Saturday, June 1, 2024
Opening Prayer:
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts; and see if there be any hurtful way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Confession of Sin & Prayer for Grace
Almighty God: because of Christ’s blood, do not hold against me, poor sinner that I am, any of my sin, or of the evil that constantly clings to me. By myself I am too weak to stand on my own even for a moment. And my sworn enemies - the world, the flesh, and the devil - never stop attacking me. Uphold me and make me strong with the strength of your Holy Spirit, so that I may not go down to defeat in this spiritual struggle, but may firmly resist my enemies until I finally win the complete victory, through Jesus Christ my Lord: Amen.
Old Testament Reading: Proverbs 8
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: 2 Corinthians 13
Prayer of Adoration:
O God, I adore you for your Trinitarian being. I delight today in “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit.” Thank you for being Three-in-One.
Psalm Reading: Psalm 99
Prayer of Consecration
God: this Psalm exalts your holiness. The Psalmist reminds me that you show no partiality: to the saints of old, “you were a forgiving God… but an avenger of their wrongdoings.” That phrase reminds me how the whole Bible points to Jesus; in him, you both forgive and avenge. Because Jesus bore my guilt, I can be forgiven. Which gives me even more reason than the Psalmist had to tremble, and to praise your holy and awesome name! Because “the Lord our God is holy,” I know that one day every wrong will be made right, and every sin brought to justice. Today, let your holiness move me to reverent worship and humble obedience. May I be holy, even as you are holy.
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.
