Before The Lenten Season | Tuesday 13 Feb 2024
+ In the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Opening:
O God, who before the passion
of your only-begotten Son
revealed his glory upon the holy mountain:
Grant that we, beholding by faith
the light of his countenance,
may be strengthened to bear our cross,
and be changed into his likeness from glory to glory;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
I want you to know how people
who are members of God’s family
must live.
(1 Timothy 3:15)
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From Psalms: PSALM 110 | Poor Bishop Hooper
the lord said to my lord
come sit at my right hand
until i make your enemies
a footstool for your feet
the lord sends forth from zion
your mighty scepter
rule in the midst of your enemies
rule in the midst of your enemies
your people will offer themselves freely
on the day of your power in holy garments
from the womb of the morning
the lord has sworn and will not change his mind
you are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek
you are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek
god is at your right hand
he will shatter kings
on the day of his wrath
he will bring forth his
judgment to the nations
heaping up the dead
he will drink from the brook
thus he will lift his head
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OT Reading: Job 19:23-27 (GW)
Job’s Confidence in His Defender
19:23 “I wish now my words were written.
I wish they were inscribed on a scroll.
I wish they were forever engraved on a rock
with an iron stylus and lead.
But I know that my defender lives,
and afterwards, he will rise on the earth.
Even after my skin has been stripped off my body,
I will see God in my own flesh.
I will see him with my own eyes,
not with someone else’s.
My heart fails inside me!
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I Know that My Redeemer Liveth | SE Samonte
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NT Reading: 1 Timothy 3:14-16 (GW)
3:14 I hope to visit you soon. However, I’m writing this to you in case I’m delayed. I want you to know how people who are members of God’s family must live. God’s family is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
The mystery that gives us our reverence for God is acknowledged to be great:
He appeared in his human nature,
was approved by the Spirit,
was seen by angels,
was announced throughout the nations,
was believed in the world,
and was taken to heaven in glory.
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Living for Jesus – Marjolein van Hoef
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+ Blessed Lord, who caused all Holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience and the comfort of your Holy Word we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which you have given us in our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
+ Lord of Heaven’s Armies, we pray for swift and total victory over all evil in the Holy Land. Bring home the hostages, and deliver from bondage every person captivated by the evil death cult terrorizing the Middle East. And finally, grant heavenly wisdom to those guiding Israel militarily, politically, diplomatically, and especially to those who will restore Israel spiritually, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
+ Heavenly Father, you have promised to hear what we ask in the Name of your Son: Accept and fulfill our petitions, we pray, not as we ask in our ignorance, nor as we deserve in our sinfulness, but as you know and love us in your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Closing: FaithandWorship.com | John Birch
The Lord bless us, and preserve us from all evil,
and keep us in eternal life.
+ In the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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