The following prayers and Bible passage can be read as part of the Simple Service, or can be used independently for your own personal time of prayer and reflection. God is with you. 

God is good, All the Time

All the Time, God is good.

Gathering

 Psalm 107: 1-8

1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;     his love endures for ever.

2 Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story –     those he redeemed from the hand of the foe, 3 those he gathered from the lands,     from east and west, from north and south.

4 Some wandered in desert wastelands,     finding no way to a city where they could settle. 5 They were hungry and thirsty,     and their lives ebbed away. 

6 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,     and he delivered them from their distress. 7 He led them by a straight way     to a city where they could settle.

8 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love     and his wonderful deeds for mankind.

 Confession & Absolution

 Lord God,

we have sinned against you;

we have done evil in your sight.

We are sorry and repent.

Have mercy on us according to your love.

Wash away our wrongdoing and cleanse us from our sin.

Renew a right spirit within us

and restore us to the joy of your salvation,

through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen

Bible Reading: John 3:14-20

 14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,15 that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him

16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. 19 This is the verdict: light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.

Prayers of Intercession

Sending Out

In darkness and in light,

in trouble and in joy,

help us, heavenly Father,

to trust your love,

to serve your purpose,

and to praise your name;

through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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