Scripture and Prayer on Monday, May 18, 2020
Pastor David reads Colossians 1:8-14 and offers a prayer from Thomas Fuller:
Lord, teach me the art of patience while I am well, and enable me to use of it when I am sick. In that day either lighten my burden or strengthen my back. Make me, who so often in my health have discovered my weakness in presuming on my own strength, to be strong in my sickness when I solely rely on your assistance.
Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Monday, May 18, 2020
Daily Scripture & Prayer from May 15, 2020
Scripture and Prayer on Friday, May 15, 2020
Pastor David reads Matthew 7:1-12 and offers a prayer from B.F. Westcott:
Lord, you have taught us that all who come our way are our neighbors. But hear our prayer for those with whom we come in daily contact because they live close to us. Help us to be good neighbors to them. Give us the grace to ignore petty annoyances and to build on all that is positive in our relationship, that we may love them as we love ourselves, with genuine patience and kindness.
Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Friday, May 15, 2020
Scripture and Prayer on Friday, May 8, 2020
Scripture and Prayer on Friday, May 8, 2020
Pastor David reads Matthew 5:17-27 and offers a prayer from B. F. Westcott:
O eternal God, who has taught us in your holy Word that our bodies are temples of your Spirit: keep us, we most humbly ask you, temperate and holy in thought, word, and deed, so that, at the last, we, with all the pure in heart, may see you and be made like you in your heavenly kingdom; through Christ our Lord.
Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Friday, May 8, 2020
Daily Scripture & Prayer from May 7, 2020
Scripture and Prayer on Thursday, May 7, 2020
Pastor David reads Matthew 5:21-26 and offers a prayer from Thomas a Kempis:
I offer up to you my prayers and intercessions, for those especially who have in any way hurt, grieved, or found fault with me, or who have done me any harm or displeasure.
For all those also whom, at any time, I have annoyed, troubled, burdened, and scandalized, by words or deeds, knowingly or in ignorance: that you would grant us all equally pardon for our sins, and for our offences against each other.
Take away from our hearts, O Lord, all suspiciousness, indignation, anger, and contention, and whatever may harm charity, and lessen brotherly love. Have mercy, O Lord, have mercy on those who crave for your mercy, give grace to those who stand in need of your grace, and make us such that we may be worthy to receive your grace, and go forward to life eternal.Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Thursday, May 7, 2020
Daily Scripture & Prayer from May 4, 2020
Scripture and Prayer on Monday, May 4, 2020
Pastor David reads Matthew 5:1-10 and offers a prayer from Francis de Sales:
My God, I give you this day.
I offer you, now,
all of the good that I shall do
and I promise to accept,
for love of you,
all of the difficulty that I shall meet.
Help me to conduct myself during this day
in a way that pleases you.Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Monday, May 4, 2020
Daily Scripture & Prayer from May 1, 2020
Scripture and Prayer on May 1, 2020
Pastor David reads Exdous 24 and offers a prayer for patience, by Ephrem, a 4th century Syrian Christian:
O Lord and Master of my life,
Grant that I may not have a spirit of idleness,
of discouragement,
of lust for power,
and of vain speaking.
But bestow on me, your servant,
the spirit of chastity,
of meekness,
of patience,
and of love.
Yes, O Lord and King,
grant that I may perceive
my own transgressions,
and judge not my brother,
For you are blessed from age to age.Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Friday, May 1, 2020
Jesus’s Prayer
Jesus experienced a moment of spiritual formation when he prayed at Gethsemane, just before he was arrested and then crucified. How does his prayer lay the foundation for our prayer lives? Listen to Pastor David’s sermon on Matthew 26:36-46.
Ash Wednesday 2018: The Jesus Prayer
On this Ash Wednesday, Pastor David spoke about the “Jesus Prayer,” an ancient Christian prayer that has its roots in the parable Jesus told in Luke 18:9-14.
Hannah’s Persistence
Hannah’s prayer for a son dramatically shaped and changed her life – and the lives of all who came after her. How might our spiritual practices serve a role in our own spiritual formation? Listen to Pastor David’s sermon on 1 Samuel 1:1-2:11.
Jesus, the Silence-Bringer
After a glorious worship experience in Revelation 7, the first verse of chapter 8 records thirty minutes of silence in heaven. What role can silence play in our spiritual lives? Listen to Pastor David’s sermon here: