15 October 2014
Collects
Prayers
developed from the daily readings
Wednesday
15 October 2014
Morning
Prayer
Psalm 104: 1 – 25
Great hymn to the creator: clouds, sea, mountains, water,
grass, and creatures, wine … the list goes on.
In wisdom God has made it all.
Zechariah 7: 1 – 8: 8
A group of high-profile people come from Bethel to
inquire whether they should continue the fasts and lamentations about the
destruction of the temple and Jerusalem now that all is being restored.
Zechariah’s response is that the fasts and lamentations were set up by the
people and not by or for God. The destruction came because the people ignored
the prophets and ignored God. The commandments are reiterated and they are
reminded that past prophets told them this and the people would not hear.
When the Kingdom comes, God will dwell with us and it
will be like a park where elderly people sit watching children play in safety.
Salvation is coming. God is bringing salvation so the correct response of the
people is obedience: to be just, kind, merciful, non-oppressive and we are not to
devise evil in our hearts.
Matthew 13: 31 – 43
Jesus says the kingdom of heaven is like a mustard
seed that grows into a bush or like yeast mixed in flour to leaven bread. Both
are tiny at the start – both transform.
Jesus’ telling of parables fulfils the prophecies.
Then Jesus explains the parable of the weeds in the wheat field to the
disciples.
Collect for
Morning Prayer
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Fern Armadale WA 2014 L Osburn |
Holy and
magnificent God creator of all, your Kingdom of salvation is with us
transforming us. Open our hearts to commit ourselves to loving you and loving
each other so that we may be part of your transformational process, sing your
praises, play and rest in your park of peace and shine with your light through
Jesus Christ who died for us. Amen.
Wednesday
15 October 2014
Evening
Prayer
Psalm 104: 26 – 37
This part of the psalm reinforces that all things natural
and man made rely on the mercy of God for their existence and sustenance. The
psalmist prays that the earth be returned to its sin free state. Bless the
Lord.
Daniel 2: 17 – 35
Daniel returns home to his friends and asks them to
pray and seek God’s mercy and help so that he can tell the King what dream he
had and interpret it. In this way their lives and the lives of the wise can be
saved. Daniel sleeps and receives a vision in the night. Daniel wakes and
praises and blesses God. He goes to the executioner and asks him not to kill
anyone but to take him before the King. The Kings asks can Daniel tell what he wants
to know and Daniel says not he but God reveals. He tells the King that he
dreamt of a magnificent statue made of different layers of material. A stone
hits it, the statue crumbles and blows away then the stone becomes a mountain
that fills the whole earth.
1 Peter 1:
18 – 2: 3
Peter
says we have been ransomed from the futile ways we learned from our ancestors.
The ransom was not gold but the blood of Christ, his death and resurrection so
that our faith and hope is now set on God. As we have purified our souls by
obedience to the truth and by love of our neighbours we have been born anew.
All
flesh is like grass – it withers. God’s word endures and that word is the good
news. Therefore we are to rid ourselves of any insincerity, envy or malice and seek
spiritual food from God so that we grow into salvation.
Collect for
Evening Prayer
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In the garden.... Armadale WA 2014 L Osburn |
Holy Lord
you are greater than all rulers and powers. You have given us the gift of
salvation and the promise of your Kingdom through the death and resurrection of
Jesus. Help us appreciate that your salvation is not coming but is here! Help us
seek you and your spiritual food so that we may grow into salvation – that we
can understand that it is now and we have work to do in joy and praise through
Jesus Christ our Lord and with your Holy Spirit in our hearts. Amen.
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