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Worship Service

Sunday
    
January 11, 2026

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01:30 PM

Holy Communion Service in English

Lectionary Theme: Christian life meant to be fruitful

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    3. In our prayers for you we always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

    4. for we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints,

    5. because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. You have heard of this hope before in the word of the truth, the gospel

    6. that has come to you. Just as it is bearing fruit and growing in the whole world, so it has been bearing fruit among yourselves from the day you heard it and truly comprehended the grace of God.

    7. This you learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf,

    8. and he has made known to us your love in the Spirit.

    9. For this reason, since the day we heard it, we have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of God’s will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

    10. so that you may lead lives worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, as you bear fruit in every good work and as you grow in the knowledge of God.

    11. May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power, and may you be prepared to endure everything with patience, while joyfully

    12. giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.

    13. He has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son,

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    16. Live by the Spirit, I say, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh.

    17. For what the flesh desires is opposed to the Spirit, and what the Spirit desires is opposed to the flesh; for these are opposed to each other, to prevent you from doing what you want.

    18. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not subject to the law.

    19. Now the works of the flesh are obvious: fornication, impurity, licentiousness,

    20. idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions,

    21. envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I am warning you, as I warned you before: those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. The Fruit of the Spirit

    22. By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness,

    23. gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things.

    24. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

    25. If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit.

    26. Let us not become conceited, competing against one another, envying one another.

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