October 18, 2015 PREP

Theme: Be Open

 Sound Notes:

Reference Scriptures:  Mark 7:31-37
³¹ Then he returned from the region of Tyre, and went by way of Sidon towards the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis. ³² They brought to him a deaf man who had an impediment in his speech; and they begged him to lay his hand on him. ³³ He took him aside in private, away from the crowd, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat and touched his tongue. ³⁴ Then looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.” ³⁵ And immediately his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly. ³⁶ Then Jesus^[i] ordered them to tell no one; but the more he ordered them, the more zealously they proclaimed it. ³⁷ They were astounded beyond measure, saying, “He has done everything well; he even makes the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.”

Call To Worship:

Leader: Come, behold the works of the Lord, 

People: Our Lord brings peace, and an end 

to the wars we fight with each other and with ourselves.

Leader: Come, hear the words of the Lord,

People: “Be still, and know that I am God. 

I will be exalted among the nations,

I will be exalted in the earth!” 

Leader: The Lord of hosts is with us; 

People: the God of Jacob is our fortress!

Invocation:

O God who is greater than the most powerful forces in this world,

enable us to be still and know that You are God.

O Lord who answers out of the whirlwind of everyday life,

breathe in us Your Holy Spirit.

O still, small voice, speak to us this hour

that we might become makers of Your peace.

We pray in the name of Jesus, the one who taught us to pray, Our Father...

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