A Shepherd’s Compassion

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Queuing for Bread, Nicolae Tonitza (1920)

King of Saints (Joseph Hart, 1712-68) [spotify id=”spotify:track:1Sy6pkXlhduT0oqdHiciGR” width=”300″ height=”130″ /]

In Tenderness  (W. Spencer Walton, 1894)  [spotify id=”spotify:track:2VwGhbPtrLcEWvkTqbTsZ6″ width=”300″ height=”130″ /]

You Will Find Me (Andrew Ripp, 2010) [spotify id=”spotify:track:6droEgQMXnMqoF1akzDtVJ” width=”300″ height=”130″ /]

When I Survey (Isaac Watts, 1707) [spotify id=”spotify:track:20dH0zYVAhX4MHg9cSu18H” width=”300″ height=”130″ /]

Beautiful Things(Michael & Lisa Gungor, 2009) [spotify id=”spotify:track:06wxyCQFJOT0bjvSPMQj7x” width=”300″ height=”130″ /]

It Is Well With My Soul (Horatio Spafford, 1873) [spotify id=”spotify:track:7DsyA7F5giDMU5j5KiTkwQ” width=”300″ height=”130″ /]

image : Queuing for Bread, Nicolae Tonitza (1920)

Preparation for Worship

O Lord teach me to seek You,
and reveal Yourself to me when I seek You.

For I cannot seek You unless
You first teach me,
nor find You unless
you first reveal Yourself to me.

Let me seek You in longing,
and long for You in seeking.

Let me find You in love,
and love You in finding.

Ambrose of Milan, 4th century

Call to WorshipPsalm 95:6-7

Come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker! For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, and the sheep of His hand.

The Ministry of PrayerPsalm 23. A Psalm of David.

The LORD is my Shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for His name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

Old Testament Reading — Numbers 27:15-17

Moses spoke to the Lord, saying, “Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation  who shall go out before them and come in before them, who shall lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the Lord may not be as sheep that have no shepherd.”

We Confess Our Sin Together — from The Book of Common Prayer

Almighty and most merciful Father,
we have erred and strayed from Your ways like lost sheep.
We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts.
We have offended against Your holy laws.
We have left undone what we ought to have done,
and we have done what we ought not to have done,
and there is no health in us.
Yet, good Lord, have mercy on us:
restore those who repent,
according to Your promises declared to us in Jesus Christ our Lord.
And grant, merciful Father, for His sake,
That we may live a godly, righteous, and obedient life,
to the glory of Your holy name. Amen.

God Declares Our Forgiveness — John 6:35, 40

 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst…For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”

Sermon — Mark 6:30-43

30 The apostles returned to Jesus and told him all that they had done and taught. 31 And he said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while.” For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat. 32 And they went away in the boat to a desolate place by themselves. 33 Now many saw them going and recognized them, and they ran there on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them. 34 When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things. 35 And when it grew late, his disciples came to him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is now late. 36 Send them away to go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.” 37 But he answered them, “You give them something to eat.” And they said to him, “Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give it to them to eat?” 38 And he said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.” And when they had found out, they said, “Five, and two fish.” 39 Then he commanded them all to sit down in groups on the green grass. 40 So they sat down in groups, by hundreds and by fifties. 41 And taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven and said a blessing and broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the people. And he divided the two fish among them all. 42 And they all ate and were satisfied. 43 And they took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and of the fish. 44 And those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.

Benediction

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