Ash Wednesday Lenten Service
“40”
February 18, 2026
Theme: Temptation of Jesus
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Welcome and Announcements
Lenten Text: Mark 14:1-11
14 It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth and kill him, 2 for they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar from the people.”
3 And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head. 4 There were some who said to themselves indignantly, “Why was the ointment wasted like that? 5 For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor.” And they scolded her. 6 But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. 7 For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want, you can do good for them. But you will not always have me. 8 She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for burial. 9 And truly, I say to you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her.”
10 Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order to betray him to them. 11 And when they heard it, they were glad and promised to give him money. And he sought an opportunity to betray him.
*Call to Worship: Psalm 91:1-16
91 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most
High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I
will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom
I trust.”
3 For he will deliver you from the
snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence.
4 He will cover you with his pinions, and
under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness is a
shield and buckler.
5 You
will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by
day,
6 nor the pestilence
that stalks in darkness,nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.
7 A thousand may fall at your
side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near
you.
8 You will only look
with your eyes and see the recompense of the wicked.
9 Because you have made
the Lord your dwelling place—the Most High, who is my refuge—
10 no evil shall be allowed to
befall you, no plague come near your tent.
11 For he will command his angels
concerning you to guard you in all your ways.
12 On
their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against
a stone.
13 You will tread
on the lion and the adder; the young lion and the serpent you
will trample underfoot.
14 “Because he holds fast to
me in love, I will deliver him; I will protect him, because he knows
my name.
15 When he calls to
me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue
him and honor him.
16 With long
life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.”
Opening Prayer …………………………………………………………………………….……….……… pg. 2
Opening Hymn ------------------------------------- “A Mighty Fortress” -------------------------------------------- # 141
*Confession of Sins …………………………………………………………..…………………......... pg. 49, # 7
*Kyrie ………………………………………………………………………………………………………. pg. 3
*Declaration of Grace ………………………………………………………………………...………..…… pg. 3
Scripture Readings:
1st Reading: Deuteronomy 6:1-25
6 “Now this is the commandment—the statutes and the rules—that the Lord your God commanded me to teach you, that you may do them in the land to which you are going over, to possess it, 2 that you may fear the Lord your God, you and your son and your son's son, by keeping all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, all the days of your life, and that your days may be long. 3 Hear therefore, O Israel, and be careful to do them, that it may go well with you, and that you may multiply greatly, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.
4 “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. 8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
10 “And when the Lord your God brings you into the land that he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you—with great and good cities that you did not build, 11 and houses full of all good things that you did not fill, and cisterns that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant—and when you eat and are full, 12 then take care lest you forget the Lord, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 13 It is the Lord your God you shall fear. Him you shall serve and by his name you shall swear. 14 You shall not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples who are around you— 15 for the Lord your God in your midst is a jealous God—lest the anger of the Lord your God be kindled against you, and he destroy you from off the face of the earth.
16 “You shall not put the Lord your God to the test, as you tested him at Massah. 17 You shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and his testimonies and his statutes, which he has commanded you. 18 And you shall do what is right and good in the sight of the Lord, that it may go well with you, and that you may go in and take possession of the good land that the Lord swore to give to your fathers 19 by thrusting out all your enemies from before you, as the Lord has promised.
20 “When your son asks you in time to come, ‘What is the meaning of the testimonies and the statutes and the rules that the Lord our God has commanded you?’ 21 then you shall say to your son, ‘We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt. And the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand. 22 And the Lord showed signs and wonders, great and grievous, against Egypt and against Pharaoh and all his household, before our eyes. 23 And he brought us out from there, that he might bring us in and give us the land that he swore to give to our fathers. 24 And the Lord commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as we are this day. 25 And it will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to do all this commandment before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us.’
2nd Reading: Deuteronomy 8:1-10
8 “The whole commandment that I command you today you shall be careful to do, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land that the Lord swore to give to your fathers. 2 And you shall remember the whole way that the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not. 3 And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. 4 Your clothing did not wear out on you and your foot did not swell these forty years. 5 Know then in your heart that, as a man disciplines his son, the Lord your God disciplines you. 6 So you shall keep the commandments of the Lord your God by walking in his ways and by fearing him. 7 For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing out in the valleys and hills, 8 a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey, 9 a land in which you will eat bread without scarcity, in which you will lack nothing, a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you can dig copper. 10 And you shall eat and be full, and you shall bless the Lord your God for the good land he has given you.
The Gospel: Matthew 4:1-11
4 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3 And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” 4 But he answered, “It is written,
“‘Man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word
that comes from the mouth of God.’”
5 Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple 6 and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written,
“‘He will command his angels concerning you,’
and
“‘On their hands they will bear you up,
lest you strike
your foot against a stone.’”
7 Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’” 8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 9 And he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” 10 Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, Satan! For it is written,
“‘You shall worship the Lord your God
and him only shall
you serve.’”
11 Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and were ministering to him.
*Response to the Gospel …………………………………………………………………………………..… pg. 3
*Confession of Faith – The Nicene Creed ……………………………………………………..…………... pg. 18
*Gloria Patri …………………………………………………………………………………………………. pg. 4
The Offering: ½ to FLBC & ½ to Safe Place of Eastern South Dakota
*Response: “Create in Me A Clean Heart O God” ……………………………………………………..….. pg. 17
*Prayers of the Church
Hymn ------------------------------------------------ “Does Jesus Care?” --------------------------------------------- # 577
The Sermon: “Resistance is Possible”
HYMN ------------------------------------------ “Yield Not to Temptation” ----------------------------------------- # 487
*Communion Service: The Exhortation pg. 6
*The Lord’s Prayer pg. 7
*The Words of Institution pg. 7
*“Lamb of God Most Holy” pg. 20
Hymns during Distribution # 187, 449, 485, 557
*The Benediction pg. 8
*Three Fold Amen pg. 8
*Doxology # 390
The Transfiguration of Our Lord February 15, 2026
Welcome & Announcements
*Call to Worship: Psalm 2:6-12 (pg. 528)
*Opening Prayer …………………………………………….. pg. 2
THE OPENING HYMN ------------------------------------------- # 157
“Rejoice, the Lord Is King!”
*Confession of Sins ……………….……….……………....... pg. 2
*Kyrie …………………………………………………….…. pg. 3
*Declaration of Grace …………………………………..…… pg. 3
Scripture Lessons: 1st Reading: Exodus 24:8-18 (pg. 76)
2nd Reading: 2 Peter 1:16-21 (pg. 1207)
*The Gospel: Matthew 17:1-9 (pg. 977)
*Response to the Gospel …………………………………..… pg. 3
*Confession of Faith – The Apostles’ Creed .……………...... pg. 4
*Gloria Patri …………………………………………………. pg. 4
The Offering
*Response: “Create in Me A Clean Heart O God” ……..….. pg. 17
*Prayers of the Church
HYMN --------------------------------------------------------------- # 63
“When I Survey the Wondrous Cross”
Sermon: John 12 – “God & the World”
THE CLOSING HYMN ------------------------------------------- # 582
“ ‘Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus”
*The Lord’s Prayer ………………………………………….. pg. 5
*The Benediction ………………………………..…………... pg. 5
*Three-fold Amen ………………………………...…………. pg. 5
THE DOXOLOGY ……………………………...………….. # 390
Organ Postlude
WE CORDIALLY WELCOME all who have come to worship with us this morning, especially our guests and visitors. May our Father’s mercy in Jesus assure you of the forgiveness of all your sins. If you have not established your church home in our area, we are anxious to share with you all the blessings which God gives us through His Word. We ask that you please sign our guest book, and we hope that you return to worship with us again soon.
Announcements
Monthly hymn #157: "Rejoice, the Lord
Is King!"
Memory verse: Psalm 118:24
“This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad
in it.”
Lenten Season starts February 18th with our Ash Wednesday service at 7:30 p.m. A meal will be provided before our Lenten services each week beginning at 6:00 p.m. A sign-up sheet is in the basement for those who would like to help make and serve the meals. This Wednesday is soup and sandwiches.
Prayer Partners - There is a signup sheet in the basement. If you are willing to be a prayer partner with one of our youth signup or talk with Bailey Fink or Pastor Czymbor for more information.
There is a box downstairs for Toiletry donations for area schools until March 8th.
A Card Book is also in the basement, orders will be taken until March 8th.
Thrivent Members – Remember to direct your 2025 Choice Dollars by March 31, 2026
This week’s activities:
18th – Wed. – Ash Wednesday Service, 7:30 - Meal at 6:00
p.m.
21st – Sat. – Men’s Bible
Study, 8:00 a.m.
22nd – Sun. –
Worship – John 13, 9:00 am,
Sunday School 10:00 am
CHURCH CLEANING: Feb 16-22 Joanne Hartmann & Kendal Lau
Usher’s for Sunday, Feb 22: Trevor Lau & Ty Fink
*Call to Worship: Psalm 2:6-12
6 “As for me, I have set my King
on Zion, my holy hill.”
7 I will tell of the decree:
The Lord said to me, “You are my Son;
today I have begotten
you.
8 Ask of me, and I will
make the nations your heritage,
and the ends of the earth
your possession.
9 You
shall break them with a rod of iron
and dash them in pieces
like a potter's vessel.”
10 Now therefore, O kings, be wise;
be warned, O rulers of the earth.
11 Serve
the Lord with fear,
and rejoice with trembling.
12 Kiss the Son,
lest he be
angry, and you perish in the way,
for his wrath is quickly
kindled.
Blessed are all who take refuge in him.
1st Reading:Exodus 24:8-18
8 And Moses took the blood and threw it on the people and said, “Behold the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.”
9 Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up, 10 and they saw the God of Israel. There was under his feet as it were a pavement of sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness. 11 And he did not lay his hand on the chief men of the people of Israel; they beheld God, and ate and drank.
12 The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and wait there, that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction.” 13 So Moses rose with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up into the mountain of God. 14 And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we return to you. And behold, Aaron and Hur are with you. Whoever has a dispute, let him go to them.”
15 Then Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. 16 The glory of the Lord dwelt on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. And on the seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud. 17 Now the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the sight of the people of Israel. 18 Moses entered the cloud and went up on the mountain. And Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
2nd Reading: 2 Peter 1:16-21
16 For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 17 For when he received honor and glory from God the Father, and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased,” 18 we ourselves heard this very voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain. 19 And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts, 20 knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation. 21 For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
*The Gospel: Matthew 17:1-9
17 And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. 2 And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light. 3 And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him. 4 And Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good that we are here. If you wish, I will make three tents here, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.” 5 He was still speaking when, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.” 6 When the disciples heard this, they fell on their faces and were terrified. 7 But Jesus came and touched them, saying, “Rise, and have no fear.” 8 And when they lifted up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only.
9 And as they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Tell no one the vision, until the Son of Man is raised from the dead.”