"What Is a Christian Mother?"

Call to Worship (Revelation 7)

From every nation, in every language, we cry out: “Salvation belongs to our God, and to the Lamb!” Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving! Honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen! Amen!

Opening Prayer (Psalm 23, John 10, Revelation 7)

You are the Good Shepherd, Lord, we hear your call; we know your voice; we follow your paths. You lead us beside still waters. You guide us to the springs of life. You shelter us and restore our souls. In you we find life everlasting. We come humbly into your presence this day, in praise, worship, and adoration. Our hearts run over with your unfailing goodness and never-ending love. In the name of our Savior, we pray.

Offertory

Offering our time, our abilities, and our finances (which can all work together), becomes a regular and life-long “thank you”.

Today, I invite you to be a grateful lamb, filled with all the gifts offered by the Shepherd…and eager to offer more than our words.  Let us share our gifts, our tithes and our offerings!

Prayer

With joy we come this day to the house of the Lord. God provides for us abundantly even when we doubt and fear, even when we turn away. God is faithful. Open our hearts today, O Lord, to hear your word for us that we may become faithful disciples of our Lord all our days. AMEN.

Isaiah 55:6-9 New International Version 6 Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near. 7 Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon. 8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. 9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Benediction (Psalm 23, Revelation 7)

The Lord is our shepherd; we want for nothing. We hunger and thirst no more. The Lord gives rest and comfort to our souls. God keeps us in perfect peace. The Lord sustains us in the midst of trouble. Our lives overflow with God’s love and grace. Goodness and mercy will surely follow us always. And we will dwell in the house of the Lord forever! Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.