Confessions Doxology Lords Prayer 1 L C Holy

Confessions Doxology Lord’s Prayer 1

L � C � � � Holy God, holy and mighty, holy and immortal, have mercy and hear us. Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen � � WORSHIP 2

� C. � � � � � I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the ◦ Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen Worship - 2 3

� � � � � L C L C Show us your mercy, O Lord, and grant us your salvation. Clothe your ministers with righteousness. Let your people sing with joy. Give peace, O Lord, in all the world; for only in you can we live in safety. Lord, keep this nation under your care, and guide us in the way of justice and truth. Let your way be known upon earth; your saving health among all nations. Let not the needy, O Lord, be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor be taken away. Create in us clean hearts, O God, and sustain us with your Holy Spirit. L C The Lord be with you. And also with you. Worship - 3 4

� L � � � C We give thanks to you, heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ your dear Son, that you have this day so graciously protected us. We beg you to forgive us all our sins and the wrong which we have done. By your great mercy defend us from all the perils and dangers of this night. Into your hands we commend our bodies and souls, and all that is ours. Let your holy angels have charge of us, that the wicked one have no power over us. Amen � L � C Let us bless the Lord. Thanks be to God. � L � C The + Lord bless us, defend us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life. Amen Worship - 4 5

�Close your eyes and say the Doxology from the Lord’s prayer out loud: �“For Thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory for ever and ever. Amen. ” Experience 6

� The Lord’s Prayer � For thine is the kingdom, the power , and the glory for ever and ever. Amen � Q. What is this? � A. That I should be certain that such petitions are acceptable to and heard by our Father in heaven, for God himself commended us to pray like this and has promised to hear us. “Amen, amen” means “Yes, yes, it is going to come about just like this. � Note: Some later editions of the catechism, printed after Luther’s death, add this conclusion, commonly called the Doxology. Although found in Erasmus’s editions of the Greek New Testament and in Luther’s translation of that into German, Luther himself consistently followed the medieval practice and omitted it. Discussion & reflection: 7

�Psalm 12 I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify your name forever. �Praise God from whom all blessings flow… �This is also called a doxology and is usually sung. Can you sing it? And do you know the story behind it? Discussion & reflection: 8

� The author of this text (Old One Hundredth) was a bold, outspoken seventeenth century Anglican Bishop name Thomas Ken. He was born at Little Berkhampstead, England, in 1637. � Left an orphan in early childhood, Ken was educated at Winchester School where he was raised under the care of his older sister and her famous husband, Izaak Walton, distinguished in history as the most eminent angler of his time. Discussion & reflection: 9

� Later Ken attended Oxford University and was ordained in 1662 to the ministry of the Church of England. His illustrious career in the ministry was stormy and colorful. Following ordination, he served as chaplain to the Bishop of Winchester. � In 1679 he was sent to Holland, where he was the English chaplain at the royal court at the Hague. Ken, however, was so outspoken in denouncing the corrupt lives of those in authority in the Dutch capital that he was compelled to leave the following year. Discussion & reflection: 10

� Upon his return to England Charles II appointed Ken as one of his own chaplains. Ken continued to reveal the same spirit of boldness in rebuking the moral sins of his English monarch. � Despite these rebukes Charles always admired the courageous chaplain. He referred to him as “the good little man” and, when it was chapel time, he would usually say, “I must go in and hear Ken tell me my faults. ” Eventually, the King rewarded Thomas Ken by appointing him to the Bishopric of the Bath and Wells area. Discussion & reflection: 11

� Just twelve days after Ken was consecrated as a Bishop, his friend Charles II died. Soon Ken incurred the wrath of the new monarch, papist James II, by refusing to read the Royal Declaration of Indulgence, and with six other Anglican Church leaders he was imprisoned in the Tower of London. � Although Ken was eventually acquitted, he was later removed from his bishopric in 1691 by the next ruler, William III. Discussion & reflection: 12

� The remaining years of Ken’s life were spent in quiet obscurity with a devoted friend, Lord Weymouth, at his home in Longleat, Wiltshire where Ken died in 1711 at the age of seventyfour. The historian Macaulay gave a tribute to Bishop Ken when he stated that he came as near to the ideal of Christian perfection “as human weakness permits. ” � If you were to write something that would benefit Christians around the world for the next 400 years, what would you say? Discussion & reflection: 13

� Mark 6: 30 The apostles returned to Jesus and told him all that they had done and taught. 31 And he said to them, "Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while. " For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat. � Here we find the rhythm of our Christian life. Our Lord made us His child, gifted us with far more than we can ever use and sends us out together to be a blessing to those around us. This is like the disciples who had accomplished what they had been taught. And now the time has come to rest, sweet rest, life giving rest. Discussion & reflection: 14

� This is our worship. . . to come and sit at the feet of Jesus, to rest awhile in his presence, to be renewed by His Spirit. When we come to the conclusion, the doxa (for thine is the kingdom…), of the Lord’s Prayer, a warm, sweet, gentle feeling comes over us. This is our rest, our place beside still waters where our soul is restored. � Take a moment and imagine a place where you know you are safe, where everything possible is right, where you are supposed to be. Imagine who you are with. � Where are you and who is with you? This is Doxa lived out! Discussion & reflection: 15

� Matthew 11: 28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. � The summation of the Lord’s Prayer brings peace to the soul and rest to the mind. But this is not meant to be quietism. � It is this peace and rest, knowing the perfect prayer has been said and is working in our life, that give us the freedom to work in the vineyard, to be a blessing, to help the poor, to heal the broken while all the time maintaining this peace and rest Discussion & reflection: 16

� This is the yoke of Jesus, the sign that we belong to Him. When all is said and done, we belong to Him, to whom belongs the kingdom, the power and the glory, for ever and ever!!! Amen. � What, if anything, prevents you from serving under His yoke, doing the work of the kingdom while at the same time being at peace in our soul and having rest in our mind? Discussion & reflection: 17