Fourth S. of Easter (Jubilate):

Those Who Wait on the Lord Shall RejoiceIs. 40:25-31; Lam. 3:22-33; 1 Peter 2:11-20; 1 John 3:1-3; John 16:16-22 ; Psalm 147:1-

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Memorization Verses: Is. 40:31 but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength.Lam. 3:25 The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him1 Peter 2:16 Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God1 John 3:1 See what kind of love the Father has

given to us, that we should be called children of

God; and so we are. John 16:22 you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you. Psalm 147:11 the LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.

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Those who wait on the Lord shall rejoice.

•What have been your biggest life waits?

•What are you rejoicing about?

•Still waiting?

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1. With boldness and confidence, let us come before our Father’s throne and offer our prayers for the Church and all people in need through Christ, our Lord.2. Lord God, Your people continue to rejoice in the resurrection of Your beloved Son from the dead. Our sorrow has been turned to joy and our hearts made glad. Grant us Your strength to boldly and clearly proclaim to all the world Your victory over sin, death and the devil...3. Heavenly Father, Your love for the whole creation knows no limit, and yet You have a special concern for children and young people. Guard and protect them from the temptation and snares of the devil that they may grow in their faith and love for you. Give us grace that we also may ever welcome Your

kingdom like a child...4. Almighty and everlasting God, You have caused all Holy Scriptures to be written for our learning. Through Your power, open our ears that we may hear Your word, our hearts and minds that Your truth may dwell within us, and loosen our lips that we may proclaim Your praises...5. Father in heaven, in Your infinite wisdom You created the heavens and the earth and ordered its days. Though our world is fallen, You never cease to desire what is best for Your children and have established earthly authorities to punish those who do evil and praise those who do well. Grant to our public servants a measure of Your temperance, wisdom and understanding that there may be peace and justice in our land. To Your protecting care we command all who serve in our armed forces...

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6. Lord God, from whom all knowledge and wisdom comes, look with favor on the schools, universities, seminaries and all centers of learning in our Synod. Guard the hearts and minds of instructors, administrators and students from every assault of the devil, the world and their own flesh. Grant them to be ever focused upon the cross of Christ and His resurrection victory. Grant Your wisdom to all who teach and learn in our schools...7. Father almighty, You have promised to transform our lowly bodies to be like our Savior’s glorious body at His Appearing. Yet in this fallen world, our bodies fail us; sickness and sorrow disrupt our lives. Watch over all who are suffering [especially_________OPEN

PRAYER] and grant them comfort and healing, according to Your will...8. Kind and loving Father, Your Son has prepared for us a feast of love that we may partake and not die, but live in Him forevermore. Grant Your Spirit to all who come today to the Holy Eucharist and manifest in their lives Your unending joy. Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer.--OPEN PRAYER--9. All these things we ask in the name of our risen Lord, whose perfect obedience and love bore our sins to death on His Cross and rose in triumph over all our enemies. Receive our prayers for His sake. We ask them all in His name, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen

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Stanza 1With high delight Let us uniteIn songs of sweet jubilation.You pure in heart, Each take your part,Sing Jesus Christ, our salvation.To set us free Forever, heIs risen and sends To all earth's endsGood news to save every nation.

Stanza 2True God, he first From death has burstForth into life, all subduing.His enemy Shall vanquished lie;His death has been death's undoing.

"And yours shall be Like victoryO'er death and grave," Said he, who gaveHis life for us, life renewing.

Stanza 3Let praises ring; Give thanks, and bringTo Christ our Lord adoration.His honor speed By word and deedTo every land, every nation.So shall his love Give us above,From misery And death set free,All joy and full consolation.

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Isaiah 40:25-31 The Greatness of God25 To whom then will you compare me, that I should be like him? says the Holy One.26 Lift up your eyes on high and see: who created these?He who brings out their host by number, calling them all by name,by the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power not one is missing.27 Why do you say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel,“My way is hidden from the LORD, and my right is disregarded by my God”?28 Have you not known? Have you not heard?The LORD is the everlasting God,

the Creator of the ends of the earth.He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.29 He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.30 Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted;31 but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles;they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

Lamentations 3:22-33 Great Is Your Faithfulness22 The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end;23 they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.24 “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.”25 The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.26 It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.28 Let him sit alone in silence when it is laid on him;

29 let him put his mouth in the dust— there may yet be hope;30 let him give his cheek to the one who strikes, and let him be filled with insults.31 For the Lord will not cast off forever,32 but, though he cause grief, he will have compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love;33 for he does not afflict from his heart or grieve the children of me

1 Peter 2:11-20 Submission to Authority11 Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. 12 Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.Submission to Authority13 Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, 14 or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good. 15 For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people.16 Live as people who are free,

not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God. 17 Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.18 Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust. 19 For this is a gracious thing, when, mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly. 20 For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God.

1 John 3:1-3 Children of God3 See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.2 Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. 3 And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.

John 16:16-22Your Sorrow Will Turn into Joy16 “A little while, and you will see me no longer; and again a little while, and you will see me.” 17 So some of his disciples said to one another, “What is this that he says to us,‘A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’; and,‘because I am going to the Father’?” 18 So they were saying, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’? We do not know what he is talking about.” 19 Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, “Is this what you are asking yourselves, what I meant by saying, ‘A little while and you will not see me, and again a little

while and you will see me’? 20 Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy. 21 When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world. 22 So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.

Psalm 147:1-11He Heals the Brokenhearted147 Praise the LORD!For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting.2 The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the outcasts of Israel.3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.4 He determines the number of the stars; he gives to all of them their names.5 Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure.6 The LORD lifts up the humble;

he casts the wicked to the ground.7 Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make melody to our God on the lyre!8 He covers the heavens with clouds; he prepares rain for the earth; he makes grass grow on the hills.9 He gives to the beasts their food, and to the young ravens that cry.10 His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,11 but the LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.

Share Time: FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER (Jubilate) Isaiah 40:25–31 or Lamentations 3:22–331 Peter 2:11–20 or 1 John 3:1–3John 16:16–22 Those Who Wait on the Lord Shall Rejoice The people of God are pilgrims and sojourners in this world, looking ahead to a destination yet to come (1 Peter 2:11–20). Though we are now children of God, the fullness of what we shall be has not yet been revealed (1 John 3:1–3). We are those who wait on the Lord. “The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him” (Lam. 3:25). Jesus tells us that the wait is just a little while. “A little while, and you will see me no longer; and again a little while, and you will see me” (John 16:16). Though you must experience sorrow for a time, though you must live as strangers in a world that is at enmity with Christ, yet your sorrow will be turned to joy when He returns. “But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength” (Is. 40:31). The little while of weeping shall be replaced with an eternity of rejoicing in the presence of Christ the crucified and risen Savior. “And no one will take your joy from you” (John 16:22).

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Fifth S. of Easter (Cantate): Jesus Promises to Send His Holy Spirit, the Helper

Is. 12:1-6 The LORD Is My Strength and My Song

James 1:16-21 Testing of Your Faith; Hearing and Doing the Word

John 16:5-15 The Work of the Holy Spirit

Psalm 66:1-8 How Awesome Are Your Deeds

Next Week…

Is. 12:1-6; James 1:16-21; John 16:5-15; Psalm 66:1-8

Isaiah 12:1-6The LORD Is My Strength and My Song12 You will say in that day:“I will give thanks to you, O LORD, for though you were angry with me,your anger turned away, that you might comfort me.2 “Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid;for the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.”3 With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.4 And you will say in that day:“Give thanks to the LORD, call upon his name,make known his deeds among the peoples, proclaim that his name is exalted.5 “Sing praises to the LORD, for he has done gloriously; let this be made known in all the earth.6 Shout, and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.”

James 1:16-21Testing of Your Faith16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down fromthe Father of

lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. 18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind offirstfruits of his creatures.Hearing and Doing the Word19 Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; 20 for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.21 Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word,which is able to save your souls.

John 16:5-15The Work of the Holy Spirit5 But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ 6 But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.7 Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. 8 And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: 9 concerning sin, because they do not believe in me; 10 concerning righteousness,because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer;11 concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.12 “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he willguide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own

authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. 14 He willglorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. 15 All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

Psalm 66:1-8How Awesome Are Your DeedsTo the choirmaster. A Song. A Psalm.66 Shout for joy to God, all the earth;2 sing the glory of his name; give to him glorious praise!3 Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds! So great is your power that your enemies come cringing to you.4 All the earth worships you and sings praises to you; they sing praises to your name.” Selah5 Come and see what God has done: he is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man.6 He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the river on foot.There did we rejoice in him,7 who rules by his might forever,whose eyes keep watch on the nations— let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah8 Bless our God, O peoples; let the sound of his praise be heard,