Online Ministry 08/17 - 08/23/2020

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

Our hearts overflow with your love, O God: like the rains that shower down upon your creation. Guide us now, as we share with others the abundance of our joy. We pray that you will give us the vision to use our blessings to offer hope to others. In Christ's name we pray and act. Amen.

     

Psalm 138

138:1 I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise;

138:2 I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness; for you have exalted your name and your word above everything.

138:3 On the day I called, you answered me, you increased my strength of soul.

138:4 All the kings of the earth shall praise you, O LORD, for they have heard the words of your mouth.

138:5 They shall sing of the ways of the LORD, for great is the glory of the LORD.

138:6 For though the LORD is high, he regards the lowly; but the haughty he perceives from far away.

138:7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve me against the wrath of my enemies; you stretch out your hand, and your right hand delivers me.

138:8 The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O LORD, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands.

     

DAILY READINGS

Note: For the readings after Pentecost: the first reading pairs with the semi-continuous strand of texts; the second, with the complementary.

     

• Monday, August 10, 2020: Psalm 28; Genesis 37:29-36; 2 Peter 2:4-10

• OR Psalm 18:1-19; Genesis 7:11-8:5; 2 Peter 2:4-10

• Tuesday, August 11, 2020: Psalm 28; Genesis 39:1-23; Romans 9:14-29

• OR Psalm 18:1-19; Genesis 19:1-29; Romans 9:14-29

• Wednesday, August 12, 2020: Psalm 28; Genesis 40:1-23; Matthew 8:23-27

• OR Psalm 18:1-19; Job 36:24-33; 37:14-24; Matthew 8:23-27

• Thursday, August 13, 2020: Psalm 133; Genesis 41:14-36; Revelation 15:1-4

• OR Psalm 67; Isaiah 45:20-25; Revelation 15:1-4

• Friday, August 14, 2020: Psalm 133; Genesis 41:37-57; Acts 14:19-28

• OR Psalm 67; Isaiah 63:15-19; Acts 14:19-28

• Saturday, August 15, 2020: Psalm 133; Genesis 42:1-28; Matthew 14:34-36

• OR Psalm 67; Isaiah 56:1-5; Matthew 14:34-36

• Sunday, August 16, 2020: Proper 15 (20)

     

ABUNDANT HEALTH

     

http://umcabundanthealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Personal-Health-Assessment.docx

     

http://umcabundanthealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/03-Opioids-101-Facts-3.pdf

     

On average, 100 PEOPLE IN THE U.S. die every day from Opioid abuse.

     

PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

God of all creation, as we offer our gifts to you this day, we remember the questions Jesus put to his disciples, “Who do people say that I am? But who so you say that I am?” We pray that we might be ready to answer with our lips, but also with our lives and with our gifts: “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God!” In his holy name, we pray. Amen. (Matthew 16:13-20)