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 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

Scripture and Prayer on Thursday, November 5, 2020

Pastor David reads Luke 13:18-30 and leads us in the Lord’s Prayer.

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Thursday, November 5, 2020

Scripture and Prayer on Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Pastor David reads Luke 13:1-17 and offers a prayer from Francis of Assisi:

Lord, I pray that the burning and delicious ardour of your love may detach my soul from all things which are under heaven, so that I may die for love of your love. For you are the One who for love of my love was prepared to die.

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Scripture and Prayer on Monday, November 2, 2020

Pastor David reads Luke 12:49-59 and offers a prayer from Thomas Aquinas:

Give us, O Lord, a steadfast heart, which no unworthy affection may drag downwards; an unconquered heart, which no tribulation can wear out; give us an upright heart, which no unworthy purpose may tempt aside. Bestow on us also, O Lord, understanding to know you, diligence to seek you, wisdom to find you, and a faithfulness that may finally embrace you; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Monday, November 2, 2020

Scripture and Prayer on Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Pastor David reads Luke 11:37-52 and offers a prayer from the Ambrosian Manual:

Pour into our hearts, Almighty God, the pure serene light of your truth, that we may avoid the darkness of sin, who have come to know and fear you, the eternal Light; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Posted by Mt. Haley Church of God on Wednesday, October 28, 2020