Scripture and Prayer on Friday, September 17, 2021

Pastor David reads 1 Corinthians 3:16-23 and offers a prayer from John Calvin:

O Lord, you are our Father, and we are only clay from the earth. You are our Creator, and we are the work of your hands. You are our Shepherd, we are your flock. You are our Redeemer, we are your people whom you have bought. You are our God, we are your heritage.

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Thursday, September 16, 2021

Scripture and Prayer on Thursday, September 16, 2021

Pastor David reads 1 Corinthians 2:14-3:15 and offers a prayer from the Leonine Sacramentary:

Grant us, Lord, we ask you, not to mind earthly things, but to seek things heavenly; so that though we are set among scenes that pass away, our heart and affection may steadfastly cleave to the things that endure forever; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Thursday, September 16, 2021

Scripture and Prayer on Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Pastor David reads 1 Corinthians 2:1-13 and offers a prayer from Miles Coverdale:

O Lord God Almighty, we thank you with all our hearts, for feeding our souls with the body and blood of your most dear Son. We ask you to so illumine our minds with your Holy Spirit, that we may daily increase in faith in you, in certainty of hope in your promises, and fervency of love to you and our neighbor, to the glory and praise of your holy name.

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Scripture and Prayer on Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Pastor David reads 1 Corinthians 1:20-31 and offers a prayer from Gertrude of Thuringen:

O God, worthy of an infinite love, I have nothing which can adequately measure your dignity, but such is my desire towards you, that if I had all that you have, I would gladly and thankfully give all to you.

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Scripture and Prayer on Monday, September 13, 2021

Pastor David reads 1 Corinthians 1:1-19 and offers a prayer from Jeremy Taylor:

Teach us to pray often, that we may pray oftener.

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Monday, September 13, 2021

Scripture and Prayer on Friday, September 10, 2021

Pastor David reads Philippians 3:1-16 and offers a prayer from Hall’s Psalms and Hymns:

Lord, we thy presence seek;
May ours this blessing be:
Give us a pure and lowly heart,
A temple meet for thee.

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Friday, September 10, 2021

Scripture and Prayer on Thursday, August 19, 2021

Pastor David reads Mark 12:28-34 and offers a prayer from Ignatius of Loyola:

Lord Jesus Christ, fill us, we pray, with your light and life that we may show forth your wonderful glory. Grant that your love may so fill our lives that we may count nothing too small to do for you, nothing too much to give and nothing too hard to bear.

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Thursday, August 19, 2021

Scripture and Prayer on Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Pastor David reads Mark 12:13-27 and offers a prayer from John Calvin:

May the Lord grant that we may engage in contemplating the mysteries of his heavenly wisdom with really increasing devotion, to his glory and to our edification.

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Scripture and Prayer on Friday, August 13, 2021

Pastor David reads Mark 10:46-52 and offers a prayer from Benedict:

Father,
give us wisdom to perceive you,
intellect to understand you,
diligence to seek you,
patience to wait for you,
eyes to behold you,
a heart to meditate on you,
and a life to proclaim you,
through the power of the Spirit
of our Lord Jesus Christ

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Thursday, August 12, 2021