Devotional
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Prayer Before you read, I invite you to pray this prayer based on Psalm 119:15-16 Lord, I come to meditate on Your precepts and to consider Your ways. Open my heart that I may delight in Your decrees and never neglect your word. Amen. Briefly prepare your heart in silence, and ask the Holy Spirit…
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Prayer Before you read, I invite you to pray this prayer based on Psalm 119:12-14 I praise You, Lord. Please teach me your decrees. Then I will tell others of Your goodness and I will rejoice in living by Your direction. I delight to follow You; and pleasing You brings me the highest joy. Amen.…
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Prayer Before you read, I invite you to pray this prayer based on Psalm 119:10-11 Lord, I seek you with all my heart. I long to stay on the path of Your commandsHelp me to hide your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. Amen. Reading Matthew 5:1-12 In verses 1-10…
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Prayer Before you read, I invite you to pray this prayer based on Psalm 119:3-5: Lord, please give me the grace to understand what You want me to do, so that I may follow Your ways, in full and steadfast obedience. Amen. Reading Matthew 4:18-22 ‘And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make…
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Prayer Before you read, I invite you to pray this prayer based on Psalm 119:1-3: Lord, bless me, I pray. I am here to love You with my mind, as I search Your Word to know You more deeply. I long to understand Your instructions, so that I can love You with all my strength…
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Prayer Lord, give me the grace today, to steadfastly guard my heart against all influences but Yours, to diligently fill my mind with Your Word, to bravely make my every decision on the basis of Your Word, and to lovingly align my every action with the Spirit of Your Word. Please pour into me the…
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This week, we’re asking: How on earth can we ever manage to love the Lord, one another, and our neighbours? Living this life of Jesus-following love is a seemingly impossible task. But it can be done! It CAN be done when we help each other to do it in community! Prayer before Reading: Before you…
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This week, we’re asking: How on earth can we ever manage to love the Lord, one another, and our neighbours? Living this life of Jesus-following love is a seemingly impossible task. But it can be done! It CAN be done when we approach it as a single-minded pursuit! Prayer before Reading: Before you read, pray…
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This week, we’re asking: How on earth can we ever manage to love the Lord, one another, and our neighbours? Living this life of Jesus-following love is a seemingly impossible task. But it can be done! It CAN be done when we help each other to do it in community! Prayer before Reading: Before you…
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How on earth can we ever manage to love the Lord, one another, and our neighbours? Living this life of Jesus-following love is a seemingly impossible task. But it can be done! It CAN be done because it is a matter of God’s own love overflowing from us. Prayer before Reading: Before you read, pray…
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