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SUMMARY:1st Sunday in Lent - Year B
DESCRIPTION:Below you will find the Bible readings set for this occasion in the Revised Common Lectionary\, with our Australian idiomatic paraphrases of them\, plus prayers and sermons based on them. \n\n\n\nBible Readings (paraphrased)\n\n\n\nLections from The Revised Common Lectionary. Copyright 1992 by the Consultation on Common Texts(CCT) P.O. Box 340003\, Room 381\, Nashville\, TN 37203-0003\, USA. Used with Permission. \n\n\n	\n\n		\n			\n				  Genesis 9: 8-17			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	God said to Noah and his family: \n“I\, myself\, am forging an alliance with you\, and with all your descendants to come\, and with every living creature; all the birds\, domestic animals\, and wild animals of the earth who came out of the lifeboat with you. In the terms of this alliance which I am forging with you\, I am giving you my word that never again will all life be wiped out by a flood. There will never be another flood that will totally destroy the earth. I am making this alliance between me and you and all the living creatures that are with you\, and I am signing it in the clouds. The rainbow that I have put in the clouds for you all to see is my signature on the alliance between me and the earth. Whenever I make the clouds gather and my rainbow signature becomes visible there\, I will remember the alliance that governs my relationship with you and with every living creature on earth. I will remember\, and the waters will never again become a flood that wipes out all life on earth. I will see the rainbow which I have signed in the clouds and remember that I am party to a permanent binding alliance with every living creature of every kind on the earth. I assure you\, Noah\, that with this signature that you see in the clouds\, I have sealed the alliance between me\, God\, and the entire community of living creatures on the earth.” \n©2003 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Psalm 25: 1-10			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	I gladly offer you everything I am\, LORD . \nI have put my trust in you\, God;\nplease don’t let me down;\ndon’t give my enemies grounds to gloat. \nBe there for those who hang in there for you\, no matter what:\ndon’t leave them with egg on their faces.\nSave that for the two-faced scabs who deserve it.  \nLet me in on your way of doing things\, LORD;\nteach me how to follow your tracks. \nSteer me along your ways of truth\, and teach me all about them.\nOnly you can save me from disaster\, God\,\nso I’ll wait for you before setting out. \nYour love and mercy have been as timeless and dependable as the rock;\nplease don’t change your mind about them now! \nDon’t keep a record of everything I’ve done wrong in the past.\nLet your unshakable love colour your view of me\,\nand keep your reputation for generosity intact! \nYou always do what is good and right\, LORD\,\nand so you patiently retrain those who do wrong. \nYou pilot a safe course for those who are not too full of themselves;\nyou give lessons on your ways to the humble folk. \nEvery path you tread\, LORD\, is marked by solid love and loyalty\nfor the benefit of all who keep our end of the bargain with you. \n©2000 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  1 Peter 3: 18-22			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	The Messiah copped the consequences of human corruption\nand suffered them all in one hit.\nHe who had done only what is right\nsuffered for those who had done wrong\nin order to bring you home to God.\nHe was killed by human hands\nbut made alive by the Spirit. \nIn the spirit\, he went and preached freedom to those who refused God’s way in past generations and whose spirits have remained in prison ever since. In their own day\, God had given them every chance. While Noah was building his boat\, for example\, there was plenty of time for people to realise why and change their ways\, but in the end a mere eight people were saved from the waters by getting into that lifeboat. Their experience was a bit of a preview of the way baptism saves you. It is not just a bath to clean up your appearance. Rather\, you are pulled from the water to a new life so that you can stand before God with a clear conscience. You are raised from death to life with Jesus the Messiah\, who has since taken his place in heaven as God’s right hand man\, and he has the last word on everything and everyone. There is no authority or power\, human or angel\, that can overrule him. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Mark 1: 9-15			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	During those days\, Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptised by John in the Jordan. The moment he came up from the water\, he saw the sky open up and the Spirit coming down like a diving kookaburra and taking hold of him. And a voice filled the air\, saying\, “You are my Son; the love of my life. You fill me with pride.” \nStraight after that\, the Spirit drove him out into a remote wilderness area. He had to prove himself for forty days in the bush\, while the devil tried every trick in the book to lure him off-track. Jesus was in tough country\, surrounded by wild animals\, and God’s angels took care of everything he needed. \nAfter John the baptiser was arrested\, Jesus headed up to Galilee and began spreading the good news of God. This was the guts of his message: \n“The time has come!\nThe culture of God is close at hand.\nTurn your lives around and accept the good news.” \n©2003 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n	\n\n\n\nPrayers\n\n\n	\n\n		\n			\n				  Eucharistic Preface			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Let us lift up our hearts.\nWe lift them to the Lord.\nLet us give thanks to the Lord our God.\nIt is right to give our thanks and praise. \nIt is indeed right to give you our thanks and praise\, O God\,\nfor in tenderness and faithful love\nyou forgive our sins and guide us when we stray. \nWhen the ancient flood destroyed the world you had created\,\nyou saved Noah and his family from the waters\,\nand established a covenant with them\nand with every living creature for all time. \nIn later times your Son\, Jesus\,\ncame forth from the waters of baptism\,\nand after proving himself in the wilderness\nwhere waves of temptation threatened to engulf him\,\nhe began proclaiming the good news of your kingdom\,\ncalling people to repent and believe in the gospel.\nHe was cast down to the land of the dead\nwhere he preached even to those lost in the flood\,\nbut you raised him to new life\nand seated him at your side\nto reign over every authority and power for ever. \nTherefore with ..... \n©2003 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Short Preface (for insertion into Eucharistic prayers with fixed prefaces)			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	We give thanks for your Son\, Jesus\,\nwho proved himself stronger than the devil’s temptations\,\nand who in death preached even to those lost in the flood\,\nand in resurrection reigns over every authority and power for ever. \n©2003 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  General Prayer of Thanksgiving			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	(Preface reformatted for use apart from communion)\n\nWe give you all thanks and praise\, O God\,\nfor in tenderness and faithful love\nyou forgive our sins and guide us when we stray. \nWhen the ancient flood destroyed the world you had created\,\nyou saved Noah and his family from the waters\,\nand established a covenant with them\nand with every living creature for all time. \nIn later times your Son\, Jesus\,\ncame forth from the waters of baptism\,\nand after proving himself in the wilderness\nwhere waves of temptation threatened to engulf him\,\nhe began proclaiming the good news of your kingdom\,\ncalling people to repent and believe in the gospel.\nHe was cast down to the land of the dead\nwhere he preached even to those lost in the flood\,\nbut you raised him to new life\nand seated him at your side\nto reign over every authority and power for ever. \nTherefore\, with our hearts lifted high\,\nwe offer you thanks and praise at all times\nthrough Jesus Christ our Lord\,\nwho lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit\,\none God\, for ever and ever.\nAmen. \n©2003 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Declaration of Grace / Absolution			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Christ suffered for sins\, once for all\,\nthe righteous for the unrighteous\,\nin order to bring you to God.\nThrough the mercy of Christ\, God remembers you\nbut not your faults or your sins. \nSisters and Brothers\,\n  your sins are forgiven;\n    be at peace. \n©2000 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Commission & Benediction			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Go now\, and live in the spirit of your baptism\,\neven when you are led into wild and hard places.\nWith repentance and trust\, give yourselves to God\,\nand with fasting and prayer\,\nstrengthen yourselves against the ways of the tempter. \nAnd may God enfold you in tender and lasting love.\nMay Christ be beside you in times of struggle.\nAnd may the Spirit guide you back to the path\nwhenever you stray\, that you may keep the covenant. \nWe go in peace to love and serve the Lord\,\n   In the name of Christ. Amen. \n©2000 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n	\n\n\n\nSermons\n\n\n\nSermons will open in new tabs from our SYCBaps church website. \n\n\n\n\nMinistering AngelsA sermon on Mark 1:9-15 by Garry Deverell\n\n\n\nWhat God has given up for LentA sermon on Genesis 9:8-17\, 1 Peter 3:1-18 & Mark 1:9-15 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nInto the wildernessA sermon on Mark 1:9-15 by Alison Sampson\n\n\n\nPut to the TestA sermon on Mark 1:9-15 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nA God of WeaknessA sermon on Genesis 9:8-17\, 1 Peter 3:1-18 & Mark 1:9-15 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nReading the RainbowA sermon on Genesis 9:8-17 by Nathan Nettleton
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SUMMARY:1st Sunday in Lent - Year B
DESCRIPTION:Below you will find the Bible readings set for this occasion in the Revised Common Lectionary\, with our Australian idiomatic paraphrases of them\, plus prayers and sermons based on them. \n\n\n\nBible Readings (paraphrased)\n\n\n\nLections from The Revised Common Lectionary. Copyright 1992 by the Consultation on Common Texts(CCT) P.O. Box 340003\, Room 381\, Nashville\, TN 37203-0003\, USA. Used with Permission. \n\n\n	\n\n		\n			\n				  Genesis 9: 8-17			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	God said to Noah and his family: \n“I\, myself\, am forging an alliance with you\, and with all your descendants to come\, and with every living creature; all the birds\, domestic animals\, and wild animals of the earth who came out of the lifeboat with you. In the terms of this alliance which I am forging with you\, I am giving you my word that never again will all life be wiped out by a flood. There will never be another flood that will totally destroy the earth. I am making this alliance between me and you and all the living creatures that are with you\, and I am signing it in the clouds. The rainbow that I have put in the clouds for you all to see is my signature on the alliance between me and the earth. Whenever I make the clouds gather and my rainbow signature becomes visible there\, I will remember the alliance that governs my relationship with you and with every living creature on earth. I will remember\, and the waters will never again become a flood that wipes out all life on earth. I will see the rainbow which I have signed in the clouds and remember that I am party to a permanent binding alliance with every living creature of every kind on the earth. I assure you\, Noah\, that with this signature that you see in the clouds\, I have sealed the alliance between me\, God\, and the entire community of living creatures on the earth.” \n©2003 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Psalm 25: 1-10			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	I gladly offer you everything I am\, LORD . \nI have put my trust in you\, God;\nplease don’t let me down;\ndon’t give my enemies grounds to gloat. \nBe there for those who hang in there for you\, no matter what:\ndon’t leave them with egg on their faces.\nSave that for the two-faced scabs who deserve it.  \nLet me in on your way of doing things\, LORD;\nteach me how to follow your tracks. \nSteer me along your ways of truth\, and teach me all about them.\nOnly you can save me from disaster\, God\,\nso I’ll wait for you before setting out. \nYour love and mercy have been as timeless and dependable as the rock;\nplease don’t change your mind about them now! \nDon’t keep a record of everything I’ve done wrong in the past.\nLet your unshakable love colour your view of me\,\nand keep your reputation for generosity intact! \nYou always do what is good and right\, LORD\,\nand so you patiently retrain those who do wrong. \nYou pilot a safe course for those who are not too full of themselves;\nyou give lessons on your ways to the humble folk. \nEvery path you tread\, LORD\, is marked by solid love and loyalty\nfor the benefit of all who keep our end of the bargain with you. \n©2000 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  1 Peter 3: 18-22			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	The Messiah copped the consequences of human corruption\nand suffered them all in one hit.\nHe who had done only what is right\nsuffered for those who had done wrong\nin order to bring you home to God.\nHe was killed by human hands\nbut made alive by the Spirit. \nIn the spirit\, he went and preached freedom to those who refused God’s way in past generations and whose spirits have remained in prison ever since. In their own day\, God had given them every chance. While Noah was building his boat\, for example\, there was plenty of time for people to realise why and change their ways\, but in the end a mere eight people were saved from the waters by getting into that lifeboat. Their experience was a bit of a preview of the way baptism saves you. It is not just a bath to clean up your appearance. Rather\, you are pulled from the water to a new life so that you can stand before God with a clear conscience. You are raised from death to life with Jesus the Messiah\, who has since taken his place in heaven as God’s right hand man\, and he has the last word on everything and everyone. There is no authority or power\, human or angel\, that can overrule him. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Mark 1: 9-15			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	During those days\, Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptised by John in the Jordan. The moment he came up from the water\, he saw the sky open up and the Spirit coming down like a diving kookaburra and taking hold of him. And a voice filled the air\, saying\, “You are my Son; the love of my life. You fill me with pride.” \nStraight after that\, the Spirit drove him out into a remote wilderness area. He had to prove himself for forty days in the bush\, while the devil tried every trick in the book to lure him off-track. Jesus was in tough country\, surrounded by wild animals\, and God’s angels took care of everything he needed. \nAfter John the baptiser was arrested\, Jesus headed up to Galilee and began spreading the good news of God. This was the guts of his message: \n“The time has come!\nThe culture of God is close at hand.\nTurn your lives around and accept the good news.” \n©2003 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n	\n\n\n\nPrayers\n\n\n	\n\n		\n			\n				  Eucharistic Preface			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Let us lift up our hearts.\nWe lift them to the Lord.\nLet us give thanks to the Lord our God.\nIt is right to give our thanks and praise. \nIt is indeed right to give you our thanks and praise\, O God\,\nfor in tenderness and faithful love\nyou forgive our sins and guide us when we stray. \nWhen the ancient flood destroyed the world you had created\,\nyou saved Noah and his family from the waters\,\nand established a covenant with them\nand with every living creature for all time. \nIn later times your Son\, Jesus\,\ncame forth from the waters of baptism\,\nand after proving himself in the wilderness\nwhere waves of temptation threatened to engulf him\,\nhe began proclaiming the good news of your kingdom\,\ncalling people to repent and believe in the gospel.\nHe was cast down to the land of the dead\nwhere he preached even to those lost in the flood\,\nbut you raised him to new life\nand seated him at your side\nto reign over every authority and power for ever. \nTherefore with ..... \n©2003 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Short Preface (for insertion into Eucharistic prayers with fixed prefaces)			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	We give thanks for your Son\, Jesus\,\nwho proved himself stronger than the devil’s temptations\,\nand who in death preached even to those lost in the flood\,\nand in resurrection reigns over every authority and power for ever. \n©2003 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  General Prayer of Thanksgiving			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	(Preface reformatted for use apart from communion)\n\nWe give you all thanks and praise\, O God\,\nfor in tenderness and faithful love\nyou forgive our sins and guide us when we stray. \nWhen the ancient flood destroyed the world you had created\,\nyou saved Noah and his family from the waters\,\nand established a covenant with them\nand with every living creature for all time. \nIn later times your Son\, Jesus\,\ncame forth from the waters of baptism\,\nand after proving himself in the wilderness\nwhere waves of temptation threatened to engulf him\,\nhe began proclaiming the good news of your kingdom\,\ncalling people to repent and believe in the gospel.\nHe was cast down to the land of the dead\nwhere he preached even to those lost in the flood\,\nbut you raised him to new life\nand seated him at your side\nto reign over every authority and power for ever. \nTherefore\, with our hearts lifted high\,\nwe offer you thanks and praise at all times\nthrough Jesus Christ our Lord\,\nwho lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit\,\none God\, for ever and ever.\nAmen. \n©2003 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Declaration of Grace / Absolution			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Christ suffered for sins\, once for all\,\nthe righteous for the unrighteous\,\nin order to bring you to God.\nThrough the mercy of Christ\, God remembers you\nbut not your faults or your sins. \nSisters and Brothers\,\n  your sins are forgiven;\n    be at peace. \n©2000 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Commission & Benediction			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Go now\, and live in the spirit of your baptism\,\neven when you are led into wild and hard places.\nWith repentance and trust\, give yourselves to God\,\nand with fasting and prayer\,\nstrengthen yourselves against the ways of the tempter. \nAnd may God enfold you in tender and lasting love.\nMay Christ be beside you in times of struggle.\nAnd may the Spirit guide you back to the path\nwhenever you stray\, that you may keep the covenant. \nWe go in peace to love and serve the Lord\,\n   In the name of Christ. Amen. \n©2000 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n	\n\n\n\nSermons\n\n\n\nSermons will open in new tabs from our SYCBaps church website. \n\n\n\n\nMinistering AngelsA sermon on Mark 1:9-15 by Garry Deverell\n\n\n\nWhat God has given up for LentA sermon on Genesis 9:8-17\, 1 Peter 3:1-18 & Mark 1:9-15 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nInto the wildernessA sermon on Mark 1:9-15 by Alison Sampson\n\n\n\nPut to the TestA sermon on Mark 1:9-15 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nA God of WeaknessA sermon on Genesis 9:8-17\, 1 Peter 3:1-18 & Mark 1:9-15 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nReading the RainbowA sermon on Genesis 9:8-17 by Nathan Nettleton
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