27 August 2015
Collects
Prayers
developed from the daily readings
Thursday 27 August 2015
Morning
Prayer
Psalm 140
This
psalm is an appeal to be delivered from personal enemies – from violent people
and those who stir things up, those who speak ill, are arrogant and make evil
plots. The psalmist is confident in God’s care.
1 Kings 1: 32 – 53
King David instructs the Priests Zadok and Benaiah and
the prophet Nathan to take Solomon on David’s own mule to Gihon and anoint him
King, blow the trumpet at announce, “Long live King Solomon!” They
respond with Amen and pray that Solomon’s rule is even greater than David’s.
They anoint Solomon. The rejoicing is so great in the
city it is like an earthquake. Adonijah and his guests hear the noise as they
finish feasting. Joab hears the trumpet and inquires, “Why is the city in an
uproar?” Jonathan, the son of the priest Abiathar arrives and tells them that
Solomon is King and that the priests welcome this.
Adonijah’s guests leave trembling. He himself gets up
on the altar and holds on, afraid he may be harmed. Solomon is told that
Adonijah needs an assurance that he will not be killed. Solomon replies that if
Adonijah is worthy he will be safe but if he is wicked he will die. Solomon has Adonijah brought down from the
altar. Adonijah does obeisance to King Solomon who then says to him, “Go home.”
Acts 21: 40 – 22: 16
Paul, under arrest in Jerusalem is permitted to speak
to the crowd, which he does in Hebrew. The crowd listens and he tells his
story, admitting to persecuting the Christians. He proclaims that all need to
be baptised in Jesus.
Collect for
Morning Prayer
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Thursday 27 August 2015
Evening
Prayer
Psalms 141 and 142
Both
psalms are pleas to be delivered from personal enemies. The first includes a
willingness to be justly corrected by the righteous. The psalmist asks to be
assisted to not engage in retaliation of the evil so that the enemies realise
the psalmist is not only correct but also gentle.
In
the second psalm things are not going well for the psalmist and the pleas for
deliverance demonstrate faithfulness.
Job 4
Eliphaz, Job’s friend begins gently saying how Job has
supported others in strife in the past. He can use that knowledge and skill for
himself. He points out that good people and evil people die but in the long run
the evil ones are overcome.
He moves on to argue whether humans can ever be
righteous given that we are made from the earth and even angels err*. He says
we can never be fully wise.
Romans 15: 22 – 33
Paul tells the Romans that he is
on his way to Jerusalem to share the resources of the new believers in other
countries with the poor Christians in Jerusalem. He asks for their prayers to
be delivered from the unbelievers in Judea and to be able to come to Rome. Paul
blesses them.
Collect for
Evening Prayer
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Holy and
wonderful God, your care delights us. Show us in our reflections today where
our thoughts words and deeds delighted you, those times when we overcame
ourselves and did what was right in your eyes, so that we, seeing that we are
capable of sharing your generosity and kindness can be encouraged to step out
again in faith in the days to come through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord and Saviour.
Amen.
*This is Eliphaz’s first argument it might not be
correct, as we will find later on in the story of Job. Consider Abraham.
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