Luke 21:34a
Be on guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life.
Protector God,
You who keeps us as the apple of your eye;
make us ever aware that we hide forever
under the shadow of your wings,
So that we do not give way
to the evil or anxieties of this world.… Read the rest “February 17”
2 Peter 2:20-21
For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overpowered, the last state has become worse for them than the first.… Read the rest “February 16”
Here are daily readings for the 40 days of Lent and the Sundays in Lent. May they draw you closer to God in this time of self-examination and repentance.
1 John 2:3-6
Now by this we may be sure that we know him, if we obey his commandments. Whoever says, “I have come to know him,” but does not obey his commandments, is a liar, and in such a person the truth does not exist; but whoever obeys his word, truly in this person the love of God has reached perfection.… Read the rest “February 15”
Psalm 91:14-15
Those who love me, I will deliver;
I will protect those who know my name.
When they call to me, I will answer them;
I will be with them in trouble,
I will rescue them and honor them.
Great Deliverer,
Rescue us from shame so we will not fear to call on your Name.… Read the rest “February 14 (First Sunday in Lent)”
Ecclesiastes 3:1,7
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:
a time to tear, and a time to sew;
a time to keep silence, and a time to speak.
O Gentle Healer,
my sin has torn me in two.… Read the rest “February 13”
Acts 7:39b-41
In their [the Israelites] hearts they turned back to Egypt, saying to Aaron, ‘Make gods for us who will lead the way for us; as for this Moses who led us out from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.’… Read the rest “February 12”
Acts 7:31-32
Now when forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush. When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight; and as he approached to look, there came the voice of the Lord: ‘I am the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’… Read the rest “February 11”
Joel 2:12-13a
Yet even now, says the LORD,
return to me with all your heart,
with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;
rend your hearts and not your clothing.
Return to the LORD, your God,
for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love.… Read the rest “February 10 (Ash Wednesday)”
O LORD, we come to you in prayer this week, especially thinking of the pain in the world around us, that we hear on the news. While we celebrate with those who are joyous, with many reasons to celebrate, at the same time, we also pray for those in pain.… Read the rest “Weekly Prayer for the People, July 4, 2015”