Sunday Focus

1st March 2026

2nd Sunday in Lent

 

Welcome to this weeks Sunday Focus, we pray you will be blessed.

 

Hymn - At The Name of Jesus

 

Song -  I Lift My Hands

 

Loving God,
You have always led Your people to places where they can hear Your voice,
speak Lord, and help us to listen.

Loving God,
You ask nothing of us, but faith and openness to You,
help us to follow You in trust.

Lord Jesus,
You came that we could live in friendship and fellowship with You,
be near us Lord, and help us to receive You. Amen
 

 

Song - Goodness of God

 

Confession and absolution.

For all the times we fail to listen to Your voice and Your call,
for the faith we lack and the blessings we ignore or refuse,
and for all the pain we cause to others by disowning our vulnerability,
we are sorry Lord.

Knowing that You are a God who loves us,
who knows our hearts and calls us to new beginnings,
we celebrate Your forgiveness today.
Amen


Reading

 

John 3:1-17

Nicodemus Visits Jesus

3Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. 2He came to Jesus* by night and said to him, ‘Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do apart from the presence of God.’ 3Jesus answered him, ‘Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.’* 4Nicodemus said to him, ‘How can anyone be born after having grown old? Can one enter a second time into the mother’s womb and be born?’ 5Jesus answered, ‘Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit. 6What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.* 7Do not be astonished that I said to you, “You* must be born from above.”* 8The wind* blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.’ 9Nicodemus said to him, ‘How can these things be?’ 10Jesus answered him, ‘Are you a teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things?

11 ‘Very truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know and testify to what we have seen; yet you* do not receive our testimony. 12If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? 13No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.* 14And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.*

16 ‘For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.

17 ‘Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

  Song -  Cornerstone

 

 

 

The Lord's Prayer
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power,
and the glory are yours
now and for ever.
Amen. 

 

 

Song - In Christ Alone