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Service for Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Fifth Week of Lent

Opening Hymn: "Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed" - Congregation & Michella Novy - Organ

Invocation - Rev. Charles Neugebauer

Antiphon of Confession - Rev. Charles Neugebauer

Collect - Rev. Charles Neugebauer

First Lesson: Genesis 45:1-15  (NIV) - Rev. Charles Neugebauer

Joseph Makes Himself Known

 1 Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, "Have everyone leave my presence!" So there was no one with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers. 2 And he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh's household heard about it.

 3 Joseph said to his brothers, "I am Joseph! Is my father still living?" But his brothers were not able to answer him, because they were terrified at his presence.

 4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, "Come close to me." When they had done so, he said, "I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt! 5 And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you. 6 For two years now there has been famine in the land, and for the next five years there will not be plowing and reaping. 7 But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance. [a]

 8 "So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made me father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt. 9 Now hurry back to my father and say to him, 'This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; don't delay. 10 You shall live in the region of Goshen and be near me—you, your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and all you have. 11 I will provide for you there, because five years of famine are still to come. Otherwise you and your household and all who belong to you will become destitute.'

 12 "You can see for yourselves, and so can my brother Benjamin, that it is really I who am speaking to you. 13 Tell my father about all the honor accorded me in Egypt and about everything you have seen. And bring my father down here quickly."

 14 Then he threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin embraced him, weeping. 15 And he kissed all his brothers and wept over them. Afterward his brothers talked with him.

Footnotes:
  1. Genesis 45:7 Or save you as a great band of survivors
Second Lesson: Romans 8:28-30 (NIV) - Rev. Charles Neugebauer
More Than Conquerors

 28And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him,[a] who[b] have been called according to his purpose. 29For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. 30And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.

 

Footnotes:
  1. Romans 8:28 Some manuscripts And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God
  2. Romans 8:28 Or works together with those who love him to bring about what is good—with those who
Holy Gospel:  Luke 23:39-43 (NIV) - Rev. Charles Neugebauer
39One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: "Aren't you the Christ? Save yourself and us!"

 40But the other criminal rebuked him. "Don't you fear God," he said, "since you are under the same sentence? 41We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong."

 42Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.[a]"

 43Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise."

Footnotes:
  1. Luke 23:42 Some manuscripts come with your kingly power

Hymn of the Day: "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross" - Congregation & Michella Novy - Organ with Kitty Kosman - Flute

Message: "Sent By God's Will"

Rev. Mark Goble

Prayers - Rev. Charles Neugebauer

Benediction: -  Rev. Charles Neugebauer

Closing Hymn: "Abide With Me" - Congregation & Michella Novy - Organ with Kitty Kosman - Flute  

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