29 December 2015
Collects
Prayers
developed from the daily readings
Tuesday 29 December
2015
Morning
Prayer
Psalm
145
This
psalm praises and blesses God for all the great acts of creation, mercy,
salvation, awesome acts, steadfast love, compassion, and might. What God has
done proclaims the glory of the kingdom. That kingdom will endure forever.
On a
more personal level God is faithful, gracious, upholds people while they are
falling, raises up people who are oppressed. God provides as required, in time
and with justice. God hears, saves and watches us. We will praise the Lord and
all living things will bless God forever.
Isaiah
62
The
prophet declares that he will not cease talking about Jerusalem’s restoration.
People will no longer call her forsaken or desolate as if those are her
names. She will be instead “The Lord
Delights in You” or “Married”, meaning that the young men will commit to her
for their life-times and God will rejoice in her. The people in Jerusalem will
be free to eat and drink their own produce and to praise God – no longer
oppressed. The prophet incites the people to start the preparation, to lift up
the flags so people can join the rebuilding effort ahead.
John 1: 35 – 51
John
the Baptist sees Jesus and says to his disciples “Look the Lamb of God”. Two of
John disciples follow Jesus and ask where he is staying, then spend the day
with him. Andrew seeks out his brother saying, “We have found the Messiah”. His
brother is Simon Peter who Jesus called Cephas (Peter). The next day Jesus
finds Philip and calls him to follow. Philip in turn finds Nathaniel who first
says, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Jesus recognises Nathaniel as a
true Israelite – an honest person. Nathaniel immediately proclaims Jesus the
Son of God and King of Israel. Jesus says that Nathaniel will see more wonders.
Collect for
Morning Prayer
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Tuesday 29
December 2015
Evening
Prayer
Psalm
147
This
psalm rejoices in singing praise to a gracious God. God builds up the
community, gathers the outcasts, heals the broken-hearted and binds their
wounds. This is the same God who created the stars. Sing to God.
God
brings the rain that produces grass and feeds the animals and allows birds to
sing. God isn’t interested in who is the fastest or strongest but in our
reverence.
The
city of the faithful is charged to praise the Lord: for itself, the safety of
the children, the peace. This God who controls all the weather looks after us.
No other God is like our God.
Isaiah
29: 13 - 24
The
Lord says to Isaiah that the people honour God with their lips but their hearts
are not attached. They are performing the ritual, obeying the laws constructed
by men but their hearts are far from God.
Some
think God cannot see their hidden plans. It is as if the clay says to the
potter, “What does the potter know about me?”
In a
time to come Lebanon will be a fertile field, the mockers and ruthless will
disappear and those who do evil will be cut down. Therefore God says to the
house of Jacob, there will be a time when they are glad to see God’s work in
their children, they will acknowledge God, those who are wayward will gain
understanding and the complainers will accept instruction.
Ephesians 1: 1 – 14
Praise to God for all the
blessings we have received. By grace and will God chose us to be adopted as
children through Christ. Through Christ we have redemption and forgiveness of
sins. God made known to us to mystery of God’s will to bring all things
together under Christ. When the Ephesians accepted Christ they were sealed with
the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Collect for
Evening Prayer
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God of honour and grace you gather us, heal us,
restore us and bring us peace. Help us to praise you first with our hearts then
with our lips so that we acknowledge your great gift of creation, our adoption
as your children, our redemption and forgiveness of our sins and your spirit through
Jesus Christ your Son our Lord. Amen.
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