St Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
313 4th St, Manistee, MI 49660-2901
website: stpaulsmanistee.com
facebook.com/SPLCManistee
Telephone: 231-299-1022
April 10, 2022 – Palm Sunday
Prayer Before Worship – Lord, thank You for reminding me You are God and Man.
Hymn 131
Morning Praise, front of hymnal page 45 bottom
Old Testament Lesson: Zechariah 9:9-10
Believers are told to rejoice because their King & Savior is coming. He is almighty & will be victorious over His enemies even though He will come gentle, riding on a donkey.
9 Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous & victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 10 I will take away the chariots from Ephraim and the warhorses from Jerusalem, and the battle bow will be broken. He will proclaim peace to the nations. His rule will extend from sea to sea & from the River to the ends of the earth.
Hymn 130
Gospel: Luke 19:28-40
The Palm Sunday parade
28 After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. 29 As he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, 30 “Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. 31 If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it.’”32 Those who were sent ahead went and found it just as he had told them. 33 As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, “Why are you untying the colt?”34 They replied, “The Lord needs it.”35 They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it. 36 As he went along, people spread their cloaks on the road. 37 When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen:38 “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!”“Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” 39 Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!” 40 “I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.”
Hymn 133
Sermon Text: Epistle: Philippians 2:5-11
Jesus our Savior is Lord of all. He did not display His glory while on this earth. Instead, He became our humble Substitute & died to save us. Now His Father has exalted Him above all things. He will be revered as King of all by all people.
5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; 7 rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross! 9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name,10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Sermon
Theme: The Contradiction of Christ(ians)
1. The Attitude of Christ(ians)
2. The Exaltation of Christ(ians)
Response: Praise the LORD.
Hymn 134 replaces pages 48-49
Thankoffering
The members of St Paul's have joined together to do the Lord’s work in this area & around the world. Visitors need not feel obligated to participate in this offering which supports our church’s ministry.
Continue page 50 front of hymnal
Prayer: We praise You, O God,/ for the great acts of love/ by which You have redeemed us through Your Son, Jesus Christ. As He was acclaimed/ by those who scattered their garments and branches of palms in his path,/ so may we always hail Him as our King/ & follow Him with perfect confidence,/ who lives & reigns with You & the Holy Spirit, one God, now & forever.
Continue Prayer for Grace page 50-51, front of hymnal
Hymn 540