{"id":1928,"date":"2016-03-22T00:02:46","date_gmt":"2016-03-22T05:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/ponderanew\/?p=1928"},"modified":"2016-03-20T23:48:33","modified_gmt":"2016-03-21T04:48:33","slug":"wednesday-of-holy-week-a-service-of-scripture-and-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/ponderanew\/2016\/03\/22\/wednesday-of-holy-week-a-service-of-scripture-and-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday of Holy Week: A Service of Scripture and Song"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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\n<\/a>Greeting
\n<\/strong><\/span>Let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,
\nlooking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith,
\nwho for the sake of the joy that was set before him
\n<\/strong>endured the cross, disregarding its shame,
\n<\/strong>and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.
\n<\/strong>(HEBREWS 12:1 b\u20132)<\/p>\n

Hymn No. 168: At the Name of Jesus
\n<\/strong>At the name of Jesus
\nevery knee shall bow,
\nevery tongue confess him
\nKing of glory now;
\n\u2019tis the Father\u2019s pleasure
\nwe should call him Lord,
\nwho from the beginning
\nwas the mighty Word.<\/p>\n

Humbled for a season,
\nto receive a name,
\nfrom the lips of sinners
\nunto whom he came,
\nfaithfully he bore it,
\nspotless to the last,
\nbrought it back victorious
\nwhen from death he passed.<\/p>\n

Bore it up triumphant
\nwith its human light,
\nthrough all ranks of creatures
\nto the central height,
\nto the throne of Godhead,
\nto the Father\u2019s breast;
\nfilled it with the glory
\nof that perfect rest.<\/p>\n

In your hearts enthrone him;
\nthere let him subdue
\nall that is not holy,
\nall that is not true.
\nCrown him as your captain
\nin temptation\u2019s hour;
\nlet his will enfold you
\nin its light and power.
\n-Caroline M. Noel, 1870
\nTune: KING\u2019S WESTON<\/p>\n

Prayer
\n<\/strong>Most merciful God,
\nyour blessed Son, our Savior, was betrayed, whipped,
\nand his face spat upon.
\nGrant us grace to endure the sufferings of the present time,
\nto overcome all that seeks to overwhelm us,
\nconfident of the glory that shall yet be revealed;
\nthrough Jesus Christ our Redeemer. Amen.
\n(THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, U.S.A., 20TH CENT., ALT.)<\/p>\n

Isaiah 50:4-9a
\n<\/span><\/strong>50:4 The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of a teacher, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. Morning by morning he wakens\u2013 wakens my ear to listen as those who are taught.
\n50:5 The Lord GOD has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, I did not turn backward.
\n50:6 I gave my back to those who struck me, and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard; I did not hide my face from insult and spitting.
\n50:7 The Lord GOD helps me; therefore I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set my face like flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame;
\n50:8 he who vindicates me is near. Who will contend with me? Let us stand up together. Who are my adversaries? Let them confront me.
\n50:9a It is the Lord GOD who helps me; who will declare me guilty?<\/p>\n

Psalm 70
\n<\/span><\/strong>70:1 Be pleased, O God, to deliver me. O LORD, make haste to help me!
\n70:2 Let those be put to shame and confusion who seek my life. Let those be turned back and brought to dishonor who desire to hurt me.
\n70:3 Let those who say, \u201cAha, Aha!\u201d turn back because of their shame.
\n70:4 Let all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let those who love your salvation say evermore, \u201cGod is great!\u201d
\n70:5 But I am poor and needy; hasten to me, O God! You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay!<\/p>\n

Hymn No. 142: If Thou But Suffer God to Guide Thee
\n<\/strong>If thou but suffer God to guide thee,
\nand hope in God through all thy ways,
\nGod will give strength, whate\u2019er betide thee,
\nand bear thee through the evil days.
\nWho trusts in God\u2019s unchanging love
\nbuilds on the rock that naught can move.<\/p>\n

Only be still, and wait God\u2019s leisure
\nin cheerful hope, with heart content
\nto take whate\u2019er thy Maker\u2019s pleasure
\nand all discerning love hath sent;
\nwe know our inmost wants are known,
\nfor we are called to be God\u2019s own.<\/p>\n

Sing, pray, and keep God\u2019s ways unswerving:
\nso do thine own part faithfully,
\nand trust God\u2019s word; though undeserving,
\nthou yet shalt find it true for thee.
\nGod never yet forsook at need
\nthe soul that trusted God indeed.
\n-Georg Neumark, 1657; trans.
\nTune: WER NUR DEN LIEBEN GOTT<\/p>\n

Hebrews 12:1-3
\n<\/span><\/strong>12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,
\n12:2 looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the sake of the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.
\n12:3 Consider him who endured such hostility against himself from sinners, so that you may not grow weary or lose heart.<\/p>\n