Lent 7:
Date: March 7, 2004
Theme: The Blessings Of The Cross!
– Zephaniah 3:8-13
– Ude, John
The Order of Worship:
Liturgy: TLH, p. 15 ff.
Hymns:
TLH 518 st. 1-3: If Thou but Suffer God to Guide Thee 
TLH 518 st. 4-7: If Thou but Suffer God to Guide Thee
TLH 371 st. 1-4: Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness
TLH 306 : Lord Jesus Christ, Thou Hast Prepared
TLH 429 : Lord, Thee I Love with all my Heart
TLH 371 st. 5-7: Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness
Scripture Readings:
Zephaniah 2:1-3, John 14:1-18
Theme: The Blessings Of The Cross!
Zephaniah 3:8-13
8 “Therefore wait for me,” declares the Lord,
“for the day when I rise up to seize the prey.
For my decision is to gather nations,
to assemble kingdoms,
to pour out upon them my indignation,
all my burning anger;
for in the fire of my jealousy
all the earth shall be consumed.
The Conversion of the Nations
9 “For at that time I will change the speech of the peoples
to a pure speech,
that all of them may call upon the name of the Lord
and serve him with one accord.
10 From beyond the rivers of Cush
my worshipers, the daughter of my dispersed ones,
shall bring my offering.
11 “On that day you shall not be put to shame
because of the deeds by which you have rebelled against me;
for then I will remove from your midst
your proudly exultant ones,
and you shall no longer be haughty
in my holy mountain.
12 But I will leave in your midst
a people humble and lowly.
They shall seek refuge in the name of the Lord,
13 those who are left in Israel;
they shall do no injustice
and speak no lies,
nor shall there be found in their mouth
a deceitful tongue.
For they shall graze and lie down,
and none shall make them afraid.” (ESV)