Monday Daytime Prayer for 3/6/23
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To pray this prayer, read through each section at a deliberate speed. You can say the words out loud, or to yourself, but do so at a speed that lets you reflect on the words. As you go, you’ll find other directions for specific parts of the prayer.
Gathering Prayer
Oh Lord, You’re beautiful
Your face is all I see
For when Your eyes are on this child
Your grace abounds to me
Oh Lord, please light the fire
That once burned bright and clean
Replace the lamp of my first love
That burns with holy fear
I want to take Your Word and shine it all around
But first help me just to live it, Lord
And when I’m doing well,
help me to never seek a crown
For my reward is giving glory to You. Amen
–Help Me Live It, Keith Green
Hymn - And Are We Yet Alive
1 And are we yet alive,
and see each other's face?
Glory and thanks to Jesus give
for his almighty grace!
2 Preserved by power divine
to full salvation here,
again in Jesus' praise we join,
and in his sight appear.
3 What troubles have we seen,
what mighty conflicts past,
fightings without, and fears within,
since we assembled last.
4 Yet out of all the Lord
hath brought us by his love;
and still he doth his help afford,
and hides our life above.
5 Then let us make our boast
of his redeeming power,
which saves us to the uttermost,
till we can sin no more.
6 Let us take up the cross
till we the crown obtain,
and gladly reckon all things loss,
so we may Jesus gain.
Focusing Prayer - Covenant Prayer
I am no longer my own, but thine.
Put me to what thou wilt, rank me with whom thou wilt.
Put me to doing, put me to suffering.
Let me be employed by thee or laid aside for thee,
exalted for thee or brought low for thee.
Let me be full, let me be empty.
Let me have all things, let me have nothing.
I freely and heartily yield all things
to thy pleasure and disposal.
And now, O glorious and blessed God,
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
thou art mine, and I am thine. So be it.
And the covenant which I have made on earth,
let it be ratified in heaven. Amen.
–John Wesley
Psalter
Psalm 67
Here you can either read the words to the Psalm that are below the video, or what works better is to listen to the music from the video while following along with the words.
may god be gracious gracious to us
and make his face to shine upon us
oh lord may your ways be praised on the earth
so that all may come to know
let the people praise
let the people praise you
let the people praise
let the people praise you
let the nations come and revere him
until the ends of the earth fear him
let the people praise you
–EveryPsalm, from YouTube lyrics
Canticle
I want to take Your Word and shine it all around
But first help me just to live it, Lord
Old Testament Reading - Lectionary Reading
Exodus 17:1-7
'The whole Israelite community broke camp and set out from the Sin desert to continue their journey, as the LORD commanded. They set up their camp at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. The people argued with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said to them, “Why are you arguing with me? Why are you testing the LORD ?” But the people were very thirsty for water there, and they complained to Moses, “Why did you bring us out of Egypt to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?” So Moses cried out to the LORD , “What should I do with this people? They are getting ready to stone me.” The LORD said to Moses, “Go on ahead of the people, and take some of Israel’s elders with you. Take in your hand the shepherd’s rod that you used to strike the Nile River, and go. I’ll be standing there in front of you on the rock at Horeb. Hit the rock. Water will come out of it, and the people will be able to drink.” Moses did so while Israel’s elders watched. He called the place Massah and Meribah, because the Israelites argued with and tested the LORD , asking, “Is the LORD really with us or not?”'
Response
This is the Word of God, for the people of God
Thanks be to God
Apostle’s Creed
I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth;
And in Jesus Christ his only Son, our Lord;
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, dead, and buried.
He descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose from the dead;
he ascended into heaven,
and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic** church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
Prayers
Private Prayer - spend time on your own in prayer with God
If it is helpful, use the image below to help focus your prayer time
Swanson, John August. Moses, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN.
Great Prayer
Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me,
Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ on my right, Christ on my left,
Christ where I lie, Christ where I sit, Christ where I arise,
Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of every one who speaks to me,
Christ in every eye that sees me,
Christ in every ear that hears me.
Salvation is of the Lord.
Salvation is of the Christ.
May your salvation, Lord, be ever with us.
–Christ Be With Me, St. Patrick
Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done
On earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
As we forgive them that trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
Hymn - And Can It Be, That I Should Gain?
1 And can it be that I should gain
An int'rest in the Savior's blood?
Died He for me, who caused His pain?
For me, who Him to death pursued?
Amazing love! how can it be
That Thou, my God, should die for me?
Refrain: Amazing love! how can it be
That Thou, my God, should die for me!
2 'Tis mystery all! Th'Immortal dies!
Who can explore His strange design?
In vain the firstborn seraph tries
To sound the depths of love divine!
'Tis mercy all! let earth adore,
Let angel minds inquire no more.
Refrain: Amazing love! how can it be
That Thou, my God, should die for me!
3 He left His Father's throne above,
So free, so infinite His grace;
Emptied Himself of all but love,
And bled for Adam's helpless race;
'Tis mercy all, immense and free;
For, O my God, it found out me.
Refrain: Amazing love! how can it be
That Thou, my God, should die for me!
4 Long my imprisoned spirit lay
Fast bound in sin and nature's night;
Thine eye diffused a quick'ning ray,
I woke, the dungeon flamed with light;
My chains fell off, my heart was free;
I rose, went forth and followed Thee.
Refrain: Amazing love! how can it be
That Thou, my God, should die for me!
5 No condemnation now I dread;
Jesus, and all in Him is mine!
Alive in Him, my living Head,
And clothed in righteousness divine,
Bold I approach th'eternal throne,
And claim the crown, through Christ my own.
Refrain: Amazing love! how can it be
That Thou, my God, should die for me!
Benediction - Great Commission
'Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus told them to go. When they saw him, they worshipped him, but some doubted. Jesus came near and spoke to them, “I’ve received all authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to obey everything that I’ve commanded you. Look, I myself will be with you every day until the end of this present age.”'
–Matthew 28:16-20
In the name of the Father,
and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit, Amen