It's from Easter 2005, but it would work on any Sunday.
Leader: What a rich and glorious inheritance God has given to his people- the incredible greatness of his power for us who believe him - the same mighty power that raised Christ from the dead.
People: He didn't claim special privileges. Instead, he lived a selfless, obedient life and then died a selfless, obedient death.
Leader: Because of that obedience, God lifted him high and honored him far beyond anyone or anything, ever, so that all created beings in heaven and on earth will bow in worship before this Jesus Christ, and call out in praise that he is the Master of all, to the glorious honor of God the Father.
People: Christ is God's ultimate miracle and wisdom all wrapped up in one.
Leader: It's God's powerful plan to rescue everyone who trusts him. It was sin that made death so frightening, and law-code guilt that gave sin its leverage, its destructive power.
People: But now in a single victorious stroke of Life, all three--sin, guilt, death--are gone, the gift of our Master, Jesus Christ.
Leader: Although he died on the cross in weakness, he now lives by the mighty power of God.
People: We, too, are weak, but we live in him and have God's power.
Leader: Your sins have been washed away, and you have been set apart for God. You have been made right with God because of what the Lord Jesus Christ and the Spirit of our God have done for you.
All: Glory be to God! By his mighty power at work within us, he is able to accomplish infinitely more than we would ever dare to ask or hope.
Arranged by Rick Lindholtz. Based on Ephesians 1:19-20, Philippians 2:8-11, 1 Corinthians 1:24, Romans 1:16, and
1 Corinthians 15:56-57 from “The Message” – a contemporary paraphrase of the Bible
and 2 Corinthians 13:4, 1 Corinthians 6:11, and Ephesians 3:20 from the New Living Translation of the Bible
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