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: The LORD is your keeper;
R: the LORD is your shade on your right hand.
L: I lift up my eyes to the hills,
R: From where does my help come?
L: My help comes from the LORD,
R: who made heaven and earth.
L: He will not let your foot be moved;
R: he who keeps you will not slumber.
L: Behold, he who keeps Israel
R: will neither slumber nor sleep.
L: The LORD will keep you from all evil;
R: he will keep your life.
L: The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in
R: from this time forth and forevermore.
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: The LORD is your keeper;
R: the LORD is your shade on your right hand.
L: O God; the protector of all who trust in You, have mercy on us that with You as our ruler and guide we may so pass through things temporal that we lose not the things eternal; 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
Isaiah 45:1-7
Psalm 96:1-9 (antiphon: v. 9a)
1 Thessalonians 1:1-10
Matthew 22:15-22
L: He will command his angels concerning you
R: to guard you in all your ways.
L: Bless the LORD, O my soul,
R: and all that is within me, bless his holy name!
HYMN #940 Holy God, We Praise Thy Name
SERMON – 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10
The Apostles’ Creed (confessed all together)
THE PRAYERS
Gracious God our Father in heaven, Your Son Jesus Christ, our Lord, taught to render to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to you what is yours. Laying down our lives before you and offering our bodies as living sacrifices, we humbly 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 Concordia Lutheran in Cerritos and Pr. Dustin Parker, for those who are able to gather and for those who remain scattered, for our missionaries including Cindy Pine, for our schools and seminaries, and for our AfterSchool; Lord in your mercy…
R: Hear our prayer
For the government and all in authority, for the President, for the governor of our state, our legislators and judges, and all in public service; for an orderly election process, and for wise and faithful men and women who serve our nation and its people in honesty, integrity, and uprightness; Lord in your mercy…
R: Hear our prayer
For our military and their families, for police, fire, and emergency workers, 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 mutual respect, harmony, cooperation, and peace among our people, for an increase of humility, kindness, gentleness, patience, self-discipline, and hope; Lord, in your mercy…
R: Hear our prayer
For those stricken by Covid, for those who are known to us and those unknown; have mercy, we pray, and bring your healing. Protect those who are healthy and restore those who are sick; turn away this virus that grips our world in fear and turn our hearts to You, the source of life, and to Your Son Jesus, the good physician of soul and body; 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 recognition of the sanctity of all human life, for the unborn and the mothers who carry them including Kimmy, that mother and child would be protected through childbirth; for those who celebrate the sacred gift of life on their birthdays, for Cheryl; 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.