Online Worship – Jan 9th/10th, 2021

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Prelude

In Christ Alone – Words and Music by Keith Getty and Stuart Townend
Arr. by Richard Kingsmore

Welcome and Invocation

Readings: Mark 1:4-11; Romans 6:1-11

Holy Gospel Mark 1:4–11

P The Holy Gospel according to St. Mark, the first chapter.
C Glory to You, O Lord.

⁴John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. ⁵And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. ⁶Now John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey. ⁷And he preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. ⁸I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

⁹In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. ¹⁰And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens opening and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. ¹¹And a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”

P This is the Gospel of the Lord.
C Praise to You, O Christ.

Epistle Romans 6:1–11

¹What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? ²By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? ³Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? ⁴We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

⁵For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. ⁶We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. ⁷For one who has died has been set free from sin. ⁸Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. ⁹We know that Christ being raised from the dead will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. ¹⁰For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. ¹¹So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

A This is the Word of the Lord.
C Thanks be to God.

Confession and Absolution

P Gracious God,
C our sins are too heavy to carry,
too real to hide, and too deep to undo.
We confess them to You and we renounce them.

                                   – Silence to bring to God what is specifically troubling us –

C Forgive what our lips tremble to name,
what our hearts can no longer bear,
and what has become for us a consuming fire of judgment.
Set us free, dear Lord, from a past that we cannot change;
open to us a future in which we can be changed.
In short, cleanse us from all sins, and grant, in the place of sin,
that we welcome the risen Lord Jesus into our hearts, minds, and wills,
finding supernatural Life in Him who is the Light of the world. 

P Christ died, the one payment for all the sins of everyone. 
And you were baptized into Him and His death: it all avails for you.
You are forgiven; you are free.
The same Jesus also rose from the dead -He is Life and the Life you seek.
Your same baptism put you into His presence, love, power, and life.
C Amen.

SJ Kids Sunday School Hour

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Hymn: In Christ Alone

Sermon

Declaration of Faith and Prayer for Life

O God, You are my life. You have breathed into me the breath of life, and I have become a living being [Gen 2:7]. My very existence and my being flow from You. In You I live and move and have my being [Ac 17:28]. You are the Vine, and I am a true branch of Yours [Jn 15:5]. Father, You have made me alive with Christ [Eph 2:4-5]. He came that I might have life, and have it abundantly [Jn 10:10]. I am baptized into Christ [Rom 6:3]; I have Jesus Christ, and I have His life [1 Jn 5:12]. 

Dear Father, I give my life to You to be filled with Your life. Restore this frail branch in full union with Jesus who is the Vine. Restore my full union with Christ and with You. I return myself to You—my body, soul, and spirit, heart, mind, and will. I return myself fully to the Source of Life. May I be one with You even as Jesus was one with You [Jn 10:30, 17:21]. Let Your life flow through me and flow and flow throughout this day. 

O Life, live into me. Encompass me and all that I am; well up within me. You are the God who gives life to the dead [Rom 4:17]. And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in me (and You are living in me), He who raised Jesus from the dead will also give life to my mortal body through His Spirit, who lives in me [Rom 8:11].

O God, fill me with the resurrection power of Jesus Christ in my body, soul, and spirit. I consecrate my life fully to the Lord Jesus Christ, to be a vessel of His triumphant life. I take my place in the resurrection of Jesus Christ and in His life. For in baptism I have been raised with Christ to a new life. I present my life to You, Jesus, to be filled with Your life. I choose to live by the strength of Jesus Christ and by His mighty life. In Jesus’ name,  amen.

Prayer of the Church

Offering

Benediction and Announcements

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