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Before Service Prayer: Lord God, heavenly Father, "whom have I in heaven but You? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You. My flesh and my heart fails, but You are the Strength of my heart and Portion forever." I am deeply grateful that You are my God, who has promised never to leave me nor forsake me. I trust Your Word that nothing shall separate me from Your love. I am ashamed to confess that sometimes my heart is filled with fear as I look at the trouble and turmoil in the world today. Sometimes I am afraid to face a difficult problem in my personal life. Forgive my little faith. Increase my faith in Your loving-kindness and in Your almighty power that I may overcome my fears and meet every trying experience with confidence. Make Your strength perfect in my weakness. By Your Holy Spirit enable me confidently to say, "I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me." In Jesus' name. Amen.
Today's Theme JESUS' BUSINESS IS LOVE; THEREFORE, SO IS OURS: The entirety of God's Word can be summed up in one word: love. God's Law is all about love. "Love the Lord your God with all your heart..." and "Love your neighbor as yourself" (Matthew 22:37,39). The gospel is all about love: "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son..." (John 3:16). From His compassion for the sick and broken, to His sacrificial death on the cross, to the peace He provided after His resurrection, Jesus was the perfect embodiment of love. Love is His business.
Therefore, love is our business too. The resurrection reality is that with the same supernatural power by which God raised Jesus from the dead, God now enables us to live a new life - one marked by radically selfless love. The motivation and ability to do this comes from seeing the endless love Christ has for us. We love only because He first loved us.
Today's Service: "Service of the Word" NPH reprinted under OneLicense.net #A-800156 and under CCLI license #11327771.
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).