October 23, 2020
OPENING PRAYER
There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like yours. For you are great and do wondrous things; you alone are God. Teach me your way, O LORD, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name.
CONFESSION OF SIN & PRAYER FOR GRACE
God of majesty and light, all of creation testifies to your glory. Though your law is perfect, I have disobeyed. Though your revelation is true, I have disbelieved. Though your commandments are pure, I have not trusted you. Forgive me, O Lord, for my willful sin and for my hidden faults. Preserve me with your mighty power this day, that I may not fall into temptation. Straighten my path, and give me wisdom to discern your will, that you might be glorified in everything. Amen.
OT READING: Jeremiah 14
THE LORD’S PRAYER
NT READING: 2 Timothy 4:6-18
PRAYER OF ADORATION:
Lord, I praise you, for even when others desert me, you are near. When my enemies oppose me and reject me, you are faithful. You see injustice and defend your servants, vindicating their good works for your sake. Like the Apostle, I am confident that You will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into your heavenly kingdom.
PSALM READING: Psalm 107:1-16
PRAYER OF CONSECRATION
Lord: this Psalm gives various pictures of what redemption looks like. Some are wanderers, looking for a city; others are prisoners, enslaved in their rebellion. And in your goodness, you redeem them all. In your Son and by your Spirit, you gather scattered people, and you liberate enslaved people. So today, I ask for eyes to see the wanderers and the prisoners around me. I remember your grace in my own life; you satisfied my longing and filled my hungry soul with good things. Help me today to tell the story of your redemption to those around me. Let me not keep the good news to myself; instead, “let the redeemed of the Lord say so!”
BENEDICTION
And now may the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship and communion of the Holy Spirit abide and remain with us, now and throughout our time on earth, until the day of His return: Amen.