Constance Prince - "Your Faith: Your Treasure" (August 7, 1983)
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Man | Greeting spaces this earth. | 0:03 |
This place whose rivers wander and roll to the seas, | 0:07 | |
whose valleys sound and resound with great silences, | 0:12 | |
whose mountains are the mountains rejoicing, | 0:19 | |
whose hills are the hills of hope. | 0:23 | |
It is You, oh Holy one, | 0:27 | |
who awakens us and gives us this day, | 0:30 | |
this season, this moment | 0:32 | |
and we are thankful. | 0:37 | |
Come to our prayers, great Lord. | 0:42 | |
That in them, we may speak boldly | 0:46 | |
for the needs of one another. | 0:48 | |
That we may seek Your presence and Your strength, | 0:52 | |
the mending and renewal of this bent world. | 0:54 | |
Make of us this day a congregation, | 1:00 | |
a congregation whose very size, public and private, | 1:04 | |
are for our own lives to heal | 1:10 | |
together in love | 1:14 | |
to give hope | 1:17 | |
and keep us as a people open to all the varied weathers | 1:19 | |
that brood in the human heart and soul. | 1:23 | |
That in us, by Your grace, | 1:29 | |
the lost and the lonely | 1:33 | |
and the fearful may find solace and clarity | 1:37 | |
and new beginnings. | 1:43 | |
We pray for all who are tossed about | 1:47 | |
and helpless in the world, | 1:50 | |
the victims of war and catastrophe | 1:53 | |
whose lives have been scored by the loss of those they love. | 1:56 | |
We pray for the pleasure-seekers | 2:01 | |
who are captive to their own appetites, | 2:04 | |
for the mentally ill who anguish and fear | 2:08 | |
and whose anguish and fear are inescapable | 2:14 | |
whether they are waking or sleeping. | 2:17 | |
We pray for the poor and impoverished | 2:20 | |
whose powers and labor are exploited by the rich. | 2:23 | |
Help of the helpless. | 2:29 | |
Do abide with them, | 2:32 | |
giving them comfort by Your love. | 2:35 | |
And with Your anger quickening the hearts of those | 2:38 | |
who can change the conditions of life. | 2:41 | |
Oh Lord, our God, | 2:48 | |
who speaks Your Word with power | 2:50 | |
in the person of Jesus, | 2:52 | |
grant to Your church the power to speak Your Word | 2:56 | |
faithfully through its life | 2:59 | |
as well as its doctrine. | 3:02 | |
Let it be Your instrument of holy discontent | 3:05 | |
wherever the world is shoddy, | 3:09 | |
unjust, or callous against Your mercy. | 3:13 | |
Make of it a herald of Your kingdom, | 3:18 | |
speaking from the authority of Your promise | 3:21 | |
that Your Word, having gone forth with power, | 3:24 | |
will not return empty to You. | 3:29 | |
May Your church be a haven for the lonely, | 3:33 | |
a sanctuary for the oppressed, | 3:37 | |
a servant at all times, both of Your truth, | 3:40 | |
and of Your covenant. | 3:44 | |
Through Jesus the Christ, | 3:47 | |
the rock on which we stand redeemed, | 3:50 | |
and who teaches us His community of faith this prayer. | 3:53 | |
Our Father, who art in heaven, | 4:00 | |
hallowed by Thy name. | 4:03 | |
Thy kingdom come. | 4:06 | |
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. | 4:08 | |
Give us this day our daily bread. | 4:13 | |
Forgive our trespasses | 4:16 | |
as we forgive those who trespass against us. | 4:18 | |
Lead us not into temptation | 4:22 | |
but deliver us from evil. | 4:25 | |
For Thine is the kingdom | 4:27 | |
and the power and the glory forever. | 4:29 | |
Amen. | 4:33 | |
(gentle organ music) | 4:41 | |
(upbeat organ music) | 5:57 | |
(choir vocalizing) | 6:03 | |
(indistinct choir lyrics) | 6:18 | |
- | Hallelujah. | 6:27 |
(indistinct choir lyrics) | 6:34 | |
Hallelujah! | 8:47 | |
(upbeat organ music) | 9:05 | |
(choir vocalizing) | 9:24 | |
- | Hallelujah. | 9:34 |
Hallelujah. | 9:37 | |
Hallelujah. | 9:53 | |
Hallelujah. | 9:55 | |
Hallelujah! | 9:58 | |
Hallelujah! | 10:02 | |
Hallelujah! | 10:10 | |
Man | Grant us, oh Lord, | 10:25 |
by the presence of Your Spirit in our lives, | 10:27 | |
the promptings that we need to be a people of mercy | 10:31 | |
doing justice and bringing to this earth Your kingdom. | 10:35 | |
We do pray in the name of Your son, Jesus the Christ, | 10:41 | |
who is our Lord and our brother. | 10:44 | |
Amen. | 10:48 | |
(gentle organ music) | 10:53 | |
(choir vocalizing) | 11:35 | |
- | Go out into the world in peace. | 13:50 |
Have courage, hold onto to what is good. | 13:52 | |
Return no person evil for evil, | 13:56 | |
but rather strengthen the faint-hearted. | 14:00 | |
Support the weak, give help to the suffering. | 14:02 | |
Honor all men and women | 14:07 | |
rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit. | 14:09 | |
Now, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ | 14:14 | |
and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit | 14:17 | |
may these be with you this day and forever. | 14:20 | |
Amen. | 14:25 | |
(choir vocalizing) | 14:28 | |
(intense organ music) | 15:19 | |
(upbeat organ music) | 17:41 | |
(indistinct conversations) | 21:34 | |
(intense organ music) | 21:45 | |
(indistinct conversations) | 23:57 |