Contemporary Worship September 20, 2020 10:30 AM View the Video Stream at Facebook.Com/Mountainviewlv

Contemporary Worship September 20, 2020 10:30 AM View the video stream at facebook.com/mountainviewlv

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I Am Not Alone When I walk through deep waters I know that You will be with me When I'm standing in the fire I will not be overcome Through the valley of the shadow I will not fear

I am not alone, I am not alone You will go before me You will never leave me I am not alone, I am not alone You will go before me You will never leave me

In the midst of deep sorrow I see Your light is breaking through The dark of night will not overtake me I am pressing into You Lord You fight my ev'ry battle And I will not fear

You amaze me, redeem me You call me as Your own You amaze me, redeem me You call me as Your own

You're my strength, You're my defender You're my refuge in the storm Through these trials You've always been faithful You bring healing to my soul

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By Faith By faith we see the hand of God In the light of creation's grand design In the lives of those who prove His faithfulness Who walk by faith and not by sight By faith our fathers roamed the earth With the pow'r of His promise in their hearts Of a holy city built by God's own hand A place where peace and justice reign

We will stand as children of the promise We will fix our eyes on Him our soul's reward Till the race is finished and the work is done We'll walk by faith and not by sight

By faith the prophets saw a day When the longed-for Messiah would appear With the pow'r to break the chains of sin and death And rise triumphant from the grave By faith the church was called to go In the pow'r of the Spirit to the lost To deliver captives and to preach good news In ev'ry corner of the earth

By faith the mountain shall be moved And the pow'r of the gospel shall prevail For we know in Christ all things are possible For all who call upon His name

Invocation, Confession, and Absolution

Once and for All God I give You what I can today These scattered ashes that I hid away I lay it all at Your feet From the corners of my deepest shame The empty places where I've worn Your name Show me the love I say I believe Help me to lay it down, O Lord I lay it down

O let this be where I die My Lord with Thee crucified Be lifted high as my kingdoms fall Once and for all, once and for all

There is victory in my Savior’s loss In the crimson flowing from the cross Pour over me, pour over me

O Lord I lay it down, O Lord I lay it down Help me to lay it down, O Lord I lay it down

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Old Testament Reading Genesis 12:1-9 1 T he Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your 2 father’s house to the land that I will show you. A nd I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a 3 blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” 4 S o Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was 5 seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. A nd Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people that they had acquired in Haran, and they set out to go to the 6 land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan, A bram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the 7 Canaanites were in the land. T hen the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had 8 appeared to him. F rom there he moved to the hill country on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. And there he 9 built an altar to the Lord and called upon the name of the Lord. A nd Abram journeyed on, still going toward the Negeb.

Pastor: This is the Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God.

Epistle Philippians 1:12-14, 19-30 12 I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really 13 served to advance the gospel, s o that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ. 14 A nd most of the brothers, having become confident in the Lord by my imprisonment, are much more bold to speak the word without fear. . . . 19 f or I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus 20 Christ this will turn out for my deliverance, a s it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always 21 Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death. F or to me to live

22 is Christ, and to die is gain. I f I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labor 23 for me. Yet which I shall choose I cannot tell. I am hard pressed between the 24 two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better. B ut to 25 remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account. C onvinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with you all, for your progress and joy in 26 the faith, s o that in me you may have ample cause to glory in Christ Jesus, because of my coming to you again. 27 O nly let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the 28 gospel, a nd not frightened in anything by your opponents. This is a clear sign to 29 them of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God. F or it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in 30 him but also suffer for his sake, e ngaged in the same conflict that you saw I had and now hear that I still have.

Pastor: This is the Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God.

Stand

Holy Gospel Matthew 20:1-16 Pastor: The Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew, the twentieth chapter. People: Glory to You, O Lord.

1 [J esus said:] “The kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out 2 early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. A fter agreeing with the 3 laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. A nd going out 4 about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the marketplace, a nd to them he said, ‘You go into the vineyard too, and whatever is right I will give you.’ 5 S o they went. Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour, he did 6 the same. A nd about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing.

7 And he said to them, ‘Why do you stand here idle all day?’ T hey said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You go into the vineyard too.’ 8 A nd when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, up to the first.’ 9 A nd when those hired about the eleventh hour came, each of them received a 10 denarius. N ow when those hired first came, they thought they would receive 11 more, but each of them also received a denarius. A nd on receiving it they 12 grumbled at the master of the house, s aying, ‘These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and 13 the scorching heat.’ B ut he replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no 14 wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius? T ake what belongs to you 15 and go. I choose to give to this last worker as I give to you. A m I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?’ 16 S o the last will be first, and the first last.”

Pastor: This is the Gospel of the Lord. People: Praise to You, O Christ.

Children’s Message

Sermon: Journeying Forward in Freedom Genesis 12:1-9 Pastor Derek Klemm

Apostles’ Creed 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 everlasting. Amen.

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So Will I (100 Billion X) God of creation There at the start, before the beginning of time With no point of ref'rence You spoke to the dark And fleshed out the wonder of light

And as You speak A hundred billion galaxies are born In the vapour of Your breath the planets form Since the stars were made to worship so will I I can see Your heart in ev'rything You've made Ev'ry burning star a signal fire of grace When creation sings Your praises so will I

God of Your promise You don't speak in vain no syllable empty or void For once You have spoken All nature and science Follow the sound of Your voice

And as You speak A hundred billion creatures catch Your breath

Pursuing everything that You have said It all reveals Your nature, so will I I can see Your heart in ev'rything You say Ev'ry painted sky a canvas of Your grace Creation still obeys You, so will I

The wind goes where You send it, so will I The rocks cry out in silence, so will I Since the sum of all our praises still falls shy Then we'll sing again a hundred billion times

And as You speak A hundred billion failures disappear Where You lost Your life so I could find it here 'Cause You left the grave behind You, so will I I can see Your heart in ev'rything You've done Ev'ry part designed in a work of art called love You gladly gave Your life, so will I I can see Your heart eight billion diff'rent ways Ev'ry precious one a child You died to save Since You gave Your life to love them, so will I

Like You would again a hundred billion times But what measure could amount to Your desire You're the One who never leaves the one behind

Prayer of the Church

The Lord’s Prayer 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.

Communion

Benediction Pastor: The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord look upon you with favor and + give you peace. People: Amen.

Announcements

I Will Follow Where You go I'll go Where You stay I'll stay When You move I'll move, I will follow

All Your ways are good, all Your ways are sure I will trust in You alone Higher than my sight, high above my life I will trust in You alone

Where You go I'll go Where You stay I'll stay When You move I'll move, I will follow You Whom You love I'll love How You serve I'll serve If this life I lose, I will follow You

Light into the world, light into my life I will live for You alone You're the One I seek, knowing I will find All I need in You alone, in You alone

In You there's life everlasting In You there's freedom for my soul In You there's joy unending joy And I will follow

Dismissal Pastor: Go in peace and serve the Lord. People: Thanks be to God.

Acknowledgments ® ® Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the ESV Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version ) , copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Created by Lutheran Service Builder © 2018 Concordia Publishing House.

Contemporary Worship September 20, 2020 10:30 AM View the Video Stream at Facebook.Com/Mountainviewlv ​

Contemporary Worship September 20, 2020 10:30 AM View the Video Stream at Facebook.Com/Mountainviewlv