If
you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stones,
for if you wield your tool on it you profane it. And you shall not go
up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness be not exposed on it.’</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>581 These
Are the Holy Ten Commands <a href="http://openhymnal.org/Mp3/That_Men_A_Godly_Life_Might_Live-Dies_sind_die_heilgen_zehu_Gebot.mp3" target="_blank">Piano</a></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b><br /></b></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">5 “You
are to honor and obey<br />Your father, mother, ev’ry day,<br />Serve
them each way that comes to hand;<br />You’ll then live long in the
land.”<br /> Have mercy, Lord!</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.6in; text-indent: -0.5in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">6 “You
shall not murder, hurt, nor hate;<br />Your anger dare not dominate.<br />Be
kind and patient; help, defend,<br />And treat your foe as your
friend.”<br /> Have mercy, Lord!</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.6in; text-indent: -0.5in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">7 “Be
faithful to your marriage vow;<br />No lust or impure thoughts
allow.<br />Keep all your conduct free from sin<br />By self-controlled
discipline.”<br /> Have mercy, Lord!</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.6in; text-indent: -0.5in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">8 “You
shall not steal or take away<br />What others worked for night and
day,<br />But open wide a gen’rous hand<br />And help the poor in the
land.”<br /> Have mercy, Lord!</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.6in; text-indent: -0.5in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">9 “Bear
no false witness nor defame<br />Your neighbor nor destroy his
name,<br />But view him in the kindest way;<br />Speak truth in all that
you say.”<br /> Have mercy, Lord!</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.6in; text-indent: -0.5in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">10 “You
shall not crave your neighbor’s house<br />Nor covet money, goods, or
spouse.<br />Pray God He would your neighbor bless<br />As you yourself
wish success.”<br /> Have mercy, Lord!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">11 You
have this Law to see therein<br />That you have not been free from
sin<br />But also that you clearly see<br />How pure toward God life
should be.<br /> Have mercy, Lord!</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">12 Our
works cannot salvation gain;<br />They merit only endless pain.<br />Forgive
us, Lord! To Christ we flee,<br />Who pleads for us endlessly.<br />
Have mercy, Lord!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />©
2006 Concordia Publishing House. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License
.NET, no. 100011178.; © 1980 Concordia Publishing House. Used by
permission: LSB Hymn License .NET, no. 100011178.<br />Public domain</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Apostles'
Creed </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>I
believe in God, the Father Almighty,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>maker
of heaven and earth.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>And
in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>who
was conceived by the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>born
of the virgin Mary,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>suffered
under Pontius Pilate,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>was
crucified, died and was buried.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>He
descended into hell.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>The
third day He rose again from the dead.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>He
ascended into heaven</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>and
sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>From
thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>I
believe in the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
holy Christian Church,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
communion of saints,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
forgiveness of sins,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
resurrection of the body,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>and
the life </b><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";"><b>T </b></span><b>everlasting.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The
Seventh Commandment </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">You
shall not steal.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>What
does this mean?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">We
should fear and love God so that we do not take our neighbor's money
or possessions, or get them in any dishonest way, but help him to
improve and protect his possessions and income.</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Collect </b></span></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">O
Lord, our God, we acknowledge Your great goodness toward us and
praise You for the mercy and grace that our eyes have seen, our ears
have heard, and our hearts have known. We sincerely repent of the
sins of this day and those in the past. Pardon our offenses, correct
and reform what is lacking in us, and help us to grow in grace and in
the knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Inscribe Your law
upon our hearts, and equip us to serve You with holy and blameless
lives. May each day remind us of the coming of the night when no one
can work. In the emptiness of this present age keep us united by a
living faith through the power of Your Holy Spirit with Him who is
the resurrection and the life, that we may escape the eternal bitter
pains of condemnation. By Your Holy Spirit bless the preaching of
Your Word and the administration of Your Sacraments. Preserve these
gifts to us and to all Christians. Guard and protect us from all
dangers to body and soul. Grant that we may with faithful
perseverance receive from You our sorrows as well as our joys,
knowing that health and sickness, riches and poverty, and all things
come by permission of Your fatherly hand. Keep us this day under Your
protective care and preserve us, securely trusting in Your
everlasting goodness and love, for the sake of Your Son, Jesus
Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever.</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Lord's
Prayer </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Our
Father who art in heaven,<br /> hallowed be Thy name,<br /> Thy
kingdom come,<br /> Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;<br />
give us this day our daily bread;<br /> and forgive us our
trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us;<br /> and
lead us not into temptation,<br /> but deliver us from evil.<br />For
Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Benediction
(Aaronic) </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">P </span>The
Lord bless you and keep you.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
Lord look upon you with favor and <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T </span>give
you peace.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Acknowledgments</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Unless
otherwise indicated, all scripture quotations are from <i>The Holy
Bible, English Standard Version</i>, copyright © 2001 by Crossway
Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All
rights reserved.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Created
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12610213297393178018noreply@blogger.com0286 Delavan Ave, Greenwich, CT 06830, USA41.002442 -73.65479141.000944000000004 -73.6572585 41.00394 -73.652323500000008tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863721909977741820.post-57824679232153420442017-02-15T17:00:00.000-05:002017-02-22T14:10:20.820-05:00Week 7: Thursday Exodus 18<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Morning
Prayer </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>In
the morning when you get up, make the sign of the holy cross and say:</i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">In
the name of the Father and of the <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T</span> Son
and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><br /></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>Then,
kneeling or standing, repeat the Creed and the Lord's Prayer. If you
choose, you may also say this little prayer:</i></span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">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.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><br /></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>Then
go joyfully to your work, singing a hymn, like that of the Ten
Commandments, or whatever your devotion may suggest.</i></span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Collect </b></span></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Lord
of the Church, in whose name all who oversee and serve Your flock
have been called, grant Your servants all the gifts necessary for the
godly administration of their duties for the upbuilding of Your
Church that they may bring glory to Your name; for You live and reign
with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Reading </b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><i>
Exodus 18:1–27</i></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Jethro,
the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God
had done for Moses and for Israel his people, how the Lord had
brought Israel out of Egypt. Now Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, had
taken Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her home, along with
her two sons. The name of the one was Gershom (for he said, “I have
been a sojourner in a foreign land”), and the name of the other,
Eliezer (for he said, “The God of my father was my help, and
delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh”). Jethro, Moses’
father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses in the
wilderness where he was encamped at the mountain of God. And when he
sent word to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you
with your wife and her two sons with her,” Moses went out to meet
his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. And they asked each
other of their welfare and went into the tent. Then Moses told his
father-in-law all that the Lord had done to Pharaoh and to the
Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardship that had come upon
them in the way, and how the Lord had delivered them. And Jethro
rejoiced for all the good that the Lord had done to Israel, in that
he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Jethro
said, “Blessed be the Lord, who has delivered you out of the hand
of the Egyptians and out of the hand of Pharaoh and has delivered the
people from under the hand of the Egyptians. Now I know that the Lord
is greater than all gods, because in this affair they dealt
arrogantly with the people.” And Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law,
brought a burnt offering and sacrifices to God; and Aaron came with
all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law
before God.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
next day Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around
Moses from morning till evening. When Moses’ father-in-law saw all
that he was doing for the people, he said, “What is this that you
are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone, and all the people
stand around you from morning till evening?” And Moses said to his
father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to inquire of God;
when they have a dispute, they come to me and I decide between one
person and another, and I make them know the statutes of God and his
laws.” Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “What you are doing is
not good. You and the people with you will certainly wear yourselves
out, for the thing is too heavy for you. You are not able to do it
alone. Now obey my voice; I will give you advice, and God be with
you! You shall represent the people before God and bring their cases
to God, and you shall warn them about the statutes and the laws, and
make them know the way in which they must walk and what they must do.
Moreover, look for able men from all the people, men who fear God,
who are trustworthy and hate a bribe, and place such men over the
people as chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
And let them judge the people at all times. Every great matter they
shall bring to you, but any small matter they shall decide
themselves. So it will be easier for you, and they will bear the
burden with you. If you do this, God will direct you, you will be
able to endure, and all this people also will go to their place in
peace.”</span></span></div>
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Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law and did all that he
had said. Moses chose able men out of all Israel and made them heads
over the people, chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of
tens. And they judged the people at all times. Any hard case they
brought to Moses, but any small matter they decided themselves. Then
Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went away to his own
country.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>933 My
Soul Rejoices <a href="http://youtu.be/P1TZCEnKgyg" target="_blank">Trinity Church Organ, NY, NY</a> <a href="http://youtu.be/wcEBISHBdRw" target="_blank">Prelude</a> </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br />©
1991 Stephen P. Starke. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License .NET,
no. 100011178.<br />Public domain</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Apostles'
Creed </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>I
believe in God, the Father Almighty,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>maker
of heaven and earth.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>And
in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>who
was conceived by the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>born
of the virgin Mary,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>suffered
under Pontius Pilate,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>was
crucified, died and was buried.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>He
descended into hell.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>The
third day He rose again from the dead.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>He
ascended into heaven</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>and
sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>From
thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>I
believe in the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
holy Christian Church,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
communion of saints,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
forgiveness of sins,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
resurrection of the body,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>and
the life </b><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";"><b>T </b></span><b>everlasting.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The
Seventh Commandment </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">You
shall not steal.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>What
does this mean?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i><br /></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">We
should fear and love God so that we do not take our neighbor's money
or possessions, or get them in any dishonest way, but help him to
improve and protect his possessions and income.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Lord's
Prayer </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Our
Father who art in heaven,<br /> hallowed be Thy name,<br /> Thy
kingdom come,<br /> Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;<br />
give us this day our daily bread;<br /> and forgive us our
trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us;<br /> and
lead us not into temptation,<br /> but deliver us from evil.<br />For
Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Benediction
(Aaronic) </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">P </span>The
Lord bless you and keep you.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
Lord look upon you with favor and <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T </span>give
you peace.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Acknowledgments</b></span></span></span></div>
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otherwise indicated, all scripture quotations are from <i>The Holy
Bible, English Standard Version</i>, copyright © 2001 by Crossway
Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All
rights reserved.</span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12610213297393178018noreply@blogger.com0286 Delavan Ave, Greenwich, CT 06830, USA41.002442 -73.65479141.000944000000004 -73.6572585 41.00394 -73.652323500000008tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863721909977741820.post-64605760570200962062017-02-14T17:00:00.000-05:002017-02-14T17:00:07.272-05:00Week 7: Wednesday Exodus 16-17<br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Morning
Prayer </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>In
the morning when you get up, make the sign of the holy cross and say:</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">In
the name of the Father and of the <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T</span> Son
and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i><br /></i></span></span>
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>Then,
kneeling or standing, repeat the Creed and the Lord's Prayer. If you
choose, you may also say this little prayer:</i></span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">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.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>Then
go joyfully to your work, singing a hymn, like that of the Ten
Commandments, or whatever your devotion may suggest.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Collect </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Lord
Jesus, You invite all who are burdened with sin to come to You for
rest. We now come at Your invitation to the heavenly feast, which You
have provided for Your children on earth. Preserve us from
impenitence and unbelief, cleanse us from our unrighteousness, and
clothe us with the righteousness purchased with Your blood.
Strengthen our faith, increase our love and hope, and assure us a
place at Your heavenly table, where we will eat eternal manna and
drink of the river of Your pleasure forever and ever. Hear us, Jesus,
for Your own sake.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Reading </b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><i>
Exodus 16:1—17:16</i></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">They
set out from Elim, and all the congregation of the people of Israel
came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on
the fifteenth day of the second month after they had departed from
the land of Egypt. And the whole congregation of the people of Israel
grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness, and the people of
Israel said to them, “Would that we had died by the hand of the
Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat pots and ate bread
to the full, for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill
this whole assembly with hunger.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I am about to rain bread from
heaven for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day’s
portion every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in my
law or not. On the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in,
it will be twice as much as they gather daily.” So Moses and Aaron
said to all the people of Israel, “At evening you shall know that
it was the Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and in the
morning you shall see the glory of the Lord, because he has heard
your grumbling against the Lord. For what are we, that you grumble
against us?” And Moses said, “When the Lord gives you in the
evening meat to eat and in the morning bread to the full, because the
Lord has heard your grumbling that you grumble against him—what are
we? Your grumbling is not against us but against the Lord.”</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
Moses said to Aaron, “Say to the whole congregation of the people
of Israel, ‘Come near before the Lord, for he has heard your
grumbling.’” And as soon as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation
of the people of Israel, they looked toward the wilderness, and
behold, the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud. And the Lord
said to Moses, “I have heard the grumbling of the people of Israel.
Say to them, ‘At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning
you shall be filled with bread. Then you shall know that I am the
Lord your God.’”</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">In
the evening quail came up and covered the camp, and in the morning
dew lay around the camp. And when the dew had gone up, there was on
the face of the wilderness a fine, flake-like thing, fine as frost on
the ground. When the people of Israel saw it, they said to one
another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. And
Moses said to them, “It is the bread that the Lord has given you to
eat. This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Gather of it, each one
of you, as much as he can eat. You shall each take an omer, according
to the number of the persons that each of you has in his tent.’”
And the people of Israel did so. They gathered, some more, some less.
But when they measured it with an omer, whoever gathered much had
nothing left over, and whoever gathered little had no lack. Each of
them gathered as much as he could eat. And Moses said to them, “Let
no one leave any of it over till the morning.” But they did not
listen to Moses. Some left part of it till the morning, and it bred
worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them. Morning by morning
they gathered it, each as much as he could eat; but when the sun grew
hot, it melted.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">On
the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers each. And
when all the leaders of the congregation came and told Moses, he said
to them, “This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Tomorrow is a day
of solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord; bake what you will bake
and boil what you will boil, and all that is left over lay aside to
be kept till the morning.’” So they laid it aside till the
morning, as Moses commanded them, and it did not stink, and there
were no worms in it. Moses said, “Eat it today, for today is a
Sabbath to the Lord; today you will not find it in the field. Six
days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, which is a Sabbath,
there will be none.”</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">On
the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, but they found
none. And the Lord said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep
my commandments and my laws? See! The Lord has given you the Sabbath;
therefore on the sixth day he gives you bread for two days. Remain
each of you in his place; let no one go out of his place on the
seventh day.” So the people rested on the seventh day.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Now
the house of Israel called its name manna. It was like coriander
seed, white, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
Moses said, “This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Let an omer of
it be kept throughout your generations, so that they may see the
bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out
of the land of Egypt.’” And Moses said to Aaron, “Take a jar,
and put an omer of manna in it, and place it before the Lord to be
kept throughout your generations.” As the Lord commanded Moses, so
Aaron placed it before the testimony to be kept. The people of Israel
ate the manna forty years, till they came to a habitable land. They
ate the manna till they came to the border of the land of Canaan. (An
omer is the tenth part of an ephah.)</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">All
the congregation of the people of Israel moved on from the wilderness
of Sin by stages, according to the commandment of the Lord, and
camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.
Therefore the people quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water
to drink.” And Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me?
Why do you test the Lord?” But the people thirsted there for water,
and the people grumbled against Moses and said, “Why did you bring
us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our livestock
with thirst?” So Moses cried to the Lord, “What shall I do with
this people? They are almost ready to stone me.” And the Lord said
to Moses, “Pass on before the people, taking with you some of the
elders of Israel, and take in your hand the staff with which you
struck the Nile, and go. Behold, I will stand before you there on the
rock at Horeb, and you shall strike the rock, and water shall come
out of it, and the people will drink.” And Moses did so, in the
sight of the elders of Israel. And he called the name of the place
Massah and Meribah, because of the quarreling of the people of
Israel, and because they tested the Lord by saying, “Is the Lord
among us or not?”</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim. So Moses said to
Joshua, “Choose for us men, and go out and fight with Amalek.
Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in
my hand.” So Joshua did as Moses told him, and fought with Amalek,
while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. Whenever
Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, and whenever he lowered his
hand, Amalek prevailed. But Moses’ hands grew weary, so they took a
stone and put it under him, and he sat on it, while Aaron and Hur
held up his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side.
So his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. And Joshua
overwhelmed Amalek and his people with the sword.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
the Lord said to Moses, “Write this as a memorial in a book and
recite it in the ears of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the
memory of Amalek from under heaven.” And Moses built an altar and
called the name of it, The Lord is my banner, saying, “A hand upon
the throne of the Lord! The Lord will have war with Amalek from
generation to generation.”</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>534 Lord,
Enthroned in Heavenly Splendor </b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><i>
LSB 534</i></span></span></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />Public
domain</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Apostles'
Creed </b></span></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>I
believe in God, the Father Almighty,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>maker
of heaven and earth.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>And
in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>who
was conceived by the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>born
of the virgin Mary,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>suffered
under Pontius Pilate,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>was
crucified, died and was buried.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>He
descended into hell.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>The
third day He rose again from the dead.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>He
ascended into heaven</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>and
sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>From
thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>I
believe in the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
holy Christian Church,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
communion of saints,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
forgiveness of sins,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
resurrection of the body,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>and
the life </b><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";"><b>T </b></span><b>everlasting.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The Sixth
Commandment </b></span></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">You
shall not commit adultery.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>What
does this mean?</i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">We
should fear and love God so that we lead a sexually pure and decent
life in what we say and do, and husband and wife love and honor each
other.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Lord's
Prayer </b></span></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Our
Father who art in heaven,<br /> hallowed be Thy name,<br /> Thy
kingdom come,<br /> Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;<br />
give us this day our daily bread;<br /> and forgive us our
trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us;<br /> and
lead us not into temptation,<br /> but deliver us from evil.<br />For
Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Benediction
(Aaronic) </b></span></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">P </span>The
Lord bless you and keep you.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
Lord look upon you with favor and <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T </span>give
you peace.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Amen.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Acknowledgments</b></span></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in; text-indent: -0.25in;">
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otherwise indicated, all scripture quotations are from <i>The Holy
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Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All
rights reserved.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Created
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12610213297393178018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863721909977741820.post-24496376446895957372017-02-13T17:00:00.000-05:002017-02-11T14:02:01.211-05:00Week 7: Tuesday Exodus 15<b style="font-family: 'Segoe UI';">Morning
Prayer</b><br />
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>In
the morning when you get up, make the sign of the holy cross and say:</i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">In
the name of the Father and of the <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T</span> Son
and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><br /></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>Then,
kneeling or standing, repeat the Creed and the Lord's Prayer. If you
choose, you may also say this little prayer:</i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">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.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i><br /></i></span></span>
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>Then
go joyfully to your work, singing a hymn, like that of the Ten
Commandments, or whatever your devotion may suggest.</i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>Collect </b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Almighty
and eternal God, we adore You as the God and Father of our Lord and
Savior Jesus, and with the whole Church on earth and all the hosts of
heaven we ascribe to You honor and blessing, thanksgiving and praise.
Holy, holy, holy are You, Lord God Almighty; heaven and earth are
full of Your glory. You created us in Your own image and redeemed us
with the precious blood of Your Son. By Your Spirit You sanctified us
and called us out of darkness into Your marvelous light. Grant that
we may with thankful hearts receive these great mercies and express
our gratitude, not only with our lips but also in our lives as we
give ourselves to Your service and walk before You in holiness and
righteousness all our days. Deliver us from sin and error, from the
frailties of the flesh, the allurements of this present age, and the
temptations of the devil. Give us faith that works in love, hope that
never disappoints, kindness that never fails, confidence in You that
never wavers, patience that does not grow weary, and courage always
to be ready to confess Christ, that we may live in Your mercy and die
in Your peace; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and
reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>Reading </b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><i>
Exodus 15:1–27</i></span></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the Lord, saying,</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.23in; margin-top: 0.08in;">
<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">I
will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously;</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">the
horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.22in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
Lord is my strength and my song,</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">and
he has become my salvation;</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.22in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">this
is my God, and I will praise him,</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">my
father’s God, and I will exalt him.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.22in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
Lord is a man of war;</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">the
Lord is his name.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.22in;">
<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Pharaoh’s
chariots and his host he cast into the sea,</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">and
his chosen officers were sunk in the Red Sea.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.22in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
floods covered them;</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">they
went down into the depths like a stone.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.22in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Your
right hand, O Lord, glorious in power,</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">your
right hand, O Lord, shatters the enemy.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.22in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">In
the greatness of your majesty you overthrow your adversaries;</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">you
send out your fury; it consumes them like stubble.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.22in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">At
the blast of your nostrils the waters piled up;</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">the
floods stood up in a heap;</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">the
deeps congealed in the heart of the sea.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.22in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake,</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">I
will divide the spoil, my desire shall have its fill of them.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">I
will draw my sword; my hand shall destroy them.’</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.22in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">You
blew with your wind; the sea covered them;</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">they
sank like lead in the mighty waters.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.22in;">
<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Who
is like you, O Lord, among the gods?</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Who
is like you, majestic in holiness,</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">awesome
in glorious deeds, doing wonders?</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.22in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">You
stretched out your right hand;</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">the
earth swallowed them.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.22in;">
<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">You
have led in your steadfast love the people whom you have redeemed;</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">you
have guided them by your strength to your holy abode.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.22in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
peoples have heard; they tremble;</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">pangs
have seized the inhabitants of Philistia.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.22in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Now
are the chiefs of Edom dismayed;</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">trembling
seizes the leaders of Moab;</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">all
the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.22in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Terror
and dread fall upon them;</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">because
of the greatness of your arm, they are still as a stone,</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.22in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">till
your people, O Lord, pass by,</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">till
the people pass by whom you have purchased.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.22in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">You
will bring them in and plant them on your own mountain,</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">the
place, O Lord, which you have made for your abode,</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">the
sanctuary, O Lord, which your hands have established.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-left: 0.22in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
Lord will reign forever and ever.”</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-left: 0.1in; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">For
when the horses of Pharaoh with his chariots and his horsemen went
into the sea, the Lord brought back the waters of the sea upon them,
but the people of Israel walked on dry ground in the midst of the
sea. Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a
tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with
tambourines and dancing. And Miriam sang to them:</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.22in; margin-top: 0.08in;">
<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Sing
to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously;</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-left: 0.22in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">the
horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.”</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-left: 0.1in; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
Moses made Israel set out from the Red Sea, and they went into the
wilderness of Shur. They went three days in the wilderness and found
no water. When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water of
Marah because it was bitter; therefore it was named Marah. And the
people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” And
he cried to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a log, and he threw it
into the water, and the water became sweet.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-left: 0.1in; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">There
the Lord made for them a statute and a rule, and there he tested
them, saying, “If you will diligently listen to the voice of the
Lord your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear
to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the
diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, your
healer.”</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-left: 0.1in; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and
seventy palm trees, and they encamped there by the water.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />©
1974 Augsburg Publishing House. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License
.NET, no. 100011178.</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>Apostles'
Creed </b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>I
believe in God, the Father Almighty,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>maker
of heaven and earth.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>And
in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>who
was conceived by the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>born
of the virgin Mary,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>suffered
under Pontius Pilate,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>was
crucified, died and was buried.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>He
descended into hell.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>The
third day He rose again from the dead.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>He
ascended into heaven</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>and
sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>From
thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>I
believe in the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
holy Christian Church,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
communion of saints,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
forgiveness of sins,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
resurrection of the body,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>and
the life </b><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";"><b>T </b></span><b>everlasting.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>The Fifth
Commandment </b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">You
shall not murder.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>What
does this mean?</i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">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.</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>Lord's
Prayer </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Our
Father who art in heaven,<br /> hallowed be Thy name,<br /> Thy
kingdom come,<br /> Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;<br />
give us this day our daily bread;<br /> and forgive us our
trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us;<br /> and
lead us not into temptation,<br /> but deliver us from evil.<br />For
Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>Benediction
(Aaronic) </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">P </span>The
Lord bless you and keep you.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
Lord look upon you with favor and <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T </span>give
you peace.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>Acknowledgments</b></span></span></div>
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otherwise indicated, all scripture quotations are from <i>The Holy
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rights reserved.</span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12610213297393178018noreply@blogger.com0286 Delavan Ave, Greenwich, CT 06830, USA41.002442 -73.65479141.000944000000004 -73.6572585 41.00394 -73.652323500000008tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863721909977741820.post-49319896758583394872017-02-12T17:00:00.000-05:002017-02-12T17:00:19.376-05:00Week 7: Monday Exodus 14<b style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Morning
Prayer</b><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>In
the morning when you get up, make the sign of the holy cross and say:</i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">In
the name of the Father and of the <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T</span> Son
and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>Then,
kneeling or standing, repeat the Creed and the Lord's Prayer. If you
choose, you may also say this little prayer:</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">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.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i><br /></i></span></span>
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>Then
go joyfully to your work, singing a hymn, like that of the Ten
Commandments, or whatever your devotion may suggest.</i></span></span></div>
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<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Reading
Exodus 14</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">When
Pharaoh drew near, the people of Israel lifted up their eyes, and
behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they feared
greatly. And the people of Israel cried out to the Lord. They said to
Moses, “Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have
taken us away to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us in
bringing us out of Egypt? Is not this what we said to you in Egypt,
‘Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would
have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the
wilderness.” And Moses said to the people, “Fear not, stand firm,
and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will work for you today.
For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again. The
Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me? Tell the people of
Israel to go forward. Lift up your staff, and stretch out your hand
over the sea and divide it, that the people of Israel may go through
the sea on dry ground. And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians
so that they shall go in after them, and I will get glory over
Pharaoh and all his host, his chariots, and his horsemen. And the
Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gotten glory
over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
the angel of God who was going before the host of Israel moved and
went behind them, and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and
stood behind them, coming between the host of Egypt and the host of
Israel. And there was the cloud and the darkness. And it lit up the
night without one coming near the other all night.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the Lord drove the sea
back by a strong east wind all night and made the sea dry land, and
the waters were divided. And the people of Israel went into the midst
of the sea on dry ground, the waters being a wall to them on their
right hand and on their left. The Egyptians pursued and went in after
them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots,
and his horsemen. And in the morning watch the Lord in the pillar of
fire and of cloud looked down on the Egyptian forces and threw the
Egyptian forces into a panic, clogging their chariot wheels so that
they drove heavily. And the Egyptians said, “Let us flee from
before Israel, for the Lord fights for them against the Egyptians.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, that
the water may come back upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and
upon their horsemen.” So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea,
and the sea returned to its normal course when the morning appeared.
And as the Egyptians fled into it, the Lord threw the Egyptians into
the midst of the sea. The waters returned and covered the chariots
and the horsemen; of all the host of Pharaoh that had followed them
into the sea, not one of them remained. But the people of Israel
walked on dry ground through the sea, the waters being a wall to them
on their right hand and on their left.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Thus
the Lord saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and
Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. Israel saw the great
power that the Lord used against the Egyptians, so the people feared
the Lord, and they believed in the Lord and in his servant Moses.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Collect</b></span></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">O
God, You once delivered Your people Israel from bondage under Pharaoh
and led them by a pillar of cloud and fire through the sea to safety.
Grant that we may so follow Christ that through the waters of Baptism
we may daily die and rise with Him and walk in safety through the
wilderness of this life until we see Your salvation; through Jesus
Christ, our Lord.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>487 Come,
You Faithful, Raise the Strain <a href="http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/86247" target="_blank">Tune</a></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; text-indent: -0.5in;">Alleluia!
Now we cry</span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.6in; text-indent: -0.5in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">To our King immortal,</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.6in; text-indent: -0.5in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Who, triumphant, burst the
bars</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.6in; text-indent: -0.5in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Of the tomb’s dark portal.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.6in; text-indent: -0.5in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Come, you faithful, raise
the strain</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.6in; text-indent: -0.5in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Of triumphant gladness!</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.6in; text-indent: -0.5in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">God has brought His
Israel</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.6in; text-indent: -0.5in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Into joy from sadness!</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.6in; text-indent: -0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.6in; text-indent: -0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Public
domain</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Apostles'
Creed </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>I
believe in God, the Father Almighty,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>maker
of heaven and earth.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>And
in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>who
was conceived by the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>born
of the virgin Mary,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>suffered
under Pontius Pilate,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>was
crucified, died and was buried.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>He
descended into hell.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>The
third day He rose again from the dead.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>He
ascended into heaven</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>and
sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>From
thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>I
believe in the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
holy Christian Church,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
communion of saints,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
forgiveness of sins,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
resurrection of the body,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>and
the life </b><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";"><b>T </b></span><b>everlasting.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The
Fourth Commandment </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Honor
your father and your mother.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>What
does this mean?</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i><br /></i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">We
should fear and love God so that we do not despise or anger our
parents and other authorities, but honor them, serve and obey them,
love and cherish them.</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Collect </b></span></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Almighty
God, our heavenly Father, we, Your unworthy servants, give You humble
and hearty thanks for all the goodness and loving-kindness that You
bestow on us. We praise You for our creation, preservation, and all
the blessings of this life. But above all, we bless You for Your
boundless love in the redemption of the world by our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ, for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. We
implore You to give us a right understanding of all Your mercies that
our hearts may ever be deeply thankful and that we may show forth
Your praise with both our lips and our lives. Direct our lives in
ways of holiness and righteousness all our days that we may enjoy the
testimony of a good conscience and the hope of Your favor, be
sustained and comforted in every time of trouble, and finally be
received into Your everlasting kingdom; through Jesus Christ, Your
Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one
God, now and forever.</span></span></div>
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<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Lord's
Prayer </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Our
Father who art in heaven,<br /> hallowed be Thy name,<br /> Thy
kingdom come,<br /> Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;<br />
give us this day our daily bread;<br /> and forgive us our
trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us;<br /> and
lead us not into temptation,<br /> but deliver us from evil.<br />For
Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Benediction
(Aaronic) </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">P </span>The
Lord bless you and keep you.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
Lord look upon you with favor and <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T </span>give
you peace.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Amen.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Acknowledgments</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Unless
otherwise indicated, all scripture quotations are from <i>The Holy
Bible, English Standard Version</i>, copyright © 2001 by Crossway
Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All
rights reserved.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Created
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">P </span>In
the name of the Father and of the <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T </span>Son
and of the Holy Spirit.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Collect </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Gracious
God, our heavenly Father, You have given us a foretaste of the feast
to come in the Holy Supper of Your Son's body and blood. Keep us firm
in the true faith throughout our days of pilgrimage that, on the day
of His coming, we may, together with all Your saints, celebrate the
marriage feast of the Lamb in His kingdom which has no end; through
Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and
the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Reading </b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><i>
Exodus 13:1–22</i></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
Lord said to Moses, “Consecrate to me all the firstborn. Whatever
is the first to open the womb among the people of Israel, both of man
and of beast, is mine.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
Moses said to the people, “Remember this day in which you came out
from Egypt, out of the house of slavery, for by a strong hand the
Lord brought you out from this place. No leavened bread shall be
eaten. Today, in the month of Abib, you are going out. And when the
Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the
Amorites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he swore to your
fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, you shall
keep this service in this month. Seven days you shall eat unleavened
bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the Lord.
Unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days; no leavened bread
shall be seen with you, and no leaven shall be seen with you in all
your territory. You shall tell your son on that day, ‘It is because
of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’ And it shall
be to you as a sign on your hand and as a memorial between your eyes,
that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth. For with a strong hand
the Lord has brought you out of Egypt. You shall therefore keep this
statute at its appointed time from year to year.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">When
the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to
you and your fathers, and shall give it to you, you shall set apart
to the Lord all that first opens the womb. All the firstborn of your
animals that are males shall be the Lord’s. Every firstborn of a
donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you
shall break its neck. Every firstborn of man among your sons you
shall redeem. And when in time to come your son asks you, ‘What
does this mean?’ you shall say to him, ‘By a strong hand the Lord
brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery. </span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">For
when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the Lord killed all the
firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the
firstborn of animals. Therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all the males
that first open the womb, but all the firstborn of my sons I
redeem.’” </span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">It
shall be as a mark on your hand or frontlets between your eyes, for
by a strong hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">When
Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land
of the Philistines, although that was near. For God said, “Lest the
people change their minds when they see war and return to Egypt.”
But God led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the
Red Sea. And the people of Israel went up out of the land of Egypt
equipped for battle. Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for
Joseph had made the sons of Israel solemnly swear, saying, “God
will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones with you from
here.” And they moved on from Succoth and encamped at Etham, on the
edge of the wilderness. And the Lord went before them by day in a
pillar of cloud to lead them along the way, and by night in a pillar
of fire to give them light, that they might travel by day and by
night. The pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night did
not depart from before the people.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>633 At
the Lamb's High Feast We Sing <a href="http://youtu.be/F1aegCYPV7g" target="_blank">Crazy Organ Man</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3rKsg3BsU8&feature=related" target="_blank">Traditional Organ</a></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">5 Mighty
Victim from the sky,<br />Hell’s fierce pow’rs beneath You lie;<br />You
have conquered in the fight,<br />You have brought us life and light.<br />
Alleluia!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">6 Now
no more can death appall,<br />Now no more the grave enthrall;<br />You
have opened paradise,<br />And Your saints in You shall rise.<br />
Alleluia!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">7 Easter
triumph, Easter joy!<br />This alone can sin destroy;<br />From sin’s
pow’r, Lord, set us free,<br />Newborn souls in You to be.<br />
Alleluia!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">8 Father,
who the crown shall give,<br />Savior, by whose death we live,<br />Spirit,
guide through all our days:<br />Three in One, Your name we praise.<br />
Alleluia!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />Public
domain</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Apostles'
Creed </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>I
believe in God, the Father Almighty,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>maker
of heaven and earth.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>And
in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>who
was conceived by the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>born
of the virgin Mary,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>suffered
under Pontius Pilate,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>was
crucified, died and was buried.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>He
descended into hell.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>The
third day He rose again from the dead.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>He
ascended into heaven</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>and
sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>From
thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>I
believe in the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
holy Christian Church,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
communion of saints,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
forgiveness of sins,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
resurrection of the body,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>and
the life </b><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";"><b>T </b></span><b>everlasting.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The Third
Commandment </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Remember
the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>What
does this mean?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">We
should fear and love God so that we do not despise preaching and His
Word, but hold it sacred and gladly hear and learn it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Lord's
Prayer </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Our
Father who art in heaven,<br /> hallowed be Thy name,<br /> Thy
kingdom come,<br /> Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;<br />
give us this day our daily bread;<br /> and forgive us our
trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us;<br /> and
lead us not into temptation,<br /> but deliver us from evil.<br />For
Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Benediction
(Aaronic) </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">P </span>The
Lord bless you and keep you.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
Lord look upon you with favor and <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T </span>give
you peace.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Acknowledgments</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>You
may make the sign of the cross and say</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Invocation </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">P </span>In
the name of the Father and of the <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T </span>Son
and of the Holy Spirit.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Collect </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Most
merciful God, You desire everyone to be saved and come to the
knowledge of the truth. Grant that by the preaching of Your Gospel we
may be given that wisdom that leads to salvation. By the working of
Your Holy Spirit keep us attentive to all the teachings of Your Word.
Enlighten our minds, control our wills, and purify our affections.
Let Your Word be a light for our path that neither the pleasures nor
the honors nor the pains of this life may turn away our thoughts from
the fullness of life that is found only in You. Enable us in
sincerity of heart to follow You, the only true God. By Your holy
Word enlighten all who are in error, doubt, or temptation with the
sure and certain knowledge of Your truth that all who live in sin may
be led to repentance. Show mercy and grace to all those suffering any
distress, to those who are sick or hospitalized, and to those facing
death. Let them know the sure comfort of Your holy Word. We commit
ourselves and all for whom we pray to Your fatherly care and
benediction. Be gracious to us and defend us by Your power. Direct us
by Your Spirit that we may daily grow in grace and in the knowledge
of our Savior until we shall stand before You in the joy of
everlasting glory; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives
and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Reading
the Bible</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Reading
Exodus</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>Reading </b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><i>
Exodus 11:1—12:51</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
Lord said to Moses, “Yet one plague more I will bring upon Pharaoh
and upon Egypt. Afterward he will let you go from here. When he lets
you go, he will drive you away completely. Speak now in the hearing
of the people, that they ask, every man of his neighbor and every
woman of her neighbor, for silver and gold jewelry.” And the Lord
gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover, the
man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of
Pharaoh’s servants and in the sight of the people.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">So
Moses said, “Thus says the Lord: About midnight I will go out in
the midst of Egypt, and every firstborn in the land of Egypt shall
die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to
the firstborn of the slave girl who is behind the handmill, and all
the firstborn of the cattle. There shall be a great cry throughout
all the land of Egypt, such as there has never been, nor ever will be
again. But not a dog shall growl against any of the people of Israel,
either man or beast, that you may know that the Lord makes a
distinction between Egypt and Israel. And all these your servants
shall come down to me and bow down to me, saying, ‘Get out, you and
all the people who follow you.’ And after that I will go out.”
And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger. Then the Lord said to
Moses, “Pharaoh will not listen to you, that my wonders may be
multiplied in the land of Egypt.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Moses
and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, and the Lord hardened
Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the people of Israel go out of
his land.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, “This month
shall be for you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month
of the year for you. Tell all the congregation of Israel that on the
tenth day of this month every man shall take a lamb according to
their fathers’ houses, a lamb for a household. And if the household
is too small for a lamb, then he and his nearest neighbor shall take
according to the number of persons; according to what each can eat
you shall make your count for the lamb. Your lamb shall be without
blemish, a male a year old. You may take it from the sheep or from
the goats, and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this
month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall
kill their lambs at twilight.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and
the lintel of the houses in which they eat it. They shall eat the
flesh that night, roasted on the fire; with unleavened bread and
bitter herbs they shall eat it. Do not eat any of it raw or boiled in
water, but roasted, its head with its legs and its inner parts. And
you shall let none of it remain until the morning; anything that
remains until the morning you shall burn. In this manner you shall
eat it: with your belt fastened, your sandals on your feet, and your
staff in your hand. And you shall eat it in haste. It is the Lord’s
Passover. For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I
will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and
beast; and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am
the Lord. The blood shall be a sign for you, on the houses where you
are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague
will befall you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">This
day shall be for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast
to the Lord; throughout your generations, as a statute forever, you
shall keep it as a feast.” </span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Seven
days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall
remove leaven out of your houses, for if anyone eats what is
leavened, from the first day until the seventh day, that person shall
be cut off from Israel. On the first day you shall hold a holy
assembly, and on the seventh day a holy assembly. No work shall be
done on those days. But what everyone needs to eat, that alone may be
prepared by you. And you shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread,
for on this very day I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt.
Therefore you shall observe this day, throughout your generations, as
a statute forever. In the first month, from the fourteenth day of the
month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread until the
twenty-first day of the month at evening. For seven days no leaven is
to be found in your houses. If anyone eats what is leavened, that
person will be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is
a sojourner or a native of the land. You shall eat nothing leavened;
in all your dwelling places you shall eat unleavened bread.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
Moses called all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Go and
select lambs for yourselves according to your clans, and kill the
Passover lamb. Take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood that is
in the basin, and touch the lintel and the two doorposts with the
blood that is in the basin. None of you shall go out of the door of
his house until the morning. For the Lord will pass through to strike
the Egyptians, and when he sees the blood on the lintel and on the
two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and will not allow
the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you. You shall observe
this rite as a statute for you and for your sons forever. And when
you come to the land that the Lord will give you, as he has promised,
you shall keep this service. And when your children say to you, ‘What
do you mean by this service?’ you shall say, ‘It is the sacrifice
of the Lord’s Passover, for he passed over the houses of the people
of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians but spared our
houses.’” And the people bowed their heads and worshiped.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
the people of Israel went and did so; as the Lord had commanded Moses
and Aaron, so they did.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">At
midnight the Lord struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt,
from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn
of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of the
livestock. And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he and all his servants
and all the Egyptians. And there was a great cry in Egypt, for there
was not a house where someone was not dead. Then he summoned Moses
and Aaron by night and said, “Up, go out from among my people, both
you and the people of Israel; and go, serve the Lord, as you have
said. Take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone,
and bless me also!”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
Egyptians were urgent with the people to send them out of the land in
haste. For they said, “We shall all be dead.” So the people took
their dough before it was leavened, their kneading bowls being bound
up in their cloaks on their shoulders. The people of Israel had also
done as Moses told them, for they had asked the Egyptians for silver
and gold jewelry and for clothing. And the Lord had given the people
favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what
they asked. Thus they plundered the Egyptians.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">And
the people of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six
hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children. A mixed
multitude also went up with them, and very much livestock, both
flocks and herds. And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough that
they had brought out of Egypt, for it was not leavened, because they
were thrust out of Egypt and could not wait, nor had they prepared
any provisions for themselves.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
time that the people of Israel lived in Egypt was 430 years. At the
end of 430 years, on that very day, all the hosts of the Lord went
out from the land of Egypt. It was a night of watching by the Lord,
to bring them out of the land of Egypt; so this same night is a night
of watching kept to the Lord by all the people of Israel throughout
their generations.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">And
the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the
Passover: no foreigner shall eat of it, but every slave that is
bought for money may eat of it after you have circumcised him. No
foreigner or hired servant may eat of it. It shall be eaten in one
house; you shall not take any of the flesh outside the house, and you
shall not break any of its bones. All the congregation of Israel
shall keep it. If a stranger shall sojourn with you and would keep
the Passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised. Then he
may come near and keep it; he shall be as a native of the land. But
no uncircumcised person shall eat of it. There shall be one law for
the native and for the stranger who sojourns among you.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">All
the people of Israel did just as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron.
And on that very day the Lord brought the people of Israel out of the
land of Egypt by their hosts.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />Public
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Apostles'
Creed </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>I
believe in God, the Father Almighty,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>maker
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>And
in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>who
was conceived by the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>born
of the virgin Mary,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>suffered
under Pontius Pilate,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>was
crucified, died and was buried.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>He
descended into hell.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>The
third day He rose again from the dead.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>He
ascended into heaven</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>and
sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>From
thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>I
believe in the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
holy Christian Church,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
communion of saints,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
forgiveness of sins,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
resurrection of the body,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>and
the life </b><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";"><b>T </b></span><b>everlasting.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The
Second Commandment </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">You
shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>What
does this mean?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">We
should fear and love God so that we do not curse, swear, use satanic
arts, lie, or deceive by His name, but call upon it in every trouble,
pray, praise, and give thanks.</span></span></div>
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Prayer </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Our
Father who art in heaven,<br /> hallowed be Thy name,<br /> Thy
kingdom come,<br /> Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;<br />
give us this day our daily bread;<br /> and forgive us our
trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us;<br /> and
lead us not into temptation,<br /> but deliver us from evil.<br />For
Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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Lord bless you and keep you.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
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you peace.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12610213297393178018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863721909977741820.post-3960156403127580072017-02-09T13:01:00.001-05:002017-02-09T13:01:59.850-05:00Week 6: Thursday Exodus 10<i style="color: red; font-family: "segoe ui";">You
may make the sign of the cross and say</i><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">P </span>In
the name of the Father and of the <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T </span>Son
and of the Holy Spirit.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Amen.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Collect </b></span></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Almighty
and everlasting God, You desire not the death of a sinner but that
all would repent and live. Hear our prayers for those outside the
Church. Take away their iniquity, and turn them from their false gods
to You, the living and true God. Gather them into Your holy Church to
the glory of Your name; through Jesus Christ, our Lord.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Reading
the Bible</b></span></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Reading
Exodus</b></span></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Reading </b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><i>
Exodus 10:1–29</i></span></span></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
the Lord said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his
heart and the heart of his servants, that I may show these signs of
mine among them, and that you may tell in the hearing of your son and
of your grandson how I have dealt harshly with the Egyptians and what
signs I have done among them, that you may know that I am the Lord.”</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">So
Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the
Lord, the God of the Hebrews, ‘How long will you refuse to humble
yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me. For if
you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts
into your country, and they shall cover the face of the land, so that
no one can see the land. And they shall eat what is left to you after
the hail, and they shall eat every tree of yours that grows in the
field, and they shall fill your houses and the houses of all your
servants and of all the Egyptians, as neither your fathers nor your
grandfathers have seen, from the day they came on earth to this
day.’” Then he turned and went out from Pharaoh.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
Pharaoh’s servants said to him, “How long shall this man be a
snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God.
Do you not yet understand that Egypt is ruined?” So Moses and Aaron
were brought back to Pharaoh. And he said to them, “Go, serve the
Lord your God. But which ones are to go?” Moses said, “We will go
with our young and our old. We will go with our sons and daughters
and with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a feast to the Lord.”
But he said to them, “The Lord be with you, if ever I let you and
your little ones go! Look, you have some evil purpose in mind. No!
Go, the men among you, and serve the Lord, for that is what you are
asking.” And they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of
Egypt for the locusts, so that they may come upon the land of Egypt
and eat every plant in the land, all that the hail has left.” So
Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and the Lord
brought an east wind upon the land all that day and all that night.
When it was morning, the east wind had brought the locusts. The
locusts came up over all the land of Egypt and settled on the whole
country of Egypt, such a dense swarm of locusts as had never been
before, nor ever will be again. They covered the face of the whole
land, so that the land was darkened, and they ate all the plants in
the land and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Not a
green thing remained, neither tree nor plant of the field, through
all the land of Egypt. Then Pharaoh hastily called Moses and Aaron
and said, “I have sinned against the Lord your God, and against
you. Now therefore, forgive my sin, please, only this once, and plead
with the Lord your God only to remove this death from me.” So he
went out from Pharaoh and pleaded with the Lord. And the Lord turned
the wind into a very strong west wind, which lifted the locusts and
drove them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust was left in all the
country of Egypt. But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did
not let the people of Israel go.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that
there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness to be felt.”
So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was pitch
darkness in all the land of Egypt three days. They did not see one
another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, but all
the people of Israel had light where they lived. Then Pharaoh called
Moses and said, “Go, serve the Lord; your little ones also may go
with you; only let your flocks and your herds remain behind.” But
Moses said, “You must also let us have sacrifices and burnt
offerings, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God. Our livestock
also must go with us; not a hoof shall be left behind, for we must
take of them to serve the Lord our God, and we do not know with what
we must serve the Lord until we arrive there.” But the Lord
hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let them go. Then
Pharaoh said to him, “Get away from me; take care never to see my
face again, for on the day you see my face you shall die.” Moses
said, “As you say! I will not see your face again.”</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>797
Praise the Almighty </b></span></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.71in; text-indent: -0.61in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">1 Praise
the Almighty, my soul, adore Him!<br /> Yes, I will laud Him until
death;<br />With songs and anthems I come before Him<br /> As long as
He allows me breath.<br />From Him my life and all things came;<br />Bless,
O my soul, His holy name.<br /> Alleluia, alleluia!</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.71in; text-indent: -0.61in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">2 Trust
not in rulers; they are but mortal;<br /> Earthborn they are and
soon decay.<br />Vain are their counsels at life’s last portal,<br />
When the dark grave engulfs its prey.<br />Since mortals can no help
afford,<br />Place all your trust in Christ, our Lord.<br /> Alleluia,
alleluia!</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.71in; text-indent: -0.61in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">3 Blessèd,
oh, blessèd are they forever<br /> Whose help is from the Lord Most
High,<br />Whom from salvation can nothing sever,<br /> And who in
hope to Christ draw nigh.<br />To all who trust in Him, our Lord<br />Will
aid and counsel now afford.<br /> Alleluia, alleluia!</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.71in; text-indent: -0.61in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">4 Penitent
sinners, for mercy crying,<br /> Pardon and peace from Him
obtain;<br />Ever the wants of the poor supplying,<br /> Their
faithful God He will remain.<br />He helps His children in
distress,<br />The widows and the fatherless.<br /> Alleluia,
alleluia!</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.71in; text-indent: -0.61in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">5 Praise,
all you people, the name so holy<br /> Of Him who does such wondrous
things!<br />All that has being, to praise Him solely,<br /> With
happy heart its amen sings.<br />Children of God, with angel
host<br />Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!<br /> Alleluia,
alleluia!</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />Public
domain</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Apostles'
Creed </b></span></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>I
believe in God, the Father Almighty,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>maker
of heaven and earth.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>And
in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>who
was conceived by the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>born
of the virgin Mary,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>suffered
under Pontius Pilate,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>was
crucified, died and was buried.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>He
descended into hell.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>The
third day He rose again from the dead.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>He
ascended into heaven</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>and
sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>From
thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>I
believe in the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
holy Christian Church,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
communion of saints,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
forgiveness of sins,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
resurrection of the body,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>and
the life </b><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";"><b>T </b></span><b>everlasting.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The First
Commandment </b></span></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">You
shall have no other gods.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>What
does this mean?</i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">We
should fear, love, and trust in God above all things.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Lord's
Prayer </b></span></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Our
Father who art in heaven,<br /> hallowed be Thy name,<br /> Thy
kingdom come,<br /> Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;<br />
give us this day our daily bread;<br /> and forgive us our
trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us;<br /> and
lead us not into temptation,<br /> but deliver us from evil.<br />For
Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Benediction
(Aaronic) </b></span></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">P </span>The
Lord bless you and keep you.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
Lord look upon you with favor and <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T </span>give
you peace.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Amen.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Acknowledgments</b></span></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Unless
otherwise indicated, all scripture quotations are from <i>The Holy
Bible, English Standard Version</i>, copyright © 2001 by Crossway
Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All
rights reserved.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Created
by Lutheran Service Builder © 2006 Concordia Publishing House.</span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12610213297393178018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863721909977741820.post-53537330613277863452017-02-08T06:42:00.001-05:002017-02-08T06:42:10.534-05:00Week 6: Wednesday Exodus 8-9<br />
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>You
may make the sign of the cross and say</i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Invocation </b></span></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">P </span>In
the name of the Father and of the <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T </span>Son
and of the Holy Spirit.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Amen.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Collect </b></span></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Lord
God, creator of heaven and earth, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, we
praise You for the abundant mercy that You this day so richly have
provided for us, blessing us not only with daily bread for our bodies
but also with heavenly food for our souls. Grant that Your living and
powerful Word may abide in our hearts, working mightily in us to Your
glory and for our salvation. We commit ourselves to Your divine
protection and fatherly care. Let Your holy angels be with us that
the evil foe may have no power over us. Look in mercy on Your Church
and deliver it from all danger and adversities. By Your Holy Spirit
comfort and strengthen all who are in affliction or distress, and
grant Your abiding peace to us all; through Jesus Christ, our Savior.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Reading
the Bible</b></span></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Reading
Exodus</b></span></span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Reading </b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><i>
Exodus 8:1—9:35</i></span></span></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
the Lord said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus
says the Lord, “Let my people go, that they may serve me. But if
you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your country
with frogs. The Nile shall swarm with frogs that shall come up into
your house and into your bedroom and on your bed and into the houses
of your servants and your people, and into your ovens and your
kneading bowls. The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and
on all your servants.”’” And the Lord said to Moses, “Say to
Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, over
the canals and over the pools, and make frogs come up on the land of
Egypt!’” So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of
Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt. But the
magicians did the same by their secret arts and made frogs come up on
the land of Egypt.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron and said, “Plead with the Lord to
take away the frogs from me and from my people, and I will let the
people go to sacrifice to the Lord.” Moses said to Pharaoh, “Be
pleased to command me when I am to plead for you and for your
servants and for your people, that the frogs be cut off from you and
your houses and be left only in the Nile.” And he said, “Tomorrow.”
Moses said, “Be it as you say, so that you may know that there is
no one like the Lord our God. The frogs shall go away from you and
your houses and your servants and your people. They shall be left
only in the Nile.” So Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and
Moses cried to the Lord about the frogs, as he had agreed with
Pharaoh. And the Lord did according to the word of Moses. The frogs
died out in the houses, the courtyards, and the fields. And they
gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank. But when Pharaoh
saw that there was a respite, he hardened his heart and would not
listen to them, as the Lord had said.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
the Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff
and strike the dust of the earth, so that it may become gnats in all
the land of Egypt.’” And they did so. Aaron stretched out his
hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, and there were
gnats on man and beast. All the dust of the earth became gnats in all
the land of Egypt. The magicians tried by their secret arts to
produce gnats, but they could not. So there were gnats on man and
beast. Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger of
God.” But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen
to them, as the Lord had said.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
the Lord said to Moses, “Rise up early in the morning and present
yourself to Pharaoh, as he goes out to the water, and say to him,
‘Thus says the Lord, “Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Or else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms
of flies on you and your servants and your people, and into your
houses. And the houses of the Egyptians shall be filled with swarms
of flies, and also the ground on which they stand. But on that day I
will set apart the land of Goshen, where my people dwell, so that no
swarms of flies shall be there, that you may know that I am the Lord
in the midst of the earth. Thus I will put a division between my
people and your people. Tomorrow this sign shall happen.”’” And
the Lord did so. There came great swarms of flies into the house of
Pharaoh and into his servants’ houses. Throughout all the land of
Egypt the land was ruined by the swarms of flies.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God
within the land.” But Moses said, “It would not be right to do
so, for the offerings we shall sacrifice to the Lord our God are an
abomination to the Egyptians. If we sacrifice offerings abominable to
the Egyptians before their eyes, will they not stone us? We must go
three days’ journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the Lord
our God as he tells us.” So Pharaoh said, “I will let you go to
sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness; only you must not
go very far away. Plead for me.” Then Moses said, “Behold, I am
going out from you and I will plead with the Lord that the swarms of
flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his
people, tomorrow. Only let not Pharaoh cheat again by not letting the
people go to sacrifice to the Lord.” So Moses went out from Pharaoh
and prayed to the Lord. And the Lord did as Moses asked, and removed
the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his
people; not one remained. But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time
also, and did not let the people go.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
the Lord said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus
says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, “Let my people go, that they
may serve me. For if you refuse to let them go and still hold them,
behold, the hand of the Lord will fall with a very severe plague upon
your livestock that are in the field, the horses, the donkeys, the
camels, the herds, and the flocks. But the Lord will make a
distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of
Egypt, so that nothing of all that belongs to the people of Israel
shall die.”’” And the Lord set a time, saying, “Tomorrow the
Lord will do this thing in the land.” And the next day the Lord did
this thing. All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one of
the livestock of the people of Israel died. And Pharaoh sent, and
behold, not one of the livestock of Israel was dead. But the heart of
Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">And
the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of soot from the
kiln, and let Moses throw them in the air in the sight of Pharaoh. It
shall become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and become boils
breaking out in sores on man and beast throughout all the land of
Egypt.” So they took soot from the kiln and stood before Pharaoh.
And Moses threw it in the air, and it became boils breaking out in
sores on man and beast. And the magicians could not stand before
Moses because of the boils, for the boils came upon the magicians and
upon all the Egyptians. But the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh,
and he did not listen to them, as the Lord had spoken to Moses.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
the Lord said to Moses, “Rise up early in the morning and present
yourself before Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord, the
God of the Hebrews, “Let my people go, that they may serve me. For
this time I will send all my plagues on you yourself, and on your
servants and your people, so that you may know that there is none
like me in all the earth. For by now I could have put out my hand and
struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been
cut off from the earth. But for this purpose I have raised you up, to
show you my power, so that my name may be proclaimed in all the
earth. You are still exalting yourself against my people and will not
let them go. Behold, about this time tomorrow I will cause very heavy
hail to fall, such as never has been in Egypt from the day it was
founded until now. Now therefore send, get your livestock and all
that you have in the field into safe shelter, for every man and beast
that is in the field and is not brought home will die when the hail
falls on them.”’” Then whoever feared the word of the Lord
among the servants of Pharaoh hurried his slaves and his livestock
into the houses, but whoever did not pay attention to the word of the
Lord left his slaves and his livestock in the field.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so
that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, on man and beast and
every plant of the field, in the land of Egypt.” Then Moses
stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the Lord sent thunder and
hail, and fire ran down to the earth. And the Lord rained hail upon
the land of Egypt. There was hail and fire flashing continually in
the midst of the hail, very heavy hail, such as had never been in all
the land of Egypt since it became a nation. The hail struck down
everything that was in the field in all the land of Egypt, both man
and beast. And the hail struck down every plant of the field and
broke every tree of the field. Only in the land of Goshen, where the
people of Israel were, was there no hail.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
Pharaoh sent and called Moses and Aaron and said to them, “This
time I have sinned; the Lord is in the right, and I and my people are
in the wrong. Plead with the Lord, for there has been enough of God’s
thunder and hail. I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.”
Moses said to him, “As soon as I have gone out of the city, I will
stretch out my hands to the Lord. The thunder will cease, and there
will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth is the
Lord’s. But as for you and your servants, I know that you do not
yet fear the Lord God.” (The flax and the barley were struck down,
for the barley was in the ear and the flax was in bud. But the wheat
and the emmer were not struck down, for they are late in coming up.)
So Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh and stretched out his
hands to the Lord, and the thunder and the hail ceased, and the rain
no longer poured upon the earth. But when Pharaoh saw that the rain
and the hail and the thunder had ceased, he sinned yet again and
hardened his heart, he and his servants. So the heart of Pharaoh was
hardened, and he did not let the people of Israel go, just as the
Lord had spoken through Moses.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />©
1992 Stephen P. Starke. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License .NET,
no. 100011178.<br />Public domain</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Apostles'
Creed </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>I
believe in God, the Father Almighty,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>maker
of heaven and earth.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>And
in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>who
was conceived by the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>born
of the virgin Mary,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>suffered
under Pontius Pilate,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>was
crucified, died and was buried.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>He
descended into hell.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>The
third day He rose again from the dead.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>He
ascended into heaven</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>and
sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>From
thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>I
believe in the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
holy Christian Church,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
communion of saints,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
forgiveness of sins,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
resurrection of the body,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>and
the life </b><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";"><b>T </b></span><b>everlasting.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Table of
Duties </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>To
Bishops, Pastors, and Preachers</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">1
Timothy 3:2–4</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">1
Timothy 3:6</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Titus
1:9</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>What
the Hearers Owe Their Pastors</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">1
Corinthians 9:14</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Galatians
6:6–7</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">1
Timothy 5:17–18</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">1
Thessalonians 5:12–13</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Hebrews
13:17</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>Of
Civil Government</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Romans
13:1–4</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>Of
Citizens</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Matthew
22:21</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Romans
13:5–7</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">1
Timothy 2:1–3</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Titus
3:1</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">1
Peter 2:13–14</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>To
Husbands</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">1
Peter 3:7</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Colossians
3:19</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>To
Wives</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Ephesians
5:22</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">1
Peter 3:5–6</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>To
Parents</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Ephesians
6:4</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>To
Children</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Ephesians
6:5–8</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>To
Workers of All Kinds</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Ephesians
6:5–8</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>To
Employers and Supervisors</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Ephesians
6:9</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>To
Youth</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">1
Peter 5:5–6</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>To
Widows</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">1
Timothy 5:5–6</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>To
Everyone</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Romans
13:9</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">1
Timothy 2:1</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Lord's
Prayer </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Our
Father who art in heaven,<br /> hallowed be Thy name,<br /> Thy
kingdom come,<br /> Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;<br />
give us this day our daily bread;<br /> and forgive us our
trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us;<br /> and
lead us not into temptation,<br /> but deliver us from evil.<br />For
Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Benediction
(Aaronic) </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">P </span>The
Lord bless you and keep you.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
Lord look upon you with favor and <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T </span>give
you peace.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Acknowledgments</b></span></span></span></div>
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may make the sign of the cross and say</i><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Invocation </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">P </span>In
the name of the Father and of the <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T </span>Son
and of the Holy Spirit.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Collect </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Lord
God, heavenly Father, we offer before You our common supplications
for the well-being of Your Church throughout the world. So guide and
govern it by Your Holy Spirit that all who profess themselves
Christians may be led into the way of truth and hold the faith in
unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteousness of life.
Send down upon all ministers of the Gospel and upon the congregations
committed to their care the healthful spirit of Your grace that they
may please You in all things. Behold in mercy all who are in
authority over us. Supply them with Your blessing that they may be
inclined to Your will and walk according to Your commandments. We
humbly ask Your abiding presence in every situation that You would
make known Your ways among us. Preserve those who travel, satisfy the
wants of Your creatures, and help those who call upon You in any need
that they may have patience in the midst of suffering and, according
to Your will, be released from their afflictions; through Christ
Jesus, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy
Spirit, one God, now and forever.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Reading the Bible</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Reading Exodus</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Reading </b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><i>
Exodus 7:1–25</i></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">And
the Lord said to Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh,
and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet. You shall speak all
that I command you, and your brother Aaron shall tell Pharaoh to let
the people of Israel go out of his land. But I will harden Pharaoh’s
heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in the land of
Egypt, Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay my hand on
Egypt and bring my hosts, my people the children of Israel, out of
the land of Egypt by great acts of judgment. The Egyptians shall know
that I am the Lord, when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and
bring out the people of Israel from among them.” Moses and Aaron
did so; they did just as the Lord commanded them. Now Moses was
eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke
to Pharaoh.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “When Pharaoh says to you, ‘Prove
yourselves by working a miracle,’ then you shall say to Aaron,
‘Take your staff and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it may
become a serpent.’” So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did
just as the Lord commanded. Aaron cast down his staff before Pharaoh
and his servants, and it became a serpent. Then Pharaoh summoned the
wise men and the sorcerers, and they, the magicians of Egypt, also
did the same by their secret arts. For each man cast down his staff,
and they became serpents. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their
staffs. Still Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen
to them, as the Lord had said.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
the Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is hardened; he refuses
to let the people go. Go to Pharaoh in the morning, as he is going
out to the water. Stand on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take
in your hand the staff that turned into a serpent. And you shall say
to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you, saying,
“Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness. But so
far, you have not obeyed.” Thus says the Lord, “By this you shall
know that I am the Lord: behold, with the staff that is in my hand I
will strike the water that is in the Nile, and it shall turn into
blood. The fish in the Nile shall die, and the Nile will stink, and
the Egyptians will grow weary of drinking water from the Nile.”’”
And the Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and
stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers,
their canals, and their ponds, and all their pools of water, so that
they may become blood, and there shall be blood throughout all the
land of Egypt, even in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.’”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Moses
and Aaron did as the Lord commanded. In the sight of Pharaoh and in
the sight of his servants he lifted up the staff and struck the water
in the Nile, and all the water in the Nile turned into blood. And the
fish in the Nile died, and the Nile stank, so that the Egyptians
could not drink water from the Nile. There was blood throughout all
the land of Egypt. But the magicians of Egypt did the same by their
secret arts. So Pharaoh’s heart remained hardened, and he would not
listen to them, as the Lord had said. Pharaoh turned and went into
his house, and he did not take even this to heart. And all the
Egyptians dug along the Nile for water to drink, for they could not
drink the water of the Nile.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Seven
full days passed after the Lord had struck the Nile.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>458
Christ Jesus Lay in Death's Strong Bands </b></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b> <a href="http://youtu.be/h0sO4teQZd4?t=1m36s" target="_blank">Chorus/solos</a></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">5 Here
our true Paschal Lamb we see,<br /> Whom God so freely gave us;<br />He
died on the accursèd tree—<br /> So strong His love—to save
us.<br />See, His blood now marks our door;<br />Faith points to it;
death passes o’er,<br /> And Satan cannot harm us.<br />
Alleluia!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">6 So
let us keep the festival<br /> To which the Lord invites us;<br />Christ
is Himself the joy of all,<br /> The sun that warms and lights
us.<br />Now His grace to us imparts<br />Eternal sunshine to our
hearts;<br /> The night of sin is ended.<br /> Alleluia!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">7 Then
let us feast this Easter Day<br /> On Christ, the bread of
heaven;<br />The Word of grace has purged away<br /> The old and evil
leaven.<br />Christ alone our souls will feed;<br />He is our meat and
drink indeed;<br /> Faith lives upon no other!<br /> Alleluia!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Christian
Questions with Their Answers </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>Do
you believe that you are a sinner?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Yes,
I believe it. I am a sinner.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i><br /></i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>How
do you know this?</i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">From
the Ten Commandments, which I have not kept.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i><br /></i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>Are
you sorry for your sins?</i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Yes.
I am sorry that I have sinned against God.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i><br /></i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>What
have you deserved from God because of your sins?</i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">His
wrath and displeasure, temporal death, and eternal damnation. (See
Romans 6:21, 23)</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i><br /></i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>Do
you hope to be saved?</i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Yes,
that is my hope.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i><br /></i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>In
whom then do you trust?</i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">In
my dear Lord Jesus Christ.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i><br /></i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>Who
is Christ?</i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
Son of God, true God and man.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i><br /></i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>How
many Gods are there?</i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Only
one, but there are three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i><br /></i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>What
has Christ done for you that you trust in Him?</i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">He
died for me and shed His blood for me on the cross for the
forgiveness of sins.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i><br /></i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>Did
the Father also die for you?</i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">He
did not. The Father is God only, as is the Holy Spirit; but the Son
is both true God and true man. He died for me and shed His blood for
me.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i><br /></i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>How
do you know this?</i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">From
the Holy Gospel, from the words instituting the Sacrament, and by His
body and blood given me as a pledge in the Sacrament.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i><br /></i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>What
are the Words of Institution?</i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Our
Lord Jesus Christ, on the night when He was betrayed, took bread, and
when He had given thanks, He broke it and gave it to the disciples
and said: "Take, eat; this is My body, which is given for you.
This do in remembrance of Me." In the same way also He took the
cup after supper, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them,
saying: "Drink of it, all of you; this cup is the new testament
in My blood, which is shed for you for the forgiveness of sins. This
do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me."</span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i><br /></i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>Do
you believe, then, that the true body and blood of Christ are in the
Sacrament?</i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Yes,
I believe it.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i><br /></i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>What
convinces you to believe this?</i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
word of Christ: Take, eat, this is My body; drink of it, all of you,
this is My blood.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i><br /></i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>What
should we do when we eat His body and drink His blood, and in this
way receive His pledge?</i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">We
should remember and proclaim His death and the shedding of His blood,
as He taught us: This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of
Me.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i><br /></i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>Why
should we remember and proclaim His death?</i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">First,
so we may learn to believe that no creature could make satisfaction
for our sins. Only Christ, true God and man, could do that. Second,
so we may learn to be horrified by our sins, and to regard them as
very serious. Third, so we may find joy and comfort in Christ alone,
and through faith in Him be saved.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i><br /></i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>What
motivated Christ to die and make full payment for your sins?</i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">His
great love for His Father and for me and other sinners, as it is
written in John 14; Romans 5; Galatians 2; and Ephesians 5.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i><br /></i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>Finally,
why do you wish to go to the Sacrament?</i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">That
I may learn to believe that Christ, out of great love, died for my
sin, and also learn from Him to love God and my neighbor.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i><br /></i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>What
should admonish and encourage a Christian to receive the Sacrament
frequently?</i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">First,
both the command and the promise of Christ the Lord. Second, his own
pressing need, because of which the command, encouragement, and
promise are given.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i><br /></i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>But
what should you do if you are not aware of this need and have no
hunger and thirst for the Sacrament?</i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">To
such a person no better advice can be given than this: first, he
should touch his body to see if he still has flesh and blood. Then he
should believe what the Scriptures say of it in Galatians 5 and
Romans 7. Second, he should look around to see whether he is still in
the world, and remember that there will be no lack of sin and
trouble, as the Scriptures say in John 15–16 and in 1 John 2 and 5.
Third, he will certainly have the devil also around him, who with his
lying and murdering day and night will let him have no peace, within
or without, as the Scriptures picture him in John 8 and 16; 1 Peter
5; Ephesians 6; and 2 Timothy 2.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Benediction
(Aaronic) </b></span></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">P </span>The
Lord bless you and keep you.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
Lord look upon you with favor and <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T </span>give
you peace.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Amen.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Acknowledgments</b></span></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Unless
otherwise indicated, all scripture quotations are from <i>The Holy
Bible, English Standard Version</i>, copyright © 2001 by Crossway
Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All
rights reserved.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Created
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12610213297393178018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863721909977741820.post-81087717688125306262017-02-07T08:29:00.000-05:002017-02-07T08:31:46.073-05:00Week 6: Monday Exodus 5-6<i style="color: red; font-family: "segoe ui";">You
may make the sign of the cross and say</i><br />
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Invocation </b></span></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">P </span>In
the name of the Father and of the <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T </span>Son of the Holy Spirit.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.35in; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Amen.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Collect </b></span></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Lord
God, heavenly Father, through the prophet Moses, You began the
prophetic pattern of teaching Your people the true faith and
demonstrating through miracles Your presence in creation to heal it
of its brokenness. Grant that Your Church may see in Your Son, our
Lord Jesus Christ, the final end-times prophet whose teaching and
miracles continue in Your Church through the healing medicine of the
Gospel and the Sacraments; through Jesus Christ, our Lord.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Reading
the Bible</b></span></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Reading
Exodus</b></span></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Reading </span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>Exodus
5:1—6:30</i></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.13in; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">1</span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Afterward
Moses and Aaron went and said to Pharaoh, “Thus says the </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Lord</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">,
the God of Israel, ‘Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to
me in the wilderness.’” </span></span><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">2</span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">But
Pharaoh said, “Who is the </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Lord</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">,
that I should obey his voice and let Israel go? I do not know the
</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Lord</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">,
and moreover, I will not let Israel go.” </span></span><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">3</span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us
go a three days’ journey into the wilderness that we may sacrifice
to the </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Lord</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">
our God, lest he fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.”
</span></span><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">4</span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">But
the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you take
the people away from their work? Get back to your burdens.” </span></span><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">5</span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">And
Pharaoh said, “Behold, the people of the land are now many, and you
make them rest from their burdens!” </span></span><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">6</span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their
foremen, </span></span><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">7</span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">“You
shall no longer give the people straw to make bricks, as in the past;
let them go and gather straw for themselves. </span></span><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">8</span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">But
the number of bricks that they made in the past you shall impose on
them, you shall by no means reduce it, for they are idle. Therefore
they cry, ‘Let us go and offer sacrifice to our God.’ </span></span><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">9</span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Let
heavier work be laid on the men that they may labor at it and pay no
regard to lying words.”</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><sup>10</sup>So
the taskmasters and the foremen of the people went out and said to
the people, “Thus says Pharaoh, ‘I will not give you straw. <sup>11</sup>Go
and get your straw yourselves wherever you can find it, but your work
will not be reduced in the least.’” <sup>12</sup>So the people
were scattered throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for
straw. <sup>13</sup>The taskmasters were urgent, saying, “Complete
your work, your daily task each day, as when there was straw.”
<sup>14</sup>And the foremen of the people of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s
taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked, “Why
have you not done all your task of making bricks today and yesterday,
as in the past?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">15</span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
the foremen of the people of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, “Why
do you treat your servants like this? </span></span><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">16</span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">No
straw is given to your servants, yet they say to us, ‘Make bricks!’
And behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own
people.” </span></span><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">17</span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">But
he said, “You are idle, you are idle; that is why you say, ‘Let
us go and sacrifice to the </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Lord</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">.’
</span></span><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">18</span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Go
now and work. No straw will be given you, but you must still deliver
the same number of bricks.” </span></span><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">19</span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
foremen of the people of Israel saw that they were in trouble when
they said, “You shall by no means reduce your number of bricks,
your daily task each day.” </span></span><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">20</span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">They
met Moses and Aaron, who were waiting for them, as they came out from
Pharaoh; </span></span><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">21</span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">and
they said to them, “The </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Lord</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">
look on you and judge, because you have made us stink in the sight of
Pharaoh and his servants, and have put a sword in their hand to kill
us.”</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">22</span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
Moses turned to the </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Lord</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">
and said, “O </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Lord</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">,
why have you done evil to this people? Why did you ever send me?
</span></span><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">23</span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">For
since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has done evil to
this people, and you have not delivered your people at all.”</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">1</span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">But
the </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Lord</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">
said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for
with a strong hand he will send them out, and with a strong hand he
will drive them out of his land.”</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">2</span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">God
spoke to Moses and said to him, “I am the </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Lord</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">.
</span></span><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">3</span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">I
appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by
my name the </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Lord</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">
I did not make myself known to them. </span></span><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">4</span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">I
also established my covenant with them to give them the land of
Canaan, the land in which they lived as sojourners. </span></span><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">5</span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Moreover,
I have heard the groaning of the people of Israel whom the Egyptians
hold as slaves, and I have remembered my covenant. </span></span><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">6</span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Say
therefore to the people of Israel, ‘I am the </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Lord</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">,
and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and
I will deliver you from slavery to them, and I will redeem you with
an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment. </span></span><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">7</span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">I
will take you to be my people, and I will be your God, and you shall
know that I am the </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Lord</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">
your God, who has brought you out from under the burdens of the
Egyptians. </span></span><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">8</span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">I
will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, to
Isaac, and to Jacob. I will give it to you for a possession. I am the
</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Lord</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">.’”
</span></span><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">9</span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Moses
spoke thus to the people of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses,
because of their broken spirit and harsh slavery.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">10</span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">So
the </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Lord</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">
said to Moses, </span></span><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">11</span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">“Go
in, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the people of Israel go out of
his land.” </span></span><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">12</span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">But
Moses said to the </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Lord</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">,
“Behold, the people of Israel have not listened to me. How then
shall Pharaoh listen to me, for I am of uncircumcised lips?” </span></span><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">13</span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">But
the </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Lord</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">
spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them a charge about the people of
Israel and about Pharaoh king of Egypt: to bring the people of Israel
out of the land of Egypt.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><sup>14</sup>These
are the heads of their fathers’ houses: the sons of Reuben, the
firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the
clans of Reuben. <sup>15</sup>The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin,
Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman; these
are the clans of Simeon. <sup>16</sup>These are the names of the sons
of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari,
the years of the life of Levi being 137 years. <sup>17</sup>The sons
of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, by their clans. <sup>18</sup>The sons
of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, the years of the life of
Kohath being 133 years. <sup>19</sup>The sons of Merari: Mahli and
Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their
generations. <sup>20</sup>Amram took as his wife Jochebed his
father’s sister, and she bore him Aaron and Moses, the years of the
life of Amram being 137 years. <sup>21</sup>The sons of Izhar: Korah,
Nepheg, and Zichri. <sup>22</sup>The sons of Uzziel: Mishael,
Elzaphan, and Sithri. <sup>23</sup>Aaron took as his wife Elisheba,
the daughter of Amminadab and the sister of Nahshon, and she bore him
Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. <sup>24</sup>The sons of Korah:
Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the clans of the Korahites.
<sup>25</sup>Eleazar, Aaron’s son, took as his wife one of the
daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads
of the fathers’ houses of the Levites by their clans.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">26</span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">These
are the Aaron and Moses to whom the </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Lord</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">
said: “Bring out the people of Israel from the land of Egypt by
their hosts.” </span></span><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">27</span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">It
was they who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt about bringing out the
people of Israel from Egypt, this Moses and this Aaron.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">28</span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">On
the day when the </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Lord</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">
spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, </span></span><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">29</span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">the
</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Lord</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">
said to Moses, “I am the </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Lord</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">;
tell Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say to you.” </span></span><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">30</span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">But
Moses said to the </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Lord</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">,
“Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips. How will Pharaoh listen to
me?”</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Apostles'
Creed </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>I
believe in God, the Father Almighty,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>maker
of heaven and earth.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>And
in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>who
was conceived by the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>born
of the virgin Mary,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>suffered
under Pontius Pilate,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>was
crucified, died and was buried.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>He
descended into hell.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>The
third day He rose again from the dead.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>He
ascended into heaven</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>and
sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>From
thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>I
believe in the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
holy Christian Church,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
communion of saints,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
forgiveness of sins,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
resurrection of the body,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>and
the life </b><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";"><b>T </b></span><b>everlasting.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The
Sacrament of the Altar </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>What
is the Sacrament of the Altar?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">It
is the true body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ under the bread
and wine, instituted by Christ Himself for us Christians to eat and
to drink.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>Where
is this written?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
holy Evangelists Matthew, Mark, Luke, and St. Paul write: Our Lord
Jesus Christ, on the night when He was betrayed, took bread, and when
He had given thanks, He broke it and gave it to the disciples and
said, "Take, eat; this is My body, which is given for you. This
do in remembrance of Me." In the same way also He took the cup
after supper, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them,
saying, "Drink of it, all of you; this cup is the new testament
in My blood, which is shed for you for the forgiveness of sins. This
do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me."</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i><br /></i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>What
is the benefit of this eating and drinking?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">These
words, "Given and shed for you for the forgiveness of sins,"
show us that in the Sacrament forgiveness of sins, life, and
salvation are given us through these words. For where there is
forgiveness of sins, there is also life and salvation.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i><br /></i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>How
can bodily eating and drinking do such great things?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Certainly
not just eating and drinking do these things, but the words written
here: "Given and shed for you for the forgiveness of sins."
These words, along with the bodily eating and drinking, are the main
thing in the Sacrament. Whoever believes these words has exactly what
they say: "forgiveness of sins."</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i><br /></i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.1in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>Who
receives this Sacrament worthily?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Fasting
and bodily preparation are certainly fine outward training. But that
person is truly worthy and well prepared who has faith in these
words: "Given and shed for you for the forgiveness of sins."
But anyone who does not believe these words or doubts them is
unworthy and unprepared, for the words "for you" require
all hearts to believe.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Lord's
Prayer </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Our
Father who art in heaven,<br /> hallowed be Thy name,<br /> Thy
kingdom come,<br /> Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;<br />
give us this day our daily bread;<br /> and forgive us our
trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us;<br /> and
lead us not into temptation,<br /> but deliver us from evil.<br />For
Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Luther's
Morning Prayer </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>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.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Luther's
Evening Prayer </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>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.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Benediction
(Aaronic) </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">P </span>The
Lord bless you and keep you.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
Lord look upon you with favor and <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T </span>give
you peace.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12610213297393178018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863721909977741820.post-84367667070327486982017-02-04T13:15:00.000-05:002017-02-04T13:15:41.290-05:00Week 5: Saturday Exodus 3-4<i style="color: red; font-family: "segoe ui";">You
may make the sign of the cross and say</i><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Invocation </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">P </span>In
the name of the Father and of the <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T </span>Son
and of the Holy Spirit.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Collect </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Almighty
and gracious God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, You have
commanded us to pray that You would send forth laborers into Your
harvest. Of Your infinite mercy give us true teachers and ministers
of Your Word who truly fulfill Your command and preach nothing
contrary to Your holy Word. Grant that we, being warned, instructed,
nurtured, comforted, and strengthened by Your holy Word, may do those
things which are well pleasing to You and profitable for our
salvation; through Jesus Christ, our Lord.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Reading
the Bible</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Reading
Exodus</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Reading </b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>
Exodus 3:1—4:31</i></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Now
Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest
of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness
and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. And the angel of the Lord
appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He
looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed.
And Moses said, “I will turn aside to see this great sight, why the
bush is not burned.” When the Lord saw that he turned aside to see,
God called to him out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” And he said,
“Here I am.” Then he said, “Do not come near; take your sandals
off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy
ground.” And he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of
Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his
face, for he was afraid to look at God.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
the Lord said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who
are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters. I
know their sufferings, and I have come down to deliver them out of
the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a
good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place
of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the
Hivites, and the Jebusites. And now, behold, the cry of the people of
Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which
the Egyptians oppress them. Come, I will send you to Pharaoh that you
may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.” But
Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring
the children of Israel out of Egypt?” He said, “But I will be
with you, and this shall be the sign for you, that I have sent you:
when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on
this mountain.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
Moses said to God, “If I come to the people of Israel and say to
them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask
me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?” God said to
Moses, “I am who I am.” And he said, “Say this to the people of
Israel, ‘I am has sent me to you.’” </span></span>
</div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">God
also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘The Lord,
the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and
the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, and
thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.” </span></span>
</div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Go
and gather the elders of Israel together and say to them, ‘The
Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of
Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, “I have observed you and what
has been done to you in Egypt, and I promise that I will bring you up
out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, the
Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the
Jebusites, a land flowing with milk and honey.”’ And they will
listen to your voice, and you and the elders of Israel shall go to
the king of Egypt and say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the
Hebrews, has met with us; and now, please let us go a three days’
journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our
God.’ But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless
compelled by a mighty hand. So I will stretch out my hand and strike
Egypt with all the wonders that I will do in it; after that he will
let you go. And I will give this people favor in the sight of the
Egyptians; and when you go, you shall not go empty, but each woman
shall ask of her neighbor, and any woman who lives in her house, for
silver and gold jewelry, and for clothing. You shall put them on your
sons and on your daughters. So you shall plunder the Egyptians.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
Moses answered, “But behold, they will not believe me or listen to
my voice, for they will say, ‘The Lord did not appear to you.’”
The Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A
staff.” And he said, “Throw it on the ground.” So he threw it
on the ground, and it became a serpent, and Moses ran from it. But
the Lord said to Moses, “Put out your hand and catch it by the
tail”—so he put out his hand and caught it, and it became a staff
in his hand— “that they may believe that the Lord, the God of
their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob, has appeared to you.” Again, the Lord said to him, “Put
your hand inside your cloak.” And he put his hand inside his cloak,
and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous like snow. Then
God said, “Put your hand back inside your cloak.” So he put his
hand back inside his cloak, and when he took it out, behold, it was
restored like the rest of his flesh. “If they will not believe
you,” God said, “or listen to the first sign, they may believe
the latter sign. If they will not believe even these two signs or
listen to your voice, you shall take some water from the Nile and
pour it on the dry ground, and the water that you shall take from the
Nile will become blood on the dry ground.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">But
Moses said to the Lord, “Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either in
the past or since you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of
speech and of tongue.” Then the Lord said to him, “Who has made
man’s mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is
it not I, the Lord? Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth
and teach you what you shall speak.” But he said, “Oh, my Lord,
please send someone else.” Then the anger of the Lord was kindled
against Moses and he said, “Is there not Aaron, your brother, the
Levite? I know that he can speak well. Behold, he is coming out to
meet you, and when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart. You
shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth, and I will be with
your mouth and with his mouth and will teach you both what to do. He
shall speak for you to the people, and he shall be your mouth, and
you shall be as God to him. And take in your hand this staff, with
which you shall do the signs.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Moses
went back to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, “Please let
me go back to my brothers in Egypt to see whether they are still
alive.” And Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.” And the Lord
said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all the men who
were seeking your life are dead.” So Moses took his wife and his
sons and had them ride on a donkey, and went back to the land of
Egypt. And Moses took the staff of God in his hand.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">And
the Lord said to Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you do
before Pharaoh all the miracles that I have put in your power. But I
will harden his heart, so that he will not let the people go. Then
you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord, Israel is my
firstborn son, and I say to you, “Let my son go that he may serve
me.” If you refuse to let him go, behold, I will kill your
firstborn son.’”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">At
a lodging place on the way the Lord met him and sought to put him to
death. Then Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son’s foreskin
and touched Moses’ feet with it and said, “Surely you are a
bridegroom of blood to me!” So he let him alone. It was then that
she said, “A bridegroom of blood,” because of the circumcision.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
Lord said to Aaron, “Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.” So he
went and met him at the mountain of God and kissed him. And Moses
told Aaron all the words of the Lord with which he had sent him to
speak, and all the signs that he had commanded him to do. Then Moses
and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the people of
Israel. Aaron spoke all the words that the Lord had spoken to Moses
and did the signs in the sight of the people. And the people
believed; and when they heard that the Lord had visited the people of
Israel and that he had seen their affliction, they bowed their heads
and worshiped.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Apostles'
Creed </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>I
believe in God, the Father Almighty,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>maker
of heaven and earth.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>And
in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>who
was conceived by the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>born
of the virgin Mary,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>suffered
under Pontius Pilate,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>was
crucified, died and was buried.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>He
descended into hell.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>The
third day He rose again from the dead.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>He
ascended into heaven</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>and
sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>From
thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>I
believe in the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
holy Christian Church,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
communion of saints,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
forgiveness of sins,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
resurrection of the body,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>and
the life </b><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";"><b>T </b></span><b>everlasting.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Confession </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>What
is Confession?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Confession
has two parts. First, that we confess our sins, and second, that we
receive absolution, that is, forgiveness, from the pastor as from God
Himself, not doubting, but firmly believing that by it our sins are
forgiven before God in heaven.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>What
sins should we confess?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Before
God we should plead guilty of all sins, even those we are not aware
of, as we do in the Lord's Prayer; but before the pastor we should
confess only those sins which we know and feel in our hearts.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>Which
are these?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Consider
your place in life according to the Ten Commandments. Are you a
father, mother, son, daughter, husband, wife, or worker? Have you
been disobedient, unfaithful, or lazy? Have you been hot-tempered,
rude, or quarrelsome? Have you hurt someone by your words or deeds?
Have you stolen, been negligent, wasted anything, or done any harm?</span></span></div>
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is the Office of the Keys?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
Office of the Keys is that special authority which Christ has given
to His Church on earth to forgive the sins of repentant sinners, but
to withhold forgiveness from the unrepentant as long as they do not
repent.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>Where
is this written?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">This
is what St. John the Evangelist writes in chapter twenty: The Lord
Jesus breathed on His disciples and said, "Receive the Holy
Spirit. If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do
not forgive them, they are not forgiven." (John 20:22–23)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>What
do you believe according to these words?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">I
believe that when the called ministers of Christ deal with us by His
divine command, in particular when they exclude openly unrepentant
sinners from the Christian congregation and absolve those who repent
of their sins and want to do better, this is just as valid and
certain, even in heaven, as if Christ our dear Lord dealt with us
Himself.</span></span></div>
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Prayer </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Our
Father who art in heaven,<br /> hallowed be Thy name,<br /> Thy
kingdom come,<br /> Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;<br />
give us this day our daily bread;<br /> and forgive us our
trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us;<br /> and
lead us not into temptation,<br /> but deliver us from evil.<br />For
Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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(Pauline) </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">P </span>The
grace of the Lord <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T </span>Jesus Christ and
the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you
all.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12610213297393178018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863721909977741820.post-58442715043942864322017-02-03T13:00:00.001-05:002017-02-03T13:00:21.069-05:00Week 5: Friday Exodus 2<i style="color: red; font-family: "segoe ui";">You
may make the sign of the cross and say</i><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Invocation </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">P </span>In
the name of the Father and of the <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T </span>Son
and of the Holy Spirit.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Collect </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">O
Lord, our God, we acknowledge Your great goodness toward us and
praise You for the mercy and grace that our eyes have seen, our ears
have heard, and our hearts have known. We sincerely repent of the
sins of this day and those in the past. Pardon our offenses, correct
and reform what is lacking in us, and help us to grow in grace and in
the knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Inscribe Your law
upon our hearts, and equip us to serve You with holy and blameless
lives. May each day remind us of the coming of the night when no one
can work. In the emptiness of this present age keep us united by a
living faith through the power of Your Holy Spirit with Him who is
the resurrection and the life, that we may escape the eternal bitter
pains of condemnation. By Your Holy Spirit bless the preaching of
Your Word and the administration of Your Sacraments. Preserve these
gifts to us and to all Christians. Guard and protect us from all
dangers to body and soul. Grant that we may with faithful
perseverance receive from You our sorrows as well as our joys,
knowing that health and sickness, riches and poverty, and all things
come by permission of Your fatherly hand. Keep us this day under Your
protective care and preserve us, securely trusting in Your
everlasting goodness and love, for the sake of Your Son, Jesus
Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Reading
the Bible</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Reading
Exodus</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Reading </b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>
Exodus 2:1–25</i></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Now
a man from the house of Levi went and took as his wife a Levite
woman. The woman conceived and bore a son, and when she saw that he
was a fine child, she hid him three months. When she could hide him
no longer, she took for him a basket made of bulrushes and daubed it
with bitumen and pitch. She put the child in it and placed it among
the reeds by the river bank. And his sister stood at a distance to
know what would be done to him. Now the daughter of Pharaoh came down
to bathe at the river, while her young women walked beside the river.
She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her servant woman, and
she took it. When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the
baby was crying. She took pity on him and said, “This is one of the
Hebrews’ children.” Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter,
“Shall I go and call you a nurse from the Hebrew women to nurse the
child for you?” And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.” So
the girl went and called the child’s mother. And Pharaoh’s
daughter said to her, “Take this child away and nurse him for me,
and I will give you your wages.” So the woman took the child and
nursed him. When the child grew up, she brought him to Pharaoh’s
daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, “Because,”
she said, “I drew him out of the water.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">One
day, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and looked on
their burdens, and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his
people. He looked this way and that, and seeing no one, he struck
down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. When he went out the next
day, behold, two Hebrews were struggling together. And he said to the
man in the wrong, “Why do you strike your companion?” He
answered, “Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you mean
to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid, and
thought, “Surely the thing is known.” When Pharaoh heard of it,
he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and stayed in
the land of Midian. And he sat down by a well.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Now
the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came and drew
water and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock. The
shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses stood up and saved
them, and watered their flock. When they came home to their father
Reuel, he said, “How is it that you have come home so soon today?”
They said, “An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the
shepherds and even drew water for us and watered the flock.” He
said to his daughters, “Then where is he? Why have you left the
man? Call him, that he may eat bread.” And Moses was content to
dwell with the man, and he gave Moses his daughter Zipporah. She gave
birth to a son, and he called his name Gershom, for he said, “I
have been a sojourner in a foreign land.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">During
those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel
groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry
for rescue from slavery came up to God. And God heard their groaning,
and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with
Jacob. God saw the people of Israel—and God knew.</span></span></div>
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Creed </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>I
believe in God, the Father Almighty,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>maker
of heaven and earth.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>And
in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>who
was conceived by the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
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of the virgin Mary,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>suffered
under Pontius Pilate,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>was
crucified, died and was buried.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>He
descended into hell.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>The
third day He rose again from the dead.</b></span></span></div>
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ascended into heaven</b></span></span></div>
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sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>From
thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>I
believe in the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
holy Christian Church,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
communion of saints,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
forgiveness of sins,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
resurrection of the body,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>and
the life </b><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";"><b>T </b></span><b>everlasting.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The
Sacrament of the Altar </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>What
is the Sacrament of the Altar?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">It
is the true body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ under the bread
and wine, instituted by Christ Himself for us Christians to eat and
to drink.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>Where
is this written?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
holy Evangelists Matthew, Mark, Luke, and St. Paul write: Our Lord
Jesus Christ, on the night when He was betrayed, took bread, and when
He had given thanks, He broke it and gave it to the disciples and
said, "Take, eat; this is My body, which is given for you. This
do in remembrance of Me." In the same way also He took the cup
after supper, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them,
saying, "Drink of it, all of you; this cup is the new testament
in My blood, which is shed for you for the forgiveness of sins. This
do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me."</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>What
is the benefit of this eating and drinking?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">These
words, "Given and shed for you for the forgiveness of sins,"
show us that in the Sacrament forgiveness of sins, life, and
salvation are given us through these words. For where there is
forgiveness of sins, there is also life and salvation.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i><br /></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>How
can bodily eating and drinking do such great things?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Certainly
not just eating and drinking do these things, but the words written
here: "Given and shed for you for the forgiveness of sins."
These words, along with the bodily eating and drinking, are the main
thing in the Sacrament. Whoever believes these words has exactly what
they say: "forgiveness of sins."</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>Who
receives this Sacrament worthily?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Fasting
and bodily preparation are certainly fine outward training. But that
person is truly worthy and well prepared who has faith in these
words: "Given and shed for you for the forgiveness of sins."
But anyone who does not believe these words or doubts them is
unworthy and unprepared, for the words "for you" require
all hearts to believe.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Lord's
Prayer </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Our
Father who art in heaven,<br /> hallowed be Thy name,<br /> Thy
kingdom come,<br /> Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;<br />
give us this day our daily bread;<br /> and forgive us our
trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us;<br /> and
lead us not into temptation,<br /> but deliver us from evil.<br />For
Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Luther's
Morning Prayer </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>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.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Luther's
Evening Prayer </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>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.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Benediction
(Pauline) </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">P </span>The
grace of the Lord <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T </span>Jesus Christ and
the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you
all.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Acknowledgments</b></span></span></span></div>
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may make the sign of the cross and say</i><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Invocation </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">P </span>In
the name of the Father and of the <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T </span>Son
and of the Holy Spirit.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Collect </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">O
Lord, our heavenly Father, almighty and everlasting God, You have
safely brougt us to the beginning of this day. Defend us in the same
with Your mighty power, and grant that this day we fall into no sin,
neither run into any kind of danger, but that all our doings, being
ordered by Your governance, may be righteous in Your sight; through
Jesus Christ, our Lord.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Reading
the Bible</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Reading
Exodus</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Reading </b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>
Exodus 1:1–22</i></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">These
are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob,
each with his household: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar,
Zebulun, and Benjamin, Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. All the
descendants of Jacob were seventy persons; Joseph was already in
Egypt. Then Joseph died, and all his brothers and all that
generation. But the people of Israel were fruitful and increased
greatly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the
land was filled with them.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Now
there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. And he
said to his people, “Behold, the people of Israel are too many and
too mighty for us. Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they
multiply, and, if war breaks out, they join our enemies and fight
against us and escape from the land.” Therefore they set
taskmasters over them to afflict them with heavy burdens. They built
for Pharaoh store cities, Pithom and Raamses. But the more they were
oppressed, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad.
And the Egyptians were in dread of the people of Israel. So they
ruthlessly made the people of Israel work as slaves and made their
lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and brick, and in all kinds
of work in the field. In all their work they ruthlessly made them
work as slaves.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named
Shiphrah and the other Puah, “When you serve as midwife to the
Hebrew women and see them on the birthstool, if it is a son, you
shall kill him, but if it is a daughter, she shall live.” But the
midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded
them, but let the male children live. So the king of Egypt called the
midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this, and let the
male children live?” The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the
Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous
and give birth before the midwife comes to them.” So God dealt well
with the midwives. And the people multiplied and grew very strong.
And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families. Then
Pharaoh commanded all his people, “Every son that is born to the
Hebrews you shall cast into the Nile, but you shall let every
daughter live.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>I
believe in God, the Father Almighty,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>maker
of heaven and earth.</b></span></span></div>
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in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>who
was conceived by the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>born
of the virgin Mary,</b></span></span></div>
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under Pontius Pilate,</b></span></span></div>
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crucified, died and was buried.</b></span></span></div>
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descended into hell.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>The
third day He rose again from the dead.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>He
ascended into heaven</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>and
sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>From
thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>I
believe in the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
holy Christian Church,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
communion of saints,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
forgiveness of sins,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
resurrection of the body,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>and
the life </b><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";"><b>T </b></span><b>everlasting.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>What
is Confession?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Confession
has two parts. First, that we confess our sins, and second, that we
receive absolution, that is, forgiveness, from the pastor as from God
Himself, not doubting, but firmly believing that by it our sins are
forgiven before God in heaven.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>What
sins should we confess?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Before
God we should plead guilty of all sins, even those we are not aware
of, as we do in the Lord's Prayer; but before the pastor we should
confess only those sins which we know and feel in our hearts.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Consider
your place in life according to the Ten Commandments. Are you a
father, mother, son, daughter, husband, wife, or worker? Have you
been disobedient, unfaithful, or lazy? Have you been hot-tempered,
rude, or quarrelsome? Have you hurt someone by your words or deeds?
Have you stolen, been negligent, wasted anything, or done any harm?</span></span></div>
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Office of the Keys is that special authority which Christ has given
to His Church on earth to forgive the sins of repentant sinners, but
to withhold forgiveness from the unrepentant as long as they do not
repent.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">This
is what St. John the Evangelist writes in chapter twenty: The Lord
Jesus breathed on His disciples and said, "Receive the Holy
Spirit. If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do
not forgive them, they are not forgiven." (John 20:22–23)</span></span></div>
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do you believe according to these words?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">I
believe that when the called ministers of Christ deal with us by His
divine command, in particular when they exclude openly unrepentant
sinners from the Christian congregation and absolve those who repent
of their sins and want to do better, this is just as valid and
certain, even in heaven, as if Christ our dear Lord dealt with us
Himself.</span></span></div>
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Prayer </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Our
Father who art in heaven,<br /> hallowed be Thy name,<br /> Thy
kingdom come,<br /> Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;<br />
give us this day our daily bread;<br /> and forgive us our
trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us;<br /> and
lead us not into temptation,<br /> but deliver us from evil.<br />For
Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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Morning Prayer </b></span></span></span></div>
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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.</b></span></span></div>
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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.</b></span></span></div>
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grace of the Lord <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T </span>Jesus Christ and
the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you
all.</span></span></div>
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may make the sign of the cross and say</i><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">P </span>In
the name of the Father and of the <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T </span>Son
and of the Holy Spirit.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0.06in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>Collect </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Lord
God, creator of heaven and earth, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, we
praise You for the abundant mercy that You this day so richly have
provided for us, blessing us not only with daily bread for our bodies
but also with heavenly food for our souls. Grant that Your living and
powerful Word may abide in our hearts, working mightily in us to Your
glory and for our salvation. We commit ourselves to Your divine
protection and fatherly care. Let Your holy angels be with us that
the evil foe may have no power over us. Look in mercy on Your Church
and deliver it from all danger and adversities. By Your Holy Spirit
comfort and strengthen all who are in affliction or distress, and
grant Your abiding peace to us all; through Jesus Christ, our Savior.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>Reading </b><i>
Genesis 49:1—50:26</i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.13in; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather yourselves together, that I
may tell you what shall happen to you in days to come.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.25in; margin-top: 0.08in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Assemble
and listen, O sons of Jacob,</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">listen
to Israel your father.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.25in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Reuben,
you are my firstborn,</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">my
might, and the firstfruits of my strength,</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">preeminent
in dignity and preeminent in power.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.25in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Unstable
as water, you shall not have preeminence,</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">because
you went up to your father’s bed;</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">then
you defiled it—he went up to my couch!</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.25in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Simeon
and Levi are brothers;</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">weapons
of violence are their swords.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.25in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Let
my soul come not into their council;</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">O
my glory, be not joined to their company.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.25in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">For
in their anger they killed men,</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">and
in their willfulness they hamstrung oxen.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.25in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Cursed
be their anger, for it is fierce,</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">and
their wrath, for it is cruel!</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.25in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">I
will divide them in Jacob</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">and
scatter them in Israel.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.25in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Judah,
your brothers shall praise you;</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">your
hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">your
father’s sons shall bow down before you.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.25in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Judah
is a lion’s cub;</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">from
the prey, my son, you have gone up.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.25in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">He
stooped down; he crouched as a lion</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">and
as a lioness; who dares rouse him?</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.25in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
scepter shall not depart from Judah,</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">nor
the ruler’s staff from between his feet,</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.25in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">until
tribute comes to him;</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">and
to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.25in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Binding
his foal to the vine</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">and
his donkey’s colt to the choice vine,</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.25in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">he
has washed his garments in wine</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">and
his vesture in the blood of grapes.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.25in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">His
eyes are darker than wine,</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">and
his teeth whiter than milk.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.25in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Zebulun
shall dwell at the shore of the sea;</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">he
shall become a haven for ships,</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">and
his border shall be at Sidon.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.25in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Issachar
is a strong donkey,</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">crouching
between the sheepfolds.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.25in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">He
saw that a resting place was good,</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">and
that the land was pleasant,</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.25in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">so
he bowed his shoulder to bear,</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">and
became a servant at forced labor.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.25in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Dan
shall judge his people</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">as
one of the tribes of Israel.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.25in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Dan
shall be a serpent in the way,</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">a
viper by the path,</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.25in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">that
bites the horse’s heels</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">so
that his rider falls backward.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.25in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">I
wait for your salvation, O Lord.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.25in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Raiders
shall raid Gad,</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">but
he shall raid at their heels.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.25in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Asher’s
food shall be rich,</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">and
he shall yield royal delicacies.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.25in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Naphtali
is a doe let loose</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">that
bears beautiful fawns.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.25in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Joseph
is a fruitful bough,</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">a
fruitful bough by a spring;</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">his
branches run over the wall.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.25in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
archers bitterly attacked him,</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">shot
at him, and harassed him severely,</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.25in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">yet
his bow remained unmoved;</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">his
arms were made agile</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.25in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">by
the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">(from
there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel),</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.25in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">by
the God of your father who will help you,</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">by
the Almighty who will bless you</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">with
blessings of heaven above,</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.25in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">blessings
of the deep that crouches beneath,</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">blessings
of the breasts and of the womb.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.25in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
blessings of your father</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">are
mighty beyond the blessings of my parents,</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">up
to the bounties of the everlasting hills.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.25in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">May
they be on the head of Joseph,</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">and
on the brow of him who was set apart from his brothers.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.25in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Benjamin
is a ravenous wolf,</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">in
the morning devouring the prey</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">and
at evening dividing the spoil.”</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-left: 0.13in; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">All
these are the twelve tribes of Israel. This is what their father said
to them as he blessed them, blessing each with the blessing suitable
to him. Then he commanded them and said to them, “I am to be
gathered to my people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in
the field of Ephron the Hittite, in the cave that is in the field at
Machpelah, to the east of Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham
bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite to possess as a burying
place. There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife. There they
buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife, and there I buried Leah— the
field and the cave that is in it were bought from the Hittites.”
When Jacob finished commanding his sons, he drew up his feet into the
bed and breathed his last and was gathered to his people.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-left: 0.13in; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
Joseph fell on his father’s face and wept over him and kissed him.
And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his
father. So the physicians embalmed Israel. Forty days were required
for it, for that is how many are required for embalming. And the
Egyptians wept for him seventy days.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-left: 0.13in; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">And
when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke to the
household of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in your
eyes, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, My father made me
swear, saying, ‘I am about to die: in my tomb that I hewed out for
myself in the land of Canaan, there shall you bury me.’ Now
therefore, let me please go up and bury my father. Then I will
return.” And Pharaoh answered, “Go up, and bury your father, as
he made you swear.” So Joseph went up to bury his father. With him
went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his household, and
all the elders of the land of Egypt, as well as all the household of
Joseph, his brothers, and his father’s household. Only their
children, their flocks, and their herds were left in the land of
Goshen. And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen. It was
a very great company. When they came to the threshing floor of Atad,
which is beyond the Jordan, they lamented there with a very great and
grievous lamentation, and he made a mourning for his father seven
days. When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the
mourning on the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a
grievous mourning by the Egyptians.” Therefore the place was named
Abel-mizraim; it is beyond the Jordan. Thus his sons did for him as
he had commanded them, for his sons carried him to the land of Canaan
and buried him in the cave of the field at Machpelah, to the east of
Mamre, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite to
possess as a burying place. After he had buried his father, Joseph
returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone up with him
to bury his father.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-left: 0.13in; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">When
Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “It
may be that Joseph will hate us and pay us back for all the evil that
we did to him.” So they sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your
father gave this command before he died, ‘Say to Joseph, Please
forgive the transgression of your brothers and their sin, because
they did evil to you.’ And now, please forgive the transgression of
the servants of the God of your father.” Joseph wept when they
spoke to him. His brothers also came and fell down before him and
said, “Behold, we are your servants.” But Joseph said to them,
“Do not fear, for am I in the place of God? As for you, you meant
evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that
many people should be kept alive, as they are today. So do not fear;
I will provide for you and your little ones.” Thus he comforted
them and spoke kindly to them.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-left: 0.13in; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">So
Joseph remained in Egypt, he and his father’s house. Joseph lived
110 years. And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third
generation. The children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were
counted as Joseph’s own. And Joseph said to his brothers, “I am
about to die, but God will visit you and bring you up out of this
land to the land that he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”
Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, “God will surely
visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.” So Joseph
died, being 110 years old. They embalmed him, and he was put in a
coffin in Egypt.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>I
believe in God, the Father Almighty,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>maker
of heaven and earth.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>And
in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>who
was conceived by the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>born
of the virgin Mary,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>suffered
under Pontius Pilate,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>was
crucified, died and was buried.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>He
descended into hell.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>The
third day He rose again from the dead.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>He
ascended into heaven</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>and
sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>From
thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>I
believe in the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
holy Christian Church,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
communion of saints,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
forgiveness of sins,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
resurrection of the body,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>and
the life </b><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";"><b>T </b></span><b>everlasting.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>Holy
Baptism - Fourth </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>What
does such baptizing with water indicate?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">It
indicates that the Old Adam in us should by daily contrition and
repentance be drowned and die with all sins and evil desires, and
that a new man should daily emerge and arise to live before God in
righteousness and purity forever.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>Where
is this written?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">St.
Paul writes in Romans, chapter six: "We were therefore buried
with Him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was
raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live
a new life." (Romans 6:4)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Our
Father who art in heaven,<br /> hallowed be Thy name,<br /> Thy
kingdom come,<br /> Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;<br />
give us this day our daily bread;<br /> and forgive us our
trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us;<br /> and
lead us not into temptation,<br /> but deliver us from evil.<br />For
Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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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.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>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.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">P </span>The
grace of the Lord <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T </span>Jesus Christ and
the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you
all.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12610213297393178018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863721909977741820.post-65086164820189740192017-01-31T16:10:00.000-05:002017-01-31T16:10:23.852-05:00Week 5: Tuesday Genesis 47-48<i style="color: red; font-family: "segoe ui";">You
may make the sign of the cross and say</i><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">P </span>In
the name of the Father and of the <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T </span>Son
and of the Holy Spirit.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Collect </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Heavenly
Father, we thank You for the gift of food You have provided and for
all those whose labor brings Your blessings to our table. We pray
that at this meal we may be strengthened for Your service and
together may await with joy the feast You have prepared for all the
faithful in Your eternal kingdom; through Jesus Christ, our Lord.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Reading </b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>
Genesis 47:1—48:22</i></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">So
Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, “My father and my brothers, with
their flocks and herds and all that they possess, have come from the
land of Canaan. They are now in the land of Goshen.” And from among
his brothers he took five men and presented them to Pharaoh. Pharaoh
said to his brothers, “What is your occupation?” And they said to
Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds, as our fathers were.” They
said to Pharaoh, “We have come to sojourn in the land, for there is
no pasture for your servants’ flocks, for the famine is severe in
the land of Canaan. And now, please let your servants dwell in the
land of Goshen.” Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Your father and
your brothers have come to you. The land of Egypt is before you.
Settle your father and your brothers in the best of the land. Let
them settle in the land of Goshen, and if you know any able men among
them, put them in charge of my livestock.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
Joseph brought in Jacob his father and stood him before Pharaoh, and
Jacob blessed Pharaoh. And Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How many are the
days of the years of your life?” And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The
days of the years of my sojourning are 130 years. Few and evil have
been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to
the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their
sojourning.” And Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from the
presence of Pharaoh. Then Joseph settled his father and his brothers
and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the
land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. And Joseph
provided his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household
with food, according to the number of their dependents.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Now
there was no food in all the land, for the famine was very severe, so
that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished by reason of
the famine. And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in
the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, in exchange for the
grain that they bought. And Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s
house. And when the money was all spent in the land of Egypt and in
the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give
us food. Why should we die before your eyes? For our money is gone.”
And Joseph answered, “Give your livestock, and I will give you food
in exchange for your livestock, if your money is gone.” So they
brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them food in
exchange for the horses, the flocks, the herds, and the donkeys. He
supplied them with food in exchange for all their livestock that
year. And when that year was ended, they came to him the following
year and said to him, “We will not hide from my lord that our money
is all spent. The herds of livestock are my lord’s. There is
nothing left in the sight of my lord but our bodies and our land. Why
should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our
land for food, and we with our land will be servants to Pharaoh. And
give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not
be desolate.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">So
Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for all the
Egyptians sold their fields, because the famine was severe on them.
The land became Pharaoh’s. As for the people, he made servants of
them from one end of Egypt to the other. Only the land of the priests
he did not buy, for the priests had a fixed allowance from Pharaoh
and lived on the allowance that Pharaoh gave them; therefore they did
not sell their land.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
Joseph said to the people, “Behold, I have this day bought you and
your land for Pharaoh. Now here is seed for you, and you shall sow
the land. And at the harvests you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and
four fifths shall be your own, as seed for the field and as food for
yourselves and your households, and as food for your little ones.”
And they said, “You have saved our lives; may it please my lord, we
will be servants to Pharaoh.” So Joseph made it a statute
concerning the land of Egypt, and it stands to this day, that Pharaoh
should have the fifth; the land of the priests alone did not become
Pharaoh’s.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Thus
Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen. And they
gained possessions in it, and were fruitful and multiplied greatly.
And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So the days of
Jacob, the years of his life, were 147 years.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">And
when the time drew near that Israel must die, he called his son
Joseph and said to him, “If now I have found favor in your sight,
put your hand under my thigh and promise to deal kindly and truly
with me. Do not bury me in Egypt, but let me lie with my fathers.
Carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burying place.” He
answered, “I will do as you have said.” And he said, “Swear to
me”; and he swore to him. Then Israel bowed himself upon the head
of his bed.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">After
this, Joseph was told, “Behold, your father is ill.” So he took
with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. And it was told to
Jacob, “Your son Joseph has come to you.” Then Israel summoned
his strength and sat up in bed. And Jacob said to Joseph, “God
Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me,
and said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you,
and I will make of you a company of peoples and will give this land
to your offspring after you for an everlasting possession.’ And now
your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I
came to you in Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine,
as Reuben and Simeon are. And the children that you fathered after
them shall be yours. They shall be called by the name of their
brothers in their inheritance. As for me, when I came from Paddan, to
my sorrow Rachel died in the land of Canaan on the way, when there
was still some distance to go to Ephrath, and I buried her there on
the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">When
Israel saw Joseph’s sons, he said, “Who are these?” Joseph said
to his father, “They are my sons, whom God has given me here.”
And he said, “Bring them to me, please, that I may bless them.”
Now the eyes of Israel were dim with age, so that he could not see.
So Joseph brought them near him, and he kissed them and embraced
them. And Israel said to Joseph, “I never expected to see your
face; and behold, God has let me see your offspring also.” Then
Joseph removed them from his knees, and he bowed himself with his
face to the earth. And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right
hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand
toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them near him. And Israel
stretched out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, who
was the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, crossing
his hands (for Manasseh was the firstborn). And he blessed Joseph and
said,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">the
God who has been my shepherd all my life long to this day,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">the
angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the boys;</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">and
in them let my name be carried on, and the name of my fathers Abraham
and Isaac;</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">and
let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">When
Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of
Ephraim, it displeased him, and he took his father’s hand to move
it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head. And Joseph said to his
father, “Not this way, my father; since this one is the firstborn,
put your right hand on his head.” But his father refused and said,
“I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also
shall be great. Nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater
than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.” So
he blessed them that day, saying,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">By
you Israel will pronounce blessings, saying,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">‘<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">God
make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh.’”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Thus
he put Ephraim before Manasseh. Then Israel said to Joseph, “Behold,
I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you again
to the land of your fathers. Moreover, I have given to you rather
than to your brothers one mountain slope that I took from the hand of
the Amorites with my sword and with my bow.”</span></span></div>
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1987 Oxford University Press. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License
.NET, no. 100011178.<br />Public domain</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Apostles'
Creed </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>I
believe in God, the Father Almighty,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>maker
of heaven and earth.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>And
in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>who
was conceived by the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>born
of the virgin Mary,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>suffered
under Pontius Pilate,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>was
crucified, died and was buried.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>He
descended into hell.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>The
third day He rose again from the dead.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>He
ascended into heaven</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>and
sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>From
thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>I
believe in the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
holy Christian Church,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
communion of saints,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
forgiveness of sins,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
resurrection of the body,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>and
the life </b><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";"><b>T </b></span><b>everlasting.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Holy
Baptism - Third </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>How
can water do such great things?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Certainly
not just water, but the word of God in and with the water does these
things, along with the faith which trusts this Word of God in the
water. For without God's word the water is plain water and no
Baptism. But with the word of God it is a Baptism, that is, a
life-giving water, rich in grace, and a washing of the new birth in
the Holy Spirit, as St. Paul says in Titus, chapter three, "He
saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy
Spirit, whom He poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our
Savior, so that, having been justified by His grace, we might become
heirs having the hope of eternal life. This is a trustworthy saying."
(Titus 3:5–8)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Lord's
Prayer </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Our
Father who art in heaven,<br /> hallowed be Thy name,<br /> Thy
kingdom come,<br /> Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;<br />
give us this day our daily bread;<br /> and forgive us our
trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us;<br /> and
lead us not into temptation,<br /> but deliver us from evil.<br />For
Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Luther's
Evening Prayer </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>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.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Luther's
Morning Prayer </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>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.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Benediction
(Pauline) </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">P </span>The
grace of the Lord <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T </span>Jesus Christ and
the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you
all.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Acknowledgments</b></span></span></span></div>
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<i style="color: red; font-family: 'Segoe UI'; text-decoration: none;">You
may make the sign of the cross</i></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>Invocation </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">P </span>In
the name of the Father and of the <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T </span>Son
and of the Holy Spirit.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>Collect </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Almighty
God, merciful Father, in Holy Baptism You declared us to be Your
children and gathered us into Your one, holy Church, in which You
daily and richly forgive us our sins and grant us new life through
Your Spirit. Be in our midst, enliven our faith, and graciously
receive our prayer and praise; through Your Son, Jesus Christ, our
Lord.</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: 12px;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"> Genesis 45 forms the climax of the Joseph story as He reveals himself to his brothers and they are reconciled. Joseph, having completed his road of humiliation and exaltation, sets all of Egypt in front of his brothers, father, and all their family. He is able to provided for all their needs extravagantly. In this manner, the Joseph story mirrors the gifts Jesus provides when he opens the eternal abundance of the Kingdom of God and ultimately opening heaven for all God's family.</span></span><br />
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Genesis 45:1—46:34</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
Joseph could not control himself before all those who stood by him.
He cried, “Make everyone go out from me.” So no one stayed with
him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers. And he wept
aloud, so that the Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh
heard it. </span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Joseph
said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?”
But his brothers could not answer him, for they were dismayed at his
presence.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">So
Joseph said to his brothers, “Come near to me, please.” And they
came near. And he said, “I am your brother, Joseph, whom you sold
into Egypt. And now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves
because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve
life. For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there
are yet five years in which there will be neither plowing nor
harvest. And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on
earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors. So it was not you
who sent me here, but God. He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and
lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt. Hurry and
go up to my father and say to him, ‘Thus says your son Joseph, God
has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; do not tarry. You
shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and
your children and your children’s children, and your flocks, your
herds, and all that you have. There I will provide for you, for there
are yet five years of famine to come, so that you and your household,
and all that you have, do not come to poverty.’ And now your eyes
see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see, that it is my mouth
that speaks to you. You must tell my father of all my honor in Egypt,
and of all that you have seen. Hurry and bring my father down here.”
Then he fell upon his brother Benjamin’s neck and wept, and
Benjamin wept upon his neck. And he kissed all his brothers and wept
upon them. After that his brothers talked with him.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">When
the report was heard in Pharaoh’s house, “Joseph’s brothers
have come,” it pleased Pharaoh and his servants. And Pharaoh said
to Joseph, “Say to your brothers, ‘Do this: load your beasts and
go back to the land of Canaan, and take your father and your
households, and come to me, and I will give you the best of the land
of Egypt, and you shall eat the fat of the land.’ And you, Joseph,
are commanded to say, ‘Do this: take wagons from the land of Egypt
for your little ones and for your wives, and bring your father, and
come. Have no concern for your goods, for the best of all the land of
Egypt is yours.’”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
sons of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the
command of Pharaoh, and gave them provisions for the journey. To each
and all of them he gave a change of clothes, but to Benjamin he gave
three hundred shekels of silver and five changes of clothes. To his
father he sent as follows: ten donkeys loaded with the good things of
Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain, bread, and provision
for his father on the journey. Then he sent his brothers away, and as
they departed, he said to them, “Do not quarrel on the way.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">So
they went up out of Egypt and came to the land of Canaan to their
father Jacob. And they told him, “Joseph is still alive, and he is
ruler over all the land of Egypt.” And his heart became numb, for
he did not believe them. But when they told him all the words of
Joseph, which he had said to them, and when he saw the wagons that
Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of their father Jacob
revived. And Israel said, “It is enough; Joseph my son is still
alive. I will go and see him before I die.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">So
Israel took his journey with all that he had and came to Beersheba,
and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. And God spoke
to Israel in visions of the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob.” And
he said, “Here am I.” Then he said, “I am God, the God of your
father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make
you into a great nation. I myself will go down with you to Egypt, and
I will also bring you up again, and Joseph’s hand shall close your
eyes.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
Jacob set out from Beersheba. The sons of Israel carried Jacob their
father, their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons that
Pharaoh had sent to carry him. They also took their livestock and
their goods, which they had gained in the land of Canaan, and came
into Egypt, Jacob and all his offspring with him, his sons, and his
sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters. All
his offspring he brought with him into Egypt.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Now
these are the names of the descendants of Israel, who came into
Egypt, Jacob and his sons. Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and the sons
of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. The sons of Simeon:
Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite
woman. The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. The sons of
Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in
the land of Canaan); and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. The
sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Yob, and Shimron. The sons of Zebulun:
Sered, Elon, and Jahleel. These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore
to Jacob in Paddan-aram, together with his daughter Dinah; altogether
his sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli. The
sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, with Serah their sister.
And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel. These are the sons of
Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and these she bore to
Jacob—sixteen persons.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife: Joseph and Benjamin. And to Joseph in
the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the
daughter of Potiphera the priest of On, bore to him. And the sons of
Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim,
Huppim, and Ard. These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to
Jacob—fourteen persons in all.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
sons of Dan: Hushim. The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and
Shillem. These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his
daughter, and these she bore to Jacob—seven persons in all.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">All
the persons belonging to Jacob who came into Egypt, who were his own
descendants, not including Jacob’s sons’ wives, were sixty-six
persons in all. And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in
Egypt, were two. All the persons of the house of Jacob who came into
Egypt were seventy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">He
had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to show the way before him in
Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen. Then Joseph prepared
his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen. He
presented himself to him and fell on his neck and wept on his neck a
good while. Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have
seen your face and know that you are still alive.” Joseph said to
his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and
tell Pharaoh and will say to him, ‘My brothers and my father’s
household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me. And the
men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they
have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’
When Pharaoh calls you and says, ‘What is your occupation?’ you
shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our
youth even until now, both we and our fathers,’ in order that you
may dwell in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination
to the Egyptians.”</span></span></div>
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Where Charity and Love Prevail </b><i>
LSB 845</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">5 Let
us recall that in our midst<br /> Dwells Christ, His only Son;<br />As
members of His body joined<br /> We are in Him made one.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">6 For
love excludes no race or clan<br /> That names the Savior’s
name;<br />His family embraces all<br /> Whose Father is the same.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>Apostles'
Creed </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>I
believe in God, the Father Almighty,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>maker
of heaven and earth.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>And
in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>who
was conceived by the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>born
of the virgin Mary,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>suffered
under Pontius Pilate,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>was
crucified, died and was buried.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>He
descended into hell.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>The
third day He rose again from the dead.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>He
ascended into heaven</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>and
sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>From
thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>I
believe in the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
holy Christian Church,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
communion of saints,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
forgiveness of sins,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
resurrection of the body,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>and
the life </b><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";"><b>T </b></span><b>everlasting.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>Holy
Baptism - Second </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>What
benefits does Baptism give?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">It
works forgiveness of sins, rescues from death and the devil, and
gives eternal salvation to all who believe this, as the words and
promises of God declare.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>Which
are these words and promises of God?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Christ
our Lord says in the last chapter of Mark, "Whoever believes and
is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be
condemned." (Mark 16:16)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>Lord's
Prayer </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Our
Father who art in heaven,<br /> hallowed be Thy name,<br /> Thy
kingdom come,<br /> Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;<br />
give us this day our daily bread;<br /> and forgive us our
trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us;<br /> and
lead us not into temptation,<br /> but deliver us from evil.<br />For
Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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Morning Prayer </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>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.</b></span></span></div>
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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.</b></span></span></div>
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the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>You
may make the sign of the cross and say</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>Invocation </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">P </span>In
the name of the Father and of the <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T </span>Son
and of the Holy Spirit.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>Collect </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Almighty,
everlasting God, for our many sins we justly deserve eternal
condemnation. In Your mercy You sent Your dear Son, our Lord Jesus
Christ, who won for us forgiveness of sins and everlasting salvation.
Grant us a true confession that, dead to sin, we may be raised up by
Your life-giving absolution. Grant us Your Holy Spirit that we may be
ever watchful and live true and godly lives in Your service; through
Jesus Christ, our Lord.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>Reading
the Bible</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Interpreting
and applying the Scripture as a unified body of teaching is perhaps
best understood through the study of Law and Gospel. God's Law
condemns our sin and drives us to despair of our own righteousness.
Yet this harsh Word of Law prepares us for God's Forgiveness Word
through Christ. Law and Gospel both serve a united purpose: our
salvation. </span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>Reading
Genesis</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Joseph—motivated
by love for Benjamin and his other brothers—tests his brothers to
learn whether they will be jealous or abandon their youngest brother,
as they had Joseph. Joseph's conduct is like God's. He displays both
generosity and severity, seeking repentance. The brothers' fear comes
from the sin they still feel; they have held on to their guilt and
are stuck in remorse seeing no way out of their guilt. Joseph's
banquet displays kindness and generosity, independent of his
brother's recognition of his love. So also God blesses His people,
even when they doubt His goodness. Jesus, like His earthly ancestor,
Judah, offered Himself to His Father for us.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Judah's
willingness to stand as a substitute for the least of the brothers
prefigures Jesus' willingness to be exchanged for us. The
interactions of Jacob's sons are filled with sin at the beginning,
remorse in the middle, and the celebration at the end.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>Reading </b><i>
Genesis 43:1—44:34</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Now
the famine was severe in the land. And when they had eaten the grain
that they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go
again, buy us a little food.” But Judah said to him, “The man
solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You shall not see my face unless your
brother is with you.’ If you will send our brother with us, we will
go down and buy you food. But if you will not send him, we will not
go down, for the man said to us, ‘You shall not see my face, unless
your brother is with you.’” Israel said, “Why did you treat me
so badly as to tell the man that you had another brother?” They
replied, “The man questioned us carefully about ourselves and our
kindred, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another
brother?’ What we told him was in answer to these questions. Could
we in any way know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down’?”
And Judah said to Israel his father, “Send the boy with me, and we
will arise and go, that we may live and not die, both we and you and
also our little ones. I will be a pledge of his safety. From my hand
you shall require him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him
before you, then let me bear the blame forever. If we had not
delayed, we would now have returned twice.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this:
take some of the choice fruits of the land in your bags, and carry a
present down to the man, a little balm and a little honey, gum,
myrrh, pistachio nuts, and almonds. Take double the money with you.
Carry back with you the money that was returned in the mouth of your
sacks. Perhaps it was an oversight. Take also your brother, and
arise, go again to the man. May God Almighty grant you mercy before
the man, and may he send back your other brother and Benjamin. And as
for me, if I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">So
the men took this present, and they took double the money with them,
and Benjamin. They arose and went down to Egypt and stood before
Joseph.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">When
Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house,
“Bring the men into the house, and slaughter an animal and make
ready, for the men are to dine with me at noon.” The man did as
Joseph told him and brought the men to Joseph’s house. And the men
were afraid because they were brought to Joseph’s house, and they
said, “It is because of the money, which was replaced in our sacks
the first time, that we are brought in, so that he may assault us and
fall upon us to make us servants and seize our donkeys.” So they
went up to the steward of Joseph’s house and spoke with him at the
door of the house, and said, “Oh, my lord, we came down the first
time to buy food. And when we came to the lodging place we opened our
sacks, and there was each man’s money in the mouth of his sack, our
money in full weight. So we have brought it again with us, and we
have brought other money down with us to buy food. We do not know who
put our money in our sacks.” He replied, “Peace to you, do not be
afraid. Your God and the God of your father has put treasure in your
sacks for you. I received your money.” Then he brought Simeon out
to them. And when the man had brought the men into Joseph’s house
and given them water, and they had washed their feet, and when he had
given their donkeys fodder, they prepared the present for Joseph’s
coming at noon, for they heard that they should eat bread there.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">When
Joseph came home, they brought into the house to him the present that
they had with them and bowed down to him to the ground. And he
inquired about their welfare and said, “Is your father well, the
old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?” They said, “Your
servant our father is well; he is still alive.” And they bowed
their heads and prostrated themselves. And he lifted up his eyes and
saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and said, “Is this
your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me? God be gracious to
you, my son!” Then Joseph hurried out, for his compassion grew warm
for his brother, and he sought a place to weep. And he entered his
chamber and wept there. Then he washed his face and came out. And
controlling himself he said, “Serve the food.” They served him by
himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him
by themselves, because the Egyptians could not eat with the Hebrews,
for that is an abomination to the Egyptians. And they sat before him,
the firstborn according to his birthright and the youngest according
to his youth. And the men looked at one another in amazement.
Portions were taken to them from Joseph’s table, but Benjamin’s
portion was five times as much as any of theirs. And they drank and
were merry with him.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
he commanded the steward of his house, “Fill the men’s sacks with
food, as much as they can carry, and put each man’s money in the
mouth of his sack, and put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of
the sack of the youngest, with his money for the grain.” And he did
as Joseph told him.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">As
soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away with their
donkeys. They had gone only a short distance from the city. Now
Joseph said to his steward, “Up, follow after the men, and when you
overtake them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid evil for good? Is
it not from this that my lord drinks, and by this that he practices
divination? You have done evil in doing this.’”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">When
he overtook them, he spoke to them these words. They said to him,
“Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your
servants to do such a thing! Behold, the money that we found in the
mouths of our sacks we brought back to you from the land of Canaan.
How then could we steal silver or gold from your lord’s house?
Whichever of your servants is found with it shall die, and we also
will be my lord’s servants.” He said, “Let it be as you say: he
who is found with it shall be my servant, and the rest of you shall
be innocent.” Then each man quickly lowered his sack to the ground,
and each man opened his sack. And he searched, beginning with the
eldest and ending with the youngest. And the cup was found in
Benjamin’s sack. Then they tore their clothes, and every man loaded
his donkey, and they returned to the city.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">When
Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, he was still there.
They fell before him to the ground. Joseph said to them, “What deed
is this that you have done? Do you not know that a man like me can
indeed practice divination?” And Judah said, “What shall we say
to my lord? What shall we speak? Or how can we clear ourselves? God
has found out the guilt of your servants; behold, we are my lord’s
servants, both we and he also in whose hand the cup has been found.”
But he said, “Far be it from me that I should do so! Only the man
in whose hand the cup was found shall be my servant. But as for you,
go up in peace to your father.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
Judah went up to him and said, “O my lord, please let your servant
speak a word in my lord’s ears, and let not your anger burn against
your servant, for you are like Pharaoh himself. My lord asked his
servants, saying, ‘Have you a father, or a brother?’ And we said
to my lord, ‘We have a father, an old man, and a young brother, the
child of his old age. His brother is dead, and he alone is left of
his mother’s children, and his father loves him.’ Then you said
to your servants, ‘Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on
him.’ We said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father, for
if he should leave his father, his father would die.’ Then you said
to your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with
you, you shall not see my face again.’</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">When
we went back to your servant my father, we told him the words of my
lord. And when our father said, ‘Go again, buy us a little food,’
we said, ‘We cannot go down. If our youngest brother goes with us,
then we will go down. For we cannot see the man’s face unless our
youngest brother is with us.’ Then your servant my father said to
us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons. One left me, and I
said, Surely he has been torn to pieces, and I have never seen him
since. If you take this one also from me, and harm happens to him,
you will bring down my gray hairs in evil to Sheol.’</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Now
therefore, as soon as I come to your servant my father, and the boy
is not with us, then, as his life is bound up in the boy’s life, as
soon as he sees that the boy is not with us, he will die, and your
servants will bring down the gray hairs of your servant our father
with sorrow to Sheol. For your servant became a pledge of safety for
the boy to my father, saying, ‘If I do not bring him back to you,
then I shall bear the blame before my father all my life.’ Now
therefore, please let your servant remain instead of the boy as a
servant to my lord, and let the boy go back with his brothers. For
how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I fear to
see the evil that would find my father.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">O
from our sins, Lord, turn Your face;</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Absolve us through Your
boundless grace.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Be with us in our anguish still;</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Free us at
last from ev’ry ill.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">So
we with all our hearts each day</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">To You our glad thanksgiving
pay,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then walk obedient to Your Word,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">And now and ever praise
You, Lord.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><br />Public
domain</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>Apostles'
Creed </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>I
believe in God, the Father Almighty,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>maker
of heaven and earth.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>And
in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>who
was conceived by the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>born
of the virgin Mary,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>suffered
under Pontius Pilate,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>was
crucified, died and was buried.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>He
descended into hell.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>The
third day He rose again from the dead.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>He
ascended into heaven</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>and
sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>From
thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>I
believe in the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
holy Christian Church,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
communion of saints,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
forgiveness of sins,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
resurrection of the body,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>and
the life </b><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";"><b>T </b></span><b>everlasting.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>Holy
Baptism - First </b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.13in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>What
is Baptism?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Baptism
is not just plain water, but it is the water included in God's
command and combined with God's word.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.13in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i><br /></i></span></span>
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>Which
is that Word of God?</i></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.13in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Christ
our Lord says in the last chapter of Matthew: "Therefore go and
make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." (Matthew 28:19)</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0.06in; text-decoration: none;">
<br />
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Prayer</b></span></span></div>
<ul style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0.06in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">for faithfulness until our Lord Christ appears;</span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0.06in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">for the renewal of those whose faith and love are growing cold;</span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0.06in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">for receptive hearts and minds to God's Word on the Lord's Day;</span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0.06in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">for pastors and people as they prepare to administer and receive Christ's holy gifts</span></div>
</li>
</ul>
<br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>Lord's
Prayer </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Our
Father who art in heaven,<br /> hallowed be Thy name,<br /> Thy
kingdom come,<br /> Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;<br />
give us this day our daily bread;<br /> and forgive us our
trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us;<br /> and
lead us not into temptation,<br /> but deliver us from evil.<br />For
Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0.06in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>Luther's
Morning Prayer </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>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.</b></span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>Luther's
Evening Prayer </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>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.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.13in; text-decoration: none;">
<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0.06in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>Benediction
(Pauline) </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">P </span>The
grace of the Lord <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T </span>Jesus Christ and
the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you
all.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>Acknowledgments</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.38in; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Unless
otherwise indicated, all scripture quotations are from <i>The Holy
Bible, English Standard Version</i>, copyright © 2001 by Crossway
Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All
rights reserved.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Created
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12610213297393178018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863721909977741820.post-91972170076991547662017-01-26T13:35:00.000-05:002017-01-26T13:36:12.445-05:00Week 4: Friday Genesis 42<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>You
may make the sign of the cross and say</i></span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>Invocation </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">P </span>In
the name of the Father and of the <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T </span>Son
and of the Holy Spirit.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0.06in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>Collect </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Spare
us, O Lord, and mercifully forgive us our sins. Though by our
continual transgressions we have merited Your chastisements, be
gracious to us. Grant that all these punishments which we have
deserved may not come upon us, but that all things may work to our
everlasting good; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives
and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0.06in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>Reading
the Bible</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
two great covenants of Scripture—the old and the new—relate to
each other as prophecy and fulfillment. The first covenant pointed
forward to the second, which would fulfill God's plan of redemption.
This relationship of old and new, of prophecy and fulfillment,
likewise reveals the unity of the Scripture.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">A
comment on the enduring importance of the Old Testament is in order.
What is true and good always applies. When Jesus fulfilled the laws
and promises of the Old Testament, He did not abolish them. They are
not now useless to us, for God still uses them for our instruction.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Because
of Jesus' work, our relationship to the Old Testament has changed.
Christ fulfilled the laws and the ordinances so that they can no
longer condemn those who live by faith in Christ. The civil and
ceremonial laws and ordinances of the Old Testament have been
completed and obeyed and fulfilled by Jesus for everyone who clings
in faith to him. These stand as testimony of God's holiness and show
the amazing gift the Son of God provides to all His disciples when He
stands in our place under the judgment of God.</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0.06in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>Reading
Genesis</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">After
years of frustration, Joseph is exalted to oversee the storage and
distribution of Egypt's great harvests. As the years of famine begin
to take their toll, there is enough surplus to share with those in
need throughout the earth. In hard times, those who have should share
with those who have not. Here Is comfort: after ong periods of
suffering, at just the right time, the Lord will give help to His
people, just as He did for Joseph. Through His Son, Jesus, God rules
over us and gives us what we need: pardon, provision, and peace.</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>Reading </b><i>
Genesis 42:1–38</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">When
Jacob learned that there was grain for sale in Egypt, he said to his
sons, “Why do you look at one another?” And he said, “Behold, I
have heard that there is grain for sale in Egypt. Go down and buy
grain for us there, that we may live and not die.” So ten of
Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt. But Jacob did
not send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers, for he
feared that harm might happen to him. Thus the sons of Israel came to
buy among the others who came, for the famine was in the land of
Canaan.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Now
Joseph was governor over the land. He was the one who sold to all the
people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and bowed themselves
before him with their faces to the ground. Joseph saw his brothers
and recognized them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke
roughly to them. “Where do you come from?” he said. They said,
“From the land of Canaan, to buy food.” And Joseph recognized his
brothers, but they did not recognize him. And Joseph remembered the
dreams that he had dreamed of them. And he said to them, “You are
spies; you have come to see the nakedness of the land.” They said
to him, “No, my lord, your servants have come to buy food. We are
all sons of one man. We are honest men. Your servants have never been
spies.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">He
said to them, “No, it is the nakedness of the land that you have
come to see.” And they said, “We, your servants, are twelve
brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and behold, the
youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more.” But
Joseph said to them, “It is as I said to you. You are spies. By
this you shall be tested: by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go
from this place unless your youngest brother comes here. Send one of
you, and let him bring your brother, while you remain confined, that
your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you. Or else, by
the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies.” And he put them all
together in custody for three days.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">On
the third day Joseph said to them, “Do this and you will live, for
I fear God: if you are honest men, let one of your brothers remain
confined where you are in custody, and let the rest go and carry
grain for the famine of your households, and bring your youngest
brother to me. So your words will be verified, and you shall not
die.” And they did so. Then they said to one another, “In truth
we are guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of
his soul, when he begged us and we did not listen. That is why this
distress has come upon us.” And Reuben answered them, “Did I not
tell you not to sin against the boy? But you did not listen. So now
there comes a reckoning for his blood.” They did not know that
Joseph understood them, for there was an interpreter between them.
Then he turned away from them and wept. And he returned to them and
spoke to them. And he took Simeon from them and bound him before
their eyes. And Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, and
to replace every man’s money in his sack, and to give them
provisions for the journey. This was done for them.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Then
they loaded their donkeys with their grain and departed. And as one
of them opened his sack to give his donkey fodder at the lodging
place, he saw his money in the mouth of his sack. He said to his
brothers, “My money has been put back; here it is in the mouth of
my sack!” At this their hearts failed them, and they turned
trembling to one another, saying, “What is this that God has done
to us?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">When
they came to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan, they told him
all that had happened to them, saying, “The man, the lord of the
land, spoke roughly to us and took us to be spies of the land. But we
said to him, ‘We are honest men; we have never been spies. We are
twelve brothers, sons of our father. One is no more, and the youngest
is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.’ Then the man,
the lord of the land, said to us, ‘By this I shall know that you
are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain
for the famine of your households, and go your way. Bring your
youngest brother to me. Then I shall know that you are not spies but
honest men, and I will deliver your brother to you, and you shall
trade in the land.’”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">As
they emptied their sacks, behold, every man’s bundle of money was
in his sack. And when they and their father saw their bundles of
money, they were afraid. And Jacob their father said to them, “You
have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no
more, and now you would take Benjamin. All this has come against me.”
Then Reuben said to his father, “Kill my two sons if I do not bring
him back to you. Put him in my hands, and I will bring him back to
you.” But he said, “My son shall not go down with you, for his
brother is dead, and he is the only one left. If harm should happen
to him on the journey that you are to make, you would bring down my
gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.”</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>Reading
Genesis</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">The
sons of Israel enter Egypt for food and unknowingly fulfill the dream
they had resented. Joseph, though harsh, was motivated by the fear of
the Lord, and began a test to determine his brothers' treatment of
his father and Benjamin, and to encourage repentance and a renewed
relationship with God.</span></span></div>
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I Am Trusting Thee, Lord Jesus <a href="http://youtu.be/STQDajJsW30" target="_blank">Electronic Midi Version</a></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; text-indent: -0.5in;">I
am trusting Thee for power;</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Thine can never fail.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Words
which Thou Thyself shalt give me</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Must prevail.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">I
am trusting Thee, Lord Jesus;</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Never let me fall.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.62in; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -0.5in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">I am
trusting Thee forever</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">And for all.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><br />Public
domain</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>Apostles'
Creed </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>I
believe in God, the Father Almighty,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.37in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>maker
of heaven and earth.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.37in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>And
in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.37in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>who
was conceived by the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.37in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>born
of the virgin Mary,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.37in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>suffered
under Pontius Pilate,</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.37in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>was
crucified, died and was buried.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.37in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>He
descended into hell.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.37in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>The
third day He rose again from the dead.</b></span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.37in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>He
ascended into heaven</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>and
sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>From
thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>I
believe in the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
holy Christian Church,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
communion of saints,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
forgiveness of sins,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>the
resurrection of the body,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>and
the life </b><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";"><b>T </b></span><b>everlasting.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>Lord's
Prayer </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Our
Father who art in heaven,<br /> hallowed be Thy name,<br /> Thy
kingdom come,<br /> Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;<br />
give us this day our daily bread;<br /> and forgive us our
trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us;<br /> and
lead us not into temptation,<br /> but deliver us from evil.<br />For
Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>The
Conclusion </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">For
Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever.
Amen.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.13in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>For
the kingdom, the power, and the glory are Yours now and forever.
Amen.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.13in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>What
does this mean?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">This
means that I should be certain that these petitions are pleasing to
our Father in heaven, and are heard by Him; for He Himself has
commanded us to pray in this way and has promised to hear us. Amen,
amen means "yes, yes, it shall be so."</span></span></div>
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<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0.06in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>Luther's
Morning Prayer </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>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.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>Luther's
Evening Prayer </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>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.</b></span></span></div>
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<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0.06in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>Benediction
(Pauline) </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">P </span>The
grace of the Lord <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T </span>Jesus Christ and
the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you
all.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><b>Acknowledgments</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Unless
otherwise indicated, all scripture quotations are from <i>The Holy
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">Created
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>You
may make the sign of the cross and say</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Invocation </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">P </span>In
the name of the Father and of the +<span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";"> </span>Son
and of the Holy Spirit.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Collect </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Almighty
God, heavenly Father, Your mercies are new to us every morning and,
though we in no wise deserve Your goodness, You abundantly provide
for all our wants of body and soul. Give us, we humbly pray, Your
Holy Spirit that we may heartily acknowledge Your merciful goodness
toward us, give thanks for all Your benefits, and cheerfully serve
You; through Jesus Christ, our Lord.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Reading
the Bible</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">In the Lord's Supper, Jesus instituted the new covenant in His Body and Blood. The New Testament writers unite this covenant with Jeremiah's prophecy in Jeremiah 31:31-34. The continuity and unity of these covenants bring the mercy and love of God to people specifically by declaring their sin forgiven and providing reconciliation between God and Humanity based on the sacrificial offering of God the Son in the place of sinful humanity. The entire Scripture revelation speaks to God's work in this manner for our sake.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Reading
Genesis</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Pharaoh's sorcerers cannot help him understand the dreams that God sent. Therefore, Joseph is brought up from the dungeon. Giving all glory to God, he interprets Pharaoh's dreams and warns of the coming famine.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span>
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Reading </b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><i>
Genesis 41:1–57</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">After
two whole years, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing by the Nile,
and behold, there came up out of the Nile seven cows attractive and
plump, and they fed in the reed grass. And behold, seven other cows,
ugly and thin, came up out of the Nile after them, and stood by the
other cows on the bank of the Nile. And the ugly, thin cows ate up
the seven attractive, plump cows. And Pharaoh awoke. And he fell
asleep and dreamed a second time. And behold, seven ears of grain,
plump and good, were growing on one stalk. And behold, after them
sprouted seven ears, thin and blighted by the east wind. And the thin
ears swallowed up the seven plump, full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and
behold, it was a dream. So in the morning his spirit was troubled,
and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt and all its
wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was none who could
interpret them to Pharaoh.</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.13in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Then
the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “I remember my offenses today.
When Pharaoh was angry with his servants and put me and the chief
baker in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, we dreamed
on the same night, he and I, each having a dream with its own
interpretation. A young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the
captain of the guard. When we told him, he interpreted our dreams to
us, giving an interpretation to each man according to his dream. And
as he interpreted to us, so it came about. I was restored to my
office, and the baker was hanged.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Then
Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they quickly brought him out of
the pit. And when he had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he
came in before Pharaoh. And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have had a
dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. I have heard it said
of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.” Joseph
answered Pharaoh, “It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh a
favorable answer.” Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Behold, in my
dream I was standing on the banks of the Nile. Seven cows, plump and
attractive, came up out of the Nile and fed in the reed grass. Seven
other cows came up after them, poor and very ugly and thin, such as I
had never seen in all the land of Egypt. And the thin, ugly cows ate
up the first seven plump cows, but when they had eaten them no one
would have known that they had eaten them, for they were still as
ugly as at the beginning. Then I awoke. I also saw in my dream seven
ears growing on one stalk, full and good. Seven ears, withered, thin,
and blighted by the east wind, sprouted after them, and the thin ears
swallowed up the seven good ears. And I told it to the magicians, but
there was no one who could explain it to me.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Then
Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one; God has
revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do. The seven good cows are
seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years; the dreams are
one. The seven lean and ugly cows that came up after them are seven
years, and the seven empty ears blighted by the east wind are also
seven years of famine. It is as I told Pharaoh; God has shown to
Pharaoh what he is about to do. There will come seven years of great
plenty throughout all the land of Egypt, but after them there will
arise seven years of famine, and all the plenty will be forgotten in
the land of Egypt. The famine will consume the land, and the plenty
will be unknown in the land by reason of the famine that will follow,
for it will be very severe. And the doubling of Pharaoh’s dream
means that the thing is fixed by God, and God will shortly bring it
about. Now therefore let Pharaoh select a discerning and wise man,
and set him over the land of Egypt. Let Pharaoh proceed to appoint
overseers over the land and take one-fifth of the produce of the land
of Egypt during the seven plentiful years. And let them gather all
the food of these good years that are coming and store up grain under
the authority of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep
it. That food shall be a reserve for the land against the seven years
of famine that are to occur in the land of Egypt, so that the land
may not perish through the famine.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">This
proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his servants. And Pharaoh said to
his servants, “Can we find a man like this, in whom is the Spirit
of God?” Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has shown you
all this, there is none so discerning and wise as you are. You shall
be over my house, and all my people shall order themselves as you
command. Only as regards the throne will I be greater than you.”
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “See, I have set you over all the land
of Egypt.” Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his hand and put
it on Joseph’s hand, and clothed him in garments of fine linen and
put a gold chain about his neck. And he made him ride in his second
chariot. And they called out before him, “Bow the knee!” Thus he
set him over all the land of Egypt. Moreover, Pharaoh said to Joseph,
“I am Pharaoh, and without your consent no one shall lift up hand
or foot in all the land of Egypt.” And Pharaoh called Joseph’s
name Zaphenath-paneah. And he gave him in marriage Asenath, the
daughter of Potiphera priest of On. So Joseph went out over the land
of Egypt.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Joseph
was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of
Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh and went
through all the land of Egypt. During the seven plentiful years the
earth produced abundantly, and he gathered up all the food of these
seven years, which occurred in the land of Egypt, and put the food in
the cities. He put in every city the food from the fields around it.
And Joseph stored up grain in great abundance, like the sand of the
sea, until he ceased to measure it, for it could not be measured.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Before
the year of famine came, two sons were born to Joseph. Asenath, the
daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore them to him. Joseph called
the name of the firstborn Manasseh. “For,” he said, “God has
made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s house.” The
name of the second he called Ephraim, “For God has made me fruitful
in the land of my affliction.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The
seven years of plenty that occurred in the land of Egypt came to an
end, and the seven years of famine began to come, as Joseph had said.
There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was
bread. When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to
Pharaoh for bread. Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to
Joseph. What he says to you, do.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">So
when the famine had spread over all the land, Joseph opened all the
storehouses and sold to the Egyptians, for the famine was severe in
the land of Egypt. Moreover, all the earth came to Egypt to Joseph to
buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>869
With the Lord Begin Your Task</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Thus,
Lord Jesus, ev’ry task</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Be to You commended;</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">May Your will
be done, I ask,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Until life is ended.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Jesus, in Your name
begun</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Be the day’s endeavor;</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Grant that it may well be
done</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">To Your praise forever.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">©
1941 Concordia Publishing House. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License
.NET, no. 100011178.<br />Public domain</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Apostles'
Creed </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>I
believe in God, the Father Almighty,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>maker
of heaven and earth.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"> </span>
</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>And
in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>who
was conceived by the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>born
of the virgin Mary,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>suffered
under Pontius Pilate,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>was
crucified, died and was buried.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>He
descended into hell.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The
third day He rose again from the dead.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>He
ascended into heaven</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>and
sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>From
thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"> </span>
</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>I
believe in the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>the
holy Christian Church,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>the
communion of saints,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>the
forgiveness of sins,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>the
resurrection of the body,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"> <b><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">and
the life </span><span style="font-family: LSBSymbol;">+ </span></b><b style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">everlasting.
Amen.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Lord's
Prayer </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Our
Father who art in heaven,<br /> hallowed be Thy name,<br /> Thy
kingdom come,<br /> Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;<br />
give us this day our daily bread;<br /> and forgive us our
trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us;<br /> and
lead us not into temptation,<br /> but deliver us from evil.<br />For
Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>The
Seventh Petition </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">But
deliver us from evil.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>But
deliver us from evil.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"> </span>
</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>What
does this mean?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">We
pray in this petition, in summary, that our Father in heaven would
rescue us from every evil of body and soul, possessions and
reputation, and finally, when our last hour comes, give us a blessed
end, and graciously take us from this valley of sorrow to Himself in
heaven.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: large;"><i>Prayers for others and ourselves:</i></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">For the Church and her pastors</span>; </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">for all called church workers; </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">for missionaries; </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">for all who serve the Church; </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">for fruitful and beneficial use of the blessed Sacrament of Christ's Body and Blood</span><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; text-align: -webkit-auto;">.</span></span></li>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Luther's
Morning Prayer </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>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.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Luther's
Evening Prayer </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>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.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Benediction
(Pauline) </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">P </span>The
grace of the Lord </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: LSBSymbol;">+ </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Jesus Christ and
the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you
all.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><i>You
may make the sign of the cross and say:</i></span></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Invocation</b><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">P </span>In the name of the Father and of the +<span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";"> </span>Son and of the Holy Spirit.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Amen.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Collect </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Merciful
Lord, through the angels You called the women at the tomb to remember
that the Christ must be delivered into the hands of the sinful and be
crucified and on the third day be raised from the dead. Help us to
remember that it is only through suffering that we enter into glory
and that in our sufferings we participate in the sufferings of Your
Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Reading
the Bible</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Scripture
itself teaches that the revelation of god was delivered under “a
covenant,” or “testament.” first given to Abraham and
confirmed/renewed through Moses. Although many covenenats are
described in the Old Testament, Jeremiah saw the covenant given to
Abraham and confirmed through Moses as <i>the</i>
covenant, which God's called people broke and did not keep. Jeremiah
then prophesied a second covenant, or “new covenant.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Reading
Genesis</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The
dreams of the two prisoners mean death for the baker and life for the
cupbearer. Yet the chief cupbearer forgot Joseph in prison.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Through
the dreams from God an impression of such a nature is made on the
hearts that not only the intellect but also the will is troubled
beyond normal. But not all dreams are from God.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Since
certain instances strongly prove that dreams may be meaningful, they
are not to be entirely rejected. However, to be of value, dreams
must, as Paul says of prophesying in Romans 12:7, be according to the
analogy of faith. But how to know whether God or the devil inspired a
dream cannot be taught by rules. Experience must reveal it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Reading </b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><i>
Genesis 40:1–23</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Some
time after this, the cupbearer of the king of Egypt and his baker
committed an offense against their lord the king of Egypt. And
Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the
chief baker, and he put them in custody in the house of the captain
of the guard, in the prison where Joseph was confined. The captain of
the guard appointed Joseph to be with them, and he attended them.
They continued for some time in custody.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">And
one night they both dreamed—the cupbearer and the baker of the king
of Egypt, who were confined in the prison—each his own dream, and
each dream with its own interpretation. When Joseph came to them in
the morning, he saw that they were troubled. So he asked Pharaoh’s
officers who were with him in custody in his master’s house, “Why
are your faces downcast today?” They said to him, “We have had
dreams, and there is no one to interpret them.” And Joseph said to
them, “Do not interpretations belong to God? Please tell them to
me.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">So
the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph and said to him, “In
my dream there was a vine before me, and on the vine there were three
branches. As soon as it budded, its blossoms shot forth, and the
clusters ripened into grapes. Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I
took the grapes and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup and placed the
cup in Pharaoh’s hand.” Then Joseph said to him, “This is its
interpretation: the three branches are three days. In three days
Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your office, and
you shall place Pharaoh’s cup in his hand as formerly, when you
were his cupbearer. Only remember me, when it is well with you, and
please do me the kindness to mention me to Pharaoh, and so get me out
of this house. For I was indeed stolen out of the land of the
Hebrews, and here also I have done nothing that they should put me
into the pit.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">When
the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to
Joseph, “I also had a dream: there were three cake baskets on my
head, and in the uppermost basket there were all sorts of baked food
for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating it out of the basket on my
head.” And Joseph answered and said, “This is its interpretation:
the three baskets are three days. In three days Pharaoh will lift up
your head—from you!—and hang you on a tree. And the birds will
eat the flesh from you.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">On
the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he made a feast for
all his servants and lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and
the head of the chief baker among his servants. He restored the chief
cupbearer to his position, and he placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.
But he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them. Yet
the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.</span></span></div>
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Go to Dark Gethsemane <a href="http://youtu.be/0jomMfD2_-s" target="_blank">Brass Trio</a></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Public
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Apostles'
Creed </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>I
believe in God, the Father Almighty,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>maker
of heaven and earth.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>And
in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>who
was conceived by the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>born
of the virgin Mary,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>suffered
under Pontius Pilate,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>was
crucified, died and was buried.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>He
descended into hell.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The
third day He rose again from the dead.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>He
ascended into heaven</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>and
sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>From
thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I
believe in the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>the
holy Christian Church,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>the
communion of saints,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>the
forgiveness of sins,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>the
resurrection of the body,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>and
the life +</b><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";"><b> </b></span><b>everlasting.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Lord's
Prayer </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Our
Father who art in heaven,<br /> hallowed be Thy name,<br /> Thy
kingdom come,<br /> Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;<br />
give us this day our daily bread;<br /> and forgive us our
trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us;<br /> and
lead us not into temptation,<br /> but deliver us from evil.<br />For
Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>The
Sixth Petition </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">And
lead us not into temptation.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Lead
us not into temptation.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><i>What
does this mean?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">God
tempts no one. We pray in this petition that God would guard and keep
us so that the devil, the world, and our sinful nature may not
deceive us or mislead us into false belief, despair, and other great
shame and vice. Although we are attacked by these things, we pray
that we may finally overcome them and win the victory.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";"><i>Prayers for others and ourselves:</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">For marriage and family, that husbands and wives, parents and children live in ordered harmony according to the Word of God;</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">for parents who must raise children alone;</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">for our communities and neighborhoods;</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">for all our leaders and those campaigning for office that they may serve and act with integrity, humility, wisdom and look to the Triune God for light and life;</span></span></div>
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<li><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">for thosr near death that they be welcomed into the Father's care, not on her own merit, but on Jesus Christ's merit - His perfect Life, Death, and Resurrection;</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">for our congregational, District and Synodical leaders who desire always to show the glory of Jesus Christ;</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui";">for the Reign of God in our hearts and minds, that we would always and in true faith call upon the Lord.</span></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Luther's
Morning Prayer</b></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>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.</b></span></span></div>
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Evening Prayer </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>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.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><i>You
may make the sign of the cross and say:</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Invocation </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">P </span>In
the name of the Father and of the <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T </span>Son
and of the Holy Spirit.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Collect </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">O
Lord, graciously receive the prayers of Your Church that, being
delivered from all adversity and error, it may serve You in safety
and freedom and dwell in Your peace; through Jesus Christ, our Lord.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Reading
the Bible-Prophecy and Fulfillment</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The
unity of the Scripture is graphically illustrated by the way it is
interconnected through promises and fulfillment as well as commentary
on earlier texts. Examples of Scripture building on previous
revelation are recognized throughout the Bible. The Word of God
becoming flesh and blood is the climactic moment when God: Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit re-established full fellowship with all
humanity.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Reading
Genesis</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The
complex of sins and self-righteousness in the face of God played out
between Onan, Judah, and Tamar make this one of the most sordid
chpaters of the Bible. Evenso, God continues to work out His
salvation plan for all humanity. The Lord does not abandon His
people, the son of Judah and Tamar, Perez, continues the line of
promise and he will be the ancestor of Jesus the Christ and eternal
king.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Sexual
sins lead to trouble and heartache in these days, but God does not
cast away sinful people. Willful and unrepentent people do refuse His
grace, love, and mercy. Those conceived and born to single parents
are precious in His sight, they are lives for whom Jesus has already
paid the ultimate sacrifice.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Reading </b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>
Genesis 38:1—39:23</i></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">It
happened at that time that Judah went down from his brothers and
turned aside to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. There
Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua. He
took her and went in to her, and she conceived and bore a son, and he
called his name Er. She conceived again and bore a son, and she
called his name Onan. Yet again she bore a son, and she called his
name Shelah. Judah was in Chezib when she bore him.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">And
Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar. But
Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and the
Lord put him to death. Then Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your
brother’s wife and perform the duty of a brother-in-law to her, and
raise up offspring for your brother.” But Onan knew that the
offspring would not be his. So whenever he went in to his brother’s
wife he would waste the semen on the ground, so as not to give
offspring to his brother. And what he did was wicked in the sight of
the Lord, and he put him to death also. Then Judah said to Tamar his
daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father’s house, till
Shelah my son grows up”—for he feared that he would die, like his
brothers. So Tamar went and remained in her father’s house.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">In
course of time the wife of Judah, Shua’s daughter, died. When Judah
was comforted, he went up to Timnah to his sheepshearers, he and his
friend Hirah the Adullamite. And when Tamar was told, “Your
father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,” she took
off her widow’s garments and covered herself with a veil, wrapping
herself up, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to
Timnah. For she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she had not been
given to him in marriage. When Judah saw her, he thought she was a
prostitute, for she had covered her face. He turned to her at the
roadside and said, “Come, let me come in to you,” for he did not
know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, “What will you
give me, that you may come in to me?” He answered, “I will send
you a young goat from the flock.” And she said, “If you give me a
pledge, until you send it—” He said, “What pledge shall I give
you?” She replied, “Your signet and your cord and your staff that
is in your hand.” So he gave them to her and went in to her, and
she conceived by him. Then she arose and went away, and taking off
her veil she put on the garments of her widowhood.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">When
Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite to take back
the pledge from the woman’s hand, he did not find her. And he asked
the men of the place, “Where is the cult prostitute who was at
Enaim at the roadside?” And they said, “No cult prostitute has
been here.” So he returned to Judah and said, “I have not found
her. Also, the men of the place said, ‘No cult prostitute has been
here.’” And Judah replied, “Let her keep the things as her own,
or we shall be laughed at. You see, I sent this young goat, and you
did not find her.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">About
three months later Judah was told, “Tamar your daughter-in-law has
been immoral. Moreover, she is pregnant by immorality.” And Judah
said, “Bring her out, and let her be burned.” As she was being
brought out, she sent word to her father-in-law, “By the man to
whom these belong, I am pregnant.” And she said, “Please identify
whose these are, the signet and the cord and the staff.” Then Judah
identified them and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I
did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not know her again.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">When
the time of her labor came, there were twins in her womb. And when
she was in labor, one put out a hand, and the midwife took and tied a
scarlet thread on his hand, saying, “This one came out first.”
But as he drew back his hand, behold, his brother came out. And she
said, “What a breach you have made for yourself!” Therefore his
name was called Perez. Afterward his brother came out with the
scarlet thread on his hand, and his name was called Zerah.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Now
Joseph had been brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of
Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, had bought him from
the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there. The Lord was with
Joseph, and he became a successful man, and he was in the house of
his Egyptian master. His master saw that the Lord was with him and
that the Lord caused all that he did to succeed in his hands. So
Joseph found favor in his sight and attended him, and he made him
overseer of his house and put him in charge of all that he had. From
the time that he made him overseer in his house and over all that he
had the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; the
blessing of the Lord was on all that he had, in house and field. So
he left all that he had in Joseph’s charge, and because of him he
had no concern about anything but the food he ate.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Now
Joseph was handsome in form and appearance. And after a time his
master’s wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, “Lie with me.”
But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Behold, because of
me my master has no concern about anything in the house, and he has
put everything that he has in my charge. He is not greater in this
house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except
yourself, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great
wickedness and sin against God?” And as she spoke to Joseph day
after day, he would not listen to her, to lie beside her or to be
with her.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">But
one day, when he went into the house to do his work and none of the
men of the house was there in the house, she caught him by his
garment, saying, “Lie with me.” But he left his garment in her
hand and fled and got out of the house. And as soon as she saw that
he had left his garment in her hand and had fled out of the house,
she called to the men of her household and said to them, “See, he
has brought among us a Hebrew to laugh at us. He came in to me to lie
with me, and I cried out with a loud voice. And as soon as he heard
that I lifted up my voice and cried out, he left his garment beside
me and fled and got out of the house.” Then she laid up his garment
by her until his master came home, and she told him the same story,
saying, “The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought among us, came
in to me to laugh at me. But as soon as I lifted up my voice and
cried, he left his garment beside me and fled out of the house.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">As
soon as his master heard the words that his wife spoke to him, “This
is the way your servant treated me,” his anger was kindled. And
Joseph’s master took him and put him into the prison, the place
where the king’s prisoners were confined, and he was there in
prison. But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love
and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. And the
keeper of the prison put Joseph in charge of all the prisoners who
were in the prison. Whatever was done there, he was the one who did
it. The keeper of the prison paid no attention to anything that was
in Joseph’s charge, because the Lord was with him. And whatever he
did, the Lord made it succeed.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>743
Jesus, Priceless Treasure </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Jesus,
priceless treasure,<br />Fount of purest pleasure,<br /> Truest friend
to me,<br />Ah, how long in anguish<br />Shall my spirit languish,<br />
Yearning, Lord, for Thee?<br /> Thou art mine,<br /> O Lamb
divine!<br />I will suffer naught to hide Thee;<br />Naught I ask beside
Thee.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">In
Thine arms I rest me;<br />Foes who would molest me<br /> Cannot reach
me here.<br />Though the earth be shaking,<br />Ev’ry heart be
quaking,<br /> Jesus calms my fear.<br /> Lightnings flash<br />
And thunders crash;<br />Yet, though sin and hell assail
me,<br />Jesus will not fail me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Satan,
I defy thee;<br />Death, I now decry thee;<br /> Fear, I bid thee
cease.<br />World, thou shalt not harm me<br />Nor thy threats alarm me<br />
While I sing of peace.<br /> God’s great pow’r<br />
Guards ev’ry hour;<br />Earth and all its depths adore Him,<br />Silent
bow before Him.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Hence,
all earthly treasure!<br />Jesus is my pleasure,<br /> Jesus is my
choice.<br />Hence, all empty glory!<br />Naught to me thy story<br />
Told with tempting voice.<br /> Pain or loss,<br /> Or
shame or cross,<br />Shall not from my Savior move me<br />Since He
deigns to love me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Evil
world, I leave thee;<br />Thou canst not deceive me,<br /> Thine
appeal is vain.<br />Sin that once did blind me,<br />Get thee far behind
me,<br /> Come not forth again.<br /> Past thy hour,<br />
O pride and pow’r;<br />Sinful life, thy bonds I sever,<br />Leave thee
now forever.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Hence,
all fear and sadness!<br />For the Lord of gladness,<br /> Jesus,
enters in.<br />Those who love the Father,<br />Though the storms may
gather,<br /> Still have peace within.<br /> Yea, whate’er<br />
I here must bear,<br />Thou art still my purest pleasure,<br />Jesus,
priceless treasure!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />Public
domain</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Apostles'
Creed </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>I
believe in God, the Father Almighty,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>maker
of heaven and earth.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>And
in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>who
was conceived by the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>born
of the virgin Mary,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>suffered
under Pontius Pilate,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>was
crucified, died and was buried.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>He
descended into hell.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The
third day He rose again from the dead.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>He
ascended into heaven</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>and
sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>From
thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I
believe in the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>the
holy Christian Church,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>the
communion of saints,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>the
forgiveness of sins,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>the
resurrection of the body,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>and
the life </b><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";"><b>T </b></span><b>everlasting.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Lord's
Prayer </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Our
Father who art in heaven,<br /> hallowed be Thy name,<br /> Thy
kingdom come,<br /> Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;<br />
give us this day our daily bread;<br /> and forgive us our
trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us;<br /> and
lead us not into temptation,<br /> but deliver us from evil.<br />For
Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The
Fifth Petition </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">And
forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against
us.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Forgive
us our sins we we forgive those who sin against us.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><i>What
does this mean?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">We
pray in this petition that our Father in heaven would not look at our
sins, or deny our prayer because of them. We are neither worthy of
those things for which we pray, nor have we deserved them, but we ask
that He would give them all to us by grace, for we daily sin much and
surely deserve nothing but punishment. So we too will sincerely
forgive and gladly do good to those who sin against us.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Luther's
Morning Prayer </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>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.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Luther's
Evening Prayer </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>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.</b></span></span></div>
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(Pauline) </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">P </span>The
grace of the Lord <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T </span>Jesus Christ and
the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you
all.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12610213297393178018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863721909977741820.post-44489481281086023922017-01-22T18:20:00.000-05:002017-01-22T18:20:33.932-05:00Week 4: Monday Genesis 36-37<div>
Warning Genealogy Ahead<br />
<br />
Esau had a family - Joseph had a technicolored dreamcoat<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><i>You may
make the sign of the cross and say:</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Invocation </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">P </span>In
the name of the Father and of the <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T </span>Son
and of the Holy Spirit.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Collect </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">O
God, protect the tempted, the distressed, and the erring, and gently
guide them. By Your great goodness bring them into the way of peace
and truth. Graciously regard all who are in trouble, danger,
temptation, or bondage to sin, and those to whom death draws near. In
Your mercy draw them to Yourself; through Jesus Christ, our Lord.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Reading
the Bible</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">St.
Paul also taught this unity of Scripture. Shortly before his
execution under Emperor nero (AD 68), Paul wrote to his son in the
faith, Timothy, a younger Christian leader:</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">From
childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which
are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ
Jesus. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for
teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in
righteousness, that the man of God may be competant, equipped for
every good work. (2 Timothy 3:15-17)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Paul
attributes all the Sacred Scripture to the work of God and
understands the scripture as focused on Salvation through Jesus, He
demonstrates the early Christian belief that the Scripture is unified
in its teaching (cf 2 Timothy 1:13-14 about Christian doctrine
generally).</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Reading
Genesis</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Isaac
and Rebekah had trouble sharing God's promises with their children.
God does not forget Esau, or his descendents. God keeps the
way open for them to stay close to his promises. Chapter 37 begins a
new cycle of Genesis. Jacob's sons take center stage. Joseph's
journey from favorite son of the father, false accusations lead him
to be arrested, convicted, and thrown into the pit of despair. After
remaining in prison and brought low, Joseph is lifted up to the right
hand of the throne of Pharaoh in order to be a blessing to many
nations and reconcile all Jacob's family. Hmmm...</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Reading </b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>
Genesis 36:1—37:36</i></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">These
are the generations of Esau (that is, Edom). Esau took his wives from
the Canaanites: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah the
daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite, and Basemath,
Ishmael’s daughter, the sister of Nebaioth. And Adah bore to Esau,
Eliphaz; Basemath bore Reuel; and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and
Korah. These are the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of
Canaan.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Then
Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of
his household, his livestock, all his beasts, and all his property
that he had acquired in the land of Canaan. He went into a land away
from his brother Jacob. For their possessions were too great for them
to dwell together. The land of their sojournings could not support
them because of their livestock. So Esau settled in the hill country
of Seir. (Esau is Edom.)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">These
are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill
country of Seir. These are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz the
son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Basemath the wife of
Esau. The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.
(Timna was a concubine of Eliphaz, Esau’s son; she bore Amalek to
Eliphaz.) These are the sons of Adah, Esau’s wife. These are the
sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These are the sons
of Basemath, Esau’s wife. These are the sons of Oholibamah the
daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s wife: she bore to
Esau Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">These
are the chiefs of the sons of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn
of Esau: the chiefs Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz, Korah, Gatam, and
Amalek; these are the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these
are the sons of Adah. These are the sons of Reuel, Esau’s son: the
chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah; these are the chiefs of
Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basemath, Esau’s
wife. These are the sons of Oholibamah, Esau’s wife: the chiefs
Jeush, Jalam, and Korah; these are the chiefs born of Oholibamah the
daughter of Anah, Esau’s wife. These are the sons of Esau (that is,
Edom), and these are their chiefs.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">These
are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan,
Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan; these are the chiefs
of the Horites, the sons of Seir in the land of Edom. The sons of
Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan’s sister was Timna. These are
the sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. These
are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah; he is the Anah who found the
hot springs in the wilderness, as he pastured the donkeys of Zibeon
his father. These are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah the
daughter of Anah. These are the sons of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban,
Ithran, and Cheran. These are the sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and
Akan. These are the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran. These are the chiefs
of the Horites: the chiefs Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer,
and Dishan; these are the chiefs of the Horites, chief by chief in
the land of Seir.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">These
are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before any king
reigned over the Israelites. Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom,
the name of his city being Dinhabah. Bela died, and Jobab the son of
Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place. Jobab died, and Husham of the
land of the Temanites reigned in his place. Husham died, and Hadad
the son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned
in his place, the name of his city being Avith. Hadad died, and
Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place. Samlah died, and Shaul of
Rehoboth on the Euphrates reigned in his place. Shaul died, and
Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his place. Baal-hanan the son
of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his place, the name of his city
being Pau; his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred,
daughter of Mezahab.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">These
are the names of the chiefs of Esau, according to their clans and
their dwelling places, by their names: the chiefs Timna, Alvah,
Jetheth, Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, Magdiel, and
Iram; these are the chiefs of Edom (that is, Esau, the father of
Edom), according to their dwelling places in the land of their
possession.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Jacob
lived in the land of his father’s sojournings, in the land of
Canaan.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">These
are the generations of Jacob.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Joseph,
being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers.
He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s
wives. And Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father. Now
Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his sons, because he was
the son of his old age. And he made him a robe of many colors. But
when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his
brothers, they hated him and could not speak peacefully to him.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Now
Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers they hated
him even more. He said to them, “Hear this dream that I have
dreamed: Behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my
sheaf arose and stood upright. And behold, your sheaves gathered
around it and bowed down to my sheaf.” His brothers said to him,
“Are you indeed to reign over us? Or are you indeed to rule over
us?” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Then
he dreamed another dream and told it to his brothers and said,
“Behold, I have dreamed another dream. Behold, the sun, the moon,
and eleven stars were bowing down to me.” But when he told it to
his father and to his brothers, his father rebuked him and said to
him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall I and your
mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves to the ground
before you?” And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father
kept the saying in mind.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Now
his brothers went to pasture their father’s flock near Shechem. And
Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flock
at Shechem? Come, I will send you to them.” And he said to him,
“Here I am.” So he said to him, “Go now, see if it is well with
your brothers and with the flock, and bring me word.” So he sent
him from the Valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. And a man
found him wandering in the fields. And the man asked him, “What are
you seeking?” “I am seeking my brothers,” he said. “Tell me,
please, where they are pasturing the flock.” And the man said,
“They have gone away, for I heard them say, ‘Let us go to
Dothan.’” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at
Dothan.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">They
saw him from afar, and before he came near to them they conspired
against him to kill him. They said to one another, “Here comes this
dreamer. Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the
pits. Then we will say that a fierce animal has devoured him, and we
will see what will become of his dreams.” But when Reuben heard it,
he rescued him out of their hands, saying, “Let us not take his
life.” And Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood; cast him into
this pit here in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him”—that
he might rescue him out of their hand to restore him to his father.
So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe,
the robe of many colors that he wore. And they took him and cast him
into a pit. The pit was empty; there was no water in it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Then
they sat down to eat. And looking up they saw a caravan of
Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing gum, balm,
and myrrh, on their way to carry it down to Egypt. Then Judah said to
his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal
his blood? Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our
hand be upon him, for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And his
brothers listened to him. Then Midianite traders passed by. And they
drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the
Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. They took Joseph to Egypt.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">When
Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not in the pit, he
tore his clothes and returned to his brothers and said, “The boy is
gone, and I, where shall I go?” Then they took Joseph’s robe and
slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood. And they sent
the robe of many colors and brought it to their father and said,
“This we have found; please identify whether it is your son’s
robe or not.” And he identified it and said, “It is my son’s
robe. A fierce animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn
to pieces.” Then Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth on his
loins and mourned for his son many days. All his sons and all his
daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and
said, “No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” Thus
his father wept for him. Meanwhile the Midianites had sold him in
Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard.</span></span></div>
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domain</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Apostles'
Creed </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>I
believe in God, the Father Almighty,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>maker
of heaven and earth.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>And
in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>who
was conceived by the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>born
of the virgin Mary,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>suffered
under Pontius Pilate,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>was
crucified, died and was buried.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>He
descended into hell.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The
third day He rose again from the dead.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>He
ascended into heaven</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>and
sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>From
thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I
believe in the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>the
holy Christian Church,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>the
communion of saints,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>the
forgiveness of sins,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>the
resurrection of the body,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>and
the life </b><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";"><b>T </b></span><b>everlasting.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The
Fourth Petition </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Give
us this day our daily bread.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Give
us today our daily bread.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><i>What
does this mean?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">God
certainly gives daily bread to everyone without our prayers, even to
all evil people, but we pray in this petition that God would lead us
to realize this and to receive our daily bread with thanksgiving.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><i>What
is meant by daily bread?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Daily
bread includes everything that has to do with the support and needs
of the body, such as food, drink, clothing, shoes, house, home, land,
animals, money, goods, a devout husband or wife, devout children,
devout workers, devout and faithful rulers, good government, good
weather, peace, health, self-control, good reputation, good friends,
faithful neighbors, and the like.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Litany
(Evening Prayer)</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">L </span>In
peace let us pray to the Lord:</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Lord,
have mercy.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">L </span>For
the peace from above and for our salvation, let us pray to the Lord:</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Lord,
have mercy.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">L </span>For
the peace of the whole world, for the well-being of the Church of
God, and for the unity of all, let us pray to the Lord:</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Lord,
have mercy.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">L </span>For
this holy house and for all who offer here their worship and praise,
let us pray to the Lord:</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Lord,
have mercy.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">L </span>For
Matthew Harrison, President of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod,
for Carl Krueger, President of the SELC District, for all pastors in
Christ, for all servants of the Church, and for all the people, let
us pray to the Lord:</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Lord,
have mercy.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">L </span>For
Barach, President of the United States, for all public servants, for
the government and those who protect us, that they may be upheld and
strengthened in every good deed, let us pray to the Lord:</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Lord,
have mercy.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">L </span>For
those who work to bring peace, justice, health, and protection in
this and every place, let us pray to the Lord:</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Lord,
have mercy.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">L </span>For
those who bring offerings, those who do good works in this
congregation, those who toil, those who sing, and all the people here
present who await from the Lord great and abundant mercy, let us pray
to the Lord:</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Lord,
have mercy.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">L </span>For
favorable weather, for an abundance of the fruits of the earth, and
for peaceful times, let us pray to the Lord:</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Lord,
have mercy.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">L </span>For
our deliverance from all affliction, wrath, danger, and need, let us
pray to the Lord:</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Lord,
have mercy.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">L </span>For
. . . [<i>additional bids for prayer may be inserted here</i>] . . .
let us pray to the Lord:</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Lord,
have mercy.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>The
prayers then continue:</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">L </span>For
the faithful who have gone before us and are with Christ, let us give
thanks to the Lord:</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Alleluia.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">L </span>Help,
save, comfort, and defend us, gracious Lord.</span></span></span></div>
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in the fellowship of the saints, let us commend ourselves, one
another, and our whole life to Christ, our Lord:</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>To
You, O Lord.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Our
Father who art in heaven,<br /> hallowed be Thy name,<br /> Thy
kingdom come,<br /> Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;<br />
give us this day our daily bread;<br /> and forgive us our
trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us;<br /> and
lead us not into temptation,<br /> but deliver us from evil.<br />For
Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever.
Amen.</b></span></span></div>
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the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you
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may make the sign of the cross <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T </span>and
say:</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Invocation </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">P </span>In
the name of the Father and of the <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T </span>Son
and of the Holy Spirit.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Amen.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Collect </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">O
God, whose strength is made perfect in weakness, put to death in us
all vices and so strengthen us by Your grace that by the innocence of
our lives and the constancy of our faith, we may glorify Your holy
name; through Jesus Christ, our Lord.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Reading
the Bible </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">While
teaching beside the Bethesda pool in Jerusalem, Jesus told a group of
Judeans, “You search the Scriptures because you think that in them
[the Scriptures] you have eternal life; and it is they that bear
witness about Me [Jesus]. Like other rabbis, Jesus spoke of the old
Testament Scripture as a united testimony. But unlike other rabbis,
Jesus joined the purpose of the Scriptures—salvation for eternal
life—to the key person of the Scripture, Jesus the promised Savior
[Luke 24:44-47]. Since all the Scripture bears witness to Jesus,
Jesus understood and taught that the Scripture was unified. </span></span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Reading
Genesis </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">One
sin leads to another. Shechem rapes Dinah, Jacob and Leah's daughter.
Jacob's sons then seek vengeance by abusing God's holy institution of
circumcision so they could massacre the men of Shechem. Christians
must beware of vigilante justice especially through fraudulent use of
God's holy things. The small catechism warns us of honoring the
institution of marriage as well as warning us of lying or deceiving
by God's name. Both sins are wrong. God calls all sinners to
repentance and reconciliation.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It
is no wonder that the name of the Lord is not mentioned at all during
Chapter 34 as each sin is heaped on top of the next. Instead, in
Genesis 35, God calls Jacob to reestablish the name of the Lord in
his family's worship life, over and over again, God must call his
people away from sin and back to the promises the assure them of
their purpose and the promises fulfilled in the Savior, Jesus Christ.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Reading </b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>
Genesis 34:1—35:29</i></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now
Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to
see the women of the land. And when Shechem the son of Hamor the
Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he seized her and lay with
her and humiliated her. And his soul was drawn to Dinah the daughter
of Jacob. He loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her. So
Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Get me this girl for my
wife.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now
Jacob heard that he had defiled his daughter Dinah. But his sons were
with his livestock in the field, so Jacob held his peace until they
came. And Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with
him. The sons of Jacob had come in from the field as soon as they
heard of it, and the men were indignant and very angry, because he
had done an outrageous thing in Israel by lying with Jacob’s
daughter, for such a thing must not be done.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">But
Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem longs
for your daughter. Please give her to him to be his wife. Make
marriages with us. Give your daughters to us, and take our daughters
for yourselves. You shall dwell with us, and the land shall be open
to you. Dwell and trade in it, and get property in it.” Shechem
also said to her father and to her brothers, “Let me find favor in
your eyes, and whatever you say to me I will give. Ask me for as
great a bride price and gift as you will, and I will give whatever
you say to me. Only give me the young woman to be my wife.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The
sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully,
because he had defiled their sister Dinah. They said to them, “We
cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised,
for that would be a disgrace to us. Only on this condition will we
agree with you—that you will become as we are by every male among
you being circumcised. Then we will give our daughters to you, and we
will take your daughters to ourselves, and we will dwell with you and
become one people. But if you will not listen to us and be
circumcised, then we will take our daughter, and we will be gone.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Their
words pleased Hamor and Hamor’s son Shechem. And the young man did
not delay to do the thing, because he delighted in Jacob’s
daughter. Now he was the most honored of all his father’s house. So
Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate of their city and spoke to
the men of their city, saying, “These men are at peace with us; let
them dwell in the land and trade in it, for behold, the land is large
enough for them. Let us take their daughters as wives, and let us
give them our daughters. Only on this condition will the men agree to
dwell with us to become one people—when every male among us is
circumcised as they are circumcised. Will not their livestock, their
property and all their beasts be ours? Only let us agree with them,
and they will dwell with us.” And all who went out of the gate of
his city listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male was
circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">On
the third day, when they were sore, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon
and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, took their swords and came against the
city while it felt secure and killed all the males. They killed Hamor
and his son Shechem with the sword and took Dinah out of Shechem’s
house and went away. The sons of Jacob came upon the slain and
plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister. They took
their flocks and their herds, their donkeys, and whatever was in the
city and in the field. All their wealth, all their little ones and
their wives, all that was in the houses, they captured and plundered.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then
Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by
making me stink to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and
the Perizzites. My numbers are few, and if they gather themselves
against me and attack me, I shall be destroyed, both I and my
household.” But they said, “Should he treat our sister like a
prostitute?”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">God
said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there. Make an
altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your
brother Esau.” So Jacob said to his household and to all who were
with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you and purify
yourselves and change your garments. Then let us arise and go up to
Bethel, so that I may make there an altar to the God who answers me
in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone.”
So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods that they had, and the
rings that were in their ears. Jacob hid them under the terebinth
tree that was near Shechem.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And
as they journeyed, a terror from God fell upon the cities that were
around them, so that they did not pursue the sons of Jacob. And Jacob
came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and
all the people who were with him, and there he built an altar and
called the place El-bethel, because there God had revealed himself to
him when he fled from his brother. And Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse,
died, and she was buried under an oak below Bethel. So he called its
name Allon-bacuth.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">God
appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed
him. And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; no longer shall your
name be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name.” So he called
his name Israel. And God said to him, “I am God Almighty: be
fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations shall come
from you, and kings shall come from your own body. The land that I
gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give the
land to your offspring after you.” Then God went up from him in the
place where he had spoken with him. And Jacob set up a pillar in the
place where he had spoken with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out
a drink offering on it and poured oil on it. So Jacob called the name
of the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then
they journeyed from Bethel. When they were still some distance from
Ephrath, Rachel went into labor, and she had hard labor. And when her
labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her, “Do not fear,
for you have another son.” And as her soul was departing (for she
was dying), she called his name Ben-oni; but his father called him
Benjamin. So Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to Ephrath
(that is, Bethlehem), and Jacob set up a pillar over her tomb. It is
the pillar of Rachel’s tomb, which is there to this day. Israel
journeyed on and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">While
Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his
father’s concubine. And Israel heard of it.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now
the sons of Jacob were twelve. The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s
firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. The sons of
Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. The sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s servant:
Dan and Naphtali. The sons of Zilpah, Leah’s servant: Gad and
Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in
Paddan-aram.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And
Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, or Kiriath-arba (that is,
Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned. Now the days of Isaac
were 180 years. And Isaac breathed his last, and he died and was
gathered to his people, old and full of days. And his sons Esau and
Jacob buried him.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Collect </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Heavenly
Father, God of all concord, it is Your gracious will that Your
children on earth live together in harmony and peace. Defeat the
plans of all those who would stir up violence and strife, destroy the
weapons of those who delight in war and bloodshed, and, according to
Your will, end all conflicts in the world. Teach us to examine our
hearts that we may recognize our own inclination toward envy, malice,
hatred, and enmity. Help us, by Your Word and Spirit, to search our
hearts and to root out the evil that would lead to strife and
discord, so that in our lives we may be at peace with all people.
Fill us with zeal for the work of Your Church and the proclamation of
the Gospel of Jesus Christ, which alone can bring that peace which is
beyond all understanding; through Jesus Christ, our Lord.</span></span></span></div>
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Oh, Blest the House</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://youtu.be/2vWe7Ox9BJA">Classical
Organ Preludes on the Melody</a></span></span></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://youtu.be/oayZ_K2FKSM">Soprano/Alto
Duet</a></span></span></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Apostles'
Creed </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>I
believe in God, the Father Almighty,</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>maker
of heaven and earth.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"> </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>And
in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord,</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>who
was conceived by the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>born
of the virgin Mary,</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>suffered
under Pontius Pilate,</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>was
crucified, died and was buried.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>He
descended into hell.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>The
third day He rose again from the dead.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>He
ascended into heaven</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>and
sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>From
thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>I
believe in the Holy Spirit,</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>the
holy Christian Church,</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>the
communion of saints,</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>the
forgiveness of sins,</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>the
resurrection of the body,</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>and
the life </b><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";"><b>T </b></span><b>everlasting.
Amen.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Prayer</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">for
faithfulness until our Lord Christ appears;</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">for the
renewal of those whose faith and love are growing cold;</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">for receptive
hearts and minds to God's Word on the Lord's Day;</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">for pastors
and people as they prepare to administer and receive Christ's holy
gifts</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Lord's
Prayer </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Our
Father who art in heaven,<br /> hallowed be Thy name,<br /> Thy
kingdom come,<br /> Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;<br />
give us this day our daily bread;<br /> and forgive us our
trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us;<br /> and
lead us not into temptation,<br /> but deliver us from evil.<br />For
Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever.
Amen.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The
Third Petition </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thy
will be done on earth as it is in heaven.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Your
will be done on earth as in heaven.</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>What
does this mean?</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The
good and gracious will of God is done even without our prayer, but we
pray in this petition that it may be done among us also.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>How
is God's will done?</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">God's
will is done when He breaks and hinders every evil plan and purpose
of the devil, the world, and our sinful nature, which do not want us
to hallow God's name or let His kingdom come; and when He strengthens
and keeps us firm in His Word and faith until we die. This is His
good and gracious will.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Luther's
Morning Prayer </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>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.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Luther's
Evening Prayer </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>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.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Benediction
(Pauline) </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">P </span>The
grace of the Lord <span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">T </span>Jesus Christ and
the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you
all.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "lsbsymbol";">C </span><b>Amen.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Acknowledgments</b></span></span></span></div>
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