7 February 2015
Collects
Prayers
developed from the daily readings
Saturday 7
February 2015
Morning
Prayer
Psalm 90
This is a group lament. The psalmist asks that we be
satisfied in the morning with God’s steadfast love so that we may rejoice and be
glad everyday.
There is a separation from God and a plea that there
be as many days connected to God as there have been separation. The psalmist
asks for God’s compassion on the people and that the work of human hands may
prosper.
Genesis 23
Sarah lives 127 years
and dies at Kiriatharba (Hebron). After a time of mourning Abraham seeks land
and a cave to bury her. He asks the Hittites, whose land this is for a parcel.
They say he is free to use any of the burial sites. He bows and asks them to
negotiate for him a particular cave owned by Ephron at Machpelah and he will
buy it at full price. Abraham pays the full price for a field, all the trees in
it and the cave for burial.
Luke 3: 23 – 38
Jesus
is about 30 years old when he begins his work. Luke traces his lineage back via
Joseph to King David and Abraham and finally to “son of Adam, son of God”
(v.38).
Collect for
Morning Prayer
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Holy Lord, some of us can trace our inheritance back to the
beginnings and to you. Others of us cannot claim those links but through your
grace you have adopted us to be your children and to be connected to you
through the Holy Spirit. Help us to be more than satisfied with your many gifts
and rejoice in you everyday through Jesus
Christ Your Son our Lord. Amen.
Saturday 7
February 2015
Evening
Prayer
Psalm 119: 89 – 104
The psalmist expresses faith in God’s word –
commitment to God and the law. The psalm also shows the effect of the
scriptures on the psalmist through meditation, understanding and a guide for
life.
“If your law had not been my delight, I would have
perished in my misery” (v.92).
Jeremiah 15: 10 – 21
Jeremiah laments his personal situation.
Here he is well behaved in the community yet a man of strife and contention.
Jeremiah asks for retribution on his persecutors. Jeremiah appeals to God that
he has shown he loves God’s word and feels God’s hand on him as a heavy weight.
Jeremiah utters that his pain is unceasing and his wounds incurable. God
replies that if Jeremiah goes back to work and serves as God’s mouth people
will begin to listen and Jeremiah will be strengthened “a fortified wall of
bronze” (v.20). Jeremiah will be safe.
Philippians 2: 19 – 30
Paul hopes to send Timothy soon
because he will care for the Philippians and genuinely seeks the interests of
Jesus Christ. Timothy’s movements are dependent on what is about tot happen to
Paul. Meanwhile Paul sends Epaphroditus who was very ill and recovered and is
anxious that the Philippians know he is well. His arrival will give the
Philippians cause to rejoice. They are to welcome him with joy and honour for
he came close to death in his work for Christ.
Collect for
Evening Prayer
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Holy Lord we hear in your scriptures of times when through
prayer, reading and contemplation and serving you diligently you have saved and
protected your people. Help us reflect on the many times you have strengthened
and preserved us so that we may be encouraged to continue our prayers, be
disciplined in our reading of your word, contemplate and listen to you through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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