Stir-Up Sunday - Christ the King - Sermon

Sunday 22nd November 2020

Stir-up Sunday, Christ the King

Preached for podcasting

All Hymns in most hymnals and on spotify

Prayers below the Order of Service

Order of Service

Call to worship: Psalm 95:1-7

Collect: Text may be found here

Hymn Christ Triumphant Ever Reigning

Prayer of Adoration

Prayer of Thanksgiving

Prayer of Confession

Lord’s Prayer

Hymn Crown him with Many Crowns

1st Reading: Ephesians 1:15-23

2nd Reading: Matthew: 25: 31-46

Hymn Sing we the King who is coming to Reign (click for words)

Sermon

Hymn At the Name of Jesus

Prayers of Intercession

Hymn Rejoice, the Lord is King

The Grace

 

Prayer of Adoration

God of all things, in whose light all creation stands, we bring before You our adoration and praise, for we know that You are the Lord, the Holy One, and the King of all there is. We join in our praise with the millions who have gone before, throughout the ages, who declared that You are our God, and we know that those praises shall continue for all time, and after time in the Kingdom of Heaven. Praise be unto You, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Amen

Prayer of Thanksgiving

God of all Goodness, we give You thanks for Your gifts, poured out for us in great abundance, for we know that it is thanks to You we enjoy every good thing, and that we enjoy every mercy given unto us. We thank You for the joys of the wintertime, the clear mornings and the hope of snow, the pleasures of being tucked up in the warm of an evening, and the promises of spring to come. We thank You for all the gifts that come to us through Christ, for the gift of Forgiveness, of Salvation, and the promise of the life hereafter. We thank You O God, For we know that all this is from You. Thanks be unto You, Father Son and Holy Spirit, Amen

Prayer of Confession

Forgiving Father we bring before You our sinful burden. We confess that we have not always done as we ought, instead we have sinned and left those things we should have done undone. We do not remember the needs of others and we often fail to see You in all things. We say to You, Lord God, we are sorry for All our sins. We ask You to forgive us. Having sought forgiveness, we know that You say to us that Our Sins are forgiven. For You are the Holy One, who can forgive us anything, as shown to us in the great sacrifice of Christ upon His Cross. Thanks be unto You, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Amen.

Lord’s Prayer

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 that trespass against us

And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil

For thine is the Kingdom

The Power and the Glory

Forever and ever

Amen

Prayers of Intercession

We bring before God now our prayers for those whose needs are known unto us, and there is a response to these prayers, after the words Lord in Your Mercy, the response is Hear our Prayer

Lord, in Your Mercy,

Hear our Prayer.

Lord we pray for those who have needs of the most basic sureties. We pray for those who know hunger, who know thirst or homelessness, or who live in warzones. We pray for all those who are working to bring us through this difficult time, and ask Lord God that you help us to endure to our deliverance. For those it is within our power to help, we pray that we shall not tarry to help, and for those we cannot help with our hands, we pray that You will enable others to help, and that they shall not want for will to help. We pray for everywhere that is struggling and all those who are enduring these times, that we may show God’s love to one another.

Lord, in Your Mercy,

Hear our Prayer.

We pray for the Church, for the clergy and laity in Methodism and all denominations, those who work to bring the gospel to new places and those who work to tend the fires of the spirit in places where it has already begun to burn. We pray especially for our brethren facing persecution, asking your strength upon them and that You will uphold them through their trials, as You have always done in times past.

Lord, in Your Mercy,

Hear our Prayer.

We pray for the needs of this country, for those who are tasked with government and administration. Lord guide them to their duties, give them the strength to do their tasks and to always be Righteous and proper in their conduct. We pray too for our Royal Family, asking that you tend to their needs as You tend to ours, and help them in their duties.

Lord, in Your Mercy,

Hear our Prayer.

We pray for all those who are ill, asking that You comfort and sustain them, we ask for your help and blessings to those who are tasked with providing help to the ill, and that you grant success to the scientists working to find new cures and treatments. For Lord, we know that in all the wonders of modern medicine, Your hand moves.

Lord, in Your Mercy,

Hear our Prayer.

We pray for those whose especial needs are known to us, we pray for (here read from the book) and in the time of silence we bring their names and needs before You.

We ask Your help for them Lord, and we pray for those whose needs we do not know, for none are invisible in your sight Lord.

Lord, in Your Mercy,

Hear our Prayer.

We pray for those needs of our own dear hearts Lord, we bring before You our own private sorrows, and we ask Your every help in our lives, and we ask that we may always have open eyes to see the joys that You bestow upon us, and the help You give us.

Lord, in Your Mercy,

Hear our Prayer.

We ask for these things, knowing that when we pray, we are heard, and that we shall not want for an answer, as You promise in our scripture so often and show us in our lives. Thanks be unto you Father Son and Holy Spirit. Amen