Friday, December 29, 2023


Opening Prayer:

O Lord, you have said, “Seek my face.” My heart says to you, “Your face, Lord, do I seek.” Do not hide your face from me. Do not turn me away in anger. Teach me your ways, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name.


Confession of Sin & Prayer for Grace

Almighty God: I cannot keep silent about my sin; when I do, my bones waste away and your hand is heavy upon me. So I will acknowledge my sin to you, and I will not cover my iniquity. Today, I acknowledge the sin of ENTITLEMENT. I live with a demanding spirit that grabs, clutches, and expects, rather than with a generous spirit that thanks you and blesses others. Forgive me, O Lord, by the mercy of Jesus, who did not regard equality with you as something to be grasped, but emptied himself that I might be filled. Fill me up today with the freedom and joy of grace, for Your name’s sake: Amen.


Old Testament Reading: Proverbs 14


The Lord’s Prayer

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power, and the glory,  forever. Amen.


New Testament Reading: Revelation 12


Prayer of Adoration:

O God my Savior: I adore you for the victory you’ve won over sin and death and hell. By the blood of the Lamb and by her faithfulness, your church will conquer her enemies. I long for your kingdom to come; and I wait in eager expectation for the day of your return. 


Psalm Reading: Psalm 147


Prayer of Consecration

As I pray this psalm, O Lord, I remember that you are both transcendent and immanent. You are the mighty sovereign who commands nature - who sends out ice and snow, who commands the stars, who covers the heavens with clouds. Your grandeur and glory brings me to my knees in awe and reverence. Yet you are also the loving father who gathers the outcasts, who heals your people gently, who binds our wounds and builds us up. You count the stars and give each one a name; you also lift up the humble and cast down the proud. Despite all the beauty of the natural world - all the ways it displays your glory - this Psalm reminds me that you take the highest pleasure in those who fear you. Thank you for delighting in your people. Let me sense and feel your delight today; and may it move me to admiration and obedience. 


BENEDICTION

And now may the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us now and always, until the day of Christ's return.

 
 
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