ADVENT ONE Our Savior Lutheran Church Newton, Iowa December 6, 2017

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1 ADVENT ONE Our Savior Lutheran Church Newton, Iowa December 6, 2017

2 ADVENT ONE Evening Prayer December 6, 2017 SERVICE OF LIGHT (Please stand) P The Spirit and the Church cry out: C Come, Lord Jesus. P All those who await His appearance pray: C Come, Lord Jesus. P The whole creation pleads: C Come, Lord Jesus. O Light Whose Splender LSB 891 P Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. C It is right to give Him thanks and praise. P Blessed are You, O Lord our God,.Father, Son and Holy Spirit. C Amen. (Please be seated) PSALM Psalm 24 The earth is the Lord s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein, for he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers. Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord? And who shall stand in his holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully. He will receive blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of his salvation. Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek the face of the God of Jacob. Lift up your heads, O gates! and be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord, strong and mighty, the Lord, mighty in battle! 2

3 Lift up your heads, O gates! And lift them up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory! Glory by 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. O Savior, Rend the Heavens Wide LSB 355 THE SCRIPTURE READINGS THE READING Isaiah 11:1-5, 10 & 11 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit. And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide disputes by what his ears hear, but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked. Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins. In that day the root of Jesse, who shall stand as a signal for the peoples of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious. In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that remains of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea. P This is the Word of our Lord. 3

4 THE SECOND READING Revelation 22:16-21 I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star. The Spirit and the Bride say, Come. And let the one who hears say, Come. And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price. I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book, and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book. He who testifies to these things says, Surely I am coming soon. Amen. Come, Lord Jesus! The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all. Amen. P This is the Word of the Lord. THE GOSPEL READING Matthew 1:18-22 Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins. All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel (which means, God with us). P This is the Word of the Lord. P In many and various ways God spoke to His people of old by the prophets. C But now in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son. 4

5 (Please stand) THE O ANTIPHONS for December 17 - Ecclesiasticus 24:3; Wisdom 8:1 P O Wisdom, C proceeding from the mouth of the Most High, pervading and permeating all creation, mightily ordering all things: ALL: COME and TEACH us the way of prudence. for December 18 - Exodus 3:2; Nehemiah 9:13 P O Adonai and ruler of the house of Israel, C who appeared to Moses in the burning bush and gave him the Law on Sinai: ALL: COME with an outstretched arm and REDEEM us. for December 19 - Isaiah 11:10; 52:15 P O Root of Jesse, C standing as an ensign before the peoples, before whom all kings are mute, to whom the nations will do homage: ALL: COME quickly to DELIVER us. for December 20 - Isaiah 22:22; 42:7 P O Key of David and scepter of the house of Israel, C you open and no one can close, you closed and no one can open: ALL: COME and RESCUE the prisoners who are in darkness and the shadow of death. for December 21 - Zechariah 6:12 (Vulgate); Luke 2:78-79 P O Dayspring, C splendor of light everlasting: ALL: COME and ENLIGHTEN those who sit in darkness And in the shadow of death. for December 22 - Jeremiah 10:7; Haggai 2:7; Isaiah 28:16 P O King of the nations, the ruler they long for, C The cornerstone uniting all people: ALL: COME and SAVE us all, whom You formed out of clay. 5

6 for December 23 - Isaiah 7:14; 33:22 P O Emmanuel, C Our king and our Lord, The anointed for the nations and their Savior: ALL: COME and SAVE us, O Lord our God. My Soul Rejoices LSB 933 LITANY P In peace let us pray to the Lord. C Lord, have mercy. P..let us pray to the Lord. C Lord, have mercy. (Repeat several times) P For the faithful who have gone before us and are with Christ, let us give thanks to the Lord. P Help, save, comfort, and defend us, gracious Lord. (Silence for meditation) P Rejoicing in the fellowship of all the saints, let us commend ourselves, one another, and our whole life to Christ, our Lord. C To You, O Lord. P O God, from whom come.. Through the merits of Jesus Christ, our Savior, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, God forever. C Amen. P Lord, remember us in Your Kingdom, and teach us to pray: C Our Father (The Lord s Prayer is printed on the back cover of the hymnal.) P Let us bless the Lord. OFFERING O Come, O Come, Emmanuel LSB 357 Stz. 1 6

7 SERMON By Pastor David Brandt Isaiah 11:1-5 & Is it Advent? No! It s the Advent OF OUR LORD!! O Come, O Come, Emmanuel Sung within the sermon LSB 357 Stz. 2 & 3 O Come, O Come, Emmanuel Sung within the sermon LSB 357 Stz. 4-7 O Come, O Come, Emmanuel Sung after the sermon LSB 357 Stz. 1 (Please stand) PRAYER P.through Jesus Christ, our Lord. C Amen. BLESSING P The almighty and merciful Lord, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, bless and preserve you. C Amen. Acknowledgments Divine Service, Setting One from Lutheran Service Book 2006 Concordia Publishing House. Reprinted with permission. Unless otherwise indicated, all scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Created by Lutheran Service Builder 2006 Concordia Publishing House. 7

8 U U U U U Lord, Teach us to Pray Remember in your prayers... For Healing, Wholeness and Shalom U Leola Benac, recuperating at home. U Amy Gerdts, Gary & Peggys Gerdts niece, please pray for continued healing after a successful bone marrow transplant with some complications of host rejection. U Charlene Vesely, residing at Windsor Manor in Grinnell. U Pastor Mike Maddick and wife, Melanie, both undergoing treatment for cancer. U John McGinley, diagnosed with prostate cancer. U Marilyn Mertz s son, Jim, health concerns. U Ed & Geneva Trost. U Robert Wolfe, Bills Jenkins nephew The Ministry of The Pregnancy Center of Central Iowa. Michael McGinley, Kelsi, Katka & Bazil, as Michael continues his ministerial training as a Vicar in Chariton, Iowa. Rev. Dr. Thomas and Mary Aadland, Our Missionaries to Kenya James and Angela Sharp, Our Missionaries to Uruguay. Carl & Chen Hsi Li Hanson, Our Missionaries to Hong Kong, China. J.P. & Aimee Cima, working in Vietnam. Jesse Narit & Naomi Phan, Stronghold, Cambodia. Pastor & Karen Moore, Our Missionaires to Houston, Tx. The Malaria Initiative and the end of Malaria deaths in the world. 8