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Before Service Prayer: Holy Spirit, through the pen of James, the half brother of Jesus, You inspired these words, "Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly". (3:1) All who hold to the Christian faith will be judged more strictly by the world, labeled hypocrites if we deviate in the slightest way from what we profess to believe. Good! Help Your people, whom you have called to faith, to keep this in mind, so that every day we not only hear the Master's call to go work in the vineyard, but then actually do it. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
Today Theme: A STORY OF SPIRITUAL INSINCERITY: You have maybe heard the accusation or perhaps even made it yourself: "He's so fake!" That charge claims someone's friendliness or kindness is a sham. Such insincerity bothers us. We would generally rather someone be honest about how they feel about us than be fake.
Through a story Jesus teaches us that God feels the same. God doesn't want us to simply go through religious motions like some sort of show. He sees right through that. God's desire is that our repentance would demonstrate sincere sorrow over sin. God wants us to see the grace and forgiveness He has shown us in Christ, and in response, to love Him back deeply and sincerely.
Today's Service: Morning Praise, NPH; used with permission under the OneLicense.net copyright agreement #A-800156. The service is a revision of the historic Order of Matins. Matins (comes from the Latin matutinus meaning "of the morning") was the monastic service marking the beginning of the new day. In Morning Praise we sing back to God the message He has given us in His word.
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).