Online Ministry 0408 - 0414 2019

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

With great joy we welcome you, Lord Jesus! You enter our hearts and our lives, humbly, patiently, encouraging us to learn and grow, to embark on journeys of hope and healing. Open our hearts today to hear your words, as we sing praise to you. Hosanna! 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, April 8, 2019: Psalm 20; Exodus 40:1-15; Hebrews 10:19-25
• Tuesday, April 9, 2019: Psalm 20; Judges 9:7-15; 1 John 2:18-28
• Wednesday, April 10, 2019: Psalm 20; Habakkuk 3:2-15; Luke 18:31-34
• Thursday, April 11, 2019: Psalm 31:9-16; Isaiah 53:10-12; Hebrews 2:1-9
• Friday, April 12, 2019: Psalm 31:9-16; Isaiah 54:9-10; Hebrews 2:10-18
• Saturday, April 13, 2019: Psalm 31:9-16; Leviticus 23:1-8; Luke 22:1-13
• Sunday, April 14, 2019: Liturgy of the Palms

   

PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

Holy and Loving Creator, you are a generous giver; and that’s what we strive to be in our tithes and offering, in our sharing of time and talent through the ministry of the church. We dedicate these offerings to you, the greatest of all givers. In the name of Christ, we pray. Amen.