Online Ministry 0311 - 0317 2019

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

Lord, guide our lives and our steps as we walk this Lenten journey, inward and outward. Help us to discern what you would have us do, that others may be healed. In Jesus’ name, we pray. AMEN.
 

Psalm 27

27:1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
27:2 When evildoers assail me to devour my flesh-- my adversaries and foes-- they shall stumble and fall.
27:3 Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war rise up against me, yet I will be confident.
27:4 One thing I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after: to live in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.
27:5 For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent; he will set me high on a rock.
27:6 Now my head is lifted up above my enemies all around me, and I will offer in his tent sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing and make melody to the LORD.
27:7 Hear, O LORD, when I cry aloud, be gracious to me and answer me!
27:8 "Come," my heart says, "seek his face!" Your face, LORD, do I seek.
27:9 Do not hide your face from me. Do not turn your servant away in anger, you who have been my help. Do not cast me off, do not forsake me, O God of my salvation!
27:10 If my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will take me up.
27:11 Teach me your way, O LORD, and lead me on a level path because of my enemies.
27:12 Do not give me up to the will of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen against me, and they are breathing out violence.
27:13 I believe that I shall see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
27:14 Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the LORD!
  

DAILY READINGS

• Sunday, March 10, 2019: First Sunday in Lent
• Monday, March 11, 2019: Psalm 17; 1 Chronicles 21:1-17; 1 John 2:1-6
• Tuesday, March 12, 2019: Psalm 17; Zechariah 3:1-10; 2 Peter 2:4-21
• Wednesday, March 13, 2019: Psalm 17; Job 1:1-22; Luke 21:34-22:6
• Thursday, March 14, 2019: Psalm 27; Genesis 13:1-7, 14-18; Philippians 3:2-12
• Friday, March 15, 2019: Psalm 27; Genesis 14:17-24; Philippians 3:17-20
• Saturday, March 16, 2019: Psalm 27; Psalm 118:26-29; Matthew 23:37-39
• Sunday, March 17, 2019: Second Sunday in Lent

 

PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

God of our salvation, you have claimed us as citizens of heaven; but we know that often our lives have looked no different from anyone else’s, our minds too often locked on earthly things. May the gifts we bring to your altar this morning be symbolic of our desire to let go of all that doesn’t reflect who we are and whose we are. May we be more faithful witnesses, knowing that we are on a journey to our homeland, an eternity with you. In the redeemer’s name, we pray. Amen.