Scripture and Prayer on Friday, July 16, 2021

Pastor David reads Mark 3:7-19a and offers a prayer from Jerome:

O good shepherd, seek me out, and bring me home to your fold again.
Deal favourably with me according to your good pleasure,
till I may dwell in your house all the days of my life,
and praise you for ever and ever with them that are there.

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Friday, July 16, 2021

Scripture and Prayer on Thursday, July 15, 2021

Pastor David reads Mark 2:23-3:6 and offers a prayer from George Thomas:

O God, slow us down and help us to see that we are put in charge of our lives, but with thy help. Help us to get in tune with the rhythm that makes for life.

We keep moving, even though we know that we are made to center down, as well as to be actively engaged in the business of life. We compete for things and make those things more important than they ought to be. We eat what we ought not to eat. We neglect and misuse our bodies. We fail to discipline our minds and to be still and know that you are God and that we are the temple of the Most High. Yet we often complain about our misfortunes and our hard luck, when at times it is we who are guilty of disregard.

Help us to know that we can be broken by life only if we first allow the victory of evil over our spirits.

May our hope and strength and faith be grounded in you; and may we recall the strength of our model, our brother and your Son. Amen.

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Thursday, July 15, 2021

Scripture and Prayer on Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Pastor David reads Mark 2:12-22 and offers a prayer from Christina Rossetti:

None other lamb, none other name,
None other hope in heaven or earth or sea,
None other hiding-place from guilt and shame,
None beside thee!

My faith burns low, my hope burns low;
Only my heart’s desire cries out in me,
By the deep thunder of its want and woe,
Cries out to thee.

Lord, you are life, though I be dead;
Love’s fire you are, however cold I be:
Nor heaven have I, nor place to lay my head,
Nor home, but thee.

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Scripture and Prayer on Tuesday, July 13, 2021

Pastor David reads Mark 2:1-12 and offers a prayer from Richard Rolle:

Jesus Christ, have mercy on me, as you are king of majesty; and forgive all my sins that I have committed, both great and small; and bring me, if it is your will, to heaven to live always with you.

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Tuesday, July 13, 2021

Scripture and Prayer on Monday, July 12, 2021

Pastor David reads Mark 1:29-45 and offers a prayer from the Church Missionary Society:

O Lord Jesus Christ, who went about doing good and healing all kinds of sickness: give strength, wisdom, and gentleness to all your ministering servants, our doctors, surgeons, and nurses; that always bearing your presence with them, they may not only heal but bless, and shine as lamps of hope in the darkest hours of distress and fear; who lives and reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end.

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Monday, July 12, 2021

Scripture and Prayer on Friday, July 9, 2021

Pastor David reads Mark 1:1-13 and offers a prayer from Desiderius Erasmus:

O Holy Spirit of God, who with your holy breath cleanses the hearts and minds of people,
comforting them when they are in sorrow,
leading them when they are out of the way,
kindling them when they are cold,
knitting them together when they are at variance,
and enriching them with many gifts;
by whose working all things live:
We ask you to maintain and daily increase the gifts which you have given us;
that with your light before us and within us, we may pass through this world without stumbling and without straying;
who lives and reigns with the Father and the Son, forever.

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Thursday, July 8, 2021

Scripture and Prayer on Thursday, July 8, 2021

Pastor David reads Luke 24:36-53 and offers a prayer from John Calvin:

Most gracious God, our heavenly Father, in whom alone dwells all the fullness of light and wisdom, enlighten our minds by your Holy Spirit to truly understand your Word. Give us grace to receive it reverently and humbly. May it lead us to put our whole trust in you alone, and so to serve and honor you that we may glorify your holy name and encourage others by setting a good example.

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Thursday, July 8, 2021

Scripture and Prayer on Wednesday, July 7, 2021

Pastor David reads Luke 24:12-35 and offers a prayer from Richard of Chichester:

Thanks be to you, my Lord Jesus Christ,
for all the benefits you have won for me.
For all the pains and insults you have borne for me.
O most merciful Redeemer, Friend, and Brother,
may I know you more clearly,
love you more dearly,
and follow you more nearly,
day by day.

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Wednesday, July 7, 2021

Scripture and Prayer on Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Pastor David reads Luke 23:56-24:11 and offers a prayer from the Gelasian Sacramentary:

O God, who by your One and only Son has overcome death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life, grant, we pray, that those who have been redeemed by his passion may rejoice in his resurrection, through the same Christ our Lord.

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Tuesday, July 6, 2021