Opening Praise – Bless the Lord O My Soul (10,000 Reasons)

Opening Prayer

Worthy are you, O God,
to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength,
and honour, and glory, and blessing!
Salvation belongs to our God,
who sits on the throne,
and to the Lamb, for ever and ever.
We bless you, O Lord our God,
that nothing can ever separate us
from your love in Christ Jesus;
that in tribulation and distress and in all that may afflict us
we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
Praise and glory to be given to you by all your creatures.

God of grace,
you have searched us and known us,
and are acquainted with all our ways;
you know our foolishness,
and our sins are not hidden from you.
If you, O Lord, should count our iniquities,
who would be able to stand?
But you are gracious, patient,
and overflowing in mercy,
forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin.

Merciful Father,
grant to your faithful people pardon and peace,
that we may be cleansed from all our sins
and serve you with a quiet mind;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever.
Amen.

The Lord’s Prayer

Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name;
thy kingdom come;
thy will be done;
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation;
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
the power and the glory,
for ever and ever.
Amen.

Reading Luke 13:10-21

¹⁰ On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, ¹¹ and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all. ¹² When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, ‘Woman, you are set free from your infirmity.’ ¹³ Then he put his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God.

¹⁴ Indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, the synagogue leader said to the people, ‘There are six days for work. So come and be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath.’

¹⁵ The Lord answered him, ‘You hypocrites! Doesn’t each of you on the Sabbath untie your ox or donkey from the stall and lead it out to give it water? ¹⁶ Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?’

¹⁷ When he said this, all his opponents were humiliated, but the people were delighted with all the wonderful things he was doing.

¹⁸ Then Jesus asked, ‘What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it to? ¹⁹ It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds perched in its branches.’

²⁰ Again he asked, ‘What shall I compare the kingdom of God to? ²¹ It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about thirty kilograms of flour until it worked all through the dough.’

Sermon – The Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast

Hymn 634 – Go Forth and Tell

Final Prayer

May the God of hope,
fill us with all joy and peace,
as we trust in him,
so that we might overflow with hope,
by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Amen

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