Online Ministry 09/07 - 09/13/2020

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

Lord, we come this day to worship and thank you for the many ways you guide our lives. We ask that our hearts, our ears, and our spirits may be open to your healing words of love. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. AMEN.

     

Psalm 114

114:1 When Israel went out from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,

114:2 Judah became God's sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

114:3 The sea looked and fled; Jordan turned back.

114:4 The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.

114:5 Why is it, O sea, that you flee? O Jordan, that you turn back?

114:6 O mountains, that you skip like rams? O hills, like lambs?

114:7 Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the God of Jacob,

114:8 who turns the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a spring of water.

     

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, September 7, 2020: Psalm 121; Exodus 12:14-28; 1 Peter 2:11-17

• OR Psalm 119:65-72; Leviticus 4:27-31; 5:14-16; 1 Peter 2:11-17

• Tuesday, September 8, 2020: Psalm 121; Exodus 12:29-42; Romans 13:1-7

• OR Psalm 119:65-72; Deuteronomy 17:2-13; Romans 13:1-7

• Wednesday, September 9, 2020: Psalm 121; Exodus 13:1-10; Matthew 21:18-22

• OR Psalm 119:65-72; Leviticus 16:1-5, 20-28; Matthew 21:18-22

• Thursday, September 10, 2020: Psalm 114; Exodus 13:17-22; 1 John 3:11-16

• OR Psalm 103:8-13; Genesis 37:12-36; 1 John 3:11-16

• Friday, September 11, 2020: Psalm 114; Exodus 14:1-18; Acts 7:9-16

• OR Psalm 103:8-13; Genesis 41:53-42:17; Acts 7:9-16

• Saturday, September 12, 2020: Psalm 114; Exodus 15:19-21; Matthew 6:7-15

• OR Psalm 103:8-13; Genesis 45:1-20; Matthew 6:7-15

• Sunday, September 13, 2020: Proper 19 (24)

     

ABUNDANT HEALTH

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

     

Self-reflection is an important part of mental health – and these prompts help guide the mind to positive thoughts to make the people happy. This can be practiced at home over normal conversations or through journaling. Making reflection a part of everyday life can help to improve mood.

     

Begin a journal and each day of the week, answer this question:

02. My favorite way to spend the day is…

     

PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

God of our salvation, we remember that day when the Israelites, escaping their captors, were rescued by you, as you parted the sea to let them cross. Over the years, scholars have struggled with how many died that day that another group might be led to freedom. We offer our gifts to you in thankfulness for all your blessings, knowing others have so much less. Then we remember, that we have been blessed to be a blessing. May the lives we live this day and every day be an offering of blessing to those who are in need. In Jesus, we pray. Amen. (Exodus 14:19-31)