McPhail Weblog March 21st 2021

McPhail Baptist Church

Mar 21st 2021

Prelude: “O The Deep, Deep Love of Jesus”

(arr: Mark Hayes)

Hymn: “Sing Praise To The Lord!"

Prayer

Gracious God, we hear You calling. You have shown us hope and You offer us courage. We want to walk in your way of grace and love. But sometimes we are afraid. We get discouraged and weary.

Sometimes our best and good intentions come to naught. We let hopelessness get the better of us. Care for us in our journeying, O God. Help us to know that your love is always there surrounding us with care. Take our weariness and through your Son, Jesus Christ, transform us to be your new people, shining in the world's darkness. For it is in His name, we pray. Amen.

Special Music:

“The Lord’s My Shepherd (Brother James’ Air)"

Terri-Ann Wint, Lynda Cox, Laurel Tye

Scripture Reading:

John 2:13-22 (NRSV)

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

13 The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. 15 Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. He also poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. 16 He told those who were selling the doves, “Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace!” 17 His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.” 18 The Jews then said to him, “What sign can you show us for doing this?” 19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20 The Jews then said, “This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and will you raise it up in three days?” 21 But he was speaking of the temple of his body. 22 After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

Hymn: “O Jesus, I Have Promised”