Opening Prayer Lord, our God, explain the Scriptures to us. Text: Numbers 21:5–9 And the people spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and our soul loathes this worthless bread.” So the Lord sent…

Opening Prayer Speak Your Word to us, Lord Jesus, and cleanse us to bear much fruit. Amen. Text: John 15:1–6 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear…

Opening Prayer Lord, draw our thoughts heavenward. Amen. Text: First Peter 1:3–6 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does…

Opening Prayer Lord, teach us to know Your power and glory. Amen. Text: Matthew 28:18–20 Then Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the…

Opening Prayer Holy, merciful God, give us the Light of the Spirit that we may know You in faith, fear You, and become holy like You. Amen. Text: Isaiah 6:1–7 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe…

Opening Prayer Lord, teach us to believe and to adore Your Wisdom. Amen. Text: Romans 11:33–36 Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out! “For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has become His…

Opening Prayer Lord, let us experience the living power of Your Word. Amen. Text: John 3:1–15 There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one…

Opening Prayer God the Holy Spirit, kindle love in our hearts. Amen. Text: First John 4:9–12 In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He…

Opening Prayer God, let Your Word convert our soul. Amen. Text: Acts 2:37–42 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Men and brethren, what shall we do?” Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized…

Opening Prayer We pray again today, Lord Jesus! Pour out Your Spirit upon us. Amen. Text: Acts 2:29–36 “Men and brethren, let me speak freely to you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God…