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Before Service Prayer: Lord Jesus, You desire committed followers. However, down through the centuries, it has sometimes happened that Your followers are very committed, but for the wrong cause. Combine our commitment for You with a knowledge of what You would have us be committed to. Today, as we think about Your committed followers, James and John, and what their commitment for You led them to ask, help us to learn from the rebuke You gave them so we can be committed to You in the right way, a way which pleases You and helps our neighbor. Amen.
Today's Theme: UNDIVIDED ATTENTION -- ON CHRIST'S CALL FOR COMMITMENT. There is the type of fan who follows his team if they make the playoffs. Then there is the type of fan who, regardless of his team's record, watches every game and knows the stats for every player. There are different types of followers: the half-hearted versus the committed. Jesus is uninterested in followers who pay attention to His Word and will only when their other pursuits provide the time. Jesus wants followers who are all-in . . . who love Him above all things . . . who would be willing to leave everything else behind if that were what it would take to be with Him. We simply do not have it inside us to produce that level of commitment. But in the gospel, we see how Jesus went all in for our salvation. As we witness the way Jesus made our eternal happiness the focus of His undivided attention, the Spirit creates within us the very commitment that Christ seeks.
Today's Service: Morning Praise, NPH; used with permission under the OneLicense.net copyright agreement #A-800156 and under CCLI license #1132777. 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).