10 November 2014
Collects
Prayers
developed from the daily readings
Monday 10 November
2014
Morning
Prayer
Psalm 25
This psalm is a plea for protection from personal
enemies. The psalmist asks for guidance and forgiveness and to be taught God’s
way and truth.
Jonah 1
Jonah receives God’s word to go to Nineveh and to tell
the people they have been wicked. Jonah does his best to get away from God and
gets on a boat going to Tarshish. A storm comes. The boat will be lost. The
sailors pray to their gods then wake Jonah to pray to his. They cast lots to
see whose fault this is and Jonah loses so he tells them his story. The sailors
recognise they need to throw him overboard but instead keep rowing. When they
give up they pray not to lose their lives for the sake of this one man and not
to make them guilty of killing someone innocent. They throw Jonah overboard.
The storm ceases immediately and they fear God more, sacrifice and make vows.
Meanwhile God provides a great fish that swallows Jonah. He is in that fish for
3 days.
Matthew 22: 34 – 46
The Pharisees ask Jesus which commandment is the
greatest. Jesus replies, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,
and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and a second is like it: You
shall love your neighbour as yourself. On these two commandments hand all the
law and the prophets” (vv. 37 – 40).
In return Jesus asks them what they think of the
Messiah and whose son is he? They reply – the son of David. Then Jesus asks if
that is so, why does David say, “The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right
hand until I put your enemies under your feet”? (v. 44). No one was able to
give him an answer and they ceased asking questions.
Collect for
Morning Prayer
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Monday 10 November 2014
Evening
Prayer
Psalm 27
“The Lord is my light and salvation: whom shall I
fear?” The psalmist seeks God’s face,
God’s teaching and God’s level path and ends with “Wait for the Lord: be strong
and let your heart take courage: wait for the Lord.”
Bel and the Dragon 1 – 22
The Babylonians have an idol called Bel. Cyrus the new
king, worships it and makes offerings. Cyrus asks Daniel why he does not worship
Bel. Daniel replies that he worships the living God not one made by human
hands. Cyrus calls the priests of Bell and challenges them to show that Bel is
actually eating the offerings. If it is the case Daniel must die for blasphemy.
The king seals food in the temple but before hand Daniel
has ash sprinkled on the floor inside. In the night the priests and their
families sneak from a hidden place and eat. In the morning the food is gone and
the King praises Bell but Daniel shows the King footprints in the ash covered
floor. Cyrus learns of the secret passage. The priests and their families are
killed. The idol and temple are destroyed.
Revelation
3: 1 – 6
John is
instructed by Christ to write a fifth letter this time to Sardis. The letter is
to tell them that their works are known, they seem to be doing things but
actually they are spiritually dead. They are to wake up and strengthen the
remnants of their belief. They are to remember what they heard – the gospel –
obey it and repent. There are some in Sardis who are faithful and they will
walk with Christ and be saved. If the others conquer themselves like the worthy
ones they too will be saved.
Collect for
Evening Prayer
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Holy Lord
there is no other God but you. Help us to be courageous and put you before
everything in our lives, recognise and repent the things we have done wrong,
and live and work in this world to your praise and glory so that we may
confidently walk with you all the days of our lives and wait in joyous
anticipation for you through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. Amen.
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