9 September 2016
Collects
Prayers
developed from the daily readings
Friday 9 September
2016
Morning
Prayer
Psalm 22: 1 – 22
This portion of the psalm
is a solemn prayer for deliverance from a dreadful illness. It is an illness
that has detractors circling the psalmist. The psalmist feels alone and
separated from God but is reminded of all the times God was there in the past
for the Israelites. The psalmist is humble, asks to be saved not just from the
illness but also from any temptation.
2
Chronicles 36: 15 – 23
This passage
tells how the people mocked and scoffed at God’s messengers and continued to be
unfaithful. As there was no hope for them they were invaded, most were killed
and those not killed were taken into captivity. During the time of exile it was
as if Jerusalem caught up on all the Sabbaths it had missed. Eventually Cyrus
the King of Persia was moved by God to allow the people to return and rebuild
the temple.
Acts 28:
1 – 16
The shipwreck
survivors find they are on Malta. The people are welcoming and generous. While
building a fire Paul is bitten by a snake. The Maltese people expect him to die
and decide he must have been a murderer. They wait and watch for him to die.
When nothing happens they decide he must be a god. The leader of the area gives
the survivors accommodation in his home. His father is sick and Paul heals him.
Thereafter many people come to be healed. The people are grateful and after 3
months the group set sail for Rome. They stop on the way and meet communities
of believers. When Paul arrives in Rome he is permitted to live by himself with
the soldier who was guarding him.
Collect for
Morning Prayer
The Old Wharf Eucla WA L Osburn |
Great and mighty God, even when our
lives and communities are a shipwreck you bring us through to safety. Be with
us today and help us to be healers for others by calmness, gladness, trust in
you and our prayers through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord and your Holy Spirit
alive in our hearts. Amen.
Friday 9 September
2016
Evening
Prayer
Psalms 22: 23 – 32 and 23
The second section of the
psalm, calls for all people who respect and honour God to give praise, glorify
and stand in awe! God has delivered the psalmist from deadly illness and this
evidence shows that all God’s promises are secure. The Lord rules in all places
and future generations will continue God’s praise.
This is the well-known 23rd
Psalm. The Lord is compared to a shepherd who makes sure the sheep are well
pastured, have clean water, are at peace and have nothing to fear. God makes us
holy (anoints us) and gives us good things our whole life long even in the
valley of the shadow of death and in the presence of enemies.
Judith 16: 1 – 12
This is the song of
Judith praising God and recounting her story. “O Lord, you are great and
glorious, wonderful in strength, invincible” (v.13).
2 John
This is a brief letter encouraging the readers to
continue in loving God and loving each other and to be wary of false teachers
who deny Jesus’s life as a human. The writer calls the denial of Jesus’s
humanity the work of the devil. We are not to welcome these people into our
homes as teachers because we would be participating in spreading the evil. The
writer ends saying he hope to visit soon and sends greeting from another group
of believers.
Collect for
Evening Prayer
The Travellers' Cross Eucla WA L Osburn |
Awesome God, you are invincible. Our hearts can take courage and be strong
knowing your wonderful deeds and great love that brought Jesus to live as one
of us and to die for us all. Be with us this night and open our hearts so that
we may recall all the victories won by you today in our lives and in joy and
gladness give you thanks and praise through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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