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Watch Video of this Week's Service on our YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwMsPoeM4OrCBk1eBSKOO0uQmBcswQIPIGuest Leader, Matt TangmanTwenty-third Sunday after PentecostMemory Verse:  Amos 5:2424But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.---------------View this week's Service Bulletin for reading and prayer texts:https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1neIxR5tZyVR8ObqxkUAN6PXA2XPCc2-Q&export=download---------------Readings for the Day:Amos 5:18-24:  In the days of Amos, people thought that the day of the Lord would be a time of great victory, but Amos announced that it would be a day of darkness, not light.  He said liturgy is not substitute for obedience.  The Lord demands justice and righteousness in the community.I Thessalonians 4:13-18:  Some of the Thessalonians are worried that dead Christians will be excluded from the resurrection to eternal life when Christ comes again.  Paul reassures them with the word of hope that all Christians, living or dead, will be raised into everlasting life with Christ.Matthew 25:1-13:  Jesus tells a parable about his own second coming, emphasizing the need for readiness at all times. ‘From Sunday & Seasons, copyright 2019 Augsburg Fortress’Questions To Ponder:1— What does it mean that ‘let justice roll down like waters’? (Amos 5:24) 2— Do you ever feel like God tarries (delays to act) when you call out for help?  When? (Psalm 70:5)3— What do you think keeping awake means in everyday life today, and when and where do you do it? (Matt 25:13)4—How do these texts speak to you today?Prayer:  O God of justice and love, you illumine our way through life with the words of your Son.  Give us the light we need, and awaken us to the needs of others.  Amen.---------------Recorded by the staff and volunteers at St. Paul Lutheran Church - Borchers in Seymour, Indiana.http://www.stpaul-borchers.orgSubscribe to our podcast with weekly sermon, prayers and children's sermon recordings at http://podcast.stpaul-borchers.org/Office hours Monday, Wednesday and Friday morningsPhone 812-522-7364Office Email stpaullutheran@stpaul-borchers.orgFacebook Page https://www.facebook.com/stpaulborchers/--------------Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from One License, License #731062-ASome copyrighted element(s) used by permission of Augsburg Fortress.Texts are reprinted by permission under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies Annual License Number: 36828