Blessed before God – v2

Hungry for the word

needing the grace of God;

Humbly doing His work,

going where we are called

Blessed before God

living in servanthood;

Following the way of the cross,

in all we say and do

edited March 31, 2014

Blessed before God – v2

May 16, 2010

Blessed before God

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/05/blessed-before-god.html

Matthew 5:1-12 (Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes)

Ephesians 2:14-18

Philippians 1:3-5, 9-11 (Call to Worship)

Prayer of Confession

“Loving God, hold not our sins against us; but

hold us up against our sins; so that in you we are

reminded, not of our sin, but of your forgiveness,

not just of what we are but what we might become.”

-          based on prayer four, “Hold Us Up Against Our Sins”,

The Prayers of Soren Kierkegaard,

http://www.thewords.com/articles/soren1.htm

“Father in Heaven! Hold not our sins up against us but

hold us up against our sins so that the thought of You

when it wakens in our soul, and each time it wakens,

should not remind us of what we have committed but

of what You did forgive, not of how we went astray

but of how You did save us!”

hymn, We Are Called, #2172, The Faith We Sing

-          Isaiah 6:8

hymn, Bind Us Together, #2226, The Faith We Sing

-          Colossians 3:14

Worship Theme: “Blessed are?”

and sermon, “Called to be Blessed and to Bless”

by Reverend Huntley Halvorson

Suncook United Methodist Church

Suncook, NH

May 16, 2010

Sixth Sunday After Easter

Seventh Sunday in Easter

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