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Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

Sunday, July 5, 2020

8:00a.m. Live Stream

Divine Service 4

FOCUS ON TODAY’S READINGS

In this week’s readings we hear the prophet Jeremiah giving the

prophecy of Jesus entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. He

also speaks about Jesus bringing peace. St Paul talks about the

law, and his losing battle with it. The reading ends with the

assurance that we are saved through the redeeming work of

Jesus. And the gospel gives us assurance from Jesus himself,

with wonderful words of love and encouragement.

This is the weekend we celebrate our nation’s independence

from Great Britain back in the late 1700s. Independence can be

a good thing, but it can also create many problems. May God

bless our worship today, as we listen to his words.

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LSB832 Jesus Shall Reign

Tune and text: Public domain

+ CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION +

Stand

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

their Baptism.

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Invocation

P In the name of the Father and of the T Son and

of the Holy Spirit.

C Amen.

Exhortation LSB 203

P Our help is in the name of the Lord,

C who made heaven and earth.

P If You, O Lord, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who

could stand?

C But with You there is forgiveness; therefore

You are feared.

P Since we are gathered to hear God’s Word, call

upon Him in prayer and praise, and receive the

body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ in the

fellowship of this altar, let us first consider our

unworthiness and confess before God and one

another that we have sinned in thought, word,

and deed, and that we cannot free ourselves

from our sinful condition. Together as His

people let us take refuge in the infinite mercy of

God, our heavenly Father, seeking His grace for

the sake of Christ, and saying: God, be merciful

to me, a sinner.

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Kneel/Sit

C Almighty God, have mercy upon us, forgive

us our sins, and lead us to everlasting life.

Amen.

P Almighty God, merciful Father, in Holy Baptism

You declared us to be Your children and

gathered us into Your one, holy Church, in

which You daily and richly forgive us our sins

and grant us new life through Your Spirit. Be in

our midst, enliven our faith, and graciously

receive our prayer and praise; through Your Son,

Jesus Christ, our Lord.

C Amen.

Stand

+ SERVICE OF THE WORD +

Kyrie LSB 204

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Gloria in Excelsis LSB 204

Salutation and Collect of the Day

P The Lord be with you.

C And also with you.

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P Let us pray.

Gracious God, our heavenly Father, Your mercy

attends us all our days. Be our strength and

support amid the wearisome changes of this

world, and at life’s end grant us Your promised

rest and the full joys of Your salvation; through

Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and

reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God,

now and forever.

C Amen.

Sit

Old Testament Reading Zechariah 9:9–12

9Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!

Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!

behold, your king is coming to you;

righteous and having salvation is he,

humble and mounted on a donkey,

on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 10

I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim

and the war horse from Jerusalem;

and the battle bow shall be cut off,

and he shall speak peace to the nations;

his rule shall be from sea to sea,

and from the River to the ends of the earth.

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11As for you also, because of the blood of my

covenant with you,

I will set your prisoners free from the

waterless pit. 12

Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of

hope;

today I declare that I will restore to you

double.

A This is the Word of the Lord.

C Thanks be to God.

Epistle Romans 7:14–25a

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We know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the

flesh, sold under sin. 15

I do not understand my own

actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very

thing I hate. 16

Now if I do what I do not want, I agree

with the law, that it is good. 17

So now it is no longer I

who do it, but sin that dwells within me. 18

For I know

that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh.

For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the

ability to carry it out. 19

For I do not do the good I

want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on

doing. 20

Now if I do what I do not want, it is no

longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.

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So I find it to be a law that when I want to do

right, evil lies close at hand. 22

For I delight in the law

of God, in my inner being, 23

but I see in my members

another law waging war against the law of my mind

and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells

in my members. 24

Wretched man that I am! Who will

deliver me from this body of death? 25

Thanks be to

God through Jesus Christ our Lord!

A This is the Word of the Lord.

C Thanks be to God.

Stand

Alleluia and Verse

Alleluia LSB 205

Verse LSB 205

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Alleluia LSB 205

Holy Gospel Matthew 11:25–30

P The Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew, the

eleventh chapter.

C Glory to You, O Lord.

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At that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father,

Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden

these things from the wise and understanding and

revealed them to little children; 26

yes, Father, for

such was your gracious will. 27

All things have been

handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows

the Son except the Father, and no one knows the

Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son

chooses to reveal him. 28

Come to me, all who labor

and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29

Take

my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am

gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for

your souls. 30

For my yoke is easy, and my burden is

light.”

P This is the Gospel of the Lord.

C Praise to You, O Christ.

Sit

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LSB707 Oh, That the Lord Would Guide My Ways

Tune and text: Public domain

Sermon

Independence: Is it really all that great?

Matthew 11:28-30

Stand

Nicene Creed

C I believe in one God,

the Father Almighty,

maker of heaven and earth

and of all things visible and invisible.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ,

the only-begotten Son of God,

begotten of His Father before all worlds,

God of God, Light of Light,

very God of very God,

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begotten, not made,

being of one substance with the Father,

by whom all things were made;

who for us men and for our salvation

came down from heaven

and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of

the virgin Mary

and was made man;

and was crucified also for us under

Pontius Pilate.

He suffered and was buried.

And the third day He rose again according

to the Scriptures

and ascended into heaven

and sits at the right hand of the Father.

And He will come again with glory to

judge both the living and the dead,

whose kingdom will have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Spirit,

the Lord and giver of life,

who proceeds from the Father and the

Son,

who with the Father and the Son together

is worshiped and glorified,

who spoke by the prophets.

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And I believe in one holy Christian and

apostolic Church,

I acknowledge one Baptism for the

remission of sins,

and I look for the resurrection of the dead

and the life T of the world to come.

Amen.

Prayer of the Church

P Merciful Lord, hear the prayers of Your people

and grant to us grace sufficient for our needs

and all those for whom we pray.

Brief silence

Our God and King, as once Your people

received You in joy, open our hearts to rejoice in

Your coming so that we may meet You in Your

Word and Sacrament, for the forgiveness of our

sins and the strengthening of our faith. Help us

to bless and extol Your name before the nations

and to declare Your salvation to the generations

to come, proclaiming that You are merciful and

gracious and abounding in steadfast love. Lord,

in Your mercy,

C hear our prayer.

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P Our merciful God and Lord, You are good to all

Your creation. Continue to bless Your Church

and to provide for her faithful pastors who will

preach and teach Your Word and church

workers who will serve us in Your name. Make

bold our witness before the nations, and help us

to act in love toward our neighbors. Lord, in

Your mercy,

C hear our prayer.

P Our Creator and Lord, from You all things come

and to You are all things directed. Provide for

our nation faithful leaders who will hear and

heed Your law, protect and defend the citizens,

preserve the precious gift of liberty, and inspire

us to use our freedom honorably. Make us

mindful of the heritage our forebears have given

to this land, and guide us to be faithful in our

stewardship of all the resources You have

provided. Lord, in Your mercy,

C hear our prayer.

P Our wise and giving God, You are the God of

truth and in You is no falsehood or deception.

Help us to delight in Your Law, to love what is

good and true and right, and to seek after these

things. Help us to wage war against the old

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Adam within us, restore us when we stray from

Your Word, and forgive us when we give into

the devil’s temptations. Lord, in Your mercy,

C hear our prayer.

P Our compassionate Lord, we do not suffer alone

the pain and afflictions of this life, but we live

them out within Your grace and are sustained

by Your mercy. Hear us on behalf of the sick,

those who suffer, the grieving and those to

whom death is near [especially _____________].

According to Your will, deliver them from their

afflictions and give to all Your strength, patience

and hope, that they may endure to eternal life.

Show compassion, and drive all pestilence from

our land. Lord, in Your mercy,

C hear our prayer.

P Our loving Father, You have hidden Your

greatness from our wisdom and made Your

ways known to children. Guide us to bring our

children to the waters of Baptism, to raise them

up in the fear and admonition of the Lord, and

to know perfect rest and peace within Your

loving arms. Lord, in Your mercy,

C hear our prayer.

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P Our gentle God and Lord, You have invited us to

come to You with the heavy burdens of this life,

that we may find rest and peace in Your mercy.

Grant relief to those who struggle, supply to

those in need, hope to those who fear, and

peace to those who are anxious, that we may be

delivered from all adversity and brought to

everlasting life, where we shall join the saints of

old in Your presence forevermore. Lord, in Your

mercy,

C hear our prayer.

P Our heavenly Father and gracious God, as we

come to the table Your Son has set, grant to us

faith and repentance so that we may receive

with joy and thanksgiving His flesh in this bread

and His blood in this cup. Grant us Your Holy

Spirit, that what we have received with our lips

we may keep in holiness of life. Lord, in Your

mercy,

C hear our prayer.

P All these things, blessed Lord, we pray You to

grant us according to Your merciful goodness

and for the sake of Your Son, Jesus Christ, our

Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the

Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

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C Amen.

Sit

Offering

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.

Benedicamus LSB 212

A Let us bless the Lord.

C Thanks be to God.

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Benediction

P The Lord bless you and keep you.

The Lord make His face shine on you and be

gracious to you.

The Lord look upon you with favor and T give

you peace.

C Amen.

LSB965 God Bless Our Native Land

Tune and text: Public domain

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PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS

Hospitalized: Dave Walther

Upcoming Surgeries: Harriet White (mother of Kim Mester)

Hospice | Palliative Care: Marty Bleke, Dale Levetzow

(husband of Janet Levetzow), David Popp, Betty Keiper

(grandmother of Kathy Wiklund)

Rehabilitation/Treatment: Darryl Brasch, Jason

Abramowski, Jon Kaufmann, Jim Welch, Vicki Vogler (mother

of Laura Ullman), Lonnie Grothus (mother-in-law of Jesse

Codling), Sue Hulsey (mother of Melissa Pauling),

Homebound | Care Facilities: Lee Ficke, Lois Blair, Ronald

Brick (father of Keith Brick), Ruth Deters, Ray & Arlene

Eickstaedt, Kathy Ellison, Delores Esbaum, Vera Giertz, Harold

Grimm, Marian Hoffman (mother of Lisa Davison), Carolyn

Henson, Patricia Lanterman (sister of Barbara Donald), Vi

Lemon, Dean Levetzow, Jan Lybarger, Shirley Marolf, Reid

McDonald (niece of Jodi Jorgensen), David Mehner, Pastor

Gib Mueller, Linda Mumm, Millie Noll, Alvin Pranschke, Rita

Rekemeyer, Lois Sawvell, Clara Seals, Joann Stuhr, Ruth Van

Meter (mother of Richard Lass), Phyllis Wahlig, Fern Werning

Healing: Retha Bender, Lisa Davison, Lois Warnsholz, Kent

Horstman, Pastor Vokt, Betty Holste (mother of Rick Holste),

Joshua McCray (parent of Trinity School student John

McCray), Rita Rasmussen, Young Jackson, Tom Barnet, Jenny

Grassle, John Hoenshell, Connie Kindig, Joel Knutsen, Carol

Lindquist, Cindy Persinger, John Strieter, Joanne Clemmens

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(sister-in-law of Rita Thomsen), Betty Firch (mother of Carol

Metzger), Jamie Frits (granddaughter of Jan Willard), Dudley

Fowler (brother of Pam Stotmeister), Ruth Fowler (mother of

Pam Stotmeister), Wendy Funk (friend of Jeanette Beckmann),

Dean Geise (friend of Judy & Matt Knutsen), Deb Gorkow

(sister of Kathy Wiklund), Sue Hulsey (mother of Melissa

Pauling), Dave Hussong (father of Matt Hussong), Brad

Linberg (son of Nick & Pam Linberg), John Neff (brother of

Jim Neff), Rachel Niedert (granddaughter of Ben & Marilyn

Niedert), Lyndsey Parrish (daughter of Lois Blair), Denise

Sullivan (sister of Deb Guyette), Mary Ann Thompsen (sister

of Larry Radetzki), Paul Wiklund (father of Peter Wiklund),

Brian Yontz (brother-in-law of Greg & Marilyn Meyer and

Kurt & Shana Schindler)

Grieving: Family of Shirley Whitbeck

Anniversaries:

Ed & Nancy Math, 53yrs, July 1

Matt & Jill Schmitzer, 25yrs, July 1

Ed & Sandy Froelich, 54yrs, July 2

John & Gloria Strieter, 60yrs, July 2

Randy & Mary Ann Slusser, 35yrs, July 6

Monte & Cheri Mathis, 40yrs, July 12

Military Service: Please keep our military in your prayers.

Prayer & Care Requests: You may contact chairperson,

Donna Jones at 563-285-8078 or by email at

dkayj1s@mediacombb.net.

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Serving in Worship for July 5, 2020

Preacher / Liturgist: Pastor Merle Warnsholz

Organist: Riley Sindt

Elder: (Sun. 8am online) Phil Specht

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