Online Ministry for the Week 0319 - 0325 2018

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

Sovereign God, you have established your rule over the human heart, not by forcebut by the servant example of Jesus Christ. Move us by your Spirit to join the joyful procession of those who confess Christ Jesus with their tongues and praise him with their lives. Amen.

 

Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29

118:1 O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his steadfast love endures forever!

118:2 Let Israel say, "His steadfast love endures forever."

118:19 Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the LORD.

118:20 This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it.

118:21 I thank you that you have answered me and have become my salvation.

118:22 The stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone.

118:23 This is the Lord's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.

118:24 This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

118:25 Save us, we beseech you, O LORD! O LORD, we beseech you, give us success!

118:26 Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the LORD. We bless you from the house of the LORD.

118:27 The LORD is God, and he has given us light. Bind the festal procession with branches, up to the horns of the altar.

118:28 You are my God, and I will give thanks to you; you are my God, I will extol you.

118:29 O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.

 

DAILY READINGS

• Monday, March 19, 2018: Psalm 119:9-16; Isaiah 43:8-13; 2 Corinthians 3:4-11
• Tuesday, March 20, 2018: Psalm 119:9-16; Isaiah 44:1-8; Acts 2:14-24
• Wednesday, March 21, 2018: Psalm 119:9-16; Haggai 2:1-9, 20-23; John 12:34-50
• Thursday, March 22, 2018: Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29; Deuteronomy 16:1-8; Philippians 2:1-11
• Friday, March 23, 2018: Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29; Jeremiah 33:1-9; Philippians 2:12-18
• Saturday, March 24, 2018: Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29; Jeremiah 33:10-16; Mark 10:32-34, 46-52
• Sunday, March 25, 2018: Liturgy of the Palms

 

ABUNDANT HEALTH

The Start of Change

I can do all this through him who gives me strength. Philippians 4:13 (NIV)

 

Resolutions and rules aren’t enough to change the human heart. Heart transformation requires the love of God inside you. The beginning of healthy change starts inside you. When you invite Jesus to be the Savior and Lord (manager) of your life, your past is forgiven, you get a new purpose for living, you get a home in heaven, and you plug into God’s power to change your life.

—Pastor Rick Warren

PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

God of the living, through baptism we pass from the shadow of death to the light of the resurrection. Remain with us and give us hope that, rejoicing in the gift of the Spirit who gives life to our mortal flesh, we may be clothed with the garment of immortality, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.