Tag: peace and quiet

Wednesday Morning Prayer: 22 Jul 2020 – Psalm 131:1, 1 Samuel 16:14-23, Acts16:23 ~ peace and quiet

Wednesday Morning Prayer, 22 Jul 2020

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

Opening:*

Most powerful Holy Spirit, come down upon us and subdue us.
From heaven, where the ordinary is made glorious, and glory seems but ordinary,
Bathe us with the brilliance of Your light like dew.

Believer, hold Him high that all may see the light of Jesus in a son of man.  “Aidan”

Scripture Reading (CEV)

Psalm 131:1

I am not conceited, Lord,
and I don’t waste my time
on impossible schemes.

1 Samuel 16:14-23

The Spirit of the Lord had left Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord was terrifying him. “It’s an evil spirit from God that’s frightening you,” Saul’s officials told him. “Your Majesty, let us go and look for someone who is good at playing the harp. He can play for you whenever the evil spirit from God bothers you, and you’ll feel better.”

“All right,” Saul answered. “Find me someone who is good at playing the harp and bring him here.”

“A man named Jesse who lives in Bethlehem has a son who can play the harp,” one official said. “He’s a brave warrior, he’s good-looking, he can speak well, and the Lord is with him.”

Saul sent a message to Jesse: “Tell your son David to leave your sheep and come here to me.”

Jesse loaded a donkey with bread and a goatskin full of wine, then he told David to take the donkey and a young goat to Saul. David went to Saul and started working for him. Saul liked him so much that he put David in charge of carrying his weapons. Not long after this, Saul sent another message to Jesse: “I really like David. Please let him stay with me.”

Whenever the evil spirit from God bothered Saul, David would play his harp. Saul would relax and feel better, and the evil spirit would go away.

Acts16:23

After [Paul and Silas] had been badly beaten, they were put in jail, and the jailer was told to guard them carefully.

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Reflection**

A place of quiet

He walks with God who speaks to God in prayer,
and daily brings to Him his daily care.   (Dorothy Ann Thrupp)

In every man lies a zone of solitude that no human intimacy can fill: and there God encounters us.  (Brother Roger of Taizé)

Prayer for Quiet Confidence

O God of peace, who hast taught us that in returning and rest
we shall be saved, in quietness and in confidence shall be our
strength: By the might of thy Spirit lift us, we pray thee, to thy
presence, where we may be still and know that thou art God;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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Near to the Heart of God – Sharon Mennonite Bible Institute Singers

Closing

May the peace of the Lord Christ go with you, wherever He may send you. May He guide you through the wilderness, protect you through the storm. May He bring you home rejoicing at the wonders He has shown you. May He bring you home rejoicing once again into our doors.

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

* Northumbria Community. Celtic Daily Prayer (Kindle Locations 38-45). HarperCollins Publishers. Kindle Edition.
** Northumbria Community. Celtic Daily Prayer (Kindle Locations 13135-13141). HarperCollins Publishers. Kindle Edition.

Morning Prayer: Fri, 18 Nov – Psalm 55:6-8; Jeremiah 9:1-2; Mark 6:30-34 ~ in search of peace and quiet

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

Opening Sentence

I call all heaven to witness today that I have put on Christ.
I choose no other Lord than the Maker of heaven and earth.
This day I walk with Him and He will walk with me.
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Reading: Psalm 55:6-8 (NLT)

Oh, that I had wings like a dove; then I would fly away and rest! I would fly far away to the quiet of the wilderness.

How quickly I would escape — far from this wild storm of hatred.
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Reading: Jeremiah 9:1-2 (NLT)

If only my head were a pool of water and my eyes a fountain of tears, I would weep day and night for all my people who have been slaughtered. Oh, that I could go away and forget my people and live in a travelers’ shack in the desert. For they are all adulterers—a pack of treacherous liars.
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Reading: Mark 6:30-34 (NLT)

peace-and-quiet

The apostles returned to Jesus from their ministry tour and told him all they had done and taught. Then Jesus said, “Let’s go off by ourselves to a quiet place and rest awhile.” He said this because there were so many people coming and going that Jesus and his apostles didn’t even have time to eat.

So they left by boat for a quiet place, where they could be alone. But many people recognized them and saw them leaving, and people from many towns ran ahead along the shore and got there ahead of them. Jesus saw the huge crowd as he stepped from the boat, and he had compassion on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things.
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Prayer: in search of peace – Reinfrid (?-1084/5)

Sometimes I feel weary of life, exhausted by experience. I long for space to be at peace. But then I recognize that peace must often be made before it can be enjoyed. So let me be a peace-maker, a remedy-finder, a bridge-builder.

Teach me to lay down my life.

So let me be a breach-repairer, a new way-maker, relationship-broker. May I be Heaven’s message, present and earthed.
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“Psalm 55” – Lindsey James VanCleve


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Blessing

May the peace of the Lord Jesus Christ go with you, wherever He may send you. May He guide you through the wilderness, protect you through the storm. May He bring you home rejoicing at the wonders He has shown you. May He bring you home rejoicing once again into our doors.

+ In the name of the Protecting Father, in the name of the Conquering Son, and in the name of the Liberating Spirit. Amen!