Order of Service: - Prelude - Friday Morning Prayer: P: My dear Father, help me this morning and always that I may worship you in spirit and truth and desire nothing but that which is in accord with Your will. C: Enlighten me with Your Holy Spirit and cle

Order of Service: - Prelude - Hymn 489 - The Law Commands and Makes Us Know - The Eighth Commandment (p. 31): You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. What does this mean? We should fear and love God so that we do not tell lies about our

Order of Service: - Prelude - The Versicles (pp. 120-121) - Matthew 26: 47-75: 47 While Jesus was still speaking, suddenly Judas (one of the Twelve) arrived. With him was a large crowd with swords and clubs, who came from the chief priests and elders of t

Order of Service: - Prelude - Hymn 452 - Out of the Depths I Cry To Thee: vv. 1 & 2 - Luke 13: 22-29: And He went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. Then one said to Him, “Lord, are there few who are saved?” And He

Order of Service: - Prelude - Hymn 256 - When Afflictions Sore Oppress You: vv. 1-3 - Habakkuk 1: 1-4 & 2: 1-4: The burden which the prophet Habakkuk saw. O Lord, how long shall I cry, and You will not hear? Even cry out to You, “Violence!” And You will n

Order of Service: - Prelude - Responsive Psalm : P: Remember, O Lord, Your tender mercies, C: For they have been from of old. P: Let not my enemies triumph over me. C: Redeem Israel, O God, out of all their troubles! P: To You, O Lord, I lift up my soul

Order of Service: - Prelude - Hymn 252 - I Walk in Danger All the Way: vv. 1-4 - 1 Peter 5: 8-9: Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowi

Order of Service: - Prelude - Hymn 488 - I Am, Alone, Your God and Lord: vv. 1-6 - The Seventh Commandment (p. 31): You shall not steal. What does this mean? We should fear and love God so that we do not take our neighbor’s money or possessions, or get th

Order of Service: - Prelude - The Versicles (pp. 120-121) - Matthew 26: 26-46: And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.” Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and

Order of Service: - Prelude - Hymn 253 - Rise, My Soul, To Watch and Pray: vv. 1-4 - Luke 22: 31-34: The Lord said, “Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail;