Christ the King / Reign of Christ | OT 34c | Proper 29c – November 24, 2013

Overview

Scripture for the Day:

 Jeremiah 23:1-6 (semi-continuous & complementary)
 Luke 1:68-79  (semi-continuous) or Psalm 46 (complementary)
 Colossians 1:11-20
 Luke 23:33-43

Liturgical Color:

1st Reading

 Jeremiah 23:1-6 (NIV)

“Woe to the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of my pasture!” declares the Lord. 2 Therefore this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to the shepherds who tend my people: “Because you have scattered my flock and driven them away and have not bestowed care on them, I will bestow punishment on you for the evil you have done,” declares the Lord. 3 “I myself will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them and will bring them back to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and increase in number. 4 I will place shepherds over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid or terrified, nor will any be missing,” declares the Lord.

5 “The days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch,
a King who will reign wisely
and do what is just and right in the land.
6 In his days Judah will be saved
and Israel will live in safety.
This is the name by which he will be called:
The Lord Our Righteous Savior.

Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION ®. NIV®. COPYRIGHT © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.®. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

Psalm

 Luke 1:68-79 (NIV)

68 “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,
because he has come to his people and redeemed them.
69 He has raised up a horn of salvation for us
in the house of his servant David
70 (as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),
71 salvation from our enemies
and from the hand of all who hate us—
72 to show mercy to our ancestors
and to remember his holy covenant,
73     the oath he swore to our father Abraham:
74 to rescue us from the hand of our enemies,
and to enable us to serve him without fear
75     in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.

76 And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High;
for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him,
77 to give his people the knowledge of salvation
through the forgiveness of their sins,
78 because of the tender mercy of our God,
by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven
79 to shine on those living in darkness
and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the path of peace.”

or

Psalm 46 (NIV)

1 God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
3 though its waters roar and foam
and the mountains quake with their surging.

4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy place where the Most High dwells.
5 God is within her, she will not fall;
God will help her at break of day.
6 Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall;
he lifts his voice, the earth melts.

7 The Lord Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.

8 Come and see what the Lord has done,
the desolations he has brought on the earth.
9 He makes wars cease
to the ends of the earth.
He breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
he burns the shields with fire.
10 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”

11 The Lord Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.

Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION ®. NIV®. COPYRIGHT © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.®. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

2nd Reading

 Colossians 1:11-20 (NIV)

11 being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, 12 and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light. 13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. 19 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, 20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peacethrough his blood, shed on the cross.

Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION ®. NIV®. COPYRIGHT © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.®. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

Gospel

 Luke 23:33-43 (NIV)

33 When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left. 34 Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.

35 The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, “He saved others; let him save himself if he is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.”

36 The soldiers also came up and mocked him. They offered him wine vinegar 37 and said, “If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.”

38 There was a written notice above him, which read: this is the king of the jews.

39 One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!”

40 But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? 41 We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”

42 Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.”

43 Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.”

Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION ®. NIV®. COPYRIGHT © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.®. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

Contemporary Song Suggestions for the Day: 

 GLORIFIED  Jared Anderson | 2008 | CCLI Song #5078730

 ENOUGH  Chris Tomlin \ Louie Giglio | 2002 | CCLI Song #3599479

 ALMIGHTY GOD  Jason Ingram \ Jon Thatcher \ Paul Mabury \ Stuart Garrard | 2010 | CCLI Song #5933600

 YOUR GRACE IS ENOUGH  Matt Maher | 2003 | CCLI Song #4477026

 NO ONE HIGHER  Steve Fee | 2010 | CCLI Song #5718021

 JESUS REIGNS  Jon Egan \ Jonathan Moos | 2013 | CCLI Song #6623476

 HALLELUJAH TO MY KING  Brenton Brown \ Paul Baloche | 2007 | CCLI Song #4956138

 PRAISE THE INVISIBLE  Daniel Bashta | 2012 | CCLI Song #6456382

 GOD OF THE AGES  Travis Doucette | 2009 | CCLI Song #5476088

 IMMORTAL INVISIBLE  Ed Cash \ Laura Story | 2008 | CCLI Song #5114962

 FIRM FOUNDATION  Aaron Shust \ Michael Farren | 2012 | CCLI Song #6520225

 BUILD YOUR KINGDOM HERE  Rend Collective Experiment | 2011 | CCLI Song #6186078

 SHOUT OF THE KING  Matt Maher \ Sarah Reeves | 2009 | CCLI Song #5474561

 KING OF HEAVEN  Jason Ingram \ Paul Baloche | 2010 | CCLI Song #5997804

 OUR MESSIAH REIGNS  Glenn Packiam \ Ian Eskelin | 2011 | CCLI Song #5881525

 GOD YOU REIGN  Lincoln Brewster \ Mia Fieldes | 2008 | CCLI Song #5200838

 BEAUTIFUL KING  Chad Cates \ Jonathan Lee \ Matt Underwood | 2007 | CCLI Song #5000368

 SAVIOUR KING  Marty Sampson \ Mia Fieldes | 2006 | CCLI Song #4785897

 WHO CAN COMPARE  Justin Jarvis \ Mary Kat Ehrenzeller | 2012 | CCLI Song #5682195

 REMEMBER  Laura Story | 2009 | CCLI Song #5532867

 YOUR KINGDOM IS GLORIOUS  Jaclyn François | 2007 | CCLI Song #5417621

 GLORY TO GOD FOREVER  Steve Fee \ Vicky Beeching | CCLI Song #5384338

 WE WIL DECLARE  Colin Edge \ David Binion \ Joshua Dufrene | 2012 | CCLI Song #6284736

 YOU ARE MY GOD  Derek Johnson \ Jeremy Edwardson | 2012 | CCLI Song #6338541

 YOU ARE MY KING (AMAZING LOVE)  Billy Foote | 1996 | CCLI Song #2456623

 MY GOD MY KING  David Leonard \ Leslie Jordan | CCLI Song #6530181

 YOUR GREAT NAME  Krissy Nordhoff \ Michael Neale | 2008 | CCLI Song #5393329

 FOREVER REIGN Jason Ingram \ Reuben Morgan | 2009 | CCLI Song #5639997

 REIGN IN US  Ben Glover \ Jon Neufeld \ Tim Neufeld | 2008 | CCLI Song #5207587

 THAT’S HOW YOU FORGIVE   Shane Barnard | 2013 | CCLI Song #6590839

 WHEN YOU THINK OF ME  Jonathan Engle \ Misty Edwards | 2012 | CCLI Song #6475923

 PARADISE  Jeremy Camp | 2013 | CCLI Song #6500111

 JESUS MY VICTORY  Brandon Collins \ Brenton Brown \ Travis Ryan | 2012 | CCLI Song #6215004

 This week’s worshipcurrent pick for Holy Communion/Eucharist

Hymn Suggestions for the Day:

 IMMORTAL INVISIBLE  John Roberts \ Walter Chalmers Smith | Public Domain | CCLI Song #124466 | Hymnary

 PRAISE TO THE LORD THE ALMIGHTY  Catherine Winkworth \ Joachim Neander | Public Domain | CCLI Song #43073 | Hymnary
Related ContentOrgan Intonation on Praise to the Lord the Almighty | LOBE DEN HERRON | W. Zachary Taylor | 2013 Greater Plan Publishing, LLC

 HOW DEEP THE FATHER’S LOVE FOR US  Stewart Townend | 1995 Thankyou Music | CCLI Song #1558110 | Hymnary

 CROWN HIM WITH MANY CROWNS  George Job Elvey \ Godfrey Thring \ Matthew Bridges | Public Domain | CCLI Song #23938 | Hymnary

 JESUS REMEMBER ME  Jacques Berthier | 1981, Les Presses de Taizé, GIA Publications, Inc.| Hymnary

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