| Prelude Greeting and Welcome Lighting of the Candles + Preparation + Psalm 136:1 and Psalm 100 P: Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever. C: Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! P: Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing! C: Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; P: We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. C: Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! P: Give thanks to him; bless his name! C: For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, P: And his faithfulness to all generations. C: Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever. Hymn of Praise – Now Thank We All Our God (LSB 895, stanzas 1-2) Now thank we all our God With hearts and hands and voices, Who wondrous things has done, In whom His world rejoices; Who from our mothers’ arms Has blest us on our way With countless gifts of love And still is ours today. Oh, may this bounteous God Through all our life be near us, With ever joyful hearts And blessèd peace to cheer us And keep us in His grace And guide us when perplexed And free us from all ills In this world and the next! Invocation P: In the name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit. C: Amen. Confession of Sins P: If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. C: We come before the Lord to give thanks for the Lord’s many blessings, to acknowledge our sins, and to seek the Lord’s tender mercy and healing power and promises. Psalm 51 Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from Thy presence, And take not Thy Holy Spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation, And uphold me with Thy free spirit. Amen. Confession of Sins (spoken responsively) – (LSB 788) P: Forgive us, Lord, for shallow thankfulness, For dull content with warmth and sheltered care, For songs of praise for food and harvest press, While of Your richer gifts we are unaware: C: Teach us to thank you, Lord, for love and grace, For life and vision, for a purpose clear, For Christ Your Son, and for each human face That shows your message ever new and clear. P: Forgive us, Lord, for selfish thanks and praise, For words that speak of variance with deeds; Forgive our thanks for walking pleasant ways Unmindful of a broken brother’s needs: C: Teach us, O Lord, true thankfulness divine, That gives as Christ gave, never counting cost. That knows no barrier of “yours” and “mine” Assured that only what’s withheld is lost. P: Forgive us, Lord, for feast that knows not fast, For joy in things that meanwhile starve the soul, For walls and wars that hide Your mercies vast And blur our vision of the kingdom goal: C: Open our eyes to see Your love’s intent, To know with minds and hearts its depth and height; May thankfulness be days in service spent, Reflections of Christ’s life and love and light. Assurance of Forgiveness P: Upon this, our confession of sins, as a called and ordained servant of Christ and by his authority, I share the unwavering and unequivocal assurance that all of our sins are forgiven in the name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Hymn of Praise – Now Thank We All Our God (LSB 895, stanza 3) Now thank we all our God With hearts and hands and voices, Who wondrous things has done, In whom His world rejoices; Who from our mothers’ arms Has blest us on our way With countless gifts of love And still is ours today. Greeting P: The Lord be with you. C: And also with you. P: Let us pray. Lord God, heavenly Father, bless us and all of your gifts which we receive humbly and gratefully from your bountiful blessing, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. C: Amen. + Word + Old Testament Reading – Deuteronomy 8:1-10 Be careful to follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and increase and enter and possess the land that the Lord promise on oath to your forefathers. Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the desert these forty years, to humble you and to test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands. He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your fathers had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years. Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his child, so the Lord your God disciplines you. Observe the commands of the Lord your God, walking in his ways and revering him. For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land—a land with streams and pools of water, with springs flowing in the valleys and hills; a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranates; olive oil and honey; a land where bread will not be scarce and you will lack nothing; a land where the rocks are iron and you can dig copper out of the hills. When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you.
P: This is the Word of the Lord. C: Thanks be to God. Epistle – Philippians 4:4-7, 10-13 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. I rejoice greatly in the Lord that at last you have renewed your concern for me. Indeed, you have been concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it. I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength. P: This is the Word of the Lord. C: Thanks be to God. Holy Gospel – Luke 17:11-19 Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria ad Galilee. As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!” When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed. One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan. Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? Was no one found to return and give praise to God except the foreigner?” Then he said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well.” P: This is the Gospel of the Lord. C: Praise to You, O Christ. Hymn of the Day – Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart (LSB 806) Give thanks with a grateful heart, Give thanks to the Holy One, Give thanks because He’s given Jesus Christ His Son. (2x) And now let the weak say “I am strong,” Let the poor say “I am rich,” Because of what the Lord has done for us. (2x) Give thanks, give thanks. Message – “Humility: The Posture for Thanksgiving” (Luke 17:11-19) | 
