All Hallows Evening Prayer for Wednesday Evening (September 1, 2021)
The Service of Light
Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
A light no darkness can extinguish.
Open this link in a new tab to hear F. Bland Tucker’s translation of the Phos hilaron, “O Gracious Light.”
O Gracious Light, Lord Jesus Christ,
In you the Father’s glory shone.
Immortal, holy, blest is he,
And blest are you, his holy Son.
Now sunset comes, but light shines forth,
the lamps are lit to pierce the night.
Praise Father, Son, and Spirit: God
Who dwells in the eternal light.
Worthy are you of endless praise,
O Son of God, Life-giving Lord;
Wherefore you are through all the earth
And in the highest heaven adored.
O Gracious Light!
Thanksgiving
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give our thanks and praise.
Blessed are you, Sovereign God,
our light and our salvation,
eternal creator of day and night,
to you be glory and praise for ever.
Now, as darkness is falling,
hear the prayer of your faithful people.
As we look for your coming in glory,
wash away our transgressions,
cleanse us by your refining fire
and make us temples of your Holy Spirit.
By the light of Christ,
dispel the darkness of our hearts
and make us ready to enter your kingdom,
where songs of praise for ever sound.
Blessed be God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Blessed be God for ever. Amen.
Psalm 141 is sung and incense may be burned.
Open this link in a new tab to hear Tony Alonso’s bilingual version of Psalm 141, Let My Prayer Rise/Suba Mi Oración.”
Refrain:
Let my prayer rise up
like incense in your presence,
the raising of my hands,
and offering to you
Estribillo:
Suba mi oración
como incienso en tu precensia,
el alzar de mis manos
como ofrenda de la tarde.
1 I have called to you, O God,
come quickly to help me.
Hear my voice when I call to you.
Let my prayer rise up like incense before you,
and my hands like an evening off’ring.
Refrain
1 Señor, te llamo ven mí.
Escucha mi voz,
cuando te invoco.
Suba mi oración
como incienso en tu precensia,
como incienso en tu precensia.
Estribillo
2 Set a guard on my mouth
and guard my ev’ry word,
keep watch on the door of my lips.
Let me never turn my heart to evil or revenge,
nor join the evil in their feasting.
Refrain
2 Coloca, Señor, una guardia en mi boca,
y vigilia la puerta de mis labias.
No me dejas inclinarme a la maldad,
ni comer con los hombres malvaldos.
Estribillo
3 When the just correct me,
I take their words as kindness,
but the oil of the wicked will not touch me.
So I pray to you, O God,
I pray to you, O God, against their hateful ways.
Refrain
3 Que el justo me goipee,
que el bueno me reprenda,
es un gran favor, oh Señor.
Pero que el óleo de impío no perfume mi cabezañ
Seguiré rezando en sus desgracias.
Estribillo
4 To you, O God, I turn my eyes,
in you I find refuge and safety.
From the trap that has been set
by those who wish me harm,
keep me safe, O God.
Refrain
4 Mis ojos, Señor, están vueltos a ti.
Señor, en ti me refugio.
Guarda mi vida,
líbra me, Señor, de la trampa de los malhechores.
Estribillo
5 Glory to the Father, glory to the Son,
and glory to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning,
is now and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen
Refrain
5 Gloria al Padre, gloria al Hijo,
y gloria al Espíritu Santo,
como era en el principio,
ahora y siempre por los siglos de los siglos. Amén.
Estribillo
Silence is kept.
Let the incense of our repentant prayer ascend before you, O Lord, and let your loving kindness descend upon us, that with purified minds we may sing your praises with the Church on earth and the whole heavenly host, and may glorify you forever and ever. Amen.
The Psalms
Open this link in a new tab to the Psalms Reborn version of Psalm 142: “I Cried Out to the Lord.”
I cried out to the Lord,
pleaded,
and placed my troubles before him.
I cried out to the Lord. (I cried out to the Lord)
Even when I was overwhelmed
you knew my path
but there were traps along the way.
This you always knew.
(You always knew.)
I looked to my right
(Always knew…)
and then my left
(…it was true.)
And there was no one who cares.
(Always knew…)
No one cares for my soul.
(Always knew it was true)
I cried out and said,
“You are my refuge
here in the land of the living.”
I cried out to the Lord.
“Hear me, hear me, Lord,
I am feeling low.
Release me, release me, Lord,
from my prison
so that I may thank you.”
The righteous will comfort me.
Your bounty shall feed me
for me.
I cried out to the Lord!
I cried out to the Lord!
I cried out to the Lord!
Silence is kept.
God of compassion,
you regard the forsaken
and give hope to the crushed in spirit;
hear those who cry to you in distress
and bring your ransomed people to sing your glorious praise,
now and for ever. Amen.
Open this link in a new tab to hear Lori True’s adaptation of the traditional African American spiritual, “Lord, I Want to Be a Christian in My Heart.”
In my heart, in my heart
Lord, I want to be a Christian in my heart, in my heart.
Lord, I want to be more loving in my heart.
Lord, I want to be more loving in my heart.
In my heart, in my heart,
Lord, I want to be more loving in my heart.
Lord I want to show compassion in my heart, in my heart.
Lord I want to be more holy in my heart, in my heart.
In my heart, in my heart,
Lord I want to be more holy in my heart, in my heart.
Lord I want to welcome others in my heart.
Lord I want to welcome others in my heart, in my heart.
In my heart, in my heart,
Lord I want to welcome in my heart, in my heart.
Lord I want to stop the raging in heart, in my heart.
Lord, I want to stop the raging in heart, in my heart.
In my heart, in my heart,
Lord I want to stop the raging in heart, in my heart.
Lord I want to be more peaceful in my heart, in my heart.
Lord I want to be more peaceful in my heart, in my heart.
In my heart, in my heart,
Lord I want to be more peaceful in my heart, in my heart
Lord, I want to be more Christian in my heart, in my heart.
Lord, I want to be more Christian in my heart, in my heart.
In my heart, in my heart.
Lord, I want to be more Christian in my heart, in my heart.
The Proclamation of the Word
The Reading
James 1: 1-16 The Christian Can Even Welcome Trouble
James, servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, sends greetings to the twelve dispersed tribes.
When all kinds of trials and temptations crowd into your lives my brothers, don’t resent them as intruders, but welcome them as friends! Realise that they come to test your faith and to produce in you the quality of endurance. But let the process go on until that endurance is fully developed, and you will find you have become men of mature character with the right sort of independence. And if, in the process, any of you does not know how to meet any particular problem he has only to ask God—who gives generously to all men without making them feel foolish or guilty—and he may be quite sure that the necessary wisdom will be given him. But he must ask in sincere faith without secret doubts as to whether he really wants God’s help or not. The man who trusts God, but with inward reservations, is like a wave of the sea, carried forward by the wind one moment and driven back the next. That sort of man cannot hope to receive anything from God, and the life of a man of divided loyalty will reveal instability at every turn.
The brother who is poor may be glad because God has called him to the true riches.
The rich may be glad that God has shown him his spiritual poverty. For the rich man, as such, will wither away as surely as summer flowers. One day the sunrise brings a scorching wind; the grass withers at once and so do all the flowers—all that lovely sight is destroyed. Just as surely will the rich man and all his extravagant ways fall into the blight of decay.
The man who patiently endures the temptations and trials that come to him is the truly happy man. For once his testing is complete he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to all who love him.
A man must not say when he is tempted, “God is tempting me.” For God has no dealings with evil, and does not himself tempt anyone. No, a man’s temptation is due to the pull of his own inward desires, which can be enormously attractive. His own desire takes hold of him, and that produces sin. And sin in the long run means death—make no mistake about that, brothers of mine!
Silence is kept.
May your word live in us
and bear much fruit to your glory
The Homily
“No Temptation Comes from God, Only Highest Good”
I use the Revised Common Lectionary in selecting readings for the All Hallows Evening Prayer Services. It is used in a number of denominations. I select the reading for Wednesday evenings from the supplemental readings for the previous Sunday. This can produce a few surprises like this Wednesday evening’s reading. A coincidence? Or a God-incidence? I am left with the impression that God who exists outside of time may have inspired the compilers of that lectionary to choose this particular reading for this particular time.
In the reading James, the older brother of Jesus, and a leader of the church at Jerusalem, tells his readers to welcome rather than resent the trials and temptations that they are facing. They will benefit from them. They will learn to endure. In the process they will become more spiritually mature. If they need help, they can ask God who will be generous in providing the help that they need. James cautions them that they should not be half-hearted in seeking God’s help. They should put their trust wholly in God and his favor and goodwill toward them. James goes on to write—
A man must not say when he is tempted, “God is tempting me.” For God has no dealings with evil, and does not himself tempt anyone. No, a man’s temptation is due to the pull of his own inward desires, which can be enormously attractive. His own desire takes hold of him, and that produces sin. And sin in the long run means death—make no mistake about that, brothers of mine!
James’ point is that God has no truck, no involvement, with evil. God does
not tempt us. It is our own inward desires that tempt us. They can grip us and cause us to do the wrong thing. Instead of doing good, we do evil. Instead of doing no harm, we bring harm on other people and ourselves. Instead of growing in our love of God and our love of our fellow human beings, we falter. We lose our momentum. We may take one or more steps backward.
When we pray to our Heavenly Father, “lead us not into temptation,” we are not asking God to stop tempting us, but to steer us away from temptation, the temptation that comes from our own inward desires.
In the story of Adam and Eve in the Book of Genesis, Eve blames the serpent for tempting her and Adam. But it was her own inward desires that tempted her. The serpent spoke to those inward desires and egged her on. While Adam tried to blame his eating of the apple on Eve, it was his own inwards desires that caused him to eat it. He could have, if he had chosen, prevented her from picking the apple and he could have refused to have taken a bite from the apple when she offered it to him. They both gave into their inward desires. They both knew that God had forbidden them to eat the fruit from that tree.
If we treat someone unkindly at the urging of our friends, it is not our friends who tempted us although they encouraged us to be unkind, it was our own inward desire to do injury to that individual, which tempted us. They may have recognized that inward desire and egged us on, but we were the one who tempted ourselves. We were the one that chose to give into that inward desire. We were the one who convinced ourselves that we were justified in doing injury to the individual. We may have used our friends’ agreement with us to rationalize our actions, but we are the one who made the choice to do harm.
God was not party to our inward desire, our choice to act on it, or the action that we took. God did not urge us to do it in our head or through our friends. If God played any part in what happened, it was the pricking of our conscience that questioned our inward desire and our choice to do injury. It was the nudging of the Holy Spirit to let go of our desire to hurt and to show kindness to the individual upon whom we had set our mind to injure.
God desires us to do good, not to do evil; to love, not despise, to forgive, not to resent. God will not spur us to do injury to someone regardless of whether we may believe that they are deserving of the injury that we would do them. God will work in us to desire what he desires, and when we have such a desire, God will enable us to fulfill it. God desires only good for his children. In desiring good for us, God also desires that we in turn desire good for others. When we do injury to someone, we are not doing God’s will. We are doing our own will.
When I am feeling out of sorts and in a bad mood and I feel like letting someone have it, what I feel like doing is not God’s doing. It is wholly mine. God is the quiet voice that I hear telling me to let go of my anger and not to take my frustrations out on someone else. God is the gentle nudge that I feel prodding me to be kind to the coworker who gets on my nerves and love him like God loves me. God is not going to tell me, “Give him a hard time! He deserves it!”
When I feel like gobbling down all the chocolate chip cookies in the cookie jar, God is not the one urging me to eat every last cookie and not leave even a crumb in the cookie jar. God is the one reminding me that my grandmother and mother taught me to “share and share alike,” to leave enough cookies in the cookie jar for everyone else to have a fair share. God is the one reminding me that they taught me to “do unto others what I would have done unto me.” I would not like to go to the cookie jar and find it empty. God is the one pointing to my attention that wolfing down all the cookies is not a loving thing to do. God is not going to say, “Go for it!”
As J.B. Phillips in his translation of James’ letter titles the last paragraph of the reading, “No temptation comes from God, only highest good.” It is something to keep in mind. If we get an urge to do something bad, something rotten, it is not God. If we get an urge to do good, not to do harm, to show more love toward God, not just in our words but in our actions, to act in a more loving manner toward our fellow human beings, to do what is pleasing to God, it is God.
Implied in today’s reading is that we can trust the goodness of God. God is not going to hurt us. God is not going to encourage us to hurt ourselves or hurt others. While we may not fully understand how God works, we can trust God. God has our wellbeing at heart. God does love us! As the kids at Vacation Bible School at my church learned earlier in the summer, God treasures us! We are precious to God!
God’s love for us is more than a casual interest in us, an interest that is unconcerned with how we live our lives. God is not our mother’s younger brother who appears on our doorstep every Christmas, showers his nieces and nephews with presents, and then is gone until next year.
God’s love for us is a deep and abiding affection. We are his children and God desires our good—what God in his infinite wisdom knows is best for us. God will not tempt us to do wrong. God gently nudges us to do what is right, true, and noble, what is pleasing in God’s sight. God, who is love would have us be love too. Yes, savor that for a moment. God, who is love would have us be love too!
Silence is kept.
The Gospel Canticle
Open this link in a new tab to hear Marty Haugen’s adaptation of the Magnificat, “My Soul Proclaims the Greatness of God.”
My soul proclaims the greatness of God,
Rejoicing in God my Savior.
The Holy One has raised me up,
I live in God’s love and favour.
1 The Mighty One works great thinks in me:
My soul rejoices in God.
All faithful servants God’s mercy shall see:
My soul rejoices,
sings and rejoices,
gladly rejoices in God.
My soul proclaims the greatness of God,
Rejoicing in God my Savior.
The Holy One has raised me up,
I live in God’s love and favour.
2 The arm of God is justice and might:
My soul rejoices in God.
God puts the proud and the scheming to flight:
My soul rejoices,
sings and rejoices,
gladly rejoices in God.
My soul proclaims the greatness of God,
Rejoicing in God my Savior.
The Holy One has raised me up,
I live in God’s love and favour.
3 God topples ev’ry tyrant and crown:
My soul rejoices in God.
The lowly raised and the mighty brought down:
My soul rejoices,
sings and rejoices,
gladly rejoices in God.
My soul proclaims the greatness of God,
Rejoicing in God my Savior.
The Holy One has raised me up,
I live in God’s love and favour.
4 With wondrous things God’s banquet is spread:
My soul rejoices in God.
The rich go hungry; the hungry are fed:
My soul rejoices,
sings and rejoices,
gladly rejoices in God.
My soul proclaims the greatness of God,
Rejoicing in God my Savior.
The Holy One has raised me up,
I live in God’s love and favour.
[Coda]
Intercessions
Let us complete our evening prayer to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
For peace from on high and our salvation, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
For the welfare of all churches and for the unity of the human family, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
For (name), our bishop, and (name), our pastor, and for all ministers of the Gospel, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
For our nation, its government, and for all who serve and protect us, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
For this city (town, university, monastery…). For every city and community, and for all those living in them, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
For the good earth which God has given us and for the wisdom and will to conserve it, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
For the safety of travelers, the recovery of the sick, the care of the destitute and the release of prisoners, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
For an angel of peace to guide and protect us, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
For a peaceful evening and a night free from sin, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
For a Christian end to our lives and for all who have fallen asleep in Christ, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
In the communion of the Holy Spirit (and of all the saints), let us commend ourselves and one another to the living God through Christ our Lord.
To you, O Lord.
Free Prayer
In silent or spontaneous prayer all bring before God the concerns of the day.
The Collect
Lord of all power and might,
the author and giver of all good things:
graft in our hearts the love of your name,
increase in us true religion,
nourish us with all goodness,
and of your great mercy keep us in the same;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Lord's Prayer
And now, as our Saviour has taught us,
we are bold to say,
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,
the power, and the glory
for ever and ever.
Amen.
Dismissal
Open this link in a new tab to hear Lori True’s “Let It Go.”
1 If your heart is filled with anger—let it go, let it go.
You lock your feelings deep inside you—let it go, let it go.
When you turn from those who love you—let it go, let it go.
Don’t you know God’s got a plan and it’s bigger than this
bigger than this?
2 When you’re feeling discouraged—let it go, let it go.
Depressed or feeling worthless—let it go, let it go.
When all seems hopeless and broken—let it go, let it go.
Don’t you know God’s got a plan and it’s bigger than this,
bigger than this?
Oh, let it go, let it go,
Oh, let it go, let it go,
let it go, oh, let it go.
Don’t you know God’s got a plan and it’s bigger than this?
3 If you’re bitter and revengeful—let it go, let it go.
And wars are raging inside you—let it go, let it go.
When you want to lash out and be hurtful—let it go, let it go.
Don’t you know God’s got a plan and it’s bigger than this,
bigger than this?
Oh, let it go, let it go,
Oh, let it go, let it go,
let it go, oh, let it go.
Don’t you know God’s got a plan and it’s bigger than this?
4 When evil and death surround you—let it go, let it go.
When you’re lured by greed and power—let it go, let it go.
You’re choosing things that can only harm you—let it go, let it go.
Don’t you know God’s got a plan and it’s bigger than this,
bigger than this?
Oh, let it go, let it go,
Oh, let it go, let it go,
let it go, oh, let it go.
Don’t you know God’s got a plan and it’s bigger than this?
5 Oh, let us prepare for a new day—yes, indeed, yes, indeed,
where all are rev’renced and holy—yes, indeed, yes, indeed,
where the fragile and the poor are cared for---yes, indeed, yes, indeed.
Don’t you know God’s got a plan and it’s bigger than this,
bigger than this?
Oh, yes, indeed, yes, indeed
Oh, yes indeed, yes, indeed,
Yes, indeed, oh, yes indeed.
Don’t you know God’s got a plan and it’s bigger than this?
6 Oh, let ev’ry nation stand firm—yes, indeed, yes, indeed,
and get busy building God’s kingdom—yes, indeed, yes, indeed,
pray for peace and sing for freedom—freedom, yes, indeed, yes, indeed.
God’s got a plan and it’s bigger than this, bigger than this!
Oh, yes, indeed, yes, indeed
Oh, yes indeed, yes, indeed,
Yes, indeed, oh, yes indeed.
God’s got a plan and it’s bigger than this!
Oh, yes, indeed, yes, indeed
Oh, yes indeed, yes, indeed,
Yes, indeed, oh, yes indeed.
God’s got a plan and it’s bigger than this!
The Lord be with you.
The Lord bless you.
Let us praise the Lord,
Thanks be to God.
May the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, guard our hearts and our minds in Christ Jesus. Amen.
The Gospel Canticle
Open this link in a new tab to hear Marty Haugen’s adaptation of the Magnificat, “My Soul Proclaims the Greatness of God.”
My soul proclaims the greatness of God,
Rejoicing in God my Savior.
The Holy One has raised me up,
I live in God’s love and favour.
1 The Mighty One works great thinks in me:
My soul rejoices in God.
All faithful servants God’s mercy shall see:
My soul rejoices,
sings and rejoices,
gladly rejoices in God.
My soul proclaims the greatness of God,
Rejoicing in God my Savior.
The Holy One has raised me up,
I live in God’s love and favour.
2 The arm of God is justice and might:
My soul rejoices in God.
God puts the proud and the scheming to flight:
My soul rejoices,
sings and rejoices,
gladly rejoices in God.
My soul proclaims the greatness of God,
Rejoicing in God my Savior.
The Holy One has raised me up,
I live in God’s love and favour.
3 God topples ev’ry tyrant and crown:
My soul rejoices in God.
The lowly raised and the mighty brought down:
My soul rejoices,
sings and rejoices,
gladly rejoices in God.
My soul proclaims the greatness of God,
Rejoicing in God my Savior.
The Holy One has raised me up,
I live in God’s love and favour.
4 With wondrous things God’s banquet is spread:
My soul rejoices in God.
The rich go hungry; the hungry are fed:
My soul rejoices,
sings and rejoices,
gladly rejoices in God.
My soul proclaims the greatness of God,
Rejoicing in God my Savior.
The Holy One has raised me up,
I live in God’s love and favour.
[Coda]
Intercessions
Let us complete our evening prayer to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
For peace from on high and our salvation, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
For the welfare of all churches and for the unity of the human family, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
For (name), our bishop, and (name), our pastor, and for all ministers of the Gospel, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
For our nation, its government, and for all who serve and protect us, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
For this city (town, university, monastery…). For every city and community, and for all those living in them, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
For the good earth which God has given us and for the wisdom and will to conserve it, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
For the safety of travelers, the recovery of the sick, the care of the destitute and the release of prisoners, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
For an angel of peace to guide and protect us, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
For a peaceful evening and a night free from sin, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
For a Christian end to our lives and for all who have fallen asleep in Christ, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
In the communion of the Holy Spirit (and of all the saints), let us commend ourselves and one another to the living God through Christ our Lord.
To you, O Lord.
Free Prayer
In silent or spontaneous prayer all bring before God the concerns of the day.
The Collect
Lord of all power and might,
the author and giver of all good things:
graft in our hearts the love of your name,
increase in us true religion,
nourish us with all goodness,
and of your great mercy keep us in the same;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Lord's Prayer
And now, as our Saviour has taught us,
we are bold to say,
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,
the power, and the glory
for ever and ever.
Amen.
Dismissal
Open this link in a new tab to hear Lori True’s “Let It Go.”
1 If your heart is filled with anger—let it go, let it go.
You lock your feelings deep inside you—let it go, let it go.
When you turn from those who love you—let it go, let it go.
Don’t you know God’s got a plan and it’s bigger than this
bigger than this?
2 When you’re feeling discouraged—let it go, let it go.
Depressed or feeling worthless—let it go, let it go.
When all seems hopeless and broken—let it go, let it go.
Don’t you know God’s got a plan and it’s bigger than this,
bigger than this?
Oh, let it go, let it go,
Oh, let it go, let it go,
let it go, oh, let it go.
Don’t you know God’s got a plan and it’s bigger than this?
3 If you’re bitter and revengeful—let it go, let it go.
And wars are raging inside you—let it go, let it go.
When you want to lash out and be hurtful—let it go, let it go.
Don’t you know God’s got a plan and it’s bigger than this,
bigger than this?
Oh, let it go, let it go,
Oh, let it go, let it go,
let it go, oh, let it go.
Don’t you know God’s got a plan and it’s bigger than this?
4 When evil and death surround you—let it go, let it go.
When you’re lured by greed and power—let it go, let it go.
You’re choosing things that can only harm you—let it go, let it go.
Don’t you know God’s got a plan and it’s bigger than this,
bigger than this?
Oh, let it go, let it go,
Oh, let it go, let it go,
let it go, oh, let it go.
Don’t you know God’s got a plan and it’s bigger than this?
5 Oh, let us prepare for a new day—yes, indeed, yes, indeed,
where all are rev’renced and holy—yes, indeed, yes, indeed,
where the fragile and the poor are cared for---yes, indeed, yes, indeed.
Don’t you know God’s got a plan and it’s bigger than this,
bigger than this?
Oh, yes, indeed, yes, indeed
Oh, yes indeed, yes, indeed,
Yes, indeed, oh, yes indeed.
Don’t you know God’s got a plan and it’s bigger than this?
6 Oh, let ev’ry nation stand firm—yes, indeed, yes, indeed,
and get busy building God’s kingdom—yes, indeed, yes, indeed,
pray for peace and sing for freedom—freedom, yes, indeed, yes, indeed.
God’s got a plan and it’s bigger than this, bigger than this!
Oh, yes, indeed, yes, indeed
Oh, yes indeed, yes, indeed,
Yes, indeed, oh, yes indeed.
God’s got a plan and it’s bigger than this!
Oh, yes, indeed, yes, indeed
Oh, yes indeed, yes, indeed,
Yes, indeed, oh, yes indeed.
God’s got a plan and it’s bigger than this!
The Lord be with you.
The Lord bless you.
Let us praise the Lord,
Thanks be to God.
May the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, guard our hearts and our minds in Christ Jesus. Amen.
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