INTROIT: Praise God!  Christ arose same-as HE said.  Christ arose from the dead.  Praise God.  Give thanks to the Lord, because HE is good; HIS love continues forever.  Let HIS people now say that HIS mercy continues forever.  People pushed me and I almost fell, but the Lord helped me.  I will thank YOU because YOU answered me and saved me.  The stone that the builders threw-away now becomes the chief stone for the corner.  Now is the day that the Lord made; we will be-excited and be-happy in HIM.  Blessed is the person coming in the name of the Lord; in the house of the Lord we bless YOU.

COLLECT: O God, YOU gave YOUR only Son to suffer death on the cross for our salvation, and YOU freed us from the pain of death by Jesus' glorious arising.  Help us to kill our sins every day so-that we can live with Jesus forever in happiness.  We pray in the name of Jesus Christ, YOUR Son, our Lord.  Jesus lives and reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit, eternally one God.  Amen.

ISAIAH 25:6-9
     6.  Here in the city JERUSALEM on Mt. ZION the Lord of heaven will prepare a wonderful feast for everyone in the world - a delicious feast with good wines and fine beef.
     7.  Then HE will take-away the dark cloud, the fear of death that covers the earth.
     8.  HE will destroy death forever.  The Lord God will all tears wipe-away and all insults and mockery against HIS country and people will take-away.
     9.  On that day HIS people will say, "HE is our God; we trust HIM; we waited for HIM.  Now HE is here.  Today is a wonderful day!  We will be-happy in HIS saving work!"

I CORINTHIANS 15:19-28
    19.  If Christ is our hope only for now life, we deserve more pity than other people.
    20.  But now Christ truly arose from the dead to show proof that those sleeping in death will also arise.
    21.  Because death happened from one man, ADAM, in the-same way arising from death happens because of one Man, Jesus.
    22.  The same way all people die because of joining with ADAM, in the same way all people joined with Christ will arise from death to life.
    23.  But everyone in his-own group.  First Christ arose, then those that are joined to Christ will arise happen HE comes.
    24.  Then the end of the world will happen.  Christ will defeat all spiritual managers, leaders, governments, and give the kingdom to God the Father.
    25.  Jesus must reign same-as King until God puts every enemy under Jesus' feet.
    26.  The last enemy Jesus will defeat is death.
    27.  The Bible says, "God puts everything under HIS feet."  This clearly doesn't include God under HIS feet.
    28.  But happen that everything is-finished put under Jesus' feet, then the Son will put HIMSELF under God, and God will reign fully over all.

GRADUAL: Christ arose from the dead.  God the Father blessed Jesus with honor and glory.  God made Jesus the King to reign everything God made; God put everything under Jesus' feet.

MARK 16:1-8
     1.  After the worship day, MARY from the city MAGDALA, and MARY the mother of JAMES, and SALOME brought perfumes, because they intended to go and pour it on Jesus' body.
     2.  And on the first day of the week in the morning those women went to the grave at sunrise.
     3.  And the women said to one-another, "Who will help us with the stone on the grave door?"
     4.  And the women looked and saw someone finished moved that large stone.
     5.  Then the women entered the grave and saw a young man in white clothing sitting on the right.  The women were-surprised.
     6.  The young man said to them, "Don't fear.  You search-for Jesus of the city NAZARETH, that Man crucified.  Jesus arose and is not here.  Look, people laid Jesus' body in this place.
     7.  But go and tell Jesus' friends and PETER.  Jesus goes into the country GALILEE and you will see Jesus there same-as HE told you."
     8.  And the women departed and hurried from the grave.  They were-nervous with excitement and they said nothing to anyone, because they were-afraid.
 
 

INTROIT: You must want the pure spiritual milk, same-as new born babies want milk, that you can grow in your faith, now that you tasted that the Lord is good.  Praise God!  Thank the Lord, shout HIS name, tell the nations all the things God did.  Sing to God, sing praise to HIM; tell all HIS wonderful works.  Give glory to HIS holy name; you people searching-for the Lord be-happy in your heart.  Search-for the Lord and HIS strength; search continually.  Remember the wonderful things HE did, HIS works and HIS judgments.  HE remembers HIS agreement forever that HE ordered for thousands of years.

COLLECT: Almighty God, we celebrated with happiness the day of our Lord's arising.  Now we ask for the help of YOUR love to show the power of the arising in all we say and all we do.  We pray in the name of Jesus Christ, YOUR Son, our Lord.  Jesus lives and reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit, eternally one God.  Amen.

ACTS 3:13-15, 17-26
    13.  No! God did it!  HE is the God of ABRAHAM, the God of ISAAC, and the God of JACOB.  HE is the God of all our fathers.  HE gave glory to HIS special servant, Jesus.  But you gave Jesus to be killed.  PILATE decided to let Jesus go free.  But you told PILATE you didn't-want Jesus.
    14.  Jesus was pure and good, but you said you didn't want Jesus.  You told PILATE to give you a killer instead-of Jesus.
    15.  And now you killed the One Man that gives life!  But God arose HIM from the dead.
    17.  My friends, I know you did those things to Jesus because you didn't understand.  Your leaders also didn't understand.
    18.  God said these things would happen.  God spoke through the prophets that Christ would suffer and die.  I told you the way God made that happen.
    19.  Now you must change your hearts and lives!  Come again to God and HE will forgive your sins.
    20.  Then the Lord will give you a time for spiritual rest.  HE will give you Jesus, HIS chosen Christ.
    21.  But Jesus must stay in heaven until the time happens that all things are made correct again.  God spoke about these things long ago through HIS prophets.
    22.  MOSES said, "The Lord your God will give you a prophet same-as me.  That prophet will be-born from your-own people.  You must obey everything HE tells you.
    23.  And if any person refuses to obey that prophet, then that person will die, separated from God's people."
    24.  SAMUEL, and all the other prophets speaking for God after SAMUEL, talked about this time now.
    25.  You heard the things the prophets spoke.  You heard the agreement God made with your fathers.  God said to your father ABRAHAM, "I will bless all people on earth.  I will use one of your children to do that."
    26.  God sent HIS special servant.  God sent Jesus to you first.  God sent Jesus to bless you.  HE does that by making each of you change from doing bad things.

I JOHN 5:1-6
     1.  If you believe that Jesus is the Christ - that HE is God's Son and your Savior - then you are a child of God.  And all loving the Father love HIS children too.
     2.  Now you can know how-much you love God's children by how-much you love and obey God.
     3.  If you really love God, you will obey HIS commandments, and that isn't hard.
     4.  Because every child of God can obey HIM, defeating sin and evil pleasure by trusting Christ to help him.
     5.  Who can fight against sin and win?  Only the person believing Jesus is God's Son.
     6.  And we know Jesus is God's Son, because God HIMSELF told us.  God said that with a voice from heaven while JOHN baptized Jesus, and God said that again on the holy mountainbefore Jesus died.

GRADUAL: Christ arose from the dead.  God the Father blessed Jesus with honor and glory.  God made Jesus the King to reign everything God made; God put everything under Jesus' feet.

JOHN 20:19-31
    19.  On the first day of the week in the evening, Jesus' friends locked the doors, because they feared the Jewish leaders.  Then Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace to you."
    20.  After Jesus said that, HE showed them HIS hands and HIS side.  Then the friends were happy because they saw the Lord.
    21.  Then Jesus said again, "Peace to you.  Same-as MY Father sent ME, I also send you."
    22.  And after saying that Jesus breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit
    23.  If you forgive the sins of anyone, their sins I forgive.  If you refuse to forgive their sins, I will not forgive their sins."
    24.  But THOMAS was-not with the friends during Jesus' appearance.  And THOMAS was one of the twelve.
    25.  Then the other friends told THOMAS, "We finished saw the Lord."  But Thomas said, "Except I see the nail holes in HIS hands, and except I touch that, and except my hand touches HIS side, I will not believe."
    26.  After eight days Jesus' friends again were in the house.  And THOMAS was with them.  They locked the doors.  But Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace to you."
    27.  Then Jesus said to THOMAS, "Your finger, touch MY hand and see.  And touch MY side.  Don't doubt, but believe."
    28.  THOMAS answered, "My Lord and my God."
    29.  Jesus said to him, "Because you see ME, you believe!  Happy are people with faith in ME, no-matter they have-not seen ME."
    30.  Jesus did many other wonderful works in-front-of HIS friends, but all those things are-not written in this book.
    31.  But this story is written in this book that you can believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God.  And through your faith you can have eternal life in Jesus' name.
 
 

INTROIT: With YOU, Lord, is perfect happiness.  Near YOUR right hand is happiness forver.  I shall praise YOU, O Lord, because YOU helped me, and YOU didn't let my enemies laugh at me.  O Lord, my God, I called to YOU and YOU healed me.  O Lord, YOU led my soul from the grave;  YOU saved me from going to hell.  Sing to the Lord, you dear people; praise HIS holy name.  Because HIS anger is for a short time, but HIS love stays for a long time;  crying maybe will continue all-night, but happiness begins in the morning.

COLLECT: O Almighty and eternal God, YOU show us that YOU finished saving us through the arising of our Lord Jesus, help us to show in our lives the same-as we confess with our lips.  We pray in the name of Jesus Christ, YOUR Son, our Lord.  Jesus lives and reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit, eternally one God.  Amen.

ACTS 4:8-12
     8.  The Holy Spirit filled PETER and he said, "Leaders of the people and teachers:
     9.  You question us about a kindness done to help a cripples man, and you wonder how he became healed.  I am happy to tell you all, and yes, I want happily to tell all the Jewish people.
    10.  This man stands here in-front-of you fully healed by the power of the name of Jesus Christ from the city NAZARETH.  Remember, you crucified HIM, but God arose HIM from death.
    11.  HE is the stone you builders rejected, and HE became the most important stone.
    12.  No one else can save us, because in all the world God gives us only one name.  We pray to HIM and are-saved."

I JOHN 1:1 - 2:2
     1.  IT was there from the beginning, we heard IT, we saw IT with our eyes, we looked at IT, and our hands touched IT.  We are-writing about the Word of Life.
     2.  That Life showed ITSELF, and we saw IT, and now we preach and tell you about the eternal Life that was with the Father and showed ITSELF to us.
     3.  We saw and heard IT, and we tell you about IT that you, too, will have IT in fellowship with us.
     4.  Our fellowship is with the Father and with HIS Son, Jesus Christ.  We are-writing that our happiness will-be full.
     5.  This is the thing we heard HIM tell us, and we are-telling you; God is light, and there is nothing dark in HIM.
     6.  If we say we share the things HE has, but live in the dark, we are-lying and not living the truth.
     7.  If we live in the light same-as HE is in the light, we have fellowship with one-another, and the blood of Jesus, HIS Son, washes us clean from every sin.
     8.  If we say we don't have any sin, we lie to ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
     9.  If we confess our sins, we can depend on HIM to do the thing correct...HE will forgive our sins and wash-away every wrong.
    10.  If we say we haven't sinned, we make HIM a liar, and HIS Word is not in us.
   2:1.  My children, I am writing this to you to stop you from sinning.  If anyone sins, we have One to pray for us with the Father...Jesus Christ;  HE is righteous.
     2.  HE paid for our sins, and not for our sins only, but for the sins of the whole world.

GRADUAL: Christ arose from the dead.  God the Father blessed Jesus with honor and glory.  God made Jesus the King to reign everything God made; God put everything under Jesus' feet.

LUKE 24:36-49
    36.  While the friends talked to one-another, Jesus HIMSELF stood among them.
    37.  But they were-surprised and afraid and thought they saw a spirit.
    38.  And Jesus said, "Why are you full with trouble?  And why do questions arise in your hearts?
    39.  See MY hands and MY feet.  I am MYSELF.  Touch ME and see; because a spirit doesn't have flesh and bones same-as you see ME have."
    40.  And then Jesus finished speaking, HE showed them HIS hands and HIS feet.
    41.  And while they still doubted from happiness, and they thought about this; Jesus said to them, "Have you any food?"
    42.  They gave HIM some cooked fish.
    43.  And HE took and ate in-front-of them.
    44.  Then HE said to them, "These are MY words I spoke to you while I was with you.  I finished all things the law of MOSES and the prophets and the PSALMS wrote about ME."
    45.  Then HE opened their minds, and they understood the Holy Bible.
    46.  And HE said to them, "In the Holy Bible we read, Christ must suffer and arise from the dead on the third day;
    47.  And people must preach about changing lives and forgiveness of sins in Christ's name to all nations.  This will begin in the city JERUSALEM.
    48.  You are WITNESSES about these things.
    49.  I am sending to you the One that MY Father promised.  Wait here in the city until you have power from above."
 
 

INTROIT: I am the Good Shepherd; I know MY sheep and MY sheep know ME, and I give-up MY life for the sheep.  The Lord is my shepherd, I need nothing.  HE makes me lay-down in green growing places, HE leads me near the quiet rivers, HE supports my soul. HE leads me on the correct ways because-of HIS name. Happens I walk through the dark valley named death, I will not fear trouble, because YOU are with me.  YOUR wooden stick and YOUR shepherd's staff comfort me.  YOU prepare for me a table in-front-of my enemies; YOU pour perfume on my head;  my cup is full and overflowing.  Yes, YOUR goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will live in the Lord's house forever.

COLLECT: Almighty God, mercy filled Father, because YOU awake from death the Shepherd of YOUR sheep, fill us with the Holy Spirit that we will hear the voice of our Shepherd and follow HIM that sin and death will never take-away us from YOU.  We pray in the name of Jesus Christ, YOUR Son, our Lord.  Jesus lives and reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit, eternally one God.  Amen.

ACTS 4:23-33
    23.  PETER and JOHN departed from the meeting of Jewish leaders and went to their friends and told them everything the Jewish priests and leaders said.
    24.  After they heard that, they all prayed to God and said, "Lord, YOU made the sky and the earth and the sea, and everything in the world.
    25.  Our father, DAVID, YOUR servant wrote the words with the Holy Spirit's help: 'Why are the nations angry?  Why do the people plan things against God?  That is silly!
    26.  The kings on earth prepared to fight, and the leaders all came together against the Lord and against Christ.'
    27.  That truly happened because HEROD, and PONTIUS PILATE, and the Jewish people all came together against Jesus here in the city JERUSALEM.  Jesus is YOUR holy servant.  HE is the Christ.
    28.  These people came against Jesus making YOUR plan happen because-of YOUR power and decision
    29.  And now, Lord, hear the things the people are-saying.  We are YOUR servants; help us to speak without fear YOUR words.
    30.  Help us show YOUR power by healing the sick people, doing wonderful happenings by the power of Jesus, YOUR holy servant."
    31.  The believers finished praying and the house began shaking, and the Holy Spirit came into their hearts and they spoke God's word without fear.
    32.  All the believers agreed in heart and soul the same.  No person in the group selfishly kept his-own things, but they shared everything.
    33.  With power Jesus' friends told the people about Jesus arising from death.  And God blessed all the believers much.

I JOHN 3:1-2
     1.  See how-much the Father loves us.  God loves us so-much HE names us HIS children, and that is true.  That is the reason the world doesn't-know us because the world didn't-know HIM.
     2.  My dear friends, we are now God's children, but it is not-yet clear our future.  But we know that happens Christ comes, we will become the same-as HIM, beause we will see HIM in HIS glorious body.

GRADUAL: Christ arose from the dead.  God the Father blessed Jesus with honor and glory.  God made Jesus the King to reign everything God made; God put everything under Jesus' feet.

JOHN 10:11-18
    11.  I am the Good Shepherd.  The Good Shepherd gives-up HIS life for the sheep.
    12.  The HIRED man is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his.  Happens he sees the wolf coming, the HIRED man leaves the sheep and runs-away.  And the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them all.
    13.  The HIRED man runs-away because he works only for himself, and that man doesn't-care about the sheep.
    14.  But I am the Good Shepherd.  I know MY sheep, and MY sheep know ME.
    15.  The same-as the Father knows ME, and I know the Father, and I give-up MY life for the sheep.
    16.  And I have other sheep.  They are not in this sheep group, but I must lead them also.  And they will hear MY voice.  Then all the sheep will join one sheep group and have one Shepherd.
    17.  The Father loves ME because I give-up MY life so-that I can receive MY life again.
    18.  None takes MY life from ME.  No, I MYSELF freely give-up MY life.  I have the power to give-up MY life and I have the power to take that again.  This is the thing MY Father commanded ME to do.
 
 

INTROIT: In a short time you will not see ME, and then later you will see ME.  I will give glory to YOU, my God, my King, and I will praise YOUR name forever.  Every-day I will praise YOU and celebrate YOUR name forever.  The Lord is full-of mercy and kindness, slow to anger and full-of much love.  All YOUR works will thank YOU, O Lord, and YOUR holy people will praise YOU.  My mouth will speak words of praise to the Lord, and let all people praise HIS holy name forever.

COLLECT: O God, make the wishes of YOUR faithful people the same-as YOUR wishes.  Make us love the things YOU command and make us want to have the gifts that YOU promise.  We pray in the name of Jesus Christ, YOUR Son, our Lord.  Jesus lives and reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit, eternally one God.  Amen.

ACTS 8:26-40
    26.  An angel of the Lord spoke to PHILIP.  The angel said, "Get-ready and go south on the road from the city JERUSALEM to GAZA - that road through the dry country."
    27.  PHILIP got-ready and went.  On the road he saw a man from the country ETHIOPIA and he was an important officer for the queen CANDACE.  He took-care of the queens monies.  He went to JERUSALEM to worship.
    28.  Now he was-going home sitting in his CHARIOT and reading from the Bible book named ISAIAH, the prophet.
    29.  The Holy Spirit told PHILIP, "Go to that CHARIOT and stand near it."
    30.  PHILIP went and stood near it and heard the man reading thhe book of ISAIAH.  PHILIP asked, "Do you understand your reading?"
    31.  The man said, "I can't understand.  I need some person to explain that to me!"  Then he invited PHILIP to come and sit with him.
    32.  The verse from ISAIAH he read: "HE same-as a sheep was-lead to be killed.  HE same-as a baby sheep makes no voice while the man cuts-wool-off.  HE says nothing.
    33.  People shamed HIM and all HIS things were-taken-away.  HIS life on earth ended.  No story about his family will continue.
    34.  The man said to PHILIP, "Please, tell me, the prophet talks about who?  Himself or someone else?"
    35.  PHILIP began to explain the verse from ISAIAH and then told him the Good Story about Jesus.
    36.  While they travelled on the road, they passed some water.  The man said, "Look!  Here is water!  Why not baptize me?"
    37.  PHILIP said, "If you believe with all your heart, you can be baptized."  The man said, "I believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God."
    38.  Then the man commanded the CHARIOT to stop, and both he and PHILIP went to the water, and PHILIP baptized him.
    39.  Happened they came out-of the water, the Holy Spirit lead PHILIP away, and the officer never saw him again.  The officer went home very happy.
    40.  PHILIP then was in the city AZOTUS on the road to the city CAESAREA.  He preached the Good Story of Jesus in all the small cities on that road.

I JOHN 3:18-24
    18.  Children, let us not love only in words or talk, but let us show our love in action.
    19.  This is the way we will know that we have the truth, and that we will have trust in our God.
    20.  If our conscience condemns us, we know God is greater than our conscience, and HE knows everything.
    21.  Dear friends, if our conscience doesn't condemn us, we can talk bravely to God.
    22.  We received from God everything we ask because we obey HIS commands and do things to please HIM.
    23.  God commands us to believe in HIS Son Jesus Christ and to love one-another same-as Christ commands.
    24.  Anyone doing the thing God commands lives with God and God lives with him.  We know that God lives in us because HE gave the Holy Spirit to us.

GRADUAL: Christ arose from the dead.  God the Father blessed Jesus with honor and glory.  God made Jesus the King to reign everything God made; God put everything under Jesus' feet.

JOHN 15:1-8
     1.  I am the true Tree and MY Father is the farmer.
     2.  The farmer breaks-off every branch that grows no more fruit, and cuts every branch that grows fruit to make it grow more fruit.
     3.  The things I said to you finished forgave you.
     4.  Stay joined to ME, and I will stay with you.  A branch can't grow fruit by itself separate from the tree.  You can't grow in faith without ME.
     5.  I am the Tree, you are the branches.  If you stay with ME, and I stay with you, then you will grow in faith.  Without ME you can do nothing.
     6.  If anyone doesn't stay with ME, then they are thrown-out same-as a branch and becomes dead wood.  Those branches are gathered-up and thrown into the fire.
     7.  If you stay with ME and you remember MY words, then you will ask for anything and you will have it.
     8.  You give glory to MY Father everytime you grow in faith and show that you are MY friends.
 
 

INTROIT: Come and listen, all you people honoring God; let me tell-you the things God did for me.  Shout with happiness to God all you on earth!  Sing about the glory of HIS name; give glory to God with praise!  Praise your God, all you nations, let all people hear your praise; because God keeps us alive and doesn't let our feet slip.  Praise God, because HE heard my prayers and showed much love to me.

COLLECT: Lord, because YOU promised to give us the things we ask in the name of YOUR only Son, teach us correctly to pray and with all YOUR holy people to give-YOU worship and praise.  We pray in the name of Jesus Christ, YOUR Son, our Lord.  Jesus lives and reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit, eternally one God.  Amen.

ACTS 11:19-30
    19.  The believers escaped after STEPHEN got-killed because the Jews punished people believing in Jesus.  Some believers went to places far-away - PHOENICIA, CYPRUS, and ANTIOCH.  The believers told the Good Story in these places; but they told that only to other Jews.
    20.  Some believers from CYPRUS and CYRENE came to the city ANTIOCH and told the Good Story to Greek people.
    21.  The Lord helped the believers and many people believed and followed the Lord.
    22.  The church in the city JERUSALEM heard about the new believers in the city ANTIOCH, then they sent BARNABAS to ANTIOCH.
    23.  BARNABAS was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit with a strong faith. Happen BARNABAS arrived in ANTIOCH, he saw that God blessed those people much.
    24.  That made him happy and he encouraged all the believers and said, "Never give-up your faith.  Always obey the Lord with all your hearts."  And many people became followers of the Lord Jesus.
    25.  Then BARNABAS went to the city TARSUS searching-for SAUL.
    26.  He found SAUL and brought him to ANTIOCH and both men taught the people.  In the city ANTIOCH the followers of Jesus were-named CHRISTIANS the first time.
    27.  The same time some prophets went from the city JERUSALEM to ANTIOCH.
    28.  One prophet named AGABUS stood-up in ANTIOCH andspoke with the help of the Holy Spirit and said, "A very bad time is coming to the world.  There  will be no food for people to eat." That happened during the time of King CLAUDIUS.
    29.  The believers decided to help their friends living in the country JUDEA.  Each believer planned to give something.
    30.  They gave the money to BARNABAS and SAUL to bring to the church leaders in the country JUDEA.

I JOHN 4:1-11
     1.  Dear friends, don't believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see if they are from God.  Many false prophets are in the world.
     2.  You can notice God's Spirit:  every spirit confessing Jesus was born, that spirit is from God.
     3.  And any spirit not confessing Jesus, that spirit is not from God.  That spirit is against Christ and you heard he is coming into the world.  I tell you he is-finished here.
     4.  Children, you are God's family, and you won a victory over them, because God is with you and God is stronger than them.
     5.  These false teachers are-joined to the world, and that is the reason they speak worldly thoughts, and the people in the world listen to them.
     6.  We are God's children.  Anyone that knows God listens to us.  Anyone not God's child will not listen to us.  We can see which-one is the spirit of truth and which-one is the spirit of error.
     7.  Dear friends, let us love one-another because love comes from God, and everyone showing love is God's child and knows God.
     8.  Anyone not showing love has-not-yet learned to know God, because God is Love.
     9.  God has-shown us HIS love by sending HIS only Son into the world for us to live through HIM.
    10.  This is love, not that we loved God, but that HE loved us and sent HIS Son to pay for our sins.
    11.  Dear friends, if God loves us that much, then we should love one-another.

GRADUAL: Christ arose from the dead.  God the Father blessed Jesus with honor and glory.  God made Jesus the King to reign everything God made; God put everything under Jesus' feet.

JOHN 15:9-17
     9.  The same-as the Father loved ME, the same I loved you.  Stay in MY love.
    10.  If you obey MY commandments, you will stay in MY love, the same-as I obeyed MY Father and stay in HIS love.
    11.  I told you that MY happiness will stay in you, and you will stay very happy.
    12.  This I command you to do: Love one-another the same-as I loved you.
    13.  Anyone giving-up his life for his friends shows the greatest love.
    14.  You are MY friends if you do the things I command you to do.
    15.  I don't name you servants any more, because a servant doesn't-know the thing the lord is-doing.  But I named you friends, because I told you everything I heard from MY Father.
    16.  You didn't choose ME, but I chose you, and I gave you this work - go and make fruit that will continue.  Then the Father will give you anything you ask  in MY name.
    17.  This I command: Love one-another.
 
 

 
INTROIT: God ascended with shouting; the Lord ascended with trumpets.  The Lord God says to my Lord: "Sit near MY right hand until I put your enemies under your feet."  The Lord promised and HE will not change; "You are a priest forever, same-as the family MELCHIZEDEK."  The Lord near your right hand will destroy kings in the day of HIS anger.

COLLECT: Almighty God, we believe YOUR only Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, ascended into heaven, we ask that we can also with heart and mind ascend and continually live in heaven with HIM.  HE lives and reigns with YOU, Father, and the Holy Spirit, eternally one God.  Amen.

ACTS 1:1-11
     1.  Dear friend of God, in the book I wrote before, I told about everything that Jesus did and taught.
     2.  Until that day Jesus went-up to heaven after HE gave orders from the Holy Spirit to HIS chosen friends.
     3.  After Jesus' suffering and crucifixion HE in many ways with strong proofs showed HIS friends HE was-alive while HE appeared to them for 40 days and talked to them about the kingdom of God.
     4.  Meeting with HIS followers, Jesus commanded them not to depart from the city JERUSALEM, but to wait for the promise from the Father - Jesus before told them about that promise.
     5.  Jesus reminded them, "JOHN baptized with water, but in a few days you will get-baptized with the Holy Spirit."
     6.  Again, happened Jesus met with HIS followers, they asked HIM, " Lord, do YOU intend now to establish again the free kingdom of ISRAEL?"
     7.  And Jesus answered them, "It-is-not for you to know the plans of the Father.  Only HE has the power to decide the time and day.
     8.  But happens the Holy Spirit comes on you, then you will receive power and will teach and preach about ME 1) in JERUSALEM; 2) in all JUDEA; 3) in SAMARIA; and 4) to the far places on earth."
     9.  Happened Jesus finished speaking, while the followers watched, HE ascended, and a cloud took-hid HIM and they couldn't see HIM anymore.
    10.  While they stood staring-up into the sky watching Jesus ascend, two persons clothed in white stood next-to them.
    11.  The two asked, "You men from the country GALILEE, why do you stand here staring-up into the sky?  That Jesus, exact same-as you see HIM ascend - HE will come-down here again exact same-as you see HIM go-up!"

EPHESIANS 1:16-23
    16.  I remember you in my prayers and always thank God for you.
    17.  I ask the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, to give-you HIS Spirit to make you wise and to show the truth to you while you are learning to know HIM better.
    18.  And to open your minds so-that you will know the reason HE called you, the wonderful glorious gift HE gives to all HIS holy people.
    19.  And the great power working in us believers.
    20.  That is the same power that arose Jesus from the dead and made Jesus the King in heaven;
    21.  Reigning over all kings, government people, strong leaders, lords, and every person in this world and in heaven.
    22.  And God put everything under Jesus' reign, and made Jesus the Chief reigning over all the Church.
    23.  The Church is HIS body-group, and HE fills every part of HIS body-group in every way.

GRADUAL: Christ arose from the dead.  God the Father blessed Jesus with honor and glory.  God made Jesus the King to reign everything God made; God put everything under Jesus' feet.

LUKE 24:44-53
    44.  Then Jesus said to them, "These are MY words I spoke to you, while I was with you.  I finished all things the law of MOSES and the prophets and the PSALMS wrote about ME."
    45.  Then HE opened their minds, and they understood the Holy Writings.
    46.  And HE said to them, "In the Holy Writings we read, 'Christ must suffer and arise from the dead on the third day.
    47.  And people must preach REPENTANCE and forgiveness of sins in Christ's name to all nations beginning in the city JERUSALEM.'
    48.  You are WITNESSES about these things.
    49.  I will send to you the One MY Father promised.  Wait in the city until you receive the power from heaven."
    50.  Jesus led them out to the place named BETHANY, and HE raised-HIS-hands and blessed them.
    51.  While Jesus blessed them, HE ascended and went to heaven.
    52.  They knelt and worshipped Jesus, and then happily went again to the city JERUSALEM.
    53.  And they continually were in the temple praising God.
 
 

INTROIT: Hear, O Lord, I pray to YOU; show mercy to me and answer me.  The Lord is my light and my savior; I will not fear.  One thing I asked the Lord;  that is the thing I search-for; that I can live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life; to look-at the beauty of the Lord, and to think about HIS temple.  Because in the time of trouble HE will hide me safe in HIS room; HE will hide me in HIS tent; HE will put me high on a rock.  Happens my father and mother depart from me, then the Lord will accept me.  Wait for the Lord; stay strong;  let your heart be-brave; wait for the Lord.

COLLECT: O King of glory, Lord of heaven, YOU live in heaven, we ask YOU please don't leave us without comfort, but send us the Spirit of Truth that YOU promised to us.  We pray in the name of Jesus Christ, YOUR Son, our Lord.  Jesus lives and reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit, eternally one God.  Amen.

ACTS 1:15-26
    15.  During this meeting with 120 people PETER stood-up and spoke.
    16.  "Friends, it-must happen exactly same-as the Holy Writings prophecied about JUDAS.  The Holy Spirit spoke through the prophet DAVID that JUDAS would lead the people that arrested Jesus.
    17.  JUDAS was-before one of us.  Jesus chose him to be a friends the same-as Jesus chose us.
    18.  JUDAS bought land with the money he received for his bad deed, and happened he killed himself his stomach burst-open and all his insides spilled-out.
    19.  The story about his death spread quickly among all the people in the city JERUSALEM, and they named the place, "The land of blood.'
    20.  King DAVID'S prophecy we can read in the Book PSALMS, the writing, 'Let his home become vacant.  Let no one live in it.  Let someone else take his place as a follower.'
    21.  Now we must choose someone else to take JUDAS' place, and to join us same-as WITNESSES of Jesus' arising.
    22.  Let us choose someone with us since we first began to follow the Lord, from the time JOHN baptized HIM until the day God took HIM to heaven."
    23.  They named two men: JOSEPH JUSTUS, his second name was BARSABBAS, and MATTIAS.
    24.  Then they all prayed and said, "O Lord, YOU know every heart; show us which of these men YOU choose,
    25.  For a follower to take-the-place-of JUDAS the betrayer, he went to the place he deserves."
    26.  Then they voted and MATTIAS was-chosen to become a follower with the other eleven.

I JOHN 4:13-21
    13.  We know that we live in God, and God lives in us.  God gave us the Holy Spirit.
    14.  We saw and can tell the truth that the Father sent HIS Son to save the world.
    15.  If you confess that Jesus is God's Son, then God lives in you, and you live in God.
    16.  God is love.  And if a person stays in love, then he stays in God, and God stays in that person.
    17.  Love becomes perfect in us through this, and we can trust on the day of judgment, because the same-as God is in the world, the same we are in this world.
    18.  No fear is in love, but perfect love throws-out fear; because fear has punishment.  Anyone with fear is not perfect in love.
    19.  We love because God first loved us.
    20.  If anyone says, "I love God," but hates his brother, then that person is a liar.  Because you can see your brother and you don't love your brother; now, you can't love God, because you can't see God.
    21.  And we have this commandment from HIM; everyone with love to God also loves their brothers.

GRADUAL: Christ arose from the dead.  God the Father blessed Jesus with honor and glory.  God made Jesus the King to reign everything God made; God put everything under Jesus' feet.

JOHN 17:11-19
    11.  Holy Father! Keep MY friends safe by the power of YOUR name, the same name YOU gave to ME, so-that they will be-joined same-as one group the same-as we-two are-joined in one.
    12.  While I was with them, I kept them safe by the power of YOUR name.  I protected them and not one of them was-lost, except the one JUDAS, that the words of the Holy Writings would happen true.
    13.  But now I am-going to YOU, and I say this while I am in the world so-that they will feel all my happiness in their hearts.
    14.  I gave them YOUR Word.  But the world hated them, because they aren't joined to the world; same-as I am-not joined to the world.
    15.  I don't ask YOU to take them out of the world, but I do ask YOU to keep them safe from the devil.
    16.  Same-as I am-not joined to the world, they aren't joined to the world.
    17.  Make them holy by the truth; YOUR Word is truth.
    18.  Same-as YOU sent ME into the world, I send them into the world.
    19.  In this holy way I give MYSELF to YOU, that now they in a holy way will give themselves to YOU.