After Pentecost| Friday – 15 July 2022
+ In the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Opening:
Let your merciful ears, O Lord,
be open to the prayers of your humble servants;
and, that we may receive what we ask,
teach us by your Holy Spirit to ask
only those things that are pleasing to you;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who with you and the same Spirit lives and reigns
for ever and ever. Amen.
“Christ will make his home in your hearts
as you trust in him.
Your roots will grow down into God’s love
and keep you strong.”
(Ephesians 3:17)
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Psalms Reading: Psalm 15 – The Corner Room
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OT Reading: Genesis 13:1-18 (NLT)
Abram and Lot Separate
13:1 So Abram left Egypt and traveled north into the Negev, along with his wife and Lot and all that they owned. (Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold.) From the Negev, they continued traveling by stages toward Bethel, and they pitched their tents between Bethel and Ai, where they had camped before. This was the same place where Abram had built the altar, and there he worshiped the Lord again.
Lot, who was traveling with Abram, had also become very wealthy with flocks of sheep and goats, herds of cattle, and many tents. But the land could not support both Abram and Lot with all their flocks and herds living so close together. So disputes broke out between the herdsmen of Abram and Lot. (At that time Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land.)
Finally Abram said to Lot, “Let’s not allow this conflict to come between us or our herdsmen. After all, we are close relatives! The whole countryside is open to you. Take your choice of any section of the land you want, and we will separate. If you want the land to the left, then I’ll take the land on the right. If you prefer the land on the right, then I’ll go to the left.”
Lot took a long look at the fertile plains of the Jordan Valley in the direction of Zoar. The whole area was well watered everywhere, like the garden of the Lord or the beautiful land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.) Lot chose for himself the whole Jordan Valley to the east of them. He went there with his flocks and servants and parted company with his uncle Abram. So Abram settled in the land of Canaan, and Lot moved his tents to a place near Sodom and settled among the cities of the plain. But the people of this area were extremely wicked and constantly sinned against the Lord.
After Lot had gone, the Lord said to Abram, “Look as far as you can see in every direction—north and south, east and west. I am giving all this land, as far as you can see, to you and your descendants as a permanent possession. And I will give you so many descendants that, like the dust of the earth, they cannot be counted! Go and walk through the land in every direction, for I am giving it to you.”
So Abram moved his camp to Hebron and settled near the oak grove belonging to Mamre. There he built another altar to the Lord.
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I AM THE LAND CHANALE #israel
Have you ever felt a calling
A stir inside your soul
Until it gets so loud you can’t ignore
Do you know the taste of freedom
When you live a life of truth
And you finally close the miles
From you to her
I am the land
I am her oceans
These are my mountains
I stand on my ground
I am the people
For we are the nation
Chosen by G-d
My home I have found
Her oxygen fills me
I breath in her air
And no one can take it from me
The land that I love
The land that I need
The land of the land of Yisrael
Have you ever made a journey
Like so many have before
Their footsteps aligning with yours
Do you know how she awaits us
To return to her once more
When finally her kingdom’s restored
I am the land
I am her oceans
These are my mountains
I stand on my ground
I am the people
For we are the nation
Chosen by G-d
My home I have found
Her oxygen fills me
I breath in her air
And no one can take it from me
The land that I love
The land that I need
The land of my home
The land of the Jews
The land that is mine
The land that is ours Yisrael
Yes I Am The Land
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NT Reading: Ephesians 3:14-21 (NLT)
Paul’s Prayer for Spiritual Growth
3:14 When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father, the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth. I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. 
Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.
Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Glory to him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen.
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O the deep, deep love of Jesus – Selah
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+ Almighty God, you have not dealt with us according to our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities; grant that we, who for our evil deeds deserve to be punished, by the might of your grace may mercifully be relieved; through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
+ Go before us, O Lord, in all our doings with your most gracious favor, and further us with your continual help; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in you, we may glorify your holy Name, and finally, through your mercy, obtain everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Closing: FaithandWorship.com | John Birch
May my life be… centered
less on self and more on You,
and through You to the world
in which I live and move.
+ In the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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