Scripture and Prayer on Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Pastor David reads Psalm 119:1-24 and offers a prayer from Anne Steele:

Father of mercies, in thy word
What endless glory shines!
For ever be thy name adored
For these celestial lines.

O may these heavenly pages be
My ever dear delight,
And still new beauties may I see,
And still increasing light.

Divine instructor, gracious Lord,
Be thou forever near;
Teach me to love thy sacred word,
And view my Savior here.

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Monday, August 24, 2020

Scripture and Prayer on Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Pastor David reads Psalms 6 and 7 and offers a prayer from the Gelasian Sacramentary:

O God, who is Peace everlasting, whose chosen reward is the gift of peace, and who has taught us that the peacemakers are your children, pour your sweet peace into our souls, that everything discordant may utterly vanish, and all that makes for peace be sweet to us forever.

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Monday, August 24, 2020

Scripture and Prayer on Monday, August 24, 2020

Pastor David reads Psalms 1, 2, and 3, and offers a prayer from Christina Rossetti:

Lord Jesus, All-pure, purify us that we may behold you.
All-holy, sanctify us that we may stand before you.
All-gracious, mould us that we may please you.
Very love, suffer us not to set at naught your love; suffer not devil, world, flesh to destroy us; suffer not ourselves to destroy ourselves; us with whom you strive, whom you desire, whom you love.

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Monday, August 24, 2020

Scripture and Prayer on Friday, August 20, 2020

Pastor David reads Acts 9:1-19 and offers a prayer from William Bright:

We ask you, O Lord, to enlighten our minds and to strengthen our wills, that we may know what we ought to do, and be enabled to do it, through the grace of your most Holy Spirit, and for the merits of your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Thursday, August 20, 2020

Scripture and Prayer on Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Pastor David reads Acts 8:14-25 and offers a prayer from Edwin Hatch:

Breathe on me, Breath of God;
Fill me with life anew,
That I may love what thou dost love,
And do what thou wouldst do.

Breathe on me, Breath of God,
‘Til I am wholly thine,
Until this earthly part of me
Glows with thy fire divine.

Breathe on me, Breath of God,
So shall I never die,
But live with thee the perfect life
Of thine eternity.

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Scripture and Prayer on Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Pastor David reads Acts 8:1-13 and offers a prayer from Soren Kierkegaard:

Our Father, you called us and saved us in order to make us like your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Day by day, change us by the work of your Holy Spirit so that we may grow more like him in all that we think and say and do, to his glory.

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Scripture and Prayer on Monday, August 17, 2020

Pastor David reads Acts 7:44-8:1 and offers a prayer from John Knox:

O God of all power, you called from death the great pastor of the sheep, our Lord Jesus: comfort and defend the flock which he has redeemed through the blood of the everlasting covenant. Increase the number of true preachers; enlighten the hearts of the ignorant; relieve the pain of the afflicted, especially of those who suffer for the testimony of the truth; by the power of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Monday, August 17, 2020

Scripture and Prayer on Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Pastor David reads John 3:22-36 and offers a prayer from E.B. Pusey:

Lord, keep me always near to you. Let nothing separate me from you, let nothing keep me back from you. If I fall, bring me back quickly to you, and make me hope in you, trust in you, and love you forever.

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Tuesday, August 11, 2020