7 August 2016
Collects
Prayers developed from the daily readings
Sunday 7 August 2016
Morning Prayer
Psalm
78: 51 – 70
The
psalmist shows how short the memories of humans are and how fickle. The Hebrews
in the desert did not remember or take into account the miracles of God that
enabled their freedom. They had little faith. God held on and made decisions
about the future of the people and who would lead them, for example choosing
the line of Judah rather than the line of Joseph: choosing David and Mt Zion.
Hebrews
11: 17 – 27
The
writer continues with the list of the faithful who saw God’s future, God’s
promise and lived their lives faithfully: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, and
Moses.
Collect for Morning Prayer
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Ore loader Gladstone Qld L Osburn |
Sunday 7 August 2016
Evening Prayer
Isaiah
2: 10 – 17
Run to the rock! Hide in the dust! There will come a day when all are
brought low no matter how wealthy, large or immovable. Only God will be exalted
on that day.
Psalm
33: 13 – 21
God
watches us, fashions our hearts and observes our deeds. None of us are saved by
our own efforts and power: not kings or war-horses. God observers those who are
reverent and hope in God's steadfast love that delivers our souls from death.
The psalm ends saying our souls waits for the Lord, our hearts are glad because
we trust and an appeal for God’s steadfast love to be with us.
Luke
12: 31 – 48
Jesus
tells parables to help us get ready, be prepared for the coming of the Lord. We
need to be dressed for action, lamps lit ready to recognise and respond. Then
he tells a story of a set of slaves. The master goes away and one does all the
duties required – that one is blessed and will be given authority. Another
Knows what the master wants done and does not do it and in fact does the
opposite – that one is cut to pieces and put with the unfaithful. A third slave
knows what is needed and does not prepare to do it – that one is punished
severely. But the one who did not know what was required and did not do it –
that one is punished lightly. To those who have been given much, much will be
required.
Collect for Evening Prayer
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Let fears fall away like water Gladstone Qld L Osburn |
Loving God you deliver us and want us
to inherit your kingdom. Help us attend to our souls and to get rid of the
things we no longer need – mostly fear. Help us acknowledge that only through
Christ can we be saved, not through our own efforts, so that we focus our
hearts and souls on you and on your kingdom through Jesus Christ our Lord and the
power of your Holy Spirit. Amen
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