Friday, February 17







Psalm 116 : 1-19
KJV


1 I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.
2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me,
therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
3 The sorrows of death compassed me,
and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
4 Then called I upon the name of the Lord; O Lord,
I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
5 Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.
6 The Lord preserveth the simple:
I was brought low, and he helped me.
7 Return unto thy rest, O my soul;
for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee.
8 For thou hast delivered my soul from death,
mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
9 I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.
10 I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:
11 I said in my haste, All men are liars.
12 What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me?
13 I will take the cup of salvation,
and call upon the name of the Lord.
14 I will pay my vows unto the Lord
now in the presence of all his people.
15 Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.
16 O Lord, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant,
and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
and will call upon the name of the Lord.
18 I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people.
19 In the courts of the Lord's house,
in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord.
   


Today's Prayer...


Lord our God,

We thank You from our hearts,
from the bottom of our hearts,
that You consider us worthy to work with You so that redemption
may come to the world in Jesus Christ.
Already today many are rejoicing in their Redeemer.
They are full of hope and comfort because the end is approaching - that
evening when Your glory shall be revealed,
when the whole world and all nations shall glorify You,
O great God and Father in heaven.
Come into our time, we pray.
Help us, Lord our God. Day and night we look to You in
the hope of beholding the time of Your glory,
in the hope of receiving the peace that is beyond all understanding
and of finding redemption,
the great redemption from heaven,
through You,
the God over all flesh.


In the Name of the Most Holy we
pray in Jesus' Name

Amen

Saturday, February 18







John 8 : 1-11
KJV


1 Jesus went unto the mount of Olives.
2 And early in the morning he came again into the temple,
and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.
3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery;
and when they had set her in the midst,
4 They say unto him, Master,
this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.
5 Now Moses in the law commanded us,
that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?
6 This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him.
But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground,
as though he heard them not.
7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself,
and said unto them, He that is without sin among you,
let him first cast a stone at her.
8 And again he stooped down,
and wrote on the ground.
9 And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience,
went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last:
and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
10 When Jesus had lifted up himself,
and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman,
where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?
11 She said, No man, Lord.
And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go,
and sin no more.
   


Today's Prayer...


Lord our God,

Our loving Father, we thank You for all that
our hearts and spirits are allowed to receive from You.
We thank You for the community You give us,
strengthening us to face life even through toil, struggle, and privation.
Grant that Your powers flow out to give us strength and courage.
May we see and recognize You in Your deeds ever more clearly.
Do not let us faint or grow weary,
no matter what we have to suffer.
Grant that Your Spirit may penetrate us ever more deeply
to bring peace to us and those around us,
and finally to bring blessing for all peoples of the earth.


In the Name of the Most Holy we
pray in Jesus' Name

Amen

Sunday, February 19








Deuteronomy 13 : 1-9
KJV


1 If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams,
and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
2 And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee,
saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known,
and let us serve them;
3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet,
or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God proveth you,
to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
4 Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear him,
and keep his commandments, and obey his voice,
and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death;
because he hath spoken to turn you away from the Lord your God,
which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage,
to thrust thee out of the way which the Lord thy God commanded thee to walk in.
So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.
6 If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter,
or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying,
Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
7 Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you,
nigh unto thee, or far off from thee,
from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth;
8 Thou shalt not consent unto him,
nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him,
neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:
9 But thou shalt surely kill him;
thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death,
and afterwards the hand of all the people.
   


Today's Prayer...


Lord our God,

We come to You as poor,
heavily burdened people who often do not know where to turn.
But we have trust in You, for You are love.
Your love penetrates deep into our lives,
righting what is wrong and making amends for our blundering.
And so we are joyful and await Your grace and Your help on all our ways.
Bless us, and help us find what is right in every situation,
to Your praise and Your honor.


In the Name of the Most Holy we
pray in Jesus' Name

Amen

Monday, February 20








Proverbs 30 : 4-17
KJV


4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended?
who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment?
who hath established all the ends of the earth?
what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?
5 Every word of God is pure:
he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee,
and thou be found a liar.
7 Two things have I required of thee;
deny me them not before I die:
8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches;
feed me with food convenient for me:
9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord?
or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee,
and thou be found guilty.
11 There is a generation that curseth their father,
and doth not bless their mother.
12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes,
and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
13 There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes!
and their eyelids are lifted up.
14 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords,
and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth,
and the needy from among men.
15 The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give.
There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not,
It is enough:
16 The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water;
and the fire that saith not, It is enough.
17 The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother,
the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
   


Today's Prayer...


Lord our God,

We thank you that in spite of all the evil,
we may look toward the good and toward a change for the better.
For your love, your Spirit of love, can be with us.
In spite of all that has gone wrong, we can change.
Through genuine faith we can become worthy in your sight.
Everything can turn to the good.
The nations can become glad,
rejoicing in life because you are working among them
to help them change.


In the Name of the Most Holy we
pray in Jesus' Name

Amen

Tuesday, February 21








Philippians 3 : 13-21
KJV


13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended:
but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind,
and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the
high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect,
be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded,
God shall reveal even this unto you.
16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained,
let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
17 Brethren, be followers together of me,
and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.
18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often,
and now tell you even weeping,
that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly,
and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
20 For our conversation is in heaven;
from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
21 Who shall change our vile body,
that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body,
according to the working whereby he is able even
to subdue all things unto himself.
   


Today's Prayer...


Lord our God,

Remember us even though we are only a few.
Protect us from all evil, from all inner harm,
which threatens us every day.
Let your hand be over us so that at last a great power may
stream out from your church into all the world,
bringing the fulfillment of your promises.
We thank you for all your goodness.
Watch over us, we pray. Keep us in the right spirit and purpose,
and help us resist all that is wrong and harmful.
Grant that we serve you and not the world.
Protect us this day and every day.


In the Name of the Most Holy we
pray in Jesus' Name

Amen

Wednesday, February 22








1 Peter 2 : 15-24
KJV


15 For so is the will of God,
that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
16 As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness,
but as the servants of God.
17 Honour all men. Love the brotherhood.
Fear God. Honour the king.
18 Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear;
not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
19 For this is thankworthy,
if a man for conscience toward God endure grief,
suffering wrongfully.
20 For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults,
ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it,
ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
21 For even hereunto were ye called:
because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example,
that ye should follow his steps:
22 Who did no sin,
neither was guile found in his mouth:
23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again;
when he suffered, he threatened not;
but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree,
that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness:
by whose stripes ye were healed.
   


Today's Prayer...


Dear Father in heaven,

How great are Your goodness and mercy to us all on earth,
who are subject to misery and death!
May our hearts be strengthened through Your goodness
and through the saving power of Your nature,
revealed to us in Jesus Christ, our Redeemer.
Protect and bless us this night.
May Your Spirit help us find Your ever-present kindness and mercy.
Praised be Your Name forever!


In the Name of the Most Holy we
pray in Jesus' Name

Amen

Thursday, February 23








Psalm 145 : 13-21
KJV


13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.
14 The Lord upholdeth all that fall,
and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.
15 The eyes of all wait upon thee;
and thou givest them their meat in due season.
16 Thou openest thine hand,
and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways,
and holy in all his works.
18 The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him,
to all that call upon him in truth.
19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him:
he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
20 The Lord preserveth all them that love him:
but all the wicked will he destroy.
21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord:
and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.
   


Today's Prayer...


Lord God,

We turn to You, praying that Your kingdom may come.
May Your Jerusalem really come on earth,
with all those blessed ones who are allowed to gather around Jesus Christ
through forgiveness of sins and the resurrection.
Come with Your light into our time so that sins may be forgiven
and people may find salvation.
Remember those in great distress.
Come with Your help to those struggling with sin or death,
for help can come from You alone.
Nothing can help us except Your Fatherly love in Jesus Christ.
Praised be Your name!


In the Name of the Most Holy we
pray in Jesus' Name

Amen

Friday, February 24








Matthew 6 : 1-13
KJV


1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them:
otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms,
do not sound a trumpet before thee,
as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets,
that they may have glory of men.
Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
3 But when thou doest alms,
let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
4 That thine alms may be in secret:
and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
5 And when thou prayest,
thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are:
for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets,
that they may be seen of men.
Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet,
and when thou hast shut thy door,
pray to thy Father which is in secret;
and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions,
as the heathen do:
for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
8 Be not ye therefore like unto them:
for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of,
before ye ask him.
9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever.
Amen.
   


Today's Prayer...


Lord God Almighty,

Your eyes watch over the whole world.
We come before You with the evils that surround us still clinging to us.
Shelter our lives in your hands.
Give us Your strength to win through,
even in suffering and need.
For we are Yours, O Lord our God.
You have chosen Your people to strengthen them
and to free them from all evil.
We beseech You to help us.
May we feel Your presence among us.
May Your Word bear fruit in us to the
everlasting honor of Your name.


In the Name of the Most Holy we
pray in Jesus' Name

Amen

Saturday, February 25








Romans 12 : 5-21
KJV


5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us,
whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;
7 Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;
8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity;
he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
13 Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
14 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things,
but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath:
for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink:
for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
21 Be not overcome of evil,
but overcome evil with good.
   


Today's Prayer...


Lord God Almighty,

Grant that we may stand in Your grace.
Grant that the light of Your grace may come to us through Your Word.
Keep us firm in faith until the promised time when Your redemption
shall come to all the nations on earth.
We are often anxious and ask ourselves if people can bear it.
Will they learn to listen to Your Word? Will they remain steadfast
when hard times come? Will they turn to you alone,
to you who know the hour and appoint the time when we may
see the promised day? Let the might of Your hand prevail over the whole world.
You are the only power that can help us out of our great affliction,
You our only Lord.


In the Name of the Most Holy we
pray in Jesus' Name

Amen