Opening Song:We the Forgiven by Lang-ah-lee-chay mBuh-HAM-bee and nndoo-MEEh-soh MananaLyrics:We the forgiven must forgiveWith no reservation no limitThe debt we owed and could not payWas laid on Him who had no blameHave mercy mercy was his pleaFather forgive them punish meHe gave His life that we may liveSo we the forgiven must forgiveForgive us as we forgive themThat trespass against usLet not our ransomed hearts forgetIf not for mercy we’d be deadSo to all who sin and who transgressThe same cup of mercy must extendAs far as the East is from the WestAre the Redeemed from their offenceIt is finished it is doneSo all anger must set with the sunForgive us as we forgive themThat trespass against usForgive us as we forgive themThat trespass against usSeventy times seven times sevenTimes seven we're forgiven forgivenSo we too must forgive themThat trespass against usWe the offenders must believeThe blood spilled on the mercy seatWas a sufficient recompenseTo cleanse us of all unrighteousnessGet up you're free go sin no moreAll you have broken go restoreThe wrong you see try make it rightThis is to follow Jesus ChristPassage: 21 Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” 22 Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.23 “Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants. 24 When he began to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. 25 And since he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made. 26 So the servant fell on his knees, imploring him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you everything.’ 27 And out of pity for him, the master of that servant released him and forgave him the debt. 28 But when that same servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii, and seizing him, he began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay what you owe.’ 29 So his fellow servant fell down and pleaded with him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you.’ 30 He refused and went and put him in prison until he should pay the debt. 31 When his fellow servants saw what had taken place, they were greatly distressed, and they went and reported to their master all that had taken place. 32 Then his master summoned him and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me. 33 And should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you?’ 34 And in anger his master delivered him to the jailers, until he should pay all his debt. 35 So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart.”(Matthew Musical Reflection: Nothing But The Blood (PLAINFIELD) by Robert LowryReflection Notes: Lowry wrote several hymns for his congregation’s use in the late nineteenth century. This particular tune is pentatonic (only five notes used per octave) and falls within a small vocal range, which made it accessible for all parishioners to sing and enjoy. Prayer:Beloved, let us give thanks to God the Father, through his Son, in the Holy Spirit, because in his great love for us he took pity on us, “and when we were dead in our sins he brought us to life with Christ,” so that in him we might be a new creation. Let us throw off our old nature and all its ways and, as we have come to birth in Christ, let us renounce the works of the flesh. [Amen.] -Leo the Great