Tuesday, October 8, 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
Father, for your steadfast love, I bless you. For your abundant grace, I praise you. For your daily mercies, I trust you. I ask your forgiveness today for my willful lack of love. I have ignored those less capable than me; I have resented those who have wounded me; I have withdrawn from those who are inconvenient and difficult. By Your Spirit, overcome my sin and weakness, and fill me with overflowing love, through the mercy of Jesus Christ my Savior. Amen.
Old Testament Reading: Exodus 33:7-23
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 10:2-16
Prayer of Adoration:
Jesus Christ, Son of God: I adore you because your kingdom transcends the law of Moses and restores an older, deeper, better vision of peace and flourishing. Those looking for a new law to follow are perplexed by your words; but those who come to you with childlike faith are welcome in your kingdom. Thank you for your upside-down kingdom.
Psalm Reading: Psalm 26
Prayer of Consecration
O God: in this Psalm I hear the longing to be vindicated, to be found righteous, and to commune with you in your Temple. Because you are faithful, the Psalmist trusts that you will honor what is right and do what is good. I know I am not innocent before you; I have not walked in complete integrity. But Jesus Christ my Lord, with whom I am completely united, is blameless, steadfast, and faithful. So let my identity in Christ transform my whole being. Conform me more and more to his image, that I might walk in integrity and confidence before you. Give me the strength of will to refuse sin; to turn away from wickedness; and to avoid consorting with evildoers. Make me holy, 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.
