Benediction: God's Tenacious Love And Inexhaustible Mercy (based on Lamentations 3:22-24)

As we go from here to face the joys and challenges of the coming week, may we remember that God's love is bottomless and that God's mercy and compassion are inexhaustible.

May this reminder be our source of hope as we strive to tap into that love, mercy, and compassion of God which can be found anywhere and everywhere. 

Responsive Call to Worship: Finding God In Times of Trouble (based on Lamentations 3:22-24)

     Longing To Be Loved - Unknown

Reader: God, we need to remember that your love is bottomless.
All: Your mercy doesn't fade-out.

Reader:There's no bottom of the barrel when it comes to your grace.
All: Help us to remember this and to remind each other of it, especially when it feels least true.

Reader: When doubt, fear, and every kind of trouble surrounds us, we often wish to escape.
All: But God, these times do not mean that we are alone. You remain within and around us.

Reader: When we begin to look for you with this in mind, we then begin to see you everywhere.
All: It's because of this tenacious, messy, real-life love for us that we feel the need to give praise.

Reader: God, thank you for those who are your hands and feet to us.
All: Thank you for the privilege of being your hands and feet to others.

Reader: The joy and gratitude we feel for the way that you provide for us is overflowing.
All: This is the reason that we sing and give praise.

Reflection and Renewal: Finding God In Times of Trouble (based on Lamentations 3:22-24)

     Longing To Be Loved - Unknown

God, your love is endless. Your mercy doesn't fade-out and there's no bottom of the barrel when it comes to your grace.

Help us to remember this and to remind each other of it, especially when it feels least true.  When doubt, fear, and every kind of trouble surrounds us, we often wish to escape.  

But God, these times do not mean that we are alone. You remain within and around us. If we keep that in mind as we seek glimpses of grace, we can begin to see you everywhere. 

God, thank you for those who are your hands and feet to us. Thank you for the privilege of being your hands and feet to others.

Amen.