‘Responsive ‘Reading , Behold, I Make All Things New “a44 New Day, A New Name, A New Heaven and a New Earth Minister: This is the day the Lord has pinche: Congregation: We will be glad and rejoice in it. Minister: This is the year the Lord has begun. Congregation: We will be glad and rejoice in it. Minister: Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning. Congregation: Great is your faithfulness. Minister: The Lord is good to those whose hope is in Him, to those who seek Him. Congregation: Great is your faithfulness, O Lord. Minister: Through the work of Jesus Christ, we belong to him. Congregation: Through Jesus’ work on the cross, God gave us a new name. Minister: Let us discover anew and accept with new assurance that we are who God says we are — holy and redeemed people who belong to him. Congregation: Thank you, our Father, for changing our name. Minister: We shall no longer be call Wounded, Outcast, Lonely, or Afraid. Congregation: Our new name shall be The Holy People, the Redeemed of the Lord, Sought After, the City No Longer Deserted. Minister: People of God, let us take up our new name with new confidence fo live | this year as the people of God we are called to be, so that we may indeed be “sought After.” May others seek God's face because of us in this coming year. Congregation: God says: “Behold, | am making everything new!” In this year, let us move forward with the confidence our new name gives, with a new song in our hearts and on our lips, with the new way before us, and with our eye fixed on the horizon when Christ will return and make a new heaven and a new earth. (All Together) May this be the year. Maranatha. Come, Lord Jesus! |