Overview
2 Samuel 23:1-7 (semi-continuous) or Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 (thematic)
Psalm 132:1-12 (13-18) (semi-continuous) or Psalm 93 (thematic)
Revelation 1:4b-8
John 18:33-37
Liturgical Color:
1st Reading
2 Samuel 23:1-7 (NRSV)
Now these are the last words of David:
The oracle of David, son of Jesse,
the oracle of the man whom God exalted,
the anointed of the God of Jacob,
the favorite of the Strong One of Israel:
2 The spirit of the Lord speaks through me,
his word is upon my tongue.
3 The God of Israel has spoken,
the Rock of Israel has said to me:
One who rules over people justly,
ruling in the fear of God,
4 is like the light of morning,
like the sun rising on a cloudless morning,
gleaming from the rain on the grassy land.
5 Is not my house like this with God?
For he has made with me an everlasting covenant,
ordered in all things and secure.
Will he not cause to prosper
all my help and my desire?
6 But the godless are all like thorns that are thrown away;
for they cannot be picked up with the hand;
7 to touch them one uses an iron bar
or the shaft of a spear.
And they are entirely consumed in fire on the spot.
or
Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 (NRSV)
As I watched,
thrones were set in place,
and an Ancient One took his throne,
his clothing was white as snow,
and the hair of his head like pure wool;
his throne was fiery flames,
and its wheels were burning fire.
10 A stream of fire issued
and flowed out from his presence.
A thousand thousands served him,
and ten thousand times ten thousand stood attending him.
The court sat in judgment,
and the books were opened.
13 As I watched in the night visions,
I saw one like a human being
coming with the clouds of heaven.
And he came to the Ancient One
and was presented before him.
14 To him was given dominion
and glory and kingship,
that all peoples, nations, and languages
should serve him.
His dominion is an everlasting dominion
that shall not pass away,
and his kingship is one
that shall never be destroyed.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
O Lord, remember in David’s favor 6 We heard of it in Ephrathah; 8 Rise up, O Lord, and go to your resting place, 11 The Lord swore to David a sure oath 13 For the Lord has chosen Zion; or Psalm 93 (NRSV) The Lord is king, he is robed in majesty; 3 The floods have lifted up, O Lord, 5 Your decrees are very sure; New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Psalm
Psalm 132:1-12 (13-18) (NRSV)
all the hardships he endured;
2 how he swore to the Lord
and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob,
3 “I will not enter my house
or get into my bed;
4 I will not give sleep to my eyes
or slumber to my eyelids,
5 until I find a place for the Lord,
a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.”
we found it in the fields of Jaar.
7 “Let us go to his dwelling place;
let us worship at his footstool.”
you and the ark of your might.
9 Let your priests be clothed with righteousness,
and let your faithful shout for joy.
10 For your servant David’s sake
do not turn away the face of your anointed one.
from which he will not turn back:
“One of the sons of your body
I will set on your throne.
12 If your sons keep my covenant
and my decrees that I shall teach them,
their sons also, forevermore,
shall sit on your throne.”
he has desired it for his habitation:
14 “This is my resting place forever;
here I will reside, for I have desired it.
15 I will abundantly bless its provisions;
I will satisfy its poor with bread.
16 Its priests I will clothe with salvation,
and its faithful will shout for joy.
17 There I will cause a horn to sprout up for David;
I have prepared a lamp for my anointed one.
18 His enemies I will clothe with disgrace,
but on him, his crown will gleam.”
the Lord is robed, he is girded with strength.
He has established the world; it shall never be moved;
2 your throne is established from of old;
you are from everlasting.
the floods have lifted up their voice;
the floods lift up their roaring.
4 More majestic than the thunders of mighty waters,
more majestic than the waves of the sea,
majestic on high is the Lord!
holiness befits your house,
O Lord, forevermore.
4 John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and freed us from our sins by his blood, 6 and made us to be a kingdom, priests serving his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. 7 Look! He is coming with the clouds; So it is to be. Amen. 8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty. New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. 2nd Reading
Revelation 1:4b-8 (NRSV)
every eye will see him,
even those who pierced him;
and on his account all the tribes of the earth will wail.
33 Then Pilate entered the headquarters again, summoned Jesus, and asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” 34 Jesus answered, “Do you ask this on your own, or did others tell you about me?” 35 Pilate replied, “I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests have handed you over to me. What have you done?” 36 Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my followers would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here.” 37 Pilate asked him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.” New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Gospel
John 18:33-37 (NRSV)
Song Suggestions for the Day:
ONE DAY Robin Mark \ Vicky Beeching | 2009 | CCLI Song #5462511
COMING ON THE CLOUDS Andrae Harrison \ Corey Baham \ Corey Bastin \ Jonathan Stockstill | 2012 | CCLI Song #6254687
HE REIGNS Marc James | 2010 | CCLI Song #5818550
HOSANNA Brooke Ligertwood | 2006 | CCLI Song #4785835
KING OF HEAVEN Jason Ingram \ Paul Baloche | 2010 | CCLI Song #5997804
BLESSING AND HONOR Jonathan MacIntosh \ Sarah MacIntosh \ Vicky Beeching | 2010 | CCLI Song #5665002
GLORY UNTO YOU Glenn Packiam \ Jamie Kenney \ Ken Lewis | 2003 | CCLI Song #4160618
NOW UNTO THE ONE Evan Wickham | 2009 | CCLI Song #5858307
YOU ARE HOLY (PRINCE OF PEACE) Marc Imboden \ Tammi Rhoton | 1994 | CCLI Song #2332149
HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD Chris Tomlin \ Ed Cash \ Jesse Reeves | 2004 | CCLI Song #4348399
REVELATION SONG Jennie Lee Riddle | 2004 | CCLI Song #4447960
NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD Matt Redman | 2004 | CCLI Song #4329411
JESUS MY VICTORY Brandon Collins \ Brenton Brown \ Travis Ryan | 2012 | CCLI Song #6215004
IMMORTAL INVISIBLE Ed Cash \ Laura Story | 2008 | CCLI Song #5114962
OVERCOME Jon Egan | 2007 | CCLI Song #5064359
BENEATH THE WATERS (I WILL RISE) Brooke Ligertwood \ Scott Ligertwood | 2011 | CCLI Song #6179573
SONG TO THE KING Michael Farren | 2005 | CCLI Song #468141
YOU ARE MY GOD Derek Johnson \ Jeremy Edwardson | 2012 | CCLI Song #6338541
ONE TRUE GOD Don Poythress \ Jennie Lee Riddle \ Tony Wood | 2010 | CCLI Song #5760093
O PRAISE HIM David Crowder | 2003 | CCLI Song #4158022
GLORY TO THE KING Eddie Kirkland \ Heath Balltzglier \ Steve Fee | 2012 | CCLI Song #6358057
AWAKEN ME Chris Quilala | 2011 | CCLI Song #6169480
BUILD YOUR KINGDOM HERE Rend Collective Experiment | 2011 | CCLI Song #6186078
This week’s worshipcurrent pick for Holy Communion/Eucharist
Hymn Suggestions for the Day:
HAIL TO THE LORD’S ANOINTED
Tune: ELLACOMBE | James Montgomery | Public Domain | CCLI Song #554926
Tune: FREUT EUCH, IHR LIEBEN | James Montgomery \ Leonhart Schroter | Public Domain | CCLI Song #554926
THE KING OF GLORY COMES
Tune: PROMISED ONE | Willard Francis Jabusch | 1966, 1982 OCP Publications
TO GOD BE THE GLORY
Tune: DOANE | Fanny J. Crosby \ William Howard Doane | Public Domain | CCLI Song #23426
LOVE DIVINE ALL LOVES EXCELLING
Tune: BEECHER | Charles Wesley \ John Zundel | Public Domain | CCLI Song #40306
Tune: HYFRYDOL | Charles Wesley \ Rowland H. Prichard | Public Domain | CCLI Song #40306
NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD
Tune: PLAINFIELD | Robert Lowry | Public Domain | CCLI Song #21332
CROWN HIM WITH MANY CROWNS
Tune: DIADEMATA | George Job Elvey \ Godfrey Thring \ Matthew Bridges | Public Domain | CCLI Song #23938
O WORSHIP THE KING
Tune: HANOVER | William Croft \ Robert Gant | Public Domain | CCLI Song #1486
Tune: LYONS | Joseph Martin Kraus \ Robert Gant | Public Domain | CCLI Song #1486
PRAISE TO THE LORD THE ALMIGHTY
Tune: LOBE DEN HERRON | Catherine Winkworth \ Joachim Neander | Public Domain | CCLI Song #43073
