10 July 2006
Collects
Prayers developed from the daily readings
Sunday 10 July 2016
Morning Prayer
Psalm
19
The sky in silence, every
day and every night shows us that God is magnificent. God’s commandments are
magnificent. They are right, they delight the heart, they are simple, they are
more precious than gold. And the commandments warn us – but can we ever truly
detect all our own faults? David asks for help so that he does not commit
presumptuous sins*. He finishes with:
“Let the words of my
mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, O Lord my rock and
my redeemer.”
Colossians
2: 16 – 23
Paul counsels the people to focus
on the core of our belief and not to get caught up in rules about what to eat,
drink, festivals, new moons or anything but to see that these are human
generated rules that will pass, and none of them are successful in treating
self-indulgence. The most important thing is that the substance, our substance
belongs to Christ.
Collect for Morning Prayer
From Mt Buffalo Vic L Osburn |
Jesus Christ our rock and redeemer
through whom the magnificence of the creator is revealed, you are all compassion
and know we try our best. Help us keep our focus on you and our actions and
thoughts in line with God's great commandments so that the words of our mouths
and the meditations of our hearts are acceptable to you and are part of your
everlasting choir of praise through the power of your Holy Spirit. Amen
Sunday 10 July 2016
Evening Prayer
Amos 5:
14 – 24
Seek the Lord and seek
justice for all. If not, the only sounds will be those of people wailing and
mourning in the cities and in the farms. Amos’s message from God to those who
come to seek him in this time is – it is all too late. Justice is going to rain
on them and righteousness like a flowing river. They are about to be destroyed
and exiled. They are not behaving better than any neighbouring country; they
have set up idols and are worship other Gods.
Psalm
25: 1 – 10
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.
Luke 9:
37 – 50
A man
in the crowd calls to Jesus to heal his son. The son has dreadful convulsions
and the disciples have been unable to heal him. Jesus lets everyone know they
are faithless and perverse, rebukes the evil spirit in the boy and heals him.
And, while everyone is still amazed Jesus tells the disciples he will be handed
over and betrayed but at the time, the disciples are afraid and cannot bring
themselves to ask what he means.
Then an
argument breaks out among the disciples about who is the greatest. Jesus brings
a little child to his side and says, "Whoever welcomes this child welcomes
me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me; for the least among
all of you is the greatest" (v. 48). John asks about people casting out
demons in Jesus name who are not in the disciples' group. Jesus says, for them
not stop the person for those who are not against us are for us.
Collect for Evening Prayer
Beside the Blackwood River WA L Osburn |
Holy Lord, you alone are good leading
us through humility and steadfast love. Help us to be open to you, to seek you,
to be taught, to wait in patience and to recognise that we are no better than
anyone else or any other nation. Help us to avoid betraying you. Strengthen us to
recognise the tiny child and to value and nurture that child within all of us
so that we welcome you always through the power of your Holy Spirit and Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.
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*Presumptuous sins are:
1.
When we do
know better
2.
When we
deliberately plan to do it or keep nurturing the thought about doing it, or
have built up a habit of a particular sin
3.
Sinning to
show total disregard for God
4.
Thinking
that we are immune from a particular type of sin because we are strong or “able
to manage it”. This is risky.
And, “I’ll
repent tomorrow…” presumes a tomorrow.
From
Rev. C. H. Spurgeon 1857
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