Simplify - Stuck?
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Greeting and Announcements
Call to Worship
Pastor: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
All: Amen.
Pastor: O eternal God, You are the same yesterday, today and forever.
All: Our times are in Your hands.
Pastor: No matter what comes day after day, month after month, season after season
All: We praise You for Your goodness.
Pastor: You have put eternity into our hearts.
All: You are our help in ages past and in ages still to come. Amen.
O God Our Help in Ages Past
O God our help in ages past
Our hope for years to come
Our shelter from the stormy blast
And our eternal home
Under the shadow of Your throne
Your saints have dwelt secure
Sufficient is Your arm alone
And our defense is sure
Before the hills in order stood
Or earth received its frame
From everlasting You are God
To endless years the same
A thousand ages in Your sight
Are like an evening gone
Short as the watch that ends the night
Before the rising sun
Time like an ever rolling stream
Soon bears all us all away
We fly forgotten as a dream
Dies at the opening day
Our God our help in ages past
Our hope for years to come
Still be our guard while troubles last
And our eternal home
Scripture Reading
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 - There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing, a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.
Theme Video
STP Kids Dismissal
STP Kids is the Children’s Ministry at St. Peter’s Edina, designed for all children from 6 months to 10 years old (Grade 5). Older children are welcome to participate as helpers. Our vision is to partner with parents in raising up a generation of children that will seek their God-given Kingdom mission and impact their world for Jesus!
Message: Stuck?
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens
Ecclesiastes 3:11 - He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
Action Step
Confession & Forgiveness
Pastor: Thank You, Lord, for the goodness You have shown to us through all times and seasons. You have blessed us in ways too numerous to count. You have sustained us in seasons of trouble in ways we cannot ever fully appreciate.
All: Our times are in Your hands Lord.
Pastor: As we consider how we might Simplify, we are compelled to unburden ourselves before God of all that destroys our happiness and hinders our mission.
All: Merciful Father, I have complicated my life with lovelessness, bitterness, and jealousy. I have sinned in thought, word, and deed. I ask You to forgive me in the name of Jesus, who died for my sins. Deliver and restore me that I may live in peace.
Pastor: God is faithful. He has heard your confession. He forgives you because Jesus paid in full for your sins. Rejoice in His mercy. Live every season in His peace and serve the Lord in days ahead.
See A Victory
The weapon may be formed but it won't prosper
When the darkness falls it won't prevail
'Cause the God I serve knows only how to triumph
My God will never fail
My God will never fail
I'm gonna see a victory
I'm gonna see a victory
For the battle belongs to You Lord
I'm gonna see a victory
I'm gonna see a victory
For the battle belongs to You Lord
There's power in the mighty Name of Jesus
Every war He wages He will win
I'm not backing down from any giant
I know how this story ends
I know how this story ends
I'm gonna see a victory
I'm gonna see a victory
For the battle belongs to You Lord
I'm gonna see a victory
I'm gonna see a victory
For the battle belongs to You Lord
You take what the enemy meant for evil
And You turn it for good
You turn it for good
You take what the enemy meant for evil
And You turn it for good
You turn it for goodYou take what the enemy meant for evil
And You turn it for good
You turn it for good
You take what the enemy meant for evil
And You turn it for good
You turn it for good
I'm gonna see a victory
I'm gonna see a victory
For the battle belongs to You Lord
I'm gonna see a victory
I'm gonna see a victory
For the battle belongs to You Lord
Prayer
If you are in need of prayer, we would love the opportunity to pray with you!
Communion
The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod holds the Biblical teaching that in Communion we receive the true body and blood of Jesus Christ with the bread and wine for the forgiveness of sins. If you are a baptized Christian who has been instructed in the Biblical teaching of the real presence of the Christ in this meal and grace through faith in Christ, and if you agree with our confession of faith, please join with the fellowship of disciples in Holy Communion.
“Everyone should examine themselves first, and then eat the bread and drink of the cup. For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body of the Lord eats and drinks judgment on himself.” (1 Corinthians 11:28-29)
The Lord’s Prayer
All: 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.
Blessing
Ecclesiastes 3:14 - I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it.
Do It Again
Walking around these walls
I thought by now they'd fall
But you have never failed me yet
Waiting for change to come
Knowing the battle's won
For you have never failed me yet
Your promise still stands
Great is your faithfulness
Faithfulness
I'm still in your hands
This is my confidence
You've never failed me yet
I know the night won't last
Your word will come to pass
My heart will sing your praise again
Jesus you're still enough
Keep me within your love
My heart will sing your praise again
Your promise still stands
Great is your faithfulness
Faithfulness
I'm still in your hands
This is my confidence
You've never failed
Your promise still stands
Great is your faithfulness
Faithfulness
I'm still in your hands
This is my confidence
You've never failed me yet
I've seen you move
You move the mountains
And I believe
I'll see you do it again
You made a way
Where there was no way
And I believe
I'll see you do it again
I've seen you move
You move the mountains
And I believe
I'll see you do it again
You made a way
Where there was no way
And I believe
I'll see you do it again
I've seen you move
You move the mountains
And I believe
I'll see you do it again
You made a way
Where there was no way
And I believe
I'll see you do it again
I'll see you do it again
You've never failed me yet
I never will forget
You've never failed me yet
I never will forget
See A Victory
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