Overview
1st Reading
23 Be glad, people of Zion,
rejoice in the Lord your God,
for he has given you the autumn rains
because he is faithful.
He sends you abundant showers,
both autumn and spring rains, as before.
24 The threshing floors will be filled with grain;
the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.
25 “I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten—
the great locust and the young locust,
the other locusts and the locust swarm[a]—
my great army that I sent among you.
26 You will have plenty to eat, until you are full,
and you will praise the name of the Lord your God,
who has worked wonders for you;
never again will my people be shamed.
27 Then you will know that I am in Israel,
that I am the Lord your God,
and that there is no other;
never again will my people be shamed.
28 “And afterward,
I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your old men will dream dreams,
your young men will see visions.
29 Even on my servants, both men and women,
I will pour out my Spirit in those days.
30 I will show wonders in the heavens
and on the earth,
blood and fire and billows of smoke.
31 The sun will be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood
before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.
32 And everyone who calls
on the name of the Lord will be saved;
for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem
there will be deliverance,
as the Lord has said,
even among the survivors
whom the Lord calls.
or
Sirach 35:12-17 (Link to NRSV)
or
Jeremiah 14:7-10, 19-22 (NIV)
7 Although our sins testify against us,
do something, Lord, for the sake of your name.
For we have often rebelled;
we have sinned against you.
8 You who are the hope of Israel,
its Savior in times of distress,
why are you like a stranger in the land,
like a traveler who stays only a night?
9 Why are you like a man taken by surprise,
like a warrior powerless to save?
You are among us, Lord,
and we bear your name;
do not forsake us!
10 This is what the Lord says about this people:
“They greatly love to wander;
they do not restrain their feet.
So the Lord does not accept them;
he will now remember their wickedness
and punish them for their sins.”
19 Have you rejected Judah completely?
Do you despise Zion?
Why have you afflicted us
so that we cannot be healed?
We hoped for peace
but no good has come,
for a time of healing
but there is only terror.
20 We acknowledge our wickedness, Lord,
and the guilt of our ancestors;
we have indeed sinned against you.
21 For the sake of your name do not despise us;
do not dishonor your glorious throne.
Remember your covenant with us
and do not break it.
22 Do any of the worthless idols of the nations bring rain?
Do the skies themselves send down showers?
No, it is you, Lord our God.
Therefore our hope is in you,
for you are the one who does all this.
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
1 Praise is due to you,
O God, in Zion;
and to you shall vows be performed,
2 O you who answer prayer!
To you all flesh shall come.
3 When deeds of iniquity overwhelm us,
you forgive our transgressions.
4 Happy are those whom you choose and bring near
to live in your courts.
We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house,
your holy temple.
5 By awesome deeds you answer us with deliverance,
O God of our salvation;
you are the hope of all the ends of the earth
and of the farthest seas.
6 By your strength you established the mountains;
you are girded with might.
7 You silence the roaring of the seas,
the roaring of their waves,
the tumult of the peoples.
8 Those who live at earth’s farthest bounds are awed by your signs;
you make the gateways of the morning and the evening shout for joy.
9 You visit the earth and water it,
you greatly enrich it;
the river of God is full of water;
you provide the people with grain,
for so you have prepared it.
10 You water its furrows abundantly,
settling its ridges,
softening it with showers,
and blessing its growth.
11 You crown the year with your bounty;
your wagon tracks overflow with richness.
12 The pastures of the wilderness overflow,
the hills gird themselves with joy,
13 the meadows clothe themselves with flocks,
the valleys deck themselves with grain,
they shout and sing together for joy.
or
Psalm 84:1-7 (NIV)
1 How lovely is your dwelling place,
O Lord of hosts!
2 My soul longs, indeed it faints
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and my flesh sing for joy
to the living God.
3 Even the sparrow finds a home,
and the swallow a nest for herself,
where she may lay her young,
at your altars, O Lord of hosts,
my King and my God.
4 Happy are those who live in your house,
ever singing your praise.Selah
5 Happy are those whose strength is in you,
in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
6 As they go through the valley of Baca
they make it a place of springs;
the early rain also covers it with pools.
7 They go from strength to strength;
the God of gods will be seen in Zion.
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
6 As for me, I am already being poured out as a libation, and the time of my departure has come. 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 From now on there is reserved for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have longed for his appearing.
16 At my first defense no one came to my support, but all deserted me. May it not be counted against them! 17 But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion’s mouth. 18 The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and save me for his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
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
9 He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus, ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people: thieves, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.12 I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of all my income.’ 13 But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even look up to heaven, but was beating his breast and saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ 14 I tell you, this man went down to his home justified rather than the other; for all who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who humble themselves will be exalted.”
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.
FOREVER REIGN Jason Ingram \ Reuben Morgan | 2009 | CCLI Song #5639997
YOU ARE STRONGER Jon Hunt | 2011 | CCLI Song #6438427
YOUR NAME Glenn Packiam \ Paul Baloche | 2006 | CCLI Song #4611679
MERCY MERCY Joel Houston \ Matt Crocker | 2012 | CCLI Song #6428781
MORE AND MORE OF YOU Jennie Lee Riddle | Jonathan Lee | Richie Fike | 2012 | CCLI Song #6381691
POUR OUT YOUR LOVE Marc Byrd \ Sarah Hart \ Steve Angrisano | 2009 | CCLI Song #5646698
JOYFUL (THE ONE WHO SAVES) Brenton Brown \ Jason Ingram | 2010 | CCLI Song #5895580
HAPPY DAY Ben Cantelon \ Tim Hughes | 2006 | CCLI Song #4847027
GLORIFIED Jared Anderson | 2008 | CCLI Song #5078730
GLORY IS HERE Lisa Gungor \ Michael Gungor | 2007 | CCLI Song #4974880
BETTER IS ONE DAY Matt Redman | 1995 | CCLI Song #1097451
KEEP THE FAITH Martin Smith \ Nick Herbert \ Tim Hughes | 2011 | CCLI Song #5942567
THE SAME LOVE Michael Rossback \ Paul Baloche | 2011 | CCLI Song #6180933
YOU ARE MY PASSION Justin Byrne | 2010 | CCLI Song #5875160
MY EVERYTHING Chris Quilala | 2011 | CCLI Song #6169600
ONE WAY Joel Houston \ Jonathon Douglass | 2003 | CCLI Song #4222082
RESCUE Jared Anderson | 2003 | CCLI Song #4084763
HELP ME FIND IT Ben McDonald \ David Frey \ Jason Ingram | 2011 | CCLI Song #6223481
BROKENNESS ASIDE David Leonard \ Leslie Jordan | 2011 | CCLI Song #5881109
GIVE US CLEAN HANDS Charlie Hall | 2000 | CCLI Song #2060208
WE CONFESS Glenn Packiam \ Ian Morgan Cron | CCLI Song #6476506
HAVE MERCY ON ME Dale Bischof \ Pat Sczebel | 2011 | CCLI Song #6167705
BEAUTIFUL Kari Jobe \ Mia Fieldes \ Paul Baloche | 2007 | CCLI Song #4874643
YOUR GLORY Leslie Jordan | 2011 | CCLI Song #5881068
I WILL TRUST IN YOU Chris Brown \ Mack Brock \ Wade Joye | 2012 | CCLI Song #6386108
This week’s worshipcurrent pick for Holy Communion/Eucharist
Hymn Suggestions for the Day:
HOLY SPIRIT COME TO US (VENI SANCTE SPIRITUS) Taizé Community | 1979, Les Presses de Taizé, GIA Publications Inc. agent | Hymnary
JOYFUL JOYFUL WE ADORE YOU Henry Van Dyke \ Ludwig van Beethoven | Public Domain | CCLI Song #25321 | Hymnary
FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT WITH ALL THY MIGHT John Samuel Bewley Monsell | Public Domain | CCLI Song #1729255 | Hymnary
TO GOD BE THE GLORY Fanny J. Crosby \ William Howard Doane | Public Domain | CCLI Song #23426 |Hymnary
JUST AS I AM WITHOUT ONE PLEA Charlotte Elliott \ William Batchelder Bradbury | Public Domain | CCLI Song #23206 |Hymnary
THERE’S A WIDENESS IN GOD’S MERCY Frederick William Faber | Public Domain | CCLI Song #123216 | Hymnary
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