The Tenth Sunday in Lent

An online service of worship

Scripture Text: Job 38:4-18; Psalm 18:1-16; Romans 10:5-17; Matthew 14:22-33

August 9, 2020 By Rev. Mark Ryman

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Order of Worship, The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 9, 2020
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Collect

Hymn: When Peace Like a River (LBW #346)
Lyrics: Horatio Spafford; Tune: “It Is Well,” Philip Bliss

When peace like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll,
Whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.

Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
Let this blest assurance control,
That Christ hath regarded my helpless estate,
And hath shed his own blood for my soul.

My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought,
My sin, not in part but the whole,
Is nailed to his cross, and I bear it no more.
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!

And, Lord, haste the day when our faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll,
The trumpet shall sound, and the Lord shall descend.
Even so it is well with my soul.

Apostolic Greeting

Kyrie

Prayer of the Day

Job 38:4-18

Psalm 18:1-16 (responses are the even numbered verses)

¹I love you, O Lord my strength,
O Lord my stronghold, my crag, and my haven.

²My God, my rock in whom I put my trust,
my shield, the horn of my salvation, and my refuge: You are worthy of praise.

³I will call upon the Lord,
and so shall I be saved from my enemies.

⁴The breakers of death rolled over me,
and the torrents of oblivion made me afraid.

⁵The cords of hell entangled me,
and the snares of death were set for me.

⁶I called upon the Lord in my distress
and cried out to my God for help.

⁷He heard my voice from his heavenly dwelling;
my cry of anguish came to his ears.

⁸The earth reeled and rocked;
the roots of the mountains shook; they reeled because of his anger.

⁹Smoke rose from his nostrils and a consuming fire out of his mouth;
hot burning coals blazed forth from him.

¹⁰He parted the heavens and came down
with a storm cloud under his feet.

¹¹He mounted on cherubim and flew;
he swooped on the wings of the wind.

¹²He wrapped darkness about him;
he made dark waters and thick clouds his pavilion.

¹³From the brightness of his presence, through the clouds,
burst hailstones and coals of fire.

¹⁴The Lord thundered out of heaven;
the Most High uttered his voice.

¹⁵He loosed his arrows and scattered them;
he hurled thunderbolts and routed them.

¹⁶The beds of the seas were uncovered, and the foundations of the world laid bare,
at your battle cry, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.

¹⁷He reached down from on high and grasped me;
he drew me out of great waters.

Romans 10:5-17

Matthew 14:22-33

The Apostles Creed

I believe in God the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit, and born of the virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again 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

Offering

Create In Me

Create in me a clean heart, oh God,
and renew a right spirit within me.
Cast me not away from your presence,
and take not your Holy Spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
and uphold me with your free Spirit.

Prayer

The 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

Blessing

Author

Mark Ryman

Rev. Mark E. Ryman serves as Interim Pastor for St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Salisbury, NC. Previously, Pastor Ryman has pastored other congregations in North Carolina and Ohio, as well as served on the staff of the North American Lutheran Church, and on the Board of Regents for the North American Lutheran Seminary. He currently serves a call to specialized ministry with Sola Publishing.

The Tenth Sunday in Lent