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Before Service Prayer: Lord, thank You for Your love, which is patient and kind, never envious, boastful, proud, or rude. Thank You that Your love is not self-seeking, not irritable, and that it does not keep a record of wrongs. Help me to love as You love, to be patient and kind in my interactions with others, even when it is difficult. May my actions reflect Your love, and may I not be quick to anger or offended. Lord, grant me the grace to be humble and gentle, to think more of others than of myself, and to seek their well-being above my own desires. Help me to forgive as You have forgiven me, and to let go of grudges and resentments. May Your love be my guiding principle in all that I do, and may I be a vessel of Your grace, spreading Your love to those around me. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
Today's Theme: BECAUSE HE LIVES WE LIVE LIVES OF LAVISH LOVE. If someone saved you from a horrible death, what would you do to thank them? Probably just about anything they asked! You would be that grateful. Jesus not only saved us from eternal death in hell, but He won for us an eternity in paradise. What shall we do to thank Him? This week we see that Jesus asks for just one thing: love. He asks us, in every interaction we have with others, to demonstrate the same selfless love that He has shown to us. That is how we thank Him.
Fortunately, Jesus doesn't just ask us to show love. Jesus empowers us to show love. The same divine power which raised Jesus from the dead now raises us up to a new and better life, enabling us to set aside our natural selfishness and self-glorification and instead live in a more excellent way. Like Christ, we strive to do everything for the benefit of others. Because He lives, we live lives of lavish love.
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).