Tuesday, June 4, 2024
Opening Prayer:
Blessed are you, O Lord; teach me your statutes! I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways. Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live and keep your word. Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things in your law.
Confession of Sin & Prayer for Grace
O Lord of heaven and earth, remember me, cold of heart and impure, in your Kingdom. Deliver me from every ignorance and heedlessness, from pettiness of the soul and stony hardness of heart. O Lord, save me from temptation; receive me in repentance; grant me pure thoughts; that I may love You with all my heart and soul and that I may obey your will in all things to the glory of your name. Amen.
Old Testament Reading: Exodus 19:1-20
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: Mark 2:23-3:6
Prayer of Adoration:
Jesus: I adore you as the Lord of the Sabbath, and I worship you for the power of your mercy. Thank you that your anger and your grief move you to merciful action! May my own anger and grief be more like yours.
Psalm Reading: Psalm 43
Prayer of Consecration
God, today I call to you: “Send out your light and your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling!” Jesus spoke of himself as both Light and Truth; he is the one who brings me into your holy dwelling, and he is the one to whom this Psalm points. So today, I dwell thankfully on his salvation; and I ask you to continue to send your light and truth into my life through the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit. Today I will face the need for wisdom. At work, at home, and in my relationships, I need your light and your truth to guide me. So Spirit: fill me today. Guide me today. Send out your light and your truth into all the dark and shadowy places of my life, and fill me with your wisdom and joy.
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.
