Sunday Service from Hillside Circuit for July 9th 2023:
Lectionary Theme: Surrender your problems unto Jesus
Occasion: 6th Sunday after Pentecost
Lectionary readings:
Psalm 145: 8-14
Zechariah 9: 9-12
Romans 7: 15-25a
Matthew 11: 16-19, 25-30
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Songs:
Here are the songs for Sunday morning service. Click or tap on a song to open it in YouTube.
Lord have mercy on us.
We want to see Jesus lifted high.
We believe.
I’m so secure.
Agnus Dei.
You are my hiding place.
Father I place into your hands.
All to Jesus I surrender.
My peace I give unto you.
You can listen and join in with prayers from the English Methodist Service Book. They can be found at the Prayers for worship webpage.
Children’s Address:
Sermon:
Bible readings:
Psalm 145
8 You are merciful, LORD!
You are kind and patient and always loving.
9 You are good to everyone,
and you take care of all your creation.
10 All creation will thank you,
and your loyal people will praise you.
11 They will tell about
your marvellous kingdom and your power.
12 Then everyone will know about
the mighty things you do and your glorious kingdom.
13 Your kingdom will never end, and you will rule forever.
Our LORD, you keep your word
and do everything you say.
14 When someone stumbles or falls,
you give a helping hand.
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Zechariah 9
9 Everyone in Jerusalem, celebrate and shout!
Your king has won a victory, and he is coming to you.
He is humble and rides on a donkey;
he comes on the colt of a donkey.
10 I, the LORD, will take away war chariots and horses
from Israel and Jerusalem.
Bows that were made for battle will be broken.
I will bring peace to nations,
and your king will rule from sea to sea.
His kingdom will reach from the Euphrates River
across the earth.
11 When I made a sacred agreement with you, my people,
we sealed it with blood.
Now some of you are captives in waterless pits,
but I will come to your rescue 12 and offer you hope.
Return to your fortress,
because today I will reward you
with twice what you had.
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Romans 7
15 In fact, I don’t understand why I act the way I do. I don’t do what I know is right. I do the things I hate. 16 Although I don’t do what I know is right, I agree that the Law is good. 17 So I am not the one doing these evil things. The sin that lives in me is what does them.
18 I know that my selfish desires won’t let me do anything that is good. Even when I want to do right, I cannot. 19 Instead of doing what I know is right, I do wrong. 20 And so, if I don’t do what I know is right, I am no longer the one doing these evil things. The sin that lives in me is what does them.
21 The Law has shown me that something in me keeps me from doing what I know is right. 22 With my whole heart I agree with the Law of God. 23 But in every part of me I discover something fighting against my mind, and it makes me a prisoner of sin that controls everything I do. 24 What a miserable person I am. Who will rescue me from this body that is doomed to die? 25 Thank God! Jesus Christ will rescue me.
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Matthew 11
16 You people are like children sitting in the market and shouting to each other,
17 “We played the flute, but you would not dance!
We sang a funeral song, but you would not mourn!”
18 John the Baptist did not go around eating and drinking, and you said, “That man has a demon in him!” 19 But the Son of Man goes around eating and drinking, and you say, “That man eats and drinks too much! He is even a friend of tax collectors and sinners.” Yet Wisdom is shown to be right by what it does.
25 At that moment Jesus said:
My Father, Lord of heaven and earth, I am grateful that you hid all this from wise and educated people and showed it to ordinary people. 26 Yes, Father, that is what pleased you.
27 My Father has given me everything, and he is the only one who knows the Son. The only one who truly knows the Father is the Son. But the Son wants to tell others about the Father, so that they can know him too.
28 If you are tired from carrying heavy burdens, come to me and I will give you rest. 29 Take the yoke I give you. Put it on your shoulders and learn from me. I am gentle and humble, and you will find rest. 30 This yoke is easy to bear, and this burden is light.
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[Did you miss last week’s Sunday Services? They can now be found at Worship Archive – July 2nd 2023.]
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