St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Alliance, Ohio
Sunday, March 5, 2023
9:30 AM
PRELUDE Salvation Now Is Come to Us Zachua
CONFESSION AND
FORGIVENESS
Blessed be the holy
Trinity, + one God, who brings us safely through the sea, who gives us water
from the rock, who leads us into the land of milk and honey.
Amen.
Silence is kept for
reflection.
Holy God, holy and
mighty, holy and immortal,
have mercy on us.
For self-centered
living, and for failing to walk with humility and gentleness:
Holy God, holy and
mighty, holy and immortal, have mercy on us.
For longing to have what
is not ours, and for hearts that are not at rest with ourselves:
Holy God, holy and
mighty, holy and immortal, have mercy on us.
For misuse of human
relationships, and for unwillingness to see the image of God in others:
Holy God, holy and
mighty, holy and immortal, have mercy on us.
For jealousies that
divide families and nations, and for rivalries that create strife and warfare:
Holy God, holy and
mighty, holy and immortal, have mercy on us.
For reluctance in
sharing the gifts of God, and for carelessness with the fruits of creation:
Holy God, holy and
mighty, holy and immortal, have mercy on us.
For hurtful words that
condemn, and for angry deeds that harm:
Holy God, holy and
mighty, holy and immortal, have mercy on us.
For idleness in
witnessing to Jesus Christ, and for squandering the gifts of love and grace:
Holy God, holy and
mighty, holy and immortal, have mercy on us.
Accomplish in us, O God,
the work of your salvation,
that we may show forth
your glory in the world.
By the cross and passion
of your Son, our Savior,
bring us with all your
saints to the joy of his resurrection.
In the mercy of almighty
God, our Lord Jesus Christ was given to die for us, and for his sake, God
forgives us all our sin. As a call and
ordained minister of the church of Christ and by his authority, I therefore declare
to you the entire forgiveness of all your sins, in the name of the Father, and
of the + Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen
HYMN
Lift High the Cross #660
GREETING
The grace of our Lord, Jesus
Christ, the love of God, and communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
And also with you.
First
Reading: Genesis 12:1-4a
1The Lord said
to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the
land that I will show you. 2I will make of you a great nation,
and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a
blessing. 3I will bless those who bless you, and the one who
curses you I will curse; and in you all the families of the earth shall be
blessed.”
4aSo Abram went, as the Lord had
told him; and Lot went with him.
Psalm: Psalm 121
1I lift up my eyes | to the
hills; from where is my | help to come?
2My help comes | from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.
3The Lord will
not let your | foot be moved nor will the one who
watches over you | fall
asleep.
4Behold, the keep- | er of Israel will
neither slumber nor sleep;
5the Lord watches | over
you; the Lord is your
shade at | your right hand;
6the sun will not strike | you by day, nor
the | moon by night.
7The Lord will
preserve you | from all evil and will | keep
your life.
8The Lord will
watch over your going out and your | coming in, from this
time forth for- | evermore.
Second Reading: Romans
4:1-5, 13-17
1What then are we to say was gained by Abraham, our
ancestor according to the flesh? 2For if Abraham was justified
by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3For
what does the scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him
as righteousness.” 4Now to one who works, wages are not
reckoned as a gift but as something due. 5But to one who
without works trusts him who justifies the ungodly, such faith is reckoned as righteousness.
13For the promise that he would inherit the world did not come to
Abraham or to his descendants through the law but through the righteousness of
faith. 14If it is the adherents of the law who are to be the
heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. 15For the law
brings wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there violation.
16For this reason it depends on faith, in order that the promise
may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his descendants, not only to the
adherents of the law but also to those who share the faith of Abraham (for he
is the father of all of us, 17as it is written, “I have made
you the father of many nations”)—in the presence of the God in whom he
believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that
do not exist.
GOSPEL
ACCLAMATION
Gospel: John 3:1-17
1Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the
Jews. 2He came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we
know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no one can do these
signs that you do apart from the presence of God.” 3Jesus
answered him, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God
without being born from above.” 4Nicodemus said to him, “How
can anyone be born after having grown old? Can one enter a second time into the
mother’s womb and be born?” 5Jesus answered, “Very truly, I
tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and
Spirit. 6What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born
of the Spirit is spirit. 7Do not be astonished that I said to
you, ‘You must be born from above.’ 8The wind blows where it
chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from
or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” 9Nicodemus
said to him, “How can these things be?” 10Jesus answered him,
“Are you a teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things?
11“Very truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know and testify to
what we have seen; yet you do not receive our testimony. 12If I
have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe
if I tell you about heavenly things? 13No one has ascended into
heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man. 14And
just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man
be lifted up, 15that whoever believes in him may have eternal
life.
16“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that
everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.
17“Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the
world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.”
The Gospel
of the Lord. Praise to you, O Christ.
SERMON
HYMN God Loved the World #323 v. 1,4,5
APOSTLES CREED
I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of
heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, God's only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the
forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and
the life everlasting. Amen
Prayers of Intercession
PEACE
OFFERING
GREAT Thanksgiving
PROPER PREFACE
SANCTUS
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, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen
HYMN My Faith Looks Up to Thee #759
PRAYER
BLESSING
HYMN How Firm a Foundation #796
DISMISSAL
POSTLUDE Hope Eternal Broughton
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