Friday, August 4, 2023
Opening Prayer:
There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like yours. For you are great and do wondrous things; you alone are God. Teach me your way, O LORD, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name.
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: Isaiah 1
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: Ephesians 2:1-22
Prayer of Adoration:
God of mercy, I am awed by the immeasurable riches of your grace and mercy to me in Christ! I who was once dead have been made alive by grace through faith. I, who deserve nothing, have been given everything! How awesome is your amazing grace.
Psalm Reading: Psalm 89:19-27
Prayer of Consecration
O God: your faithfulness to David is a foretaste of your faithfulness to me and to all who are yours through Christ. This Psalm points forward to the great descendant of David, the Lord Jesus Christ, “the highest of the kings of the earth.” So today, please remind me that I am a subject of King Jesus. I belong to him. I am one of his people. And you have promised that Jesus’ reign will never end; his purposes will never fail; his kingdom will never be thwarted! So let me joyfully give all of myself to Him and to His cause. May I joyfully worship King Jesus, obey him, and live for his glory and fame, that all the ends of the earth may sing his praise.
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.
