HEAVEN CHRISTS PROMISES SATURDAY EVENING PRAYER Together Growing

HEAVEN, CHRIST’S PROMISES SATURDAY EVENING PRAYER Together: Growing, Caring, Sharing in God’s Love

WELCOME TO THIS SATURDAY EVENING PRAYER. The Power. Point presentation will give you all you need to say at home this evening prayer. For the Song, just click on the title, and the weblink will open it directly in your computer. Watch the video in full screen, then come back to this presentation. The Psalm can be read by two people or two groups of people if you want. You may start by lighting a candle.

Blessing and glory and wisdom, thanksgiving, honour, power and might: All be to our God for ever and ever. Amen.

(Time of quiet to be in presence of the Lord)

O God, make speed to save us, All O Lord, make haste to help us.

Your faithful servants bless you, All they make known the glory of your kingdom.

SONG ‘You hold me now’

There is a time for everything, and season for every activity under the heavens: All a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot.

A time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build: All a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance.

And the dust returns to the earth as it was, All and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

Blessed be God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit: All Blessed be God for ever!

That this evening may be holy, good and peaceful, let us pray with one heart and mind.

All As our evening prayer rises before you, O God, so may your mercy come down upon us, to cleanse our hearts and set us free to sing your praise, now and for ever. Amen.

THE WORD OF GOD The book of the promises

PSALM (Good News Version) Psalm 37 part 2

20 The wicked will die; the enemies of the LORD will vanish like wild flowers; they will disappear like smoke. 21 The wicked borrow and never pay back, but good people are generous with their gifts.

22 Those who are blessed by the LORD will possess the land, but those who are cursed by him will be driven out. 23 The LORD guides us in the way we should go and protects those who please him.

24 If they fall, they will not stay down, because the LORD will help them up 25 I am old now; I have lived a long time, but I have never seen good people abandoned by the LORD or their children begging for food.

26 At all times they give freely and lend to others, and their children are a blessing. 27 Turn away from evil and do good, and your descendants will always live in the land;

28 For the LORD loves what is right and does not abandon his faithful people. He protects them forever, but the descendants of the wicked will be driven out. 29 The righteous will possess the land live in it forever.

30 The words of good people are wise, and they are always fair. 31 They keep the law of their God in their hearts and never depart from it.

32 Wicked people watch good people and try to kill them; 33 but the LORD will not abandon them to their enemy's power or let them be condemned when they are on trial.

34 Put your hope in the LORD and obey his commands; he will honour you by giving you the land, and you will see the wicked driven out.

35 I once knew someone wicked who was a tyrant; he towered over everyone like a cedar of Lebanon; 36 but later I passed by, and he wasn't there; I looked for him, but couldn't find him.

37 Notice good people, observe the righteous; peaceful people have descendants, 38 but sinners are completely destroyed, and their descendants are wiped out.

39 The LORD saves the righteous and protects them in times of trouble.

40 He helps them and rescues them; he saves them from the wicked, because they go to him for protection.

Glory to the Father, by the Son, in the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be for ever. Amen. Or: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be for ever. Amen.

Blessed and holy God, ever merciful and forgiving, may we turn from what is evil and do what is good in your sight, for you have saved us by the cross of your Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

READING (News International Reader Version) Follow a Reading Plan of your choice: https: //www. biblegateway. com/reading-plans/ or read the verses on the next slide.

38 I am absolutely sure that not even death or life can separate us from God’s love. Not even angels or demons, the present or the future, or any powers can separate us. 39 Not even the highest places or the lowest, or anything else in all creation can separate us. Nothing at all can ever separate us from God’s love. That’s because of what Christ Jesus our Lord has done. (Romans 6. 5, 8 -10; NIr. V)

“I am the way, and the truth and the life”, says the Lord. All “No one comes to the Father except through me”. Here is a trustworthy saying: All if we died with him, we will also live with him. Glory to the Father, by the Son, in the Holy Spirit: All “I am the way, and the truth and the life”, says the Lord. “No one comes to the Father except through me”.

PRAYERS FOR THE WORLD -For the people met during the day and their needs -For the Church and her mission

That you may hasten the day of Christ’s return, when many will come from east and west, from north and south, and sit at your kingdom.

(We offer ourselves to the Lord)

All God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, bring us to the dwelling which your Son is preparing for all who love you. Give us each day to live in life eternal. Let our citizenship be in heaven with the whole company of the redeemed and with countless angels, praising, worshipping and adoring him who sits upon the throne for ever and ever. Amen.

THE LORD’S PRAYER As our Saviour taught us, so we pray with confidence:

(Modern Version) (Traditional Version) Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be your name; Your kingdom come; Your will be done; on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours, now and for ever. Amen. 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. 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, the power and the glory for ever and ever. Amen.

SONG ‘All the heavens’

SENDING OUT May Christ, who has opened the kingdom of heaven: All bring us to reign with him in glory. Amen.

Let us bless the Lord. All Thanks be to God.

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