Prayer Before Worship: O Lord, bless the preaching of Your Word and my hearing of it. Work in me, Holy Spirit, a stronger and livelier faith. Renew me by Your forgiveness spoken over me, and placed within my lips in Jesus’ Body and Blood of Holy Communion. Send me to share Your love with others. Amen
In Today’s Worship: When we have differences of opinion with other people, we tend to approach the conversation as a battle to be won. We’ve become accustomed to using techniques that “power up on” others so that they “lose” and we “win.” Jesus, however, shows us a different way. His love for each person always moved Him to give up any advantage. He leveled the relational “battlefield” in order to change them through love.
