Best Scriptures for Passover & Jesus Saves from Eternal Death

Since the following scriptures may contain an incomplete verse and have been removed from their contexts in the Bible, it is up to you to make the final determination if they will properly accomplish the purpose for which you are going to use them. Scriptures that are listed below that are incomplete will have an asterisk after their references.

The Best Calls to Worship for a Messianic Passover Service and as God Saved His People on Passover Night from Physical Death, Jesus Saves His People from Eternal Death

¹I will exalt you, LORD, for you lifted me out of the depths and did not let my enemies gloat over me. ²LORD my God, I called to you for help, and you healed me. ³You, LORD, brought me up from the realm of the dead; you spared me from going down to the pit. ⁴Sing the praises of the LORD, you his faithful people; praise his holy name. Psalm 30:1-4

¹⁴Sing . . . ; shout aloud . . . ! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart . . . ! ¹⁵The LORD has taken away your punishment, he has turned back your enemy. The LORD, the King . . . is with you; never again will you fear any harm. ¹⁷“The LORD your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.” Zephaniah 3:14-15, 17*

⁶Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. ⁹And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy . . . , because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased for God persons from every tribe and language and people and nation. ¹⁰You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth.” ¹¹Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders. ¹²In a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!” ¹³Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying: “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!” ¹⁴The four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped. Revelation 5:6a, 9-14*

⁹After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. ¹⁰And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.” ¹¹All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They fell down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, ¹²saying: “Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!” Revelation 7:9–12

Other Calls to Worship to Consider Using

¹I love you, LORD, my strength. ²The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. ³I called to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and I have been saved from my enemies. ¹⁶He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters. ¹⁷He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me. ¹⁸They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the LORD was my support. ¹⁹He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me. ³⁰[H]e shields all who take refuge in him. ³¹For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God? ⁴⁶The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be God my Savior! ⁴⁹Therefore I will praise you, LORD, among the nations; I will sing the praises of your name. Psalm 18:1-3, 16-19, 30-31, 46, 49*

The Best Prayers of Adoration and Their Introductions for a Messianic Passover Service and as God Saved His People on Passover Night from Physical Death, Jesus Saves His People from Eternal Death

⁶Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. ⁷He came and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne. ⁸And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. Revelation 5:6-8

Other Prayers of Adoration and Their Introductions to Consider Using

¹I love you, LORD, my strength. ²The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. Psalm 18:1-2

⁵“My covenant was with him [Levi], a covenant of life and peace, and I gave them to him; this called for reverence and he revered me and stood in awe of my name.” Malachi 2:5

³[T]he song of the Lamb: “Great and marvelous are your deeds, Lord God Almighty. Just and true are your ways, King of the ages. ⁴Who will not fear you, O Lord, and bring glory to your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous acts have been revealed.” Revelation 15:3-4*

The Best Prayers and Acclamations of Praise to God and Their Introductions for a Messianic Passover Service and as God Saved His People on Passover Night from Physical Death, Jesus Saves His People from Eternal Death

²“The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; ³ my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation. He is my stronghold, my refuge and my savior—. . . .” 2 Samuel 22:2-3

³Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, ⁴and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, 1 Peter 1:3-4

Other Prayers and Acclamations of Praise to God and Their
Introductions to Consider Using

⁹[M]y soul will rejoice in the LORD and delight in his salvation. ¹⁰My whole being will exclaim, “Who is like you, LORD?” ¹⁸I will give you thanks in the great assembly; among the throngs I will praise you. ²⁸My tongue will proclaim your righteousness, your praises all day long. Psalm 35:9-10a, 18, 28*

¹⁴As for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more. ¹⁵My mouth will tell of your righteous deeds, of your saving acts all day long—though I know not how to relate them all. ¹⁶I will come and proclaim your mighty acts, Sovereign LORD; I will proclaim your righteous deeds, yours alone. Psalm 71:14-16

¹It is good to praise the LORD and make music to your name, O Most High, ²proclaiming your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night, ⁴For you make me glad by your deeds, LORD; I sing for joy at what your hands have done. ⁵How great are your works, LORD, how profound your thoughts! Psalm 92:1-2, 4-5

The Best Introductions to Singing for a Messianic Passover Service and as God Saved His People on Passover Night from Physical Death, Jesus Saves His People from Eternal Death

³[M]ay the righteous be glad and rejoice before God; may they be happy and joyful. ⁴Sing to God, sing in praise of his name . . . ; rejoice before him—his name is the LORD. ¹⁹Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens. ²⁰Our God is a God who saves; from the Sovereign LORD comes escape from death. ²⁶Praise God in the great congregation; praise the LORD in the assembly . . . . ³²Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth, sing praise to the Lord, Psalm 68:3-4, 19-20, 26, 32*

Other Introductions to Singing to Consider Using

²“The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; ³my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation. He is my stronghold, my refuge and my savior—. . . . ⁵⁰Therefore I will praise you, LORD, among the nations; I will sing the praises of your name.” 2 Samuel 22:2-3, 50*

¹⁴Sing . . . ; shout aloud . . . ! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart . . . ! ¹⁵The LORD has taken away your punishment, he has turned back your enemy. The LORD, the King . . . is with you; never again will you fear any harm. ¹⁷The LORD your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.” Zephaniah 3:14-15, 17*

The Best Confessions of Sin and Their Introductions for a Messianic Passover Service and as God Saved His People on Passover Night from Physical Death, Jesus Saves His People from Eternal Death

²³Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. ²⁴See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139:23-24

⁶All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away. ⁷No one calls on your name or strives to lay hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us and have given us over to our sins. ⁸Yet you, LORD, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand. ⁹Do not be angry beyond measure, LORD; do not remember our sins forever. Oh, look on us, we pray, for we are all your people. Isaiah 64:6-9

Other Confessions of Sin and Their Introductions to Consider Using

¹⁷“If anyone sins and does what is forbidden in any of the LORD’s commands, even though they do not know it, they are guilty and will be held responsible. ¹⁸They are to bring to the priest as a guilt offering a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value. In this way the priest will make atonement for them for the wrong they have committed unintentionally, and they will be forgiven.” Leviticus 5:17-18

The Best Assurances of Pardon, Declarations of God’s Forgiveness, and Absolutions for a Messianic Passover Service and as God Saved His People on Passover Night from Physical Death, Jesus Saves His People from Eternal Death

²⁹The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” John 1:29

¹⁶For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. ¹⁷For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. John 3:16-17

⁴⁸“I am the bread of life. ⁴⁹Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. ⁵⁰But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which anyone may eat and not die. ⁵¹I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.” John 6:48-51

¹⁴“I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me—¹⁵just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep. ²⁸I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. ²⁹My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand.” John 10:14-15, 28-29

²³For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23

¹⁵Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant. Hebrews 9:15*

¹⁸For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, ¹⁹but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. ²¹Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God. 1 Peter 1:18-19, 21

Other Assurances of Pardon, Declarations of God’s
Forgiveness, and Absolutions to Consider Using

⁷On this mountain he will destroy the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations; ⁸he will swallow up death forever. The LORD has spoken. ⁹In that day they will say, “Surely this is our God; we trusted in him, and he saved us. This is the LORD, we trusted in him; let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.” Isaiah 25:7-8a, 9*

¹⁴“I will deliver . . . people from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death. Where, O death, are your plagues? Where, O grave, is your destruction?” Hosea 13:14*

²⁴“Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.” John 5:24

²⁴Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? ²⁵Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord! ¹Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, ²because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. Romans 7:24b-25a, 8:1-2*

¹[T]here is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, ²because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. ³For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. Romans 8:1-3a*

The Best Scriptures on Fellowship, Loving One Another, and Passing God’s Peace for a Messianic Passover Service and as God Saved His People on Passover Night from Physical Death, Jesus Saves His People from Eternal Death

¹Observe the month of Aviv and celebrate the Passover of the LORD your God, because in the month of Aviv he brought you out of Egypt by night. ²Sacrifice as the Passover to the LORD your God an animal from your flock or herd at the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for his Name. ⁵You must not sacrifice the Passover in any town the LORD your God gives you ⁶except in the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name. There you must sacrifice the Passover in the evening, when the sun goes down, on the anniversary of your departure from Egypt. ⁷Roast it and eat it at the place the LORD your God will choose. Then in the morning return to your tents. Deuteronomy 16:1-2, 5-7

¹⁵They slaughtered the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the second month. The priests and the Levites were ashamed and consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to the temple of the LORD. ¹⁶Then they took up their regular positions as prescribed in the Law of Moses the man of God. The priests splashed against the altar the blood handed to them by the Levites. ¹⁷Since many in the crowd had not consecrated themselves, the Levites had to kill the Passover lambs for all those who were not ceremonially clean and could not consecrate their lambs to the LORD. ¹⁸Although most of the many people who came from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, “May the LORD, who is good, pardon everyone ¹⁹who sets their heart on seeking God—the LORD, the God of their ancestors—even if they are not clean according to the rules of the sanctuary.” ²⁰And the LORD heard Hezekiah and healed the people. 2 Chronicles 30:15-20

¹⁷On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover?” ¹⁸He replied, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, ‘The Teacher says: My appointed time is near. I am going to celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house.’ ” ¹⁹So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover. ²⁰When evening came, Jesus was reclining at the table with the Twelve. Matthew 26:17-20

¹²On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when it was customary to sacrifice the Passover lamb, Jesus’ disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go and make preparations for you to eat the Passover?” ¹³So he sent two of his disciples, telling them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him. ¹⁴Say to the owner of the house he enters, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is my guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’ ¹⁵He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there.” ¹⁶The disciples left, went into the city and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover. Mark 14:12-16

⁷Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. ⁸Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.” ¹⁴When the hour came, Jesus and his apostles reclined at the table. ¹⁵And he said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. ¹⁶For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God.” Luke 22:7-8, 14-16

Other Scriptures on Fellowship, Loving One Another,
and Passing God’s Peace to Consider Using

⁴“ ‘These are the LORD’s appointed festivals, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times: ⁵The LORD’s Passover begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.’ ” Leviticus 23:4-5

³⁴“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. ³⁵By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” John 13:34-35

¹²“My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.” John 15:12

⁹This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. ¹⁰This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. ¹¹Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 1 John 4:9-11

The Best Introductions to Scripture Readings for a Messianic Passover Service and as God Saved His People on Passover Night from Physical Death, Jesus Saves His People from Eternal Death

⁶⁸Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.” John 6:68

Other Introductions to Scripture Readings to Consider Using

³[M]an does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD. Deuteronomy 8:3 *

¹⁶When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart’s delight, for I bear your name, LORD God Almighty. Jeremiah 15:16

³Then he said to me, “Son of man, eat this scroll I am giving you and fill your stomach with it.” So I ate it, and it tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth. Ezekiel 3:3

⁴Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ ” Matthew 4:4

²⁶“[H]e who sent me is trustworthy, and what I have heard from him I tell the world.” ²⁸So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he and that I do nothing on my own but speak just what the Father has taught me.” John 8:26b, 28 *

²⁵Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her ²⁶to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, Ephesians 5:25-26 *

The Best Introductions Before Offerings for a Messianic Passover Service and as God Saved His People on Passover Night from Physical Death, Jesus Saves His People from Eternal Death

¹²What shall I return to the LORD for all his goodness to me? ¹³I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD. ¹⁷I will sacrifice a thank offering to you and call on the name of the LORD. ¹⁸I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people, ¹⁹in the courts of the house of the LORD . . . . Praise the LORD. Psalm 116:12-13, 17-19 *

Other Introductions Before Offerings to Consider Using

⁷Josiah provided for all the lay people who were there a total of thirty thousand lambs and goats for the Passover offerings, and also three thousand cattle—all from the king’s own possessions. ⁸His officials also contributed voluntarily to the people and the priests and Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah and Jehiel, the officials in charge of God’s temple, gave the priests twenty-six hundred Passover offerings and three hundred cattle. ⁹Also Konaniah along with Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brothers, and Hashabiah, Jeiel and Jozabad, the leaders of the Levites, provided five thousand Passover offerings and five hundred head of cattle for the Levites. 2 Chronicles 35:7-9

¹⁹“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. ²⁰But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. ²¹For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Matthew 6:19-21

³²“Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom. ³³Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. ³⁴For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Luke 12:32-34

The Best Prayers of Dedication and Their Introductions for a Messianic Passover Service and as God Saved His People on Passover Night from Physical Death, Jesus Saves His People from Eternal Death

⁵⁷“Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me.” John 6:57

¹⁰I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, ¹¹and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead. ¹²Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. ¹³Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, ¹⁴I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:10-14

¹Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. ²Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. ³For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. Colossians 3:1-3

⁸Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered ⁹and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him Hebrews 5:8-9

¹¹They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death. Revelation 12:11

Other Prayers of Dedication and Their Introductions to Consider Using

²⁴[B]e sure to fear the LORD and serve him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things he has done for you. 1 Samuel 12:24 *

⁸If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. Romans 14:8

¹³All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth. ¹⁴People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. ¹⁵If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. ¹⁶Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them. Hebrews 11:13-16

¹¹“Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who is victorious will not be hurt at all by the second death.” Revelation 2:11

²¹“To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat down with my Father on his throne.” Revelation 3:21

The Best Prayers of Thanksgiving and Their Introductions for a Messianic Passover Service and as God Saved His People on Passover Night from Physical Death, Jesus Saves His People from Eternal Death

¹⁹Your righteousness, God, reaches to the heavens, you who have done great things. Who is like you, God? ²⁰Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up. ²¹You will increase my honor and comfort me once more. Psalm 71:19-21

¹Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. ²Let the redeemed of the LORD tell their story—those he redeemed from the hand of the foe, ⁸Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind, Psalm 107:1-2, 8

²⁶While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.” ²⁷Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. ²⁸This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.” Matthew 26:26-28

²²While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take it; this is my body.” ²³Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank from it. ²⁴“This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many,” he said to them. Mark 14:22-24

¹⁷After taking the cup, he [Jesus] gave thanks and said, “Take this and divide it among you. ¹⁸For I tell you I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.” ¹⁹And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.” ²⁰In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.” Luke 22:17-20

⁵¹Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—⁵²in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. ⁵³For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. ⁵⁴When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” ⁵⁷[T]hanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:51-54, 57 *

Other Prayers of Thanksgiving and Their Introductions to Consider Using

¹We praise you, God, we praise you, for your Name is near; people tell of your wonderful deeds. Psalm 75:1

³¹Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind. Psalm 107:31

¹⁵Shouts of joy and victory resound in the tents of the righteous: “The LORD’s right hand has done mighty things! ¹⁶ The LORD’s right hand is lifted high; the LORD’s right hand has done mighty things!” Psalm 118:15-16

¹Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good. His love endures forever. ²Give thanks to the God of gods. His love endures forever. ³Give thanks to the Lord of lords: His love endures forever. ⁴to him who alone does great wonders, His love endures forever. Psalm 136:1-4

The Best Prayers of Requests and Their Introductions for a Messianic Passover Service and as God Saved His People on Passover Night from Physical Death, Jesus Saves His People from Eternal Death

¹Hear us, Shepherd . . . , you who lead . . . a flock. You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth ²Awaken your might; come and save us. ³O God; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved. Psalm 80:1, 2b-3 *

¹⁸I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, ¹⁹and his incomparably great power for us who believe. Ephesians 1:18-19a *

Other Prayers of Requests and Their Introductions to Consider Using

²⁸Summon your power, God; show us your strength, our God, as you have done before. Psalm 68:28

⁹Help us, God our Savior, for the glory of your name; deliver us and forgive our sins for your name’s sake. Psalm 79:9

²⁷“I am the LORD, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?” Jeremiah 32:27

The Best Prayers of Requests and Thanksgiving and Their Introductions for a Messianic Passover Service and as God Saved His People on Passover Night from Physical Death, Jesus Saves His People from Eternal Death

¹Hear me, LORD, my plea is just; listen to my cry. ⁶I call on you, my God, for you will answer me; turn your ear to me and hear my prayer. ⁷Show me the wonders of your great love, you who save by your right hand those who take refuge in you from their foes. ⁸Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings ¹⁵As for me, I will be vindicated and will see your face; when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness. Psalm 17:1a, 6-8, 15 *

¹Praise awaits you, our God, . . . ; to you our vows will be fulfilled. ²You who answer prayer, to you all people will come. ³When we were overwhelmed by sins, you forgave our transgressions. ⁴Blessed are those you choose and bring near to live in your courts! We are filled with the good things of your house, of your holy temple. ⁵You answer us with awesome and righteous deeds, God our Savior, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas, Psalm 65:1-5 *

¹May God arise, may his enemies be scattered; may his foes flee before him. ³But may the righteous be glad and rejoice before God; may they be happy and joyful. ¹⁹Praise be to the LORD, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens. ²⁰Our God is a God who saves; from the Sovereign LORD comes escape from death. ²⁸Summon your power, God; show us your strength, our God, as you have done before. Psalm 68:1, 3, 19-20, 28

⁸[T]he twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of God’s people. ⁹And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy . . . , because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased for God persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.” Revelation 5:8-9*

Other Prayers of Requests and Thanksgiving and Their
Introductions to Consider Using

¹Have mercy on me, my God, have mercy on me, for in you I take refuge. I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings . . . . ²I cry out to God Most High, to God, who vindicates me. ³He sends from heaven and saves me, . . . God sends forth his love and his faithfulness. ⁹I will praise you, LORD, among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples. ¹⁰For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies. ¹¹Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth. Psalm 57:1-3, 9-11*

³I will praise you, LORD, among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples. ⁴For great is your love, higher than the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies. ⁵Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth. ⁶Save us and help us with your right hand, that those you love may be delivered. Psalm 108:3-6

The Best Affirmations, Encouragements, and Promises of God for a Messianic Passover Service and as God Saved His People on Passover Night from Physical Death, Jesus Saves His People from Eternal Death

⁸I keep my eyes always on the LORD. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken. ⁹Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure, ¹⁰because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead . . . . ¹¹[Y]ou will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand. Psalm 16:8-11*

¹⁵God will redeem me from the realm of the dead; he will surely take me to himself. Psalm 49:15*

²“Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt. ³Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever.” Daniel 12:2-3

³⁵Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.” ⁴⁸“I am the bread of life. ⁵¹I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever.” John 6:35, 48, 51ab*

⁶God “will repay each person according to what they have done.” ⁷To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. Romans 2:6-7

⁹[G]race was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, ¹⁰but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. 2 Timothy 1:9b-10*

²⁵And this is what he promised us—eternal life. 1 John 2:25

¹¹And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. ¹²Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. ¹³I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. 1 John 5:11-13

Other Affirmations, Encouragements, and Promises of God to Consider Using

⁵“If my house were not right with God, surely he would not have made with me an everlasting covenant, arranged and secured in every part; . . . .” 2 Samuel 23:5*

²⁵“I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth. ²⁶And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God; ²⁷I myself will see him with my own eyes—I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!” Job 19:25-27

¹⁴The LORD is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation. ¹⁵Shouts of joy and victory resound in the tents of the righteous: “The LORD’s right hand has done mighty things! ¹⁶The LORD’s right hand is lifted high; the LORD’s right hand has done mighty things!” Psalm 118:14-16

¹“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. ²Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare. ³Give ear and come to me; listen, that you may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David.” Isaiah 55:1-3

²⁶“ ‘I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. ²⁷My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.’ ” Ezekiel 37:26a, 27*

¹⁴Sing . . . ; shout aloud . . . ! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart . . . ! ¹⁵The LORD has taken away your punishment, he has turned back your enemy. The LORD, the King . . . is with you; never again will you fear any harm. ¹⁷“The LORD your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will . . . rejoice over you with singing.” Zephaniah 3:14-15, 17*

²⁵Jesus said . . . , “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; ²⁶and whoever lives by believing in me will never die.” John 11:25-26a*

¹For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. ⁶Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. ⁷For we live by faith, not by sight. ⁸We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. 2 Corinthians 5:1, 6-8

⁶And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,⁷in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. Ephesians 2:6-7

³And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. ⁴‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.” ⁵He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” Revelation 21:3-5

The Best Exhortations for a Messianic Passover Service and as God Saved His People on Passover Night from Physical Death, Jesus Saves His People from Eternal Death

²⁵“Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. ²⁶Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be.” John 12:25-26a*

¹³[O]ne thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, ¹⁴I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:13b-14*

²¹Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. ²²But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation—²³if you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel. Colossians 1:21-23a*

²¹keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life. Jude 21

Other Exhortations to Consider Using

²⁴“[B]e sure to fear the LORD and serve him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things he has done for you.” 1 Samuel 12:24*

³¹Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind. ³²Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people and praise him in the council of the elders. Psalm 107:31-32

¹³“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. ¹⁴But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.” Matthew 7:13-14

²¹“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. ²²Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ ²³Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’ ” Matthew 7:21-23

²⁵Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; ²⁶and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?” John 11:25-26

⁶[W]e are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. ⁷For we live by faith, not by sight. ⁸We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. 2 Corinthians 5:6-8*

¹Since . . . you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. ²Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. ³For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. ⁴When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Colossians 3:1-4*

The Best Ascriptions and Self-Declarations by God for a Messianic Passover Service and as God Saved His People on Passover Night from Physical Death, Jesus Saves His People from Eternal Death

¹⁹Praise be to the LORD, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens. ²⁰Our God is a God who saves; from the Sovereign LORD comes escape from death. Psalm 68:19-20

²⁴To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy—²⁵to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen. Jude 24–25

⁵To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, ⁶and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen. Revelation 1:5b-6*

¹⁰“Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.” Revelation 7:10*

¹I heard what sounded like the roar of a great multitude in heaven shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,” Revelation 19:1*

Other Ascriptions and Self-Declarations by God to Consider Using

⁶“[M]y salvation will last forever, my righteousness will never fail.” Isaiah 51:6b*

The Best Benedictions and Blessings for a Messianic Passover Service and as God Saved His People on Passover Night from Physical Death, Jesus Saves His People from Eternal Death

²⁹“Blessed are you . . . ! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD?” Deuteronomy 33:29ab*

¹⁸I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, Ephesians 1:18

Other Benedictions and Blessings to Consider Using

⁴Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. Titus 1:4*

⁶To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life. ⁷Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children. Revelation 21:6c-7*

The Best Scriptures for a Messianic Passover Service and as God Saved His People on Passover Night from Physical Death, Jesus Saves His People from Eternal Death