Words To Live By - Mercy
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As we gather together at Thanksgiving. we pause to thank the Lord for His many blessings to us. Each family has its own tradition for giving thanks, but a common one is the words of the psalm: “O give thanks unto the LORD, for He is good: for His mercy endures(th) forever.”
God's greatest gift to us is His mercy. From His mercy we receive both provision for this life, and through Christ, life in His kingdom, now and forever.
Praise To The Lord
Praise to the Lord the Almighty
The King of creation
O my soul praise Him
For He is your health and salvation
Let all who hear
Now to His temple draw near
Joining in glad adoration
Praise to the Lord
Who o'er all things
Is wondrously reigning
And as on wings of an eagle
Uplifting sustaining
Have you not seen
All that is needful has been
Sent by His gracious ordaining
Praise to the Lord
Who has fearfully
Wondrously made you
Health has bestowed
And when heedlessly
Falling has stayed you
What need or grief
Ever has failed of relief
Wings of His mercy
Did shade you
Praise to the Lord
Who will prosper your work
And defend you
Surely His goodness and mercy
Shall daily attend you
Ponder anew
What the Almighty can do
As with His love
He befriends you
Praise to the Lord
O let all that is
In me adore Him
All that has life and breath
Come now with
Praises before Him
Let the Amen
Sound from His people again
Gladly forever adore Him
Scripture Reading
Psalm 136:1-9, 23-26 - Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. For His mercy endures forever. Give thanks to the God of gods. For His mercy endures forever. Give thanks to the Lord of lords: For His mercy endures forever. To him who alone does great wonders, For His mercy endures forever. Who by his understanding made the heavens, For His mercy endures forever. Who spread out the earth upon the waters, For His mercy endures forever. Who made the great lights—For His mercy endures forever. The sun to govern the day, For His mercy endures forever. The moon and stars to govern the night; For His mercy endures forever. He remembered us in our low estate, His mercy endures forever. And freed us from our enemies. His mercy endures forever. He gives food to every creature. His mercy endures forever. Give thanks to the God of heaven. His mercy endures forever.
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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). 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: Mercy
Psalm 136:1 - O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy endures forever.
Psalm 136:1-9 - Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. For His mercy endures forever. Give thanks to the God of gods. For His mercy endures forever. Give thanks to the Lord of lords: For His mercy endures forever. To him who alone does great wonders, For His mercy endures forever. Who by his understanding made the heavens, For His mercy endures forever. Who spread out the earth upon the waters, For His mercy endures forever. Who made the great lights—For His mercy endures forever. The sun to govern the day, For His mercy endures forever. The moon and stars to govern the night; For His mercy endures forever.
Luther’s Small Catechism: The First Article - I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth. What does this mean?
Answer: I believe that God has made me and all creatures; that He has given me my body and soul, eyes, ears, and all my members, my reason, and all my senses, and still takes care of them; He also gives me, clothing and shoes, food and drink, house and home, wife and children, land, animals, and all that I have; He richly and daily provides me with all that I need to support this body and life, He defends me against all danger, and guards and protects me from all evil; All this He does out of fatherly, divine goodness and MERCY, without any merit or worthiness in me. For all which I am in duty bound to thank and praise, to serve and obey Him.
What if you woke up this morning and had only the things you thanked God for yesterday?
Grace: Getting what you don’t deserve
Mercy: Not getting what you do deserve
Psalm 136:23-25 - He remembered us in our low estate, His mercy endures forever. And freed us from our enemies. His mercy endures forever. He gives food to every creature. His mercy endures forever.
Psalm 136:26 - Give thanks to the God of heaven. His mercy endures forever.
Psalm 136:1 - O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy endures forever.
Today Your Mercy Calls Us
Today Your mercy calls us
To wash away our sin
However great our trespass
Whatever we have been
However long from mercy
Our hearts have turned away
Your precious blood can wash us
And make us clean today
Today Your gate is open
And all who enter in
Shall find a Fathers welcome
And pardon for their sin
The past shall be forgotten
A present joy be given
A future grace be promised
A glorious crown in heaven
Today our Father calls us
His Holy Spirit waits
His blessed angels gather
Around the heavenly gates
No question will be asked us
How often we have come
Although we oft have wandered
It is our Fathers home
O all embracing Mercy
O ever open Door
What should we do without You
When heart and eye run o'er
When all things seem against us
To drive us to despair
We know one gate is open
One ear will hear our prayer
Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer
People: 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
Titus 3:4-5 - But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy.
Now Thank We All Our God
Now thank we all our God
With hearts and hands and voices
Who wondrous things has done
In whom His world rejoices
Who from our mothers arms
Has blessed us on our way
With countless gifts of love
And still is ours today
O may this bounteous God
Through all our life be near us
With ever joyful hearts
And blessed peace to cheer us
And keep us in His grace
And guide us when perplexed
And free us from all ills
In this world and the next
All praise and thanks to God
The Father now be given
The Son and Him who reigns
With them in highest heaven
The one eternal God
Whom earth and heaven adore
For thus it was is now
And shall be evermore
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