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Before Service Prayer: Eternal Holy Spirit, who has called Your church through the Gospel into the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ, protect Your chosen people. Sanctify us that we might hold fast to what is true, standing firm in Your eternal comfort and good hope; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Father, one God, now and forever. Amen.
Today's Theme: CAUSE/ EFFECT - RESURRECTION / HOPE: People think of "hope" as being an optimistic desire. "I hope it doesn't rain this weekend" simply means that is what you want to happen. Your hope doesn't mean that will happen. It might pour all weekend. Yet, that is the best the world can offer - an uncertain enthusiasm, a cautious anticipation. Optimism is the cause of that shaky type of hope. In a world as hard as this one, we need more than shaky hope.
Jesus gives us better. He has given us the unbreakable promise of resurrection, a promise rooted in his own resurrection. More, he has given us the promise of eternal life in a breathtakingly beautiful heavenly home. What is the effect of Jesus giving us such promises? We are given a better type of hope . . . a certain hope. We watch and wait for the life that is to come, with the certainty that it will come. For Jesus has made a promise. And one thing Jesus never does is lie!
Today's Service:Divine Service II, NPH; used with permission under the OneLicense.net copyright agreement #A-800156 and under CCLI license #11327771.
Personal Preparation for Holy Communion: Luther's Christian Questions, p. 295-296 "Christian Worship: A Lutheran Hymnal".
Christian hymns preach Jesus Christ: crucified, risen and seated at God's right hand. The hymns in this service are from "Christian Worship: A Lutheran Hymnal" ©2021 Northwestern Publishing House. Used with permission. Additional hymns: "Christian Worship Supplement" ©2008 Northwestern Publishing House. Used with permission.
You may see all our videos on New Life's YouTube Channel. Our services are also aired in the Lake Zurich area at 1:00 PM on Wednesdays and 5:00 PM on Saturdays on Comcast Channel 4, and AT&T U-Verse Channel 99 (select "Lake Zurich" as the community channel you want to access).