24 February 2015
Collects
Prayers
developed from the daily readings
Tuesday 24
February 2015
Morning
Prayer
Psalms 130, 131 and 133
The first psalm is a lament and recognition of God’s
forgiveness and steadfast love. The second describes deep humility: a calmed
and quieted soul that waits in trust for the Lord. The third psalm rejoices in
family peace and harmony.
Genesis 40
Joseph is in prison. He interprets the dreams of
Pharaoh’s cupbearer and baker. He asks the cupbearer to mention him to Pharaoh
when he is restored to his position. Joseph’s interpretations of the dreams are
correct. The cupbearer is restored and forgets to mention Joseph. He is in
prison another 2 years.
Luke 11: 29 – 44
Jesus’s life and signs are greater than Jonah’s words
to Nineveh or Solomon’s wisdom to the Queen of Sheba, but the people still want
proof. Jesus asks them to compare their eyes to a lamp that lights the
darkness. If their eyes are working and they see the light they will be full of
light, “consider whether the light in you is not darkness”.
Jesus has dinner with a Pharisee they have a
discussion about outer and inner cleanliness and giving alms of what we have
within like justice and the love of God.
Collect for
Morning Prayer
Flowering gum Broken Hill NSW 2015 L Osburn |
God of true enlightenment, you love us and want us to have
calm, quiet souls, be restored, and live lives of truth, peace, harmony and
justice for all. Take away our fears. Calm our noisy souls and open our eyes to
you so that we, humbly waiting, are filled with your light, we overflow with your
love and justice and we pour that into our world through Jesus Christ Your Son our Lord. Amen.
Tuesday 24 February
2015
Evening
Prayer
Psalms 132 and 134
The first psalm is a reminder to God that David
promised to bring the Ark of the Covenant to a permanent dwelling in Jerusalem.
God indicates that if David’s offspring keep the commandments then the dynasty
will last.
The second psalm is a blessing. Come bless the Lord.
Lift up your hands and bless the Lord. May the Lord bless the earth.
Jeremiah 25: 27 – 38
Jeremiah is more explicit in the description of the
disasters to come for the nations and uses “the cup of wrath” as a metaphor. He
tells them that it is all too late.
Hebrews 3: 16 – 4: 10
God’s rest was not just on the last day of creation or
when the Israelites arrived in Canaan. God’s rest remains open to us all,
today. “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harder your hearts.” God’s rest is
salvation.
Collect for
Evening Prayer
Unshakable tree Stephen's Creek NSW 2015 L Osburn |
O God of salvation, help us to place your commandments in
our hearts in an unshakable, persisting and enduring way so that your presence
is always with us, we praise you continually and we experience your exquisite
rest and freedom every day of our lives through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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