INVOCATION The sign of the cross may be made by all in remembrance of their Baptism.

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A warm welcome to all worshiping with Resurrection Lutheran Church today. We celebrate our Savior’s love in the faithful gathering of God’s people, whether we are together in God’s house or, as you watch online from the comfort of your home.

For those individuals or families desiring a space that is physically distanced, please feel welcome to sit in the rows that are marked as reserved.

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True greatness from God is couched in humility, conveying, above all else, peace. This Peace from God lays waste to warring passions and quarrelsome ways fueled by jealousy and ambition. Our thoughts aren’t always good; and they reveal a lot about us. But God’s Thought is on us and that changes everything…including us. We prepare for the temptations of the world by “submitting” and

“drawing near” to God. There is no better place to be than in the Arms of our Loving Lord Whose Power works for us and not against us.

❖Denotes times when the congregation is invited to stand.

The congregation is encouraged to quietly and prayerfully prepare for worship during the prelude.

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Prelude and Fugue in G – J. S. Bach

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The sign of the cross may be made by all in remembrance of their Baptism.

P In the Name of the Father and of the  Son and of the Holy Spirit.

C Amen.

P If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

C But if we confess our sins, God, Who is Faithful and Just, will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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P Let us then confess our sins to God our Father.

C Most Merciful God, we confess that we are by nature sinful and unclean. We have sinned against You in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved You with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We justly deserve Your present and eternal punishment. For the sake of Your Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us. Forgive us, renew us, and lead us, so that we may delight in Your Will and walk in Your Ways to the glory of Your Holy Name. Amen.

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P Almighty God in His mercy has given His Son to die for you and for His sake forgives you all your sins. As a called and ordained servant of Christ and by His authority, I therefore forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the  Son and of the Holy Spirit.

C Amen.

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Martin Luther’s Morning Prayer (I Thank You, Heavenly Father) – C. Schalk Sanctuary Choir

I thank You, Heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord.

You kept me safely through the night, and brought me to the morning light.

Be with me through this day, I pray, and keep me safe from Satan’s sway That all I think or do or say please only You, my Strength and Stay.

Into Your Hands I now commend my body and soul until life’s end.

Your angel keep me safe from harm until I rest in Jesus’ Arm. Amen.

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P The Lord be with you.

C And also with you.

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Everlasting Father, Source of every blessing,

C mercifully direct and govern us by Your Holy Spirit that we may complete the works You have prepared for us to do; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, Who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

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(In the wilderness, the people raise their complaint to God; and He responds by sending His Spirit to rest on their leaders.)

Now the rabble that was among them had a strong craving.

And the people of Israel also wept again and said, “Oh that we had meat to eat!

We remember the fish we ate in Egypt that cost nothing, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic.

But now our strength is dried up, and there is nothing at all but this manna to look at.”

Moses heard the people weeping throughout their clans, everyone at the door of his tent.

And the anger of the LORD blazed hotly, and Moses was displeased.

Moses said to the LORD,

“Why have You dealt ill with your

servant? And why have I not found favor in Your Sight, that You lay the burden of all this people on me?

Did I conceive all this people? Did I give them birth, that You should say to me,

‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries a nursing child,’ to the land that You swore to give their fathers?

Where am I to get meat to give to all this people?

For they weep before me and say,

‘Give us meat, that we may eat.’

I am not able to carry all this people alone; the burden is too heavy for me.

If You will treat me like this, kill me at once, if I find favor in Your Sight, that I may not see my wretchedness.”

Then the LORD said to Moses,

“Gather for me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them, and bring them to the tent of meeting, and let them take their stand there with you.

And I will come down and talk with you there.

And I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put it on them, and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, so that you may not bear it yourself alone.

So Moses went out and told the people the Words of the LORD.

And he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people and placed them around the tent.

Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and took some of the Spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders.

And as soon as the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied.

But they did not continue doing it.

Now two men remained in the camp, one named Eldad, and the other named Medad, and the Spirit rested on them.

They were among those registered, but they had not gone out to the tent, and so they prophesied in the camp.

And a young man ran and told Moses,

“Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.”

And Joshua the son of Nun, the assistant of Moses from his youth, said,

“My lord Moses, stop them.”

But Moses said to him,

“Are you jealous for my sake?

Would that all the LORD's people were prophets, that the LORD would put His Spirit on them!”

A This is the Word of the Lord.

C Thanks be to God.

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(All Your creatures look to You for food.)

L These all look to You, to give them their food in due season.

C When You give it to them, they gather it up;

L when You open Your Hand, C they are filled with good things.

L When You hide Your Face, C they are dismayed;

L when You take away their breath, C they die and return to their dust.

L When You send forth Your Spirit,

C they are created, and You renew the face of the ground.

L May the Glory of the LORD endure forever;

C may the LORD rejoice in His Works, L Who looks on the earth and it trembles,

C Who touches the mountains and they smoke!

L I will sing to the LORD as long as I live;

C I will sing praise to my God while I have being.

L May my meditation be pleasing to Him, C for I rejoice in the LORD.

L Let sinners be consumed from the earth, C and let the wicked be no more!

L Bless the LORD, O my soul!

C Praise the LORD!

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

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(Friendship with the world is enmity with God.)

Who is wise and understanding among you?

By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.

This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.

For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.

And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you?

Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?

You desire and do not have, so you murder.

You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel.

You do not have, because you do not ask.

You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.

You adulterous people!

Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God?

Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says,

“He yearns jealously over the spirit that He has made to dwell in us”?

But He gives more grace.

Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

Submit yourselves therefore to God.

Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.

Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Be wretched and mourn and weep.

Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.

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C Thanks be to God.

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(Do not lose your saltiness.)

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John said to Him,

“Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your Name,

and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us.”

But Jesus said,

“Do not stop him, for no one who does a mighty work in My Name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of Me.

For the one who is not against us is for us.

For truly, I say to you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ will by no means lose his reward.

“Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.

And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off.

It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire.

And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off.

It is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into hell.

And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out.

It is better for you to enter the Kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell, ‘where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.’

For everyone will be salted with fire.

Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will you make it salty again?

Have salt in yourselves,

and be at peace with one another.”

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Son of God, Eternal Savior LSB 842

1. Son of God, eternal Savior, Source of life and truth and grace, Word made flesh, whose birth among us Hallows all our human race, You our Head, who, throned in glory, For Your own will ever plead:

Fill us with Your love and pity, Heal our wrongs, and help our need.

2. As You, Lord, have lived for others, So may we for others live.

Freely have Your gifts been granted; Freely may Your servants give.

Yours the gold and Yours the silver, Yours the wealth of land and sea;

We but stewards of Your bounty Held in solemn trust will be.

3. Come, O Christ, and reign among us, King of love and Prince of Peace;

Hush the storm of strife and passion, Bid its cruel discords cease.

By Your patient years of toiling, By Your silent hours of pain,

Quench our fevered thirst of pleasure, Stem our selfish greed of gain.

4. Son of God, eternal Savior, Source of life and truth and grace, Word made flesh, whose birth among us Hallows all our human race:

By Your praying, by Your willing That Your people should be one, Grant, O grant our hope’s fruition: Here on earth Your will be done.

Text (sts. 1-4) and Tune: Public domain.

Created by Lutheran Service Builder. © 2006 Concordia Publishing House.

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Life Together, 4: Wisdom in Time of Conflict James 3:13-4:10

(Sermon Notes on Page 17)

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C I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and earth.

And in Jesus Christ, His Only Son, our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary,

suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried.

He descended into hell.

The third day He rose again from the dead.

He ascended into Heaven

and sits at the Right Hand of God the Father Almighty.

From thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,

the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins,

the resurrection of the body, and the Life  Everlasting. Amen.

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The people may greet one another in the name of the Lord, saying, “Peace be with you,” as a sign of reconciliation and of the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. (Matthew 5:22-24; Ephesians 4:1-3)

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(The offerings of God’s people will be received through electronic giving, by postal mail, and in baskets located in the Narthex. At this time, we encourage you to fill out the fellowship pads located in the pews.)

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Jesu, the Very Thought of Thee – S. Lole Sanctuary Choir

Jesu, the very thought of Thee With sweetness fills my breast;

But sweeter far Thy Face to see, O Saviour of mankind.

Nor voice can sing, nor heart can frame, Nor can the memory find,

A sweeter sound than Thy blest Name, And in Thy Presence rest.

O Hope of every contrite heart, O Joy of all the meek,

To those who fall, how kind Thou art, How good to those who seek!

But what to those who find? Ah, this Nor tongue nor pen can show;

The love of Jesus, what it is None but His loved ones know Jesus, our only joy be Thou,

As Thou our prize wilt be;

Jesu be Thou our glory now, And through eternity.

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After each portion of the prayers:

P Lord, in Your Mercy, C Hear our prayer.

P Into Your Hands, O Lord, we commend all for whom we pray, trusting in Your Mercy; through Your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord, Who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

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C 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.

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P The LORD bless you and keep you.

The LORD make His Face to shine on you and be gracious to you.

The LORD look upon you with favor and  give you peace.

C Amen.

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God of Grace and God of Glory LSB 850

1. God of grace and God of glory, On Your people pour Your pow’r;

Crown Your ancient Church’s story; Bring its bud to glorious flow’r.

Grant us wisdom, grant us courage For the facing of this hour, For the facing of this hour.

2. Lo, the hosts of evil round us Scorn the Christ, assail His ways!

From the fears that long have bound us Free our hearts to faith and praise.

Grant us wisdom, grant us courage For the living of these days, For the living of these days.

3. Cure Your children’s warring madness; Bend our pride to Your control;

Shame our wanton, selfish gladness, Rich in things and poor in soul.

Grant us wisdom, grant us courage Lest we miss Your kingdom’s goal, Lest we miss Your kingdom’s goal.

4. Save us from weak resignation To the evils we deplore;

Let the gift of Your salvation Be our glory evermore.

Grant us wisdom, grant us courage, Serving You whom we adore, Serving You whom we adore.

Text (sts. 1-4) and Tune: Public domain.

Created by Lutheran Service Builder. © 2006 Concordia Publishing House.

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God of Grace and God of Glory – P. Manz

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Acknowledgments

Divine Service, Setting Two from Lutheran Service Book. © 1978 Concordia Publishing House. Reprinted with permission.

Created by Lutheran Service Builder. © 2006 Concordia Publishing House.

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Life Together, 4: Wisdom in Time of Conflict (James 3:13-4:10) Series B, Proper 20

Our journey through James continues with a focus on the “completeness” of wisdom that yearns to flee envy and the prideful need to be right. We seek the gifts of God today for the humble attitude of repentance and for forgiving one another from our hearts.

1. According to St. James, conflict starts ___ ____ ______. We deal with conflict in an ungodly way when we make it all “the other guy’s problem.” Some conflict can and should be owned by mostly one party or another, but our text reminds us that quarrels and fights continue among us because of the “passions” (lit., “desires for pleasure”) that are at war within all of us (James 4:1).

2. Dealing with conflict by trying to be “_______” is ______ and _______. In the community of faith, making distinctions of “low” and “high” do not bring peace. St.

James (and Jesus) point to another way. James: the “meekness/humility of wisdom”

(3:13); Jesus: becoming “like children” (Matthew 18:1-4). This is countercultural. It is

“pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere” (3:16). It is wisdom we do not have. We cannot carry it out.

3. The crucified and risen Christ deals with conflict by _________ _______ to ___.

Before God the fault for any conflict is all ours! But the death of Jesus has reconciled us to God and given us a ministry of reconciliation (2 Cor. 5:19). In our Baptism we were received as God’s beloved children. Now we receive the forgiveness of sins through God’s Word of Absolution…through what is spoken over us at the Lord’s Supper.

4. With such gifts from God, conflict can become an ___________ for us and others ___ _____. Do you run from conflict? How would life change if you saw conflict as an opportunity? “As we are filled with [God’s] grace, we can then breathe it out to others by confessing our wrongs, bringing [others] hope through the Gospel, lovingly showing others their faults, forgiving them as God has forgiven us, and manifesting in our words and actions the fruit of the Holy Spirit.” (Ken Sande, The Peacemaker). No one said it would be easy, but the grace of God is there to see us through. That is true wisdom in time of conflict!