A Service For the Home
The following service order is intended for use in the home at a time when our congregation cannot gather. It may be lead by a family member, or if you live alone, you may use it by yourself, in which case, simply say all parts. Of course this is not intended to be a substitute for the Divine Service of the gathered church, but as a provision for household devotion and prayer. You may also use the service orders of Matins, Morning Prayer, Vespers, Evening Prayer, or Compline depending on the time of day. For a simple service order, see Daily Prayer (LSB p. 294ff) .
Leader: O Lord, open my lips.
Response: And my mouth will declare your praise.
L: Make haste, O God, to deliver me.
R: Make haste to help me, O Lord.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now and will be forever. Amen.
L: I will bless the LORD at all times;
R: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
L: I sought the LORD, and he answered me
R: and delivered me from all my fears.
L: Those who look to him are radiant,
R: and their faces shall never be ashamed.
L: This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him
R: and saved him out of all his troubles.
L: The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him,
R: and delivers them.
L: Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good!
R: Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
L: Glory be to the Father and to the Son and the Holy Spirit,
R: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
L: I will bless the LORD at all times;
R: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
L: Almighty and most merciful God, preserve us from all harm and danger that we, being ready in both body and soul, may cheerfuylly accomplish what You want done; through Jesus Christ Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
R: Amen.
READINGS FROM HOLY SCRIPTURE
Job 38:4-18
Psalm 18:1-16 (antiphon v. 46)
Romans 10:5-17
Matthew 14:22-33
L: Fear the LORD, you his saints,
R: for those who fear him lack nothing!
L: Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
R: but the LORD delivers him out of them all.
HYMN – Eternal Father, Strong to Save (LSB #717)
SERMON – Romans 10:5-17
The Apostles’ Creed (confessed all together)
THE PRAYERS
Gracious God our Father in heaven, your Son Jesus Christ, our Lord, walked on the water, signifying is trampling of the Deep and Death, and He enabled his disciple Peter to walk on the Deep with Him. Gathered in His Name and joined as one in the Spirit, we pray:
For your holy church scattered throughout the world, for our brothers and sisters in Christ who suffer persecution for the sake of the Gospel and for all who confess the name of Jesus; Lord, in your mercy…
R: Hear our prayer
For our fellowship in the Missouri Synod, for those who watch over our teaching and life together, for Matthew, Michael, and Paul, and for all pastors and teachers in Christ, for our fellow congregations including Bethel Lutheran Church in Buena Park and Pr. Phillip Sipes, those who gathered and those who remain scattered, for our missionaries including Ted and Rebecca Krey, for our schools and seminaries, and for our PreSchool and AfterSchool, for Vicki and Kristy; Lord in your mercy…
R: Hear our prayer
For the government and all in authority, for our president, and governor, the Congress and legislatures, and the courts of our land, for wise and faithful rulers who serve in the fear of Your name; for the right use of liberty in service to others; for the suppression of tyranny, insurrection, rebellion, sedition, and lawlessness; Lord in your mercy…
R: Hear our prayer
For our deployed soldiers and their families, for police fire, and emergency workers, and all who work to protect our lives and property; for medical workers and all who attend to our health, for those who risk their own lives and health in service of others; Lord, in your mercy…
R: Hear our prayer
For the boldness and confidence to live by faith without fear, trusting that in Christ we more than conquer by His Cross; Lord, in your mercy…
R: Hear our prayer
For mutual respect and understanding among all people; for an end to prejudice, bigotry, and division; that You would to change the hearts and minds of all by your Spirit so that we would live together as one humanity under one Maker and Redeemer; Lord, in your mercy…
R: Hear our prayer
For those who call upon you in their time of need: (everyone may speak the names of those for who they wish to pray); Lord, in your mercy…
R: Hear our prayer
For the unborn and the mothers who carry them, that both mother and child would be protected through childbirth, for those who celebrate the gift of life on their birthdays: Annie White (8/09); Scott Holder (8/10); Robin Fordham (8/12); Jason Li (8/15); Lord in your mercy…
R: Hear our prayer
Into your hands we commend all for whom we pray, trusting in your mercy, through your Son Jesus Christ, our Lord.
R: Amen.
The Our Father (prayed together)
(Morning) I thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have kept me this night from all harm and danger; and I pray that You would keep me this day also from sin and every evil, that all my doings and life may please You. For into Your hands I commend myself, my body and soul, and all things. Let Your holy angel be with me, that the evil foe may have no power over me. Amen.
(Evening) I thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have graciously kept me this day; and I pray that You would forgive me all my sins where I have done wrong, and graciously keep me this night. For into Your hands I commend myself, my body and soul, and all things. Let Your holy angel be with me, that the evil foe may have no power over me. Amen.
L: Let us bless the Lord.
R: Thanks be to God.
L: The almighty and merciful Lord, the Father, the +Son, and the Holy Spirit, bless and preserve us.
R: Amen.