Saved by Faith Alone - Yes, all of us! - Sermon for the Second Sunday of Lent, 28th February 2021

Service for Sunday 28th February 2021

Second Sunday of Lent

Hymns in Most Hymnals and On Spotify

Prayers for use with the recording below the Order of Service

Order of Service

Call to Worship: Psalm 22:27-28

Hymn: O God of Bethel by whose hand

Prayers

Lord’s Prayer

1st Reading: Genesis 17:1-16

2nd Reading: Romans 4:13-25

3rd Reading: Mark 8:31-38

Sermon

Hymn: All my hope on God is founded

Prayers of Intercession

Hymn: Jesus calls us o’er the tumult

The Grace

 

Prayers:

Prayer of Adoration

Steadfast God, we Praise You as the Eternal God, Constantly Loving us. We offer our praises to You with those of our kin throughout every time and place. We adore You as the Lord enthroned on High, whose radiance shines throughout all creation in every good thing that we behold. We praise You as the Son, whose sufferings and miracles we behold in the scriptures. We praise You as the Holy Spirit poured out upon us all for our sustenance in this world. Praise be unto You, Father Son and Holy Spirit, Amen

Prayer of Thanksgiving

God of all good gifts we bring before you our thanks for all you have done for us. We thank you for the good things that bring smiles to our faces in these difficult times. We give our thanks for the strength we have gained through the Holy Spirit which has enabled us to endure so much in this difficult time. We praise You for all You have given us of the things of this world, that even a pandemic cannot take from us. We thank You for all the gifts of our faith, those which sustain us in this world, and the certain promise of the next. Thanks be unto You, Father Son and Holy Spirit Amen.

Prayer of Confession

Lord our God, we’ve made a mess of things. We have taken Your Good Gifts and put them to wicked uses. We have let our thoughts stray to cruelty, revenge and malice. We have hoped for bad things to happen to others and we have forgotten to turn to You when we should. We have sinned Lord God, and we are sorry. We ask Your Forgiveness, not because we’ve done anything to earn it but because You Love us so much that no matter how badly we go wrong, you forgive us. Your Love is not something we earn it is something given to us in such an abundance it washes us of all our sins. For this we are so very grateful as we are lifted up from the depths of sin to the light of Your Love. Thank You God. Amen

Lord’s Prayer

As our Saviour taught us, so we pray:

Our Father Who art in Heaven,

Hallowed Be Thy Name

Thy Kingdom Come

Thy Will be done

On Earth as it is heaven

Give us this day our daily bread,

And forgive us our trespasses,

As we forgive those that trespass against us

For Thine is the Kingdom

The Power and the Glory

Forever and Ever

Amen

 

Prayers of Intercession

Lord Our God, We Pray For The World

We Pray For Those Living In Places Stricken By War, Disasters, and Covid-19, May They Know Help.

We Pray for O Christian Brethren At Home And Abroad, May Their Numbers Increase And Sorrows Decrease.

We Pray For All Who Struggle With Illness, Grief, And Difficulty, May They Know Your Comforts.

We Pray For All Who Are Unable To See The Good In Their Lives, May Their Eyes Be Opened.

We Pray For Our Nation and Royal Family, Lord, Guard and Guide All Who Dwell In These Lands.

We Pray For Ourselves In Our Present Difficulties, May We Come To Know The Joys Of Our Lives.

All These We Ask In Jesu’s Name,

Amen