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image ::Daughter and Father, Lucian Freud (2002, British)
Preparation for Worship :: Fathers
“I am a great writer because when I was a little girl and walked into the room where my father was sitting, his eyes would light up. That is why I am a great writer. That is why. There isn’t any other reason.” (Toni Morrison)
“Do you now unreservedly dedicate your child to God, and promise, in humble reliance upon divine grace… that you will strive, by all the means of God’s appointment, to bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord?” (Baptismal Vow, Book of Church Order 56.5)
“If the love of a father will not make a child delight in him, what will?” (John Owen)
Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs for July 13
:: Holy is the Lord
:: Abide With Me
:: How He Loves
:: He Ever Loves Us
:: My Jesus I Love Thee
:: Blessed Be Your Name
Call to Worship :: Psalm 68:4-6,19
Sing to God, sing praises to His name; lift up a song to Him who rides through the deserts; His name is the Lord; exult before Him! Father of the fatherless and Protector of widows is God in His holy habitation. God settles the solitary in a home; He leads out the prisoners to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a parched land. Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation.
Old Testament Reading :: Proverbs 3:11-12; 17:6; 19:18
My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline
or be weary of his reproof,
for the Lord reproves him whom he loves,
as a father the son in whom he delights.
Grandchildren are the crown of the aged,
and the glory of children is their fathers.
Discipline your son, for there is hope;
do not set your heart on putting him to death.
Sermon :: Ephesians 5:32-6:4
32 This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. 33 However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 Honor your father and mother (this is the first commandment with a promise), 3 that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” 4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
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.
Words of Encouragement :: I John 3:1
See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!