11 June 2014

Collects

Prayers developed from the daily readings 

Wednesday 11 June 2014

Morning Prayer   

Psalms 95 and 96

Sing to God songs of praise for all things God has done for us. Be joyful. Make a noise. Do not harden your heart like the Israelites did when they were wandering in the wilderness.

Sing praise to the Lord! Ascribe to God the glory of creation. Let everything, the heavens, the trees, everything sing and praise God.

1 Chronicles 14: 8 – 15: 3 and 15: 25 – 29

The news that David is the anointed king is heard abroad. The Philistines mount a raid. David consults God, goes into battle, wins and destroys the idols the Philistines worship. The Philistines mount a second raid, this time David when praying, listens to God about strategy. David prevails again.

David begins to build houses in Jerusalem and he arranges for the Levites to accompany the Ark of the Covenant on its journey to the city. There is music and singing. Saul’s daughter Michal watches on from a window and she despises David.

  

Acts 2: 22 – 36

Peter continues to explain to the crowd at Pentecost that King David prophesied about the Messiah: that he would not be corrupted by death and that he would sit at God’s right hand as David’s Lord.

Peter reinforces that this Jesus who was crucified is clearly Messiah and Lord.

Collect for Morning Prayer

Joy on the suspension bridge.
Karri Forest WA 22014 L Osburn

Oh God of song and joy and uplifted hearts, you are with us. When we listen you succeed. You sent us Jesus our Messiah and Lord. How can we stop from singing? Keep our hearts light and full of your joy today so that we may show the wonder of living with you, walking with Christ and holding your Holy Spirit in our hearts through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord. Amen.

Wednesday 11 June 2014

Evening Prayer

Psalms 97 and 98

The first psalm celebrates God using the theme of God as sovereign. Let everyone who is faithful rejoice and praise God.

The psalm is a summons to all nations and people to praise the Lord and rejoice in this name. God’s is the victory, God’s is the strength and we are God’s people.

Ruth 2

Ruth goes to field to glean grain that was not collected as part of the harvest. Boaz a rich landowner and relative of Naomi’s deceased husband, notices her. Boaz knows Ruth’s story and arranges that she is not bothered, gets more grain than is normally left for gleaners and can drink the water provided for the workers. Ruth returns with a good amount of grain and Naomi reinforces that she should continue to visit Boaz’s fields.

1 Corinthians 15: 12 – 34

Paul puts to the Corinthians the argument in support of the existence of resurrection of the dead. First he says if we don’t believe it then we cannot believe Christ was resurrected and all our testimony and faith is futile.

But Christ has been resurrected and has overcome death. He is Lord of all and is subject to and in God, so God is all in all.

This gives us the confidence to be Christians.

Collect for Evening Prayer

Armadale WA 2014
L Osburn

Life giving and nurturing God, we thank you for your grace that reaches out to us and brings us safely home. We thank you for new starts and resurrection. As we come into your presence now, show us those times and places today where your hand reached out and fed and restored us so that we can have our eyes open to your presence and joyfully give you thanks and praise through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord and your Holy Spirit. Amen.