"Spread, Oh, Spread, Almighty Word” | Fourth Sunday After Pentecost

ZACHARY'S NOTES: 

Stanza 1 // This is a prayer that the reign or kingdom of God would spread throughout the earth. The stanzas to follow make clear this is God’s work - not our own. We do not pray to ourselves, but to God - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It is God - our “Creator” - who calls us by name and bestows the “gifts” of “heaven.”

Stanza 2 // This stanza reminds us of the insignificance with which we treated our Lord, the One we nailed to the cross to bear the price of our rebellion. Yet, this seemingly insignificant death is “our Redeemer’s” grace [or favor] for sinners - that we might be “saved.”

Stanza 3 // It is the Holy Spirit who is not only given to “guide to heaven” but to “will and do” the kingdom [or faith] Christ comes to bring. As this weekend’s parable points out, we do not know how faith [or the Holy Spirit] works - this is God’s doing, and God’s will that faith be given to you.

Stanza 4 // When God is “Lord of [the] harvest” it means God is at work in the most insignificant things of life to give His promise. By water and Word, bread and wine, and the spoken, perfect, Word of a sinner, God’s “greatest” gift is given! The “gathering nations all” see Christ’s “light” and hear His “call.”

OTHER SUGGESTIONS

ELW 663 -  Spread, Oh, Spread, Almighty Word  - GOTT SEI DANK

ELW 181-184 - Let the Vineyards Be Fruitful, Lord

ELW 516 - Almighty God, Your Word Is Cast - ST. FLAVIAN

ELW 533 - Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty - UNSER HERRSCHER

ELW 550 - On What Has Now Been Sown - DARWALL’S 148TH

ELW 663 - Spread, Oh, Spread, Almighty Word - GOTT SEI DANK

ELW 679 - For the Fruit of All Creation - AR HYD Y NOS

ELW 689 - Praise and Thanksgiving - BUNESSAN

ELW 880 - O God beyond All Praising - THAXTED

LBW 234 - Almighty God, Your Word Is Cast - ST. FLAVIAN

LBW 250 - Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty - UNSER HERRSCHER

LBW 261 - On What Has Now Been Sown - DARWALL’S 148TH

LBW 379 - Spread, Oh, Spread, Almighty Word - GOTT SEI DANK

LBW 409 - Praise and Thanksgiving - BUNESSAN

LBW 563 - For the Fruit of All Creation - SANTA BARBARA

LSB 577 - Almighty God, Your Word Is Cast - ST. FLAVIAN

LSB 789 - Praise and Thanksgiving - BUNESSAN

LSB 830 - Spread the Reign of God the Lord - GOTT SEI DANK

LSB 894 - For the Fruit of His Creation - AR HYD Y NOS

LSB 901 - Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty - UNSER HERRSCHER

LSB 921 - On What Has Now Been Sown - DARWALL’S 148TH

RH 46 - Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty - UNSER HERRSCHER