Lent 4 - Year A

PSALM 23
LORD God, divine shepherd;
        in the days ahead, just as it has been all my life,
        I shall not want for anything.
You will rest me in rich pasture
        and lead me beside calm waters.
You will bring my inner being back where it belongs,
        and lead me along the right paths,
        for the sake of your name.
Even when things seem at their darkest,
        sensing your presence, I fear nothing;
        you are sure of the way ahead, and you protect me.
Indeed, in spite of the adversity surrounding me
        you continue to provide abundantly for my well-being;
        anointing me with your hospitality
        and pouring out blessing upon blessing.
Surely good and lovingkindness will pursue me all my days,
I will return, and you, O LORD,
        shall be my dwelling-place for days without end.

For use in worship, with acknowledgement. © Jeff Shrowder 2002.

A CREATIVE MOMENT - 1 Samuel 16:1-13 and John 9:1-41
Continue using the purple cloth from last week. It could be hung as a large plain banner or draped in a manner appropriate for your worship space. Place a small glass jug of water, a small pile of dirt and a small jug of oil on the worship/communion table: oil of anointing, water and soil for the mud of healing.
The gospel reading is quite long, but the numerous characters in it offer the opportunity for it to be presented in a dramatised form.
Today might be an occasion for a healing service, or a service which contains elements of such a service.
Click here also for some ideas for worship in Lent and Easter.

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Looking for contemporary music and song resources? Try David MacGregor's Together to Celebrate
Or metrical psalms? Try Dale A. Schoening's Sing the Psalms

HYMN SUGGESTIONS FOR LENT 4 - YEAR A

Christ whose glory fills the skies TIS 212 AHB 140

Sing praise and thanksgiving, TIS 107 AHB 25

Your words to me are life and health TIS 430 AHB 337

Your hand O God has guided TIS 456 AHB 389

1 Samuel 16:1-13

Hail to the Lord's anointed TIS 275 AHB 203

Lord, I come to you TIS 685

Lord, let me see, see more and more TIS 681

This day God gives me TIS 642 AHB 570

Psalm 23

I know that my Redeemer lives TIS 376 AHB 299

I know that my Redeemer TIS 202 AHB 132

I set the Lord before my eyes TIS 673 SA 48

I will sing the wondrous story TIS 233 AHB 173

In all my ways, in every task TIS 553

Jesus, my Lord, let me be near you TIS 656 SA 54

O come, O come, Emmanuel TIS 265 AHB 193

Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King TIS 111 AHB 28

The Lord is my shepherd, and I want to follow TIS 659

The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothin TIS 11

The Lord's my shepherd, I'll not want TIS 10 AHB 16

The king of love my shepherd is TIS 145 AHB 81

Ephesians 5:8-14

Awake, my soul, and with the sun TIS 557 AHB 469

Blessed Jesus, at your word TIS 437 AHB 352

God be in my head TIS 549 AHB 456

I want to walk as a child of the light TIS 643

Jesus comes with all his grace TIS 219 AHB 149

Jesus the name high over all TIS 218 AHB 150

Sing praise and thanksgiving TIS 107 AHB 25

There's a wideness in God's mercy TIS 136 AHB 72

Wake, awake! for night is flying TIS 266 AHB 195

John 9:1-41

Christ is the world's light, he and none other TIS 246 AHB 191

Eternal light, shine in my heart TIS 548

I'll praise my Maker while I've breath TIS 90 AHB 44

Jesus the Lord said, 'I am the bread' TIS 239 AHB 185

Lord, the light of your love is shining TIS 675

Lord, your almighty word TIS 447 AHB 61

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