Litany Litany The Rev. David Cecil, Texas The Rev. David Cecil, Texas Leader: Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you Leader: Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations. were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations. (Jeremiah 1:5) (Jeremiah 1:5) All: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, All: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. (Isaiah 43:1) you are mine. (Isaiah 43:1) Leader: So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God Leader: So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. (Genesis 1:27) he created them; male and female he created them. (Genesis 1:27) All: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, All: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. (Isaiah 43:1) you are mine. (Isaiah 43:1) Leader: Indeed, I was born guilty, a sinner when my mother conceived Leader: Indeed, I was born guilty, a sinner when my mother conceived me. (Psalm 51:5) me. (Psalm 51:5) All: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, All: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. (Isaiah 43:1) you are mine. (Isaiah 43:1) Leader: For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the LORD, Leader: For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the LORD, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope. plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope. (Jeremiah 29:11) (Jeremiah 29:11) All: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, All: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. (Isaiah 43:1) you are mine. (Isaiah 43:1) (over) (over) Leader: For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that Leader: For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. (John 3:16-17) but in order that the world might be saved through him. (John 3:16-17) All: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, All: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. (Isaiah 43:1) you are mine. (Isaiah 43:1) Leader: But these are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus Leader: But these are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name. (John 20:31) life in his name. (John 20:31) All: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, All: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. (Isaiah 43:1) you are mine. (Isaiah 43:1) Leader: For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under Leader: For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. (Romans 6:14) law but under grace. (Romans 6:14) All: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, All: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. (Isaiah 43:1) you are mine. (Isaiah 43:1) Leader: Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing Leader: Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit … them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit … And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age. (Matthew 28:19-20) (Matthew 28:19-20) All: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, All: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. (Isaiah 43:1) you are mine. (Isaiah 43:1) Leader: Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us from God the Father Leader: Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Father’s Son, in truth and love. (2 John 3) and from Jesus Christ, the Father’s Son, in truth and love. (2 John 3) All: But now thus says the LORD, he who created you, O Jacob, All: But now thus says the LORD, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; he who formed you, O Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. (Isaiah 43:1) I have called you by name, you are mine. (Isaiah 43:1) Scripture taken from the Holy Bible, NEW INTERNATIONAL READER’S VERSION®. Copyright Scripture taken from the Holy Bible, NEW INTERNATIONAL READER’S VERSION®. Copyright ©1996, 1998 Biblica. All rights reserved throughout the world. Used by permission of Biblica. ©1996, 1998 Biblica. All rights reserved throughout the world. Used by permission of Biblica. www.BethesdaLutheranCommunities.org/Called-by-Name www.BethesdaLutheranCommunities.org/Called-by-Name ©2014 Bethesda Lutheran Communities. May be produced with this notice. ©2014 Bethesda Lutheran Communities. May be produced with this notice. .