Opening Prayer Lord, chasten us, and give us truth in our inmost heart. Amen. Text: Mark 7:6-13 He answered and said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘This people honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. And in vain they worship Me, teaching…
Opening Prayer Lord, we pray You again today: give us meekness and love. Amen. Text: Matthew 20:25-28 But Jesus called them to Himself and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who are great exercise authority over them. Yet it shall not be so among you; but…
Opening Thought For brethren to dwell together in unity… is like the dew of Hermon, Descending upon the mountains of Zion. (Psa 133:1.3) Text: Philippians 2:1-4 Therefore if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercy, fulfill my joy by being…
Text: Psalm 42:1-5 As the deer pants for the water brooks, So pants my soul for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually say to me, “Where is your God?”…
Text: Psalm 84:1-7 How lovely is Your tabernacle, O Lord of hosts! My soul longs, yes, even faints For the courts of the Lord; My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. Even the sparrow has found a home, And the swallow a nest for herself, Where she may lay her young –…
Opening Prayer Lord Jesus, grant us an attitude like Yours. Amen. Text: Ephesians 4:1-6 I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to have a walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of…
Opening Prayer Lord, heal us, and teach us. Amen. Text: Luke 14:1-11 Now it happened, as He went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath, that they watched Him closely. And behold, there was a certain man before Him who had dropsy. And Jesus, answering,…
Text: Psalm 116:1-9 I love the Lord, because He has heard My voice and my supplications. Because He has inclined His ear to me, Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live. The pains of death encompassed me, And the pangs of Sheol2 laid hold of me; I found trouble and sorrow.…
Opening Thought “Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy.” (Psa 126:5) Text: Romans 5:1-5 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of…