Opening Song: Sooner Count the Stars (https://open.spotify.com/track/3Eao8XJ5auwZRSIMjL6oHq?si=0d4bdada10404972) by Doug Plank, Steve Cook, and Vikki Cook Lyrics: I could sooner count the stars Than number all Your ways Though I only know in part That part exceeds all praise As sunlight fills the skies Your goodness fills my life For all Your precious gifts Receive my gratefulness I could sooner drink the seas Than fathom all Your love Like a never ceasing stream Are mercies through Your Son The death of Christ alone Deserves eternal song For such a love as His Receive my gratefulness No praise is high enough no thanks is deep enough No life is long enough to tell of all You've done No shout is loud enough no words are strong enough No song is sweet enough to sing Your love I could sooner turn back time Than turn Your heart away Though the years go fleeting by Your mercies never change Before You made the sun Your love was set on us For all Your faithfulness Receive my gratefulness Passage: 9 The LORD your God will make you abundantly prosperous in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your womb and in the fruit of your cattle and in the fruit of your ground. For the LORD will again take delight in prospering you, as he took delight in your fathers, 10 when you obey the voice of the LORD your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, when you turn to the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. 11 “For this commandment that I command you today is not too hard for you, neither is it far off. 12 It is not in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will ascend to heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ 13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ 14 But the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it. (Deuteronomy 30:9–14 ESV) Musical Reflection: Bless the Lord, My Soul by Jacques Berthier Reflection Notes: A contribution to the Taizé tradition, this tune by Berthier provides a reverent foundation for the text: “Bless the Lord, my soul, and bless God’s holy name. Bless the Lord, my soul, who leads me into life.” Prayer: Father, what we know not, teach us; what we have not, give us; what we are not, make us; for the sake of your Son our Savior. Amen. -Old Anglican Prayer