Scripture and Prayer on Monday, July 27, 2020

Pastor David reads Matthew 27:24-31 and offers a prayer from Treasury of Devotion:

O innocent Jesus, who with wonderful submission was for our sakes condemned to die: Grant that we may bear in mind that our sins were the false witnesses; our blasphemies, backbitings, and evil speakings were the cause of your accepting with gladness the sentence of the impious judge. O may this thought touch our hearts and make us hate those sins which cause your death.

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Monday, July 27, 2020

Scripture and Prayer on Friday, July 24, 2020

Pastor David reads Joshua 9:22-10:15 and offers a prayer from the hymn writer Isaac Watts:

O God, our Help in ages past,
Our Hope for years to come,
Our Shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal Home!

Beneath the shadow of Thy throne
Thy saints have dwelt secure;
Sufficient is Thine arm alone,
And our defense is sure.

Before the hills in order stood,
Or Earth received her frame,
From everlasting Thou art God,
To endless years the same.

Thy Word commands our flesh to dust:
“Return, ye sons of men!”
All nations rose from earth at first
And turn to earth again.

A thousand ages in Thy sight
Are like an evening gone;
Short as the watch that ends the night
Before the rising sun.

The busy tribes of flesh and blood,
With all their cares and fears,
Are carried downward by the flood,
And lost in following years.

Time, like an ever rolling stream,
Bears all its sons away;
They fly forgotten as a dream
Dies at the opening day.

Like flowery fields the nations stand,
Pleased with the morning light;
The flowers beneath the mower’s hand
Lie withering ere ’tis night.

O God our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Be Thou our guard while life shall last,
And our eternal Home.

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Thursday, July 23, 2020

Scripture and Prayer on Thursday, July 23, 2020

Pastor David reads Joshua 9:3-21 and offers a prayer from the Alternative Service Book:

Almighty Father, whose will is to restore all things in your beloved Son, the king of all: govern the hearts and minds of those in authority, and bring the families fo the nations, divided and torn apart by the ravages of sin, to be subject to his just and gentle rule; who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Thursday, July 23, 2020

Scripture and Prayer on Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Pastor David reads Joshua 8:30-35 and offers a prayer from King Henry VIII’s primer:

Grant us, merciful God, knowledge and true understanding of your word, that we may know what your will is, and also may show in our lives those things that we do know; so that we may not only be knowers of your word, but also doers of your word, through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Scripture and Prayer on Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Pastor David reads Joshua 8:1-22 and offers a prayer from Francis Paget:

Almighty God, from whom all thoughts of truth and peace proceed, kindle, we pray, in the hearts of all people the true love of peace, and guide with your pure and peaceable wisdom those who take counsel for the nations of the earth; that in tranquility your kingdom may go forward, till the earth is filled with the knowledge of your love; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Scripture and Prayer on Monday, July 20, 2020

Pastor David reads Joshua 7:1-13 and offers a prayer from Philipp Melanchthon:

O Son of God, Lord Jesus Christ, you shield and keep us, and love purity. Through your Holy Spirit, pure and spotless, kindle purity in our hearts, and incline our rulers to true devotion. Quench the demonic forces and fires of impurity that rage within our hearts.

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Monday, July 20, 2020

Scripture and Prayer on Friday, July 17, 2020

Pastor David reads Matthew 26:17-25 and offers a prayer from Augustine:

O God, our Father, we are exceedingly frail, and indisposed to every virtuous and noble undertaking. Strengthen our weakness, we ask you, that we may be valiant in this spiritual war; help us against our own negligence and cowardice, and defend us from the treachery of our unfaithful hearts; for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Thursday, July 16, 2020

Scripture and Prayer on Thursday, July 16, 2020

Pastor David reads Matthew 26:1-16 and offers a prayer from Bonaventure:

Lord Jesus Christ, pierce my soulw ith your love so that I may always long for you alone, who are the bread of angels and the fulfillment of the soul’s deepest desires. May my heart always hunger and feed on you, so that my soul may be filled with the sweetness of your presence. May my soul thirst for you, who are the source of life, wisdom, knowledge, light, and all the riches of God our Father. May I always seek you and find you, think about you, speak to you, and do everything for the honor and glory of your holy name. Be always my hope, my peace, my refuge, and my help in whom my heart is rooted so that I may never be separated from you.

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Thursday, July 16, 2020