25th Oct.
HYMN Thou whose almighty word
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJuqdIVH8VY
Psalm 119: 9 – 16
How can a young person stay on the path of purity?
By living according to your word.
I seek you with all my heart;
do not let me stray from your commands.
I have hidden your word in my heart
that I might not sin against you.
Praise be to you, Lord;
teach me your decrees.
With my lips I recount
all the laws that come from your mouth.
I rejoice in following your statutes
as one rejoices in great riches.
I meditate on your precepts
and consider your ways.
I delight in your decrees;
I will not neglect your word.
Welcome to this morning's service
Wendy Round reads: 1 Thessalonians 2: 1-8
HYMN All for Jesus, all for Jesus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk3hwn35LE8
GOSPEL Matthew 22: 34-40
Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
This is the first and greatest commandment.
And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’
All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
SERMON preached by Martha
PRAYERS led by Peter Essex