Third Sunday In Lent 3-3-24 The third covenant in this year’s Lenten readings is the central one of Hebrew history: the gift of the law to those God freed from slavery. The commandments begin with the statement that because God alone has freed us from the powers that oppressed us, we are to let nothing else claim first place in our lives. When Jesus throws the merchants out of the temple, he is defending the worship of God alone and rejecting the ways commerce and profit-making can become our gods. The Ten Commandments are essential to our baptismal call: centered first in God’s liberating love, we strive to live out justice and mercy in our communities and the world. #SundayWorship Permission to podcast / stream the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE, License #A-727349 and CCLI Streaming License: CSPL161919. Liturgy from Sundays and Seasons.com. © 2024 Augsburg Fortress. Augsburg Fortress Liturgies Annual License #24216. NRSV Bible, © 1989. Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Built on a Rock; Text: Nicolai F. S. Grundtvig, tr. Carl Doving; Music: KIRKEN DEN ER ET GAMMELT HUS, Ludvig M. Linderman; Text © 1958 Service Book and Hymnal, admin. Augsburg Fortress Lenten Acclamation; Music: Richard Proulx; Music © 1975 Gia Publications How Great Thou Art; Text: Carl G. Boberg, tr. and adapt. Stuart K. Hine; Music: O STORE GUD, Swedish fold tune, adapt. Stuart K. Hine; Text and arr. © 1953 S.K. Hine, assigned to Manna Music, Inc. Ten, Ten Commandments; Text and Music: David Kai; Text and Music © 1998 David Kai Accept, O Lord, the Gifts We Bring ; Text: Beth Bergeron Folkemer; Music: BARBARA ALLEN, English Fold Tune, arr. Alice Parker; Text © 1990 and arr. © 1995 Augsburg Fortress Lamb of God; Music: BREAD OF LIFE, Jeremy Young; Music © 1995 Augsburg Fortress All Who Hunger, Gather Gladly; Text: Sylvia G. Dunstan; Music: HOLY MANNA, W. Moore; Text © 1991 GIA Publications, Inc. Thy Word, CCLI Song #14301; Words and music by Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith; © 1984 Meadowgreen Music Company; Curb Word Music We are People on a Journey; Contributors: Gregg DeMey; Text © 2009, Faith Alive Christian Resources