Prayer Before Worship

Lord Your love is patient; we give You thanks for all those who have been patient with us and have taught and cared for us; and we pray for the patience to love others as you have loved us. Amen.

In Today’s Worship

Lent is a season that calls us to reflect on the great love that Christ has for us – a love so great that it moves Him to die.  We are not only to reflect on Christ’s love, but reflect out His love to the world, as Jesus Himself commands: “Just as I have loved you, you are also to love one another” John 13:34.  This Lent season we look at some of the ways we can reflect Jesus’ love, using Paul’s description of what love is from 1 Corinthians 13. Today we rejoice that God is patient with us so that we do not lose His priceless gifts.