19 November 2014
Collects
Prayers developed from the daily
readings
Wednesday 19 November 2014
Morning Prayer
Psalm 45
All praise and glory to the king who is anointed by
God. So majestic and powerful and loved is he that his ancestors will not be
considered – just who descended from him. This appears to be a song composed on
the occasion of a wedding.
Zechariah 10: 6 – 11: 3
Both Israel and Judah will be saved and redeemed from
Assyria and Egyptian control. The people will go through the sea of distress
but its waves will abate. The tyrants around: Lebanon, Bashan and the Thickets
of Jordan shall lose their power.
Matthew 25: 14 – 30
Jesus tells a parable saying the kingdom of God is
like this story. A man goes on a journey and before he goes gives slaves money
to manage while he is away: 5, 2 and 1 talent respectively. On return two had
traded and doubled the money in their charge. The third had buried it and gave
the owner back what was given.
The master angry banished the third slave saying that
even if he had broken the Law he would have at least done something with the
money and there would have been some profit. The 1 talent is given to the slave
who originally had 5.
Collect for Morning Prayer
The leap Busselton Pier WA 2014 L Osburn |
Holy and
generous God, you give those you anoint the capacity to do your will and become
renowned. You redeem and restore your chosen people and you generously give us
life and many abilities. Help us to be faithful to you today, to dedicate our
tasks to you and to take the risk: to use all we are and all we have for your
service and to your glory through Jesus Christ Your Son our Lord and
Your Holy Spirit in our hearts. Amen.
Wednesday 19 November 2014
Evening Prayer
Psalms 46 and 47
God is our strength and refuge. God helps us in
troubled times whether it is war or earthquakes or tsunamis. God is with us.
God can make was cease and silence us to listen and be still.
Praise the Lord and clap our hands for joy. God is
awesome. God is the king over all the earth. God is exalted.
Wisdom 6: 1 - 16
The kings and rules of nations are warned that their
rule, whether they acknowledge it or not is given by God and under God’s watch.
So, if they fail to be lawful and rule according to God’s purpose there will be
a consequence for them – a more strict inquiry will be make of those who rule
so they are wise to learn wisdom and observe holy things for their defence.
And wisdom can be found quietly. Those who rise early
and seek her out easily discern her finding understanding in every thought.
Revelation 8
“When the Lamb opened the seventh seal there was
silence in heaven for about half an hour” (v.1). The angels are given 7
trumpets, censers of incense and the prayers of the entire saints rise. The
fire in the censers is thrown on earth resulting in thunder and lightning. At
the first trumpet a hail of fire and blood burns up 1/3 of the world. At the
second, something like a great mountain of fire falls into the sea. At the
third, a star falls from heaven and makes the water poisonous and bitter. At
the fourth, the sun moon and stars are hit and their lights dull. An eagle
cries “Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabitants of earth” (v. 13) prefacing the blasts
that the last three angels will blow.
Collect for Evening Prayer
The Travellers' Cross Eucla WA 2014 L Osburn |
God of power and might beyond our understanding and yet grace and gentleness
beyond measure. Help us this night to consider the worries and troubles that
assail us and to tell those concerns how great our God is. In the morning Lord
help us to seek your wisdom so we gain understanding and are guided to do your
will and bring your peace to earth through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. Amen.
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