Online Ministry for the Week 10/09 - 10/15 2017

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

Open our hearts and our spirits to hear your healing words of peace and love, O God. Help us be the people of service and justice that you have called us to be. Make us ready to heal rather than harm; to serve rather than sever. Give us hearts of joy and justice, for we offer this prayer in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

DAILY READINGS

• Monday, October 9, 2017: Psalm 119:49-56; Deuteronomy 5:1-21; 1 Peter 2:4-10
• OR Psalm 144; Ezekiel 19:10-14; 1 Peter 2:4-10
• Tuesday, October 10, 2017: Psalm 119:49-56; Deuteronomy 5:22-6:3; 2 Corinthians 5:17-21
• OR Psalm 144; Isaiah 27:1-6; 2 Corinthians 5:17-21
• Wednesday, October 11, 2017: Psalm 119:49-56; Deuteronomy 6:10-25; John 11:45-57
• OR Psalm 144; Song of Solomon 8:5-14; John 11:45-57
• Thursday, October 12, 2017: Psalm 106:1-6, 19-23; Exodus 24:1-8; 1 Peter 5:1-5, 12-14
• OR Psalm 23; Isaiah 22:1-8a; 1 Peter 5:1-5, 12-14
• Friday, October 13, 2017: Psalm 106:1-6, 19-23; Exodus 24:9-11; James 4:4-10
• OR Psalm 23; Isaiah 22:8b-14; James 4:4-10
• Saturday, October 14, 2017: Psalm 106:1-6, 19-23; Exodus 24:12-18; Mark 2:18-22
• OR Psalm 23; Isaiah 24:17-23; Mark 2:18-22
• Sunday, October 15, 2017: Proper 23 (28)

Psalm 65

65:1 Praise is due to you, O God, in Zion; and to you shall vows be performed,
65:2 O you who answer prayer! To you all flesh shall come.
65:3 When deeds of iniquity overwhelm us, you forgive our transgressions.
65:4 Happy are those whom you choose and bring near to live in your courts. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house, your holy temple.
65:5 By awesome deeds you answer us with deliverance, O God of our salvation; you are the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.
65:6 By your strength you established the mountains; you are girded with might.
65:7 You silence the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, the tumult of the peoples.
65:8 Those who live at earth's farthest bounds are awed by your signs; you make the gateways of the morning and the evening shout for joy.
65:9 You visit the earth and water it, you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; you provide the people with grain, for so you have prepared it.
65:10 You water its furrows abundantly, settling its ridges, softening it with showers, and blessing its growth.
65:11 You crown the year with your bounty; your wagon tracks overflow with richness.
65:12 The pastures of the wilderness overflow, the hills gird themselves with joy,
65:13 the meadows clothe themselves with flocks, the valleys deck themselves with grain, they shout and sing together for joy.

ABUNDANT HEALTH

The Secret Sauce

You can develop a healthy, robust community that lives right with God and enjoy its results only if you do the hard work of getting along with each other, treating each other with dignity and honor. James 3:18 (The Message)


If you want to sustain a healthy lifestyle for the long-term, and if you want to have fun doing it as well, you need friends. Community, when you embrace it, doesn’t just help you succeed in your goals. It can bring you joy.


—The Daniel Plan Team
The Daniel Plan brief excerpt from The Daniel Plan: 40 Days to a HealthierLife by Rick Warren, DMin; Daniel Amen, MD; & Mark Hyman, MD (Zondervan). © 2013 by The Daniel Plan. Used with permission. All rights reserved.

PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

Lord, you have entrusted us with the awe-inspiring task of sharing the message of the gospel. We acknowledge that we cannot simply give money and expect your message to be spread. We must consistently give ourselves by offering our time, talents, gifts, witness, and service. Stir within us the courage to be Christian stewards in our daily living. In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen.