Scripture and Prayer on Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Pastor David reads Malachi 1:1-2, 6-14 and offers an anonymous prayer:

All things come from you, and of your own do we give to you. Accept and bless, O God our Father, these our gifts, and pour out on us the spirit of your own abundant giving; that as we have freely received, so we may freely give, to the glory of your name; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Scripture and Prayer on Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Pastor David reads Habakkuk 3:1-10, 16-18 and offers a prayer from Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady:

Through all the changing scenes of life,
In trouble and in joy,
The praises of my God shall still
My heart and tongue employ.

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Scripture and Prayer on Thursday, November 12, 2020

Pastor David reads Luke 15:13-32 and offers a prayer from George Herbert:

Lord, who has formed me out of mud,
and has redeemed me through thy blood,
and sanctified me to do good:

Purge all my sins done heretofore,
for I confess my heavy score,
and I will strive to sin no more.

Enrich my heart, mouth, hands in me,
with faith, with hope, with charity,
that I may run, rise, rest with thee.

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Thursday, November 12, 2020

Scripture and Prayer on Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Pastor David reads Luke 15:1-10 and offers a prayer from St. Augustine:

O Lord, who though you were rich yet for our sakes became poor, and who has promised in your holy gospel that whatever is done for the least of your brothers and sisters you will receive as done to you: Give us grace, we humbly ask you, to be always willing and ready to minister, as you enable us, to the needs of others, and to extend the blessings of your kingdom over all the world; to your praise and glory, who are God over all, blessed for ever.

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Scripture and Prayer on Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Pastor David reads Luke 14:25-35 and offers a prayer from Francis de Sales:

Lord, I am yours, and I must belong to no one but you.
My soul is yours, and must live only through you.
My will is yours, and must love only for you.
I must love you as my first cause, since I am from you.
I must love you as my goal and rest, since I am for you.
I must love you more than my own being, since my being comes from you.
I must love you more than myself, since I am all yours and all in you. Amen.

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Scripture and Prayer on Monday, November 9, 2020

Pastor David reads Luke 14:12-24 and offers a collect from the fourteenth century as our prayer:

O God, the well of love and Father of all, make us so to love that we know not but to love every person in Jesus Christ you our Lord.

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Monday, November 9, 2020