After Pentecost | Friday 02 Jun 2023: Psalm 8; Job 38:12-21; 2 Timothy 1:12b-14 ~ The Holy Spirit: empowers us to guard the Truth.

After Pentecost | Friday 02 Jun 2023

+ In the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Opening:

O God, who on Pentecost
taught the hearts of your faithful people
by sending to them the light of your Holy Spirit:
Grant us by the same Spirit
to have a right judgment in all things,
and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God,
for ever and ever. Amen.

“Through the power of the Holy Spirit
who lives within us,
carefully guard the precious truth
that has been entrusted to you.”
(2 Timothy 1:14)

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From Psalms: Psalm 8 || The Corner Room

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OT Reading: Job 38:12-21 (NLT)

The Lord Challenges Job (continued)

38:12 “Have you ever commanded the morning to appear
and caused the dawn to rise in the east?
Have you made daylight spread to the ends of the earth,
to bring an end to the night’s wickedness?
As the light approaches,
the earth takes shape like clay pressed beneath a seal;
it is robed in brilliant colors.
The light disturbs the wicked
and stops the arm that is raised in violence.

“Have you explored the springs from which the seas come?
Have you explored their depths?
Do you know where the gates of death are located?
Have you seen the gates of utter gloom?
Do you realize the extent of the earth?
Tell me about it if you know!

“Where does light come from,
and where does darkness go?
Can you take each to its home?
Do you know how to get there?
But of course you know all this!
For you were born before it was all created,
and you are so very experienced!

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How Great Thou Art || Carrie Underwood (Official Lyric Video)

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NT Reading: 2 Timothy 1:12b-14 (NLT)

1:12b But I am not ashamed of it, for I know the one in whom I trust, and I am sure that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until the day of his return.

Hold on to the pattern of wholesome teaching you learned from me—a pattern shaped by the faith and love that you have in Christ Jesus. Through the power of the Holy Spirit who lives within us, carefully guard the precious truth that has been entrusted to you.