The sign of the cross may be made by all in remembrance of their Baptism.

In the name of the Father and of the T Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.

In the morning, O Lord, You hear my voice;
in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for You and watch.

My mouth is filled with Your praise,
and with Your glory all the day.

O Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth will declare Your praise.

Glory be 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.

Proper	Psalm 118:13–14, 17–18, 29; antiphon: v. 17
17I will not die but live and tell what the LORD has done.
13You pushed hard to make me fall, but the LORD helped me. 
14The LORD is my strength and song; He has saved me..
17I will not die but live and tell what the LORD has done. 
18 The LORD sharply corrected me but didn't let me die.
29Thank the LORD because He is good and merciful forever!
Glory be to the Father and | to the Son*
	and to the Holy | Spirit;
as it was in the be- | ginning,*
	is now, and will be forever. | Amen.
17I will not die but live and tell what the LORD has done.

490 Jesus Lives! The Victory’s Won

Text and tune: Public domain

Reading	Daniel 3:8–28
The Fiery Furnace
	8When that happened, some Chaldeans came and slandered the Jews. 9They addressed King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, live forever! 10You, O king, gave an order that everyone who hears the sound of the horn, pipe, lute, lyre, harp, bagpipe, and any other kind of music should bow down and worship the gold statue. 11And anyone who doesn't bow down and worship will be thrown into the flaming fire of a furnace. 12There are certain Jews you put in charge of the work of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These men don't pay any attention to you, O king. They don't serve your gods or worship the statue you set up.”
13Then Nebuchadnezzar, angry and furious, told men to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and immediately these men were brought to the king. 14Nebuchadnezzar asked them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you aren't serving my gods or worshiping the gold statue I set up? 15Are you ready, when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lute, lyre, harp, bagpipe, and all other kinds of music to bow down and worship the gold statue I made? If you don't worship it, you will immediately be thrown into the flaming fire of a furnace. And who is the god that will save you from my hands?”

16Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered King Nebuchadnezzar, “We don't need to answer your question. 17If our God Whom we serve can save us from the furnace with its flaming fire and from your hands, He will save us, O king. 18But if He doesn't, you should know, O king, we won't serve your gods or worship the gold statue you set up.” 19Then Nebuchadnezzar's face was distorted with the rage he felt toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and he told men to heat the furnace seven times hotter than usual. 20He told some strong men of his army to tie Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and throw them into the flaming fire of the furnace. 21Then these men were bound in their outer and inner clothes and caps and their other clothing and were thrown into the flaming fire of the furnace. 22The king's order was so urgent and the furnace so extremely hot, that those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were killed by the flaming fire. 23So these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the flaming fire of the furnace.

24Then Nebuchadnezzar was amazed and sprang to his feet in fear and asked his ministers, “Didn't we throw three bound men into the fire?” “Certainly 0, King,” they answered. 25“Look,” he said, “I see four men, not bound, walking in the middle of the fire, and they aren't hurt. And the fourth looks like a son of the gods."

26Then Nebuchadnezzar went to the door of the flaming furnace and said, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out and come here.” Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire. 27The king's satraps, governors, mayors and ministers gathered and saw the fire had no effect on the bodies of these men. The hair on their heads wasn't singed, their outer clothes were the same, and there wasn't any smell of fire on them. 28Nebuchadnezzar said, “Praise the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, Who sent His angel and rescued His servants who trusted Him. They disobeyed the king, and gave up their bodies in order not to serve or worship any god but their own. 

Reading	Acts 13:26–33
	26“Fellow Jews, Abraham's descendants, and you others who fear God, the message of this salvation was sent to us. 27Not knowing who Jesus was or understanding the messages of the prophets that are read every Sabbath, the people in Jerusalem and their rulers by condemning Jesus did what their prophets predicted. 28 Although they found no good reason to kill Him, they asked Pilate to have Him killed. 29When they had done everything that was written about Him, they took Him down from the cross and laid Him in a grave. 30But God raised Him from the dead, 3land for many days He was seen by those who had come with Him from Galilee up to Jerusalem. They are now telling the people the truth about Him. 32And we are bringing you the good news: 33What God promised the fathers He did for us, their children, by raising Jesus, as it is written in the second Psalm: 'You are My Son; today I have begotten You.
Reading	Luke 24:36–49
Jesus Appears to His Disciples
	36While they were talking about what had happened, Jesus stood among them. "Peace to you!” He said to them. 37They were startled and terrified and thought they were seeing a ghost. 
38“Why are you troubled?” He asked them. “And why do doubts come into your minds? 39Look at My hands and My feet: it is I Myself. Touch Me and see. A ghost doesn't have flesh and bones as you see I have.” 40As He said this, He showed them His hands and His feet. 41They were overcome with joy and amazement because they thought it was too good to be true. “Do you have anything here to eat?” He asked them. 42They gave Him a piece of broiled fish. 43He took it and ate it while they watched Him.

44“While I was still with you,” He said to them, “I told you that everything written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms must come true.” 45Then He opened their minds to understand the Bible. 46“This,” He told them, "is what is written: The Christ will suffer and will rise from the dead on the third day; 47and that repentance and the forgiveness of sins will be preached in His name to all people, beginning at Jerusalem. 48You will testify of these things.”
Jesus Goes Up to Heaven
49 “I am sending you Him Whom My Father promised. Wait here in the city until you are armed with power from above."

SERMON

Apostles’ Creed
C	I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
     maker of heaven and earth.

And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord,
     who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
     born of the virgin Mary,
     suffered under Pontius Pilate,
     was crucified, died and was buried.
     He descended into hell.
     The third day He rose again from the dead.
     He ascended into heaven
     and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.
     From thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,
     the holy Christian Church,
          the communion of saints,
     the forgiveness of sins,
     the resurrection of the body,
     and the life T everlasting. Amen.

Lord’s Prayer
C	Our Father who art in heaven,
     hallowed be Thy name,
     Thy kingdom come,
     Thy will be done on earth
          as it is in heaven;
     give us this day our daily bread;
     and forgive us our trespasses
          as we forgive those
          who trespass against us;
     and lead us not into temptation,
     but deliver us from evil.
For Thine is the kingdom
     and the power and the glory
     forever and ever. Amen.

Prayers for others and ourselves

Element
A	O Lord,
C	have mercy.
A	O Christ,
C	have mercy.
A	O Lord,
C	have mercy.
A	Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God,
C	hear us.
A	Paschal Lamb, who was offered for us and has taken away the sin of the world,
C	have mercy on us.
A	Who was crucified for our transgressions and raised for our justification,
C	have mercy on us.
A	Who foretold Your passion saying, “The Son of Man must be crucified and on the third day rise again,”
C	have mercy on us.
A	Who destroyed death by dying, and by rising to life again brought life and immortality to light,
C	have mercy on us.
A	Whose resurrection was first announced by an angel to the women,
C	have mercy on us.
A	Who appeared to Mary Magdalene and was worshiped by her,
C	have mercy on us.
A	Who revealed Yourself to the two disciples on the Emmaus road and made Yourself known to them in the Scriptures and in the breaking of the bread,
C	have mercy on us.
A	Who appeared to the disciples, bestowing on them Your peace and Your Spirit,
C	have mercy on us.
A	Who showed Your wounded hands and side to the apostle Thomas that he too might believe,
C	have mercy on us.
A	Who appeared to seven disciples on the Sea of Tiberias, bringing a miraculous catch of fish,
C	have mercy on us.
A	Who appeared to Peter and to the Twelve, to over 500 disciples, to James and to all the apostles, and to Paul on the Damascus road,
C	have mercy on us.
A	Who commissioned Your Church to make disciples of all nations by baptizing and teaching them,
C	have mercy on us.
A	By Your glorious resurrection from the dead,
C	good Lord, deliver us.
A	By Your victory over sin and death,
C	good Lord, deliver us.
A	By the majesty of Your risen body,
C	good Lord, deliver us.
A	We poor sinners implore You
C	to hear us, Lord Jesus.
A	That we may daily die and rise with You in our Baptism and walk in the freedom of Your forgiveness,
C	grant us, good Lord.
A	That we may set our minds on things above and not on earthly things, serving others as we have been served by You,
C	grant us, good Lord.
A	That we may dwell with You forever in the new creation as citizens of the heavenly Jerusalem, together with all the saints,
C	grant us, good Lord.
A	Christ, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world,
C	have mercy on us.
A	Christ, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world,
C	have mercy on us.
A	Christ, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world,
C	grant us Your peace.
A	O Lord,
C	have mercy.
A	O Christ,
C	have mercy.
A	O Lord,
C	have mercy. Amen.

Concluding prayers:

Proper
Almighty God, through the resurrection of Your Son You have secured peace for our troubled consciences. Grant us this peace evermore that trusting in the merit of Your Son we may come at last to the perfect peace of heaven; through the same Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

Almighty God, merciful Father, who created and completed all things, on this day when the work of our calling begins anew, we implore You to create its beginning, direct its continuance, and bless its end, that our doings may be preserved from sin, our life sanctified, and our work this day be well pleasing to You; through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Amen.

I thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have kept me this night from all harm and danger; and I pray that You would keep me this day also from sin and every evil, that all my doings and life may please You. For into Your hands I commend myself, my body and soul, and all things. Let Your holy angel be with me, that the evil foe may have no power over me. Amen.

Let us bless the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Then go joyfully to your work.

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