The Worship Quote of the Week for (04/07/2009):

"As in That Upper Room You Left Your Seat" We know that on the Thursday evening before his death, Jesus gathered with his disciples for a Passover meal—and what a meal it was! Today’s WORSHIP QUOTE is a short but wonderful poem by Timothy Dudley-Smith, this one especially appropriate for a Maundy Thursday Communion service. I suggest you read it aloud as a prayer. For an additional encouragement and challenge, read what our Lord said to his disciples in John 13:1-17. AS IN THAT UPPER ROOM YOU LEFT YOUR SEAT As in that upper room you left your seat and took a towel and chose a servant’s part, so for today, Lord, wash again my feet, who in your mercy died to cleanse my heart. I bow before you, all my sin confessed, to hear again the words of love you said; and at your table, as your honored guest, I take and eat the true and living Bread. So in remembrance of your life laid down I come to praise you for your grace divine; saved by your cross, and subject to your crown, strengthened for service by this bread and wine. —Timothy Dudley-Smith (1993), from A HOUSE OF PRAISE: COLLECTED HYMNS 1961-2001, © 2003 Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved. Used by permission. ISBN 0-916642-74-7. For permission to copy or use this hymn, please contact: Hope Publishing Company, 380 S. Main Place, Carol Stream, IL 60188 1-800-323-1049, Fax: (630) 665-3200 Email: permission@hopepublishing.com www.hopepublishing.com May this be a truly Holy Week for us all as we remember the great gift that is ours because of the cross and the empty tomb. “Hallelujah! What a Savior!” Have a great week, Chip Stam School of Church Ministries The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Louisville, Kentucky www.wqotw.org www.sbts.edu/icw =========================== WORSHIP QUOTE OF THE WEEK: To subscribe, unsubscribe, or view a complete index of worship quotes, please visit http://www.wqotw.org. ===========================