Archive for 'Prayer'

Perseverance in Prayer

Luke 18: 1-8 Wis 18:14-16,19:6-9 / Psa 105 Jesus told His disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray… (Luke 18:1) Jesus teaches us how to pray — In the Spirit, with perseverance; Pray without ceasing everyday That all may gain God’s deliverance. Then Jesus told His disciples a parable to show [...]

Purification of the Temple

John 2:13-22 Ez 47:1-2,8-9,12 / Psa 46 “Stop turning my Father’s house into a marketplace!” His disciples recalled the words of scripture: “Zeal for your house will consume me.” (John 2:16-17) May our church be a font of grace, Where we honor Christ’s sacrifice; Don’t treat it like a marketplace, True worship doesn’t have a [...]

Praying and Serving

Luke 6: 12-16 Eph 2:19-22 / Psa 19 Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God. (Luke 6:12) Pray intensely with heart and mind, For God’s wisdom to guide our way; If serving Him we’re so inclined, A hundredfold will be our pay. One of those days Jesus [...]

Perseverance in Prayer

Luke 11: 5-13 Mal 3:13-20b / Psa 1 Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. (Luke 11:9-10) We may [...]

Our Daily Prayer

Luke 11: 1-4 Jon 4:1-11 / Psa 86 Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples. (Luke 11:1) For forgiveness and daily bread, And for protection from harm’s way; As we don’t know what lies ahead, So pray to Our Father each day. One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. [...]

Feast of the Archangels

John 1: 47-51 Dn 7: 9-10. 13-14 or Rv 12: 7-12 / Ps 138: 1-5 …you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man. (John 1: 51) God’s angels help us be aware That not all things are what they seem, And we can only trust [...]