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EVE

RYD

AY P

RAY

ER

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3

HIN

TS F

OR

USI

NG

TH

IS B

OO

KT

hose

who

use

Eve

ryda

y Pra

yer t

o le

ad a

gro

up o

f peo

ple

in p

raye

r m

ay fi

nd th

e fo

llowi

ng p

oint

s hel

pful

.

• Lo

ok o

ver

the

orde

r of

pra

yer

befo

reha

nd. D

oes

this

ord

er s

uit y

our

need

s?

It m

ay b

e th

at a

diff

eren

t day

of t

he w

eek

or d

iffer

ent o

rder

sui

ts y

our

grou

p be

tter

. Are

ther

e pr

ayer

s in

the

‘Oth

er p

raye

rs’ s

ectio

n th

at y

ou w

ant t

o se

lect

be

fore

you

beg

in?

• D

ecid

e w

hich

Bib

le r

eadi

ng y

ou w

ant t

o us

e in

the

orde

r.•

Sinc

e th

e ‘W

e co

nfes

s ou

r fa

ith’ p

art r

equi

res

you

to s

elec

t a c

reed

, scr

iptu

ral

song

, or

hym

n/so

ng o

f you

r ch

oice

, mak

e th

ese

deci

sion

s be

fore

you

sta

rt.

• W

hile

man

y pe

ople

kno

w th

e Ap

ostle

s’ C

reed

and

Lor

d’s

Pra

yer

from

m

emor

y (a

nd th

is s

houl

d be

enc

oura

ged)

, the

se a

re a

lso

prin

ted

on th

e in

side

fron

t cov

er o

f Eve

ryda

y P

raye

r.•

If so

me

of th

e pa

rtic

ipan

ts a

re u

nfam

iliar

with

Eve

ryda

y P

raye

r, it

hel

ps if

you

br

iefl y

exp

lain

that

the

part

s in

bol

d in

dica

te th

eir

resp

onse

, and

als

o th

at

ther

e m

ay b

e tim

es fo

r si

lent

refl

ect

ion

and

oppo

rtun

ities

for

free

pra

yer.

Just

be

fore

sta

rtin

g m

ay b

e a

good

tim

e to

fi nd

out

whe

ther

ther

e ar

e an

y fu

rthe

r re

ques

ts fo

r pr

ayer

.•

As le

ader

, you

can

con

trol

the

pace

of t

he p

rayi

ng, a

nd m

anag

e th

e un

help

ful

tend

ency

to r

ace

ahea

d. B

y pa

usin

g br

iefl y

bef

ore

sayi

ng th

e le

ader

’s p

arts

, an

d no

t rus

hing

thro

ugh

them

, you

can

con

trib

ute

to a

mor

e pr

ayer

ful a

nd

refl e

ctiv

e at

mos

pher

e.

• Th

is is

esp

ecia

lly s

o w

hen

lead

ing

the

inte

rces

sion

s; b

y pa

usin

g ju

st p

rior

to

the

com

mon

res

pons

e, y

ou g

ive

oppo

rtun

ity fo

r fu

rthe

r si

lent

pra

yer

afte

r ea

ch p

etiti

on. A

ltern

ativ

ely,

it m

ay s

uit t

he g

roup

that

eac

h pe

titio

n pr

ovid

es

the

cue

for

free

pra

yer.

• C

onsi

der

chan

ging

sin

gula

r fo

rm p

raye

rs to

plu

ral w

hen

usin

g in

gro

ups.

• In

fact

, you

are

enc

oura

ged

not t

o se

e an

y pa

rt o

f the

se p

raye

r or

ders

as

rest

rictiv

e or

‘fi x

ed’ –

you

can

use

them

in p

art o

r in

full

as fl

exib

ly a

s yo

u pl

ease

. •

It ca

n he

lp p

artic

ipan

ts fo

llow

the

pray

ers

if yo

u br

iefl y

ann

ounc

e th

e he

adin

gs o

f eac

h se

ctio

n, b

ut th

is is

not

alw

ays

nece

ssar

y, e

spec

ially

if th

e gr

oup

is fa

mili

ar w

ith E

very

day

Pra

yer.

• Yo

u m

ay fr

eely

cop

y th

e pr

ayer

s an

d or

ders

in th

is b

ook.

You

can

use

par

ts o

f Ev

eryd

ay P

raye

r w

ithin

you

r ow

n w

orsh

ip r

esou

rces

as

desi

red.

Apos

tles’

Cre

ed &

Lor

d’s

Pra

yer

insi

de fr

ont c

over

Hin

ts fo

r us

ing

this

boo

k 2

1 In

trod

uctio

n to

Eve

ryda

y Pr

ayer

5

2 M

orni

ng a

nd e

veni

ng p

raye

r (fo

r ea

ch d

ay o

f the

wee

k)

15Su

nday

mor

ning

16

Sund

ay e

veni

ng

18M

onda

y m

orni

ng

20M

onda

y ev

enin

g 22

Tues

day

mor

ning

24

Tues

day

even

ing

26W

edne

sday

mor

ning

28

Wed

nesd

ay e

veni

ng

30Th

ursd

ay m

orni

ng

32Th

ursd

ay e

veni

ng

34Fr

iday

mor

ning

36

Frid

ay e

veni

ng

38Sa

turd

ay m

orni

ng

40Sa

turd

ay e

veni

ng

42

3 P

raye

r at

oth

er ti

mes

45

Any

day

– m

orni

ng

46An

y da

y –

even

ing

47An

ytim

e pr

ayer

(1–4

) 48

Bed

time

pray

er (1

–2)

52

4 Sc

ript

ural

son

gs

55

5 O

ther

pra

yers

63

6 D

aily

Bib

le re

adin

g gu

ide

77

Ackn

owle

dgm

ents

12

0

Con

tent

s

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THE

PR

ACTI

CE

OF

DA

ILY

PR

AYE

RC

hris

tian

peop

le a

nd c

omm

uniti

es h

ave

alw

ays

ende

avou

red

to p

ract

ise

St P

aul’s

wor

ds to

the

Thes

salo

nian

s, ‘P

ray

with

out

ceas

ing’

(1 T

hess

alon

ians

5:1

7). S

uch

ongo

ing

pray

er c

an ta

ke

any

num

ber

of fo

rms

and

can

be e

xpre

ssed

in c

ount

less

way

s.

Nev

erth

eles

s, o

ver

the

cent

urie

s a

num

ber

of p

atte

rns,

or

cycl

es,

of p

raye

r ha

ve d

evel

oped

am

ong

Chr

istia

n co

mm

uniti

es.

The

mos

t pro

min

ent o

f the

se is

the

wee

kly

cycl

e, w

here

eve

ry

Sund

ay w

e ga

ther

aro

und

our

rise

n Lo

rd a

s he

mee

ts u

s in

his

di

vine

ser

vice

of w

ord

and

sacr

amen

t. It

is in

this

wee

kly

gath

erin

g th

at w

e al

so fo

llow

the

annu

al c

ycle

of p

raye

r. B

y ob

serv

ing

the

seas

ons

of A

dven

t, of

Chr

istm

as a

nd E

piph

any,

of L

ent a

nd H

oly

Wee

k, o

f Eas

ter

and

Pent

ecos

t, w

e ar

e dr

awn

mor

e fu

lly in

to o

ur

Lord

’s li

fe, d

eath

, and

resu

rrec

tion

for

us. W

hile

this

wee

kly

and

annu

al c

ycle

of p

raye

r sh

apes

the

chur

ch a

s a

who

le, p

raye

rs fo

r sp

ecifi

c st

ages

in o

ur li

fe c

ycle

acc

ompa

ny th

e ri

tes

of b

aptis

m,

confi

rm

atio

n, m

arri

age,

and

fune

rals

.

This

boo

k gr

ows

out o

f ano

ther

pat

tern

of p

raye

r –

the

daily

cyc

le.

It is

dur

ing

the

cour

se o

f eac

h da

y th

at w

e fi n

d th

e ne

ed a

nd

oppo

rtun

ity to

pra

y. W

heth

er w

e pr

ay a

t bed

time

or m

ealti

mes

, or

hol

d so

me

kind

of d

evot

ion

or ‘q

uiet

tim

e’ a

lone

or

with

our

fa

mili

es, d

aily

pra

yer

stem

s fr

om th

e ne

ed to

san

ctify

all

our

mom

ents

with

God

’s w

ord

and

pray

er (1

Tim

othy

4:5

), an

d to

‘giv

e th

anks

in a

ll ci

rcum

stan

ces’

(1 T

hess

alon

ians

5:1

8).

INTR

OD

UC

TIO

N T

OE

VER

YDAY

PR

AYE

R

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Whi

le d

aily

pra

yer

can

be a

s pe

rson

al o

r in

divi

dual

as

we

wis

h,

this

boo

k dr

aws

on a

n un

ders

tand

ing

of d

aily

pra

yer

as th

e pr

ayer

of t

he w

hole

chu

rch,

eve

n if

it is

pra

yed

alon

e or

at h

ome.

Th

eref

ore,

man

y of

the

pray

ers

and

devo

tions

you

will

fi nd

her

e ar

e gr

ound

ed in

the

com

mon

her

itage

of t

he c

hurc

h. T

he u

se o

f ps

alm

s, s

crip

ture

ver

ses,

scr

iptu

ral s

ongs

, the

Lor

d’s

Pra

yer,

and

fa

mou

s pr

ayer

s of

the

chur

ch h

elps

bri

ng o

ur d

aily

pra

yer

into

the

sacr

ifi ce

of t

hank

sgiv

ing

and

pray

er o

ffere

d by

the

entir

e ch

urch

.

Wha

t is

mor

e, J

esus

him

self

lead

s us

, the

who

le c

hurc

h, a

nd a

ll cr

eatio

n, in

pra

yer.

He

is th

e he

ad o

f the

chu

rch

and

the

one

who

le

ads

our

pray

ing.

As

our

grea

t hig

h pr

iest

, Jes

us ta

kes

up a

ll ou

r pr

ayer

s, p

rais

es a

nd th

anks

givi

ngs

in h

is n

ame

and

brin

gs th

em

to h

is h

eave

nly

Fath

er. T

he p

raye

r of

his

ent

ire c

hurc

h is

bun

dled

up

, so

to s

peak

, in

his

own

perf

ect a

nd u

ncea

sing

pra

yer

at h

is

Fath

er’s

rig

ht-h

and

side

. See

n in

this

ligh

t, da

ily p

raye

r in

clud

es

our

pers

onal

situ

atio

n an

d ne

eds,

but

als

o ex

tend

s w

ell b

eyon

d th

em. W

ith a

ll of

the

rede

emed

, we

pray

with

Jes

us fo

r th

e he

alin

g an

d re

stor

atio

n of

the

wor

ld. A

nd a

s a

new

cre

atio

n, w

e jo

in w

ith

Chr

ist i

n vo

icin

g th

e pr

aise

of a

ll cr

eatio

n an

d gi

ving

glo

ry to

God

.

For

this

reas

on, t

here

is re

ally

no

such

thin

g as

pur

ely

indi

vidu

al

pray

er –

eve

n if

we

are

by o

urse

lves

in o

ur ro

om. E

ven

whe

n w

e pr

ay a

lone

, we

are

neve

r re

ally

alo

ne! S

o th

e pr

ayer

s in

this

boo

k,

whi

le th

ey c

an b

e us

ed in

divi

dual

ly, a

re g

iven

bes

t exp

ress

ion

whe

n pr

ayed

with

oth

ers.

MO

RN

ING

AN

D E

VEN

ING

PR

AYE

R (F

OR

EAC

H D

AY O

F TH

E W

EE

K)

The

sect

ion

of m

orni

ng a

nd e

veni

ng p

raye

rs fo

r Su

nday

thro

ugh

to

Satu

rday

is th

e m

ain

sect

ion

of E

very

day

Pray

er.

Each

of t

he 1

4 or

ders

follo

ws

a ba

sic

patt

ern:

psa

lms

and

scri

ptur

e re

adin

gs a

re fo

llow

ed b

y th

anks

givi

ng, p

rais

e an

d pr

ayer

. Su

ch a

pat

tern

refl e

cts

the

spir

itual

dyn

amic

at w

ork

in C

hris

tian

pray

er. O

nly

beca

use

God

has

fi rs

t spo

ken

to u

s ca

n w

e sp

eak

to

him

in p

raye

r. Ju

st a

s ch

ildre

n le

arn

to s

peak

by

liste

ning

to th

eir

pare

nts,

so

it is

in p

raye

r. B

y lis

teni

ng to

the

lovi

ng v

oice

of o

ur

Fath

er, w

e le

arn

to re

turn

our

love

, gui

ded

by th

e pr

ayin

g ch

urch

, ou

r m

othe

r.

The

orde

rs a

lso

follo

w a

wee

kly

patt

ern,

as

cert

ain

aspe

cts

of

our

Lord

’s li

fe a

re h

ighl

ight

ed o

n pa

rtic

ular

day

s. O

n Su

nday

, fo

r ex

ampl

e, o

ur L

ord’

s re

surr

ectio

n an

d ou

r ne

w li

fe a

re

emph

asis

ed. O

n Fr

iday

we

are

draw

n in

to re

fl ect

ing

on h

is

suffe

ring

and

dea

th fo

r ou

r si

n.

Each

indi

vidu

al o

rder

follo

ws

thes

e pa

rts.

We

com

e to

God

in p

raye

rIn

this

ope

ning

par

t we

orie

nt o

urse

lves

for

pray

er w

ith a

ver

se o

f th

e ps

alm

s. S

uch

a ve

rse

eith

er in

vite

s us

to p

raye

r an

d pr

aise

, or

anno

unce

s ou

r in

tent

ion

to p

ray,

or

seek

s G

od’s

hel

p as

we

pray

. The

ps

alm

ver

se is

alw

ays

follo

wed

by

the

‘Glo

ry to

the

Fath

er’,

impr

essi

ng

upon

us

that

we

pray

in th

e na

me

of th

e Tr

iune

God

(jus

t as

we

do

whe

n w

e be

gin

‘In th

e na

me

of th

e Fa

ther

…’),

and

at t

he s

ame

time

givi

ng g

lory

to th

e on

e w

ho c

alls

us

to s

hare

in h

is d

ivin

e lif

e.

We

pray

the

psal

ms

The

psal

ms

com

pris

e a

cent

ral c

ompo

nent

of a

ll th

e or

ders

in

Ever

yday

Pra

yer

(eve

n th

ough

ofte

n on

ly a

por

tion

of a

psa

lm h

as b

een

used

), an

d so

it is

wor

th c

omm

entin

g on

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f psa

lms

in

the

pray

er li

fe o

f the

chu

rch.

From

bib

lical

tim

es, G

od’s

peo

ple

have

use

d th

e ps

alm

s as

the

basi

s of

pra

yer,

and

hav

e re

cogn

ised

that

in th

e ps

alm

s w

e ar

e pr

ovid

ed

with

a tr

ue s

choo

l of p

raye

r. Th

is is

bec

ause

the

psal

ms

are

very

cl

earl

y bo

th th

e w

ord

of G

od a

nd a

hum

an w

ord.

On

one

hand

the

psal

ms

are

the

divi

ne w

ord

of G

od. T

hey

proc

laim

God

’s w

orks

and

w

ays,

his

law

and

gos

pel,

and

Chr

ist h

imse

lf. O

n th

e ot

her,

the

psal

ms

are

the

mos

t hum

an a

nd h

ones

t exp

ress

ions

of p

raye

r on

e ca

n fi n

d. In

th

em G

od’s

peo

ple

can

give

exp

ress

ion

to p

rais

e an

d th

anks

, joy

and

co

nfi d

ence

, hur

t, an

ger,

fear

and

dis

tres

s. In

the

psal

ms

are

foun

d th

e fu

ll ra

nge

of h

uman

exp

erie

nces

, em

otio

ns, f

ears

and

long

ings

.

Furt

herm

ore,

bec

ause

the

psal

ms

have

bee

n us

ed b

y G

od’s

peo

ple

in e

very

age

, in

them

one

pra

ys w

ith th

e sa

ints

of a

ll tim

e. C

ount

less

ge

nera

tions

of C

hris

tians

, tog

ethe

r w

ith th

e fa

ithfu

l peo

ple

of Is

rael

, ha

ve p

raye

d th

e ve

ry s

ame

psal

ms.

Sai

nts

and

sinn

ers,

the

fam

ous

and

the

forg

otte

n, h

ave

take

n up

the

psal

ms

in th

eir

life

of p

raye

r an

d w

orsh

ip.

But

mos

t pro

foun

dly,

in th

e ps

alm

s on

e pr

ays

with

Chr

ist,

the

grea

test

sa

int o

f all,

the

holy

one

of G

od. A

s Je

sus

him

self

says

in L

uke

24:4

4,

they

are

fulfi

lled

in h

im, a

nd o

ften

the

psal

ms

only

‘mak

e se

nse’

whe

n

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he is

see

n as

thei

r su

bjec

t. C

hris

t him

self

lead

s hi

s bo

dy, t

he c

hurc

h,

in ta

king

up

the

wor

ds o

f the

psa

lms.

Thr

ough

the

psal

ms

we

are

draw

n in

to o

ur L

ord’

s pr

aise

of h

is F

athe

r, o

r in

to h

is p

assi

on, o

r in

to

his

holy

zea

l and

per

fect

obe

dien

ce; y

et a

t the

sam

e tim

e he

dra

ws

alon

gsid

e us

and

pra

ys w

ith u

s in

our

wea

knes

s, in

our

nee

d, a

nd

even

in o

ur s

in. W

e pr

ay th

e ps

alm

s ‘in

Chr

ist’.

And

to e

mph

asis

e th

is,

the

com

mon

resp

onse

whi

ch a

ppea

rs b

etw

een

the

vers

es w

ill o

ften

be a

ddre

ssed

to C

hris

t him

self,

or

mak

e so

me

refe

renc

e to

his

wor

k fo

r us

.

God

spe

aks

to u

s Al

thou

gh w

e ha

ve a

lrea

dy e

ncou

nter

ed G

od’s

wor

d in

the

psal

ms,

he

re w

e st

op, l

iste

n, a

nd m

edita

te o

n G

od’s

wor

d fr

om th

e w

ider

die

t of

the

Old

and

New

Tes

tam

ents

. Any

sec

tion

of S

crip

ture

can

be

read

he

re: e

ither

a fe

w v

erse

s, a

cha

pter

, or

wha

teve

r su

its th

e ne

eds

of

the

user

s. F

or e

xam

ple,

if c

hild

ren

are

pres

ent a

chi

ldre

n’s

Bib

le c

ould

be

use

d. O

n th

e ot

her

hand

, the

dai

ly B

ible

read

ing

guid

e at

the

end

of th

is b

ook

prov

ides

a re

gula

r an

d or

gani

sed

way

of r

eadi

ng th

roug

h m

uch

of th

e B

ible

ove

r a

thre

e-ye

ar p

erio

d. F

urth

er n

otes

abo

ut th

e gu

ide

are

give

n be

low

.

Afte

r w

e ha

ve re

ad a

nd li

sten

ed to

God

’s w

ord,

a p

salm

ver

se (u

sual

ly

from

Psa

lm 1

19) a

sks

that

we

wou

ld li

ve b

y th

e w

ord

we

have

just

he

ard,

and

that

it w

ould

gro

w in

our

live

s an

d di

rect

us.

We

conf

ess

our

faith

The

life-

givi

ng w

ords

of G

od w

hich

we

have

hea

rd o

r re

ad in

the

Scri

ptur

es n

ow g

ive

rise

to o

ur re

spon

se –

our

con

fess

ion

of fa

ith.

By

conf

essi

ng o

ur fa

ith w

e de

clar

e al

oud

wha

t we

belie

ve a

bout

the

God

who

has

spo

ken

to u

s, a

nd w

e pr

aise

him

for

it.

In k

eepi

ng w

ith th

e in

tent

to p

ray

and

prai

se w

ith th

e w

hole

bod

y of

Chr

ist,

the

oppo

rtun

ity is

giv

en fo

r re

spon

ding

with

the

grea

t ba

ptis

mal

cre

ed o

f the

chu

rch,

the

Apos

tles’

Cre

ed, w

hich

is p

rint

ed

on th

e in

side

fron

t cov

er o

f Eve

ryda

y Pr

ayer

for

thos

e w

ho w

ish

to

follo

w th

e w

ords

.

Alte

rnat

ively

, our

con

fess

ion

of fa

ith c

an b

e m

ade

usin

g on

e of

the

man

y so

ngs

(can

ticle

s) o

f Scr

iptu

re, a

num

ber

of w

hich

app

ear

on p

ages

56

–60.

Can

ticle

s ar

e hy

mn-

like

pass

ages

of t

he B

ible

, or

com

posi

tions

of

the

chur

ch b

ased

on

the

Bib

le. T

hey

are

sim

ilar

in fo

rm a

nd fe

el to

th

e ps

alm

s, b

y w

hich

we

lift o

ur h

eart

s an

d vo

ices

to G

od in

resp

onse

to

his

gra

ciou

s w

ord

to u

s. T

hey

have

bee

n us

ed in

the

chur

ch fr

om

earl

iest

tim

es a

s co

nfes

sion

s of

faith

and

exp

ress

ions

of p

rais

e.

This

is a

lso

a go

od p

oint

in th

e or

der

for

sing

ing

a so

ng o

r hy

mn

of

choi

ce, u

sing

wha

teve

r re

sour

ces

are

at h

and.

We

pray

for

ours

elve

s an

d th

e w

orld

Th

is s

ectio

n co

mpr

ises

the

seco

nd m

ain

part

of E

very

day

Pray

er

– pr

ayer

and

inte

rces

sion

. Sev

eral

impo

rtan

t rea

sons

mot

ivat

e ou

r pr

ayer

s he

re. W

e gi

ve th

anks

to G

od fo

r hi

s m

any

bles

sing

s, w

e se

ek

God

’s h

elp

for

our

daily

nee

ds, a

nd w

e pr

ay fo

r th

e ne

eds

of th

ose

arou

nd u

s in

our

com

mun

ity a

nd th

e w

orld

.

The

pray

ers

begi

n w

ith a

ver

se o

f Scr

iptu

re, o

ften

a pr

omis

e of

Je

sus,

that

rem

inds

us

that

we

can

pray

con

fi den

tly to

God

in J

esus

’ na

me.

God

com

man

ds u

s to

pra

y, h

e pr

omis

es to

hea

r us

, and

we

have

the

priv

ilege

of b

eing

em

brac

ed w

ithin

Jes

us’ o

wn

ceas

eles

s pr

ayer

(pra

ying

‘in

his

nam

e’),

and

so w

e ha

ve c

onfi d

ence

to b

ring

our

re

ques

ts a

nd n

eeds

to o

ur h

eave

nly

Fath

er.

The

arra

ngem

ent o

f the

four

pet

ition

s fo

llow

s a

patt

ern

thro

ugh

the

seve

n da

ys. I

n th

e m

orni

ng o

rder

s th

e fi r

st p

etiti

on is

a re

ques

t bas

ed

on o

ne o

f the

pet

ition

s of

the

Lord

’s P

raye

r. Th

e se

cond

pet

ition

is a

pr

ayer

for

the

chur

ch, a

nd th

e th

ird fo

r th

e w

orld

. The

fi na

l mor

ning

pe

titio

n se

eks

one

of th

e fr

uits

of t

he S

piri

t men

tione

d in

Gal

atia

ns 5

.

In th

e ev

enin

g or

ders

, tha

nksg

ivin

g an

d co

nfes

sion

of s

in d

raw

n fr

om

the

Ten

Com

man

dmen

ts fo

rm th

e fi r

st p

etiti

on. T

he s

econ

d an

d th

ird

petit

ions

are

, as

in th

e m

orni

ng, i

nter

cess

ions

for

chur

ch a

nd w

orld

. An

d th

e fi n

al e

veni

ng p

etiti

on s

eeks

God

’s p

rote

ctio

n fo

r th

e ni

ght

ahea

d, a

nd o

ur d

eliv

eran

ce in

the

hour

of d

eath

.

Bet

wee

n th

e pe

titio

ns a

repe

ated

com

mon

resp

onse

giv

es a

ll w

ho

are

gath

ered

the

chan

ce to

giv

e th

eir

asse

nt to

the

pray

ers.

How

ever

, be

fore

say

ing

the

fi rst

par

t of t

he c

omm

on re

spon

se, t

he le

ader

m

ay fu

rthe

r de

velo

p th

e pe

titio

n, o

r br

iefl y

pau

se, a

llow

ing

for

sile

nt

refl e

ctio

n an

d pr

ayer

. Onc

e al

l the

pet

ition

s ar

e pr

ayed

, the

re is

an

othe

r op

port

unity

for

furt

her

petit

ions

or

free

pra

yer,

afte

r w

hich

th

e co

mm

on re

spon

se m

ay a

gain

be

said

.

The

fi nal

pra

yer

in th

is p

art i

s a

‘col

lect

’, a

brie

f pra

yer

draw

n fr

om

the

chur

ch’s

larg

e tr

easu

re-s

tore

of p

raye

r an

d lit

urgy

. Som

e oc

cur

seve

ral t

imes

ove

r the

wee

k. (N

ote

that

you

can

fi nd

the

mor

e m

oder

nve

rsio

n of

Lut

her’s

mor

ning

and

eve

ning

pra

yers

at t

he e

nd o

f ‘Pr

ayer

sfo

r God

’s p

rese

nce

and

bles

sing

’ in

the

sect

ion

‘Oth

er p

raye

rs’.)

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We

pray

the

Lord

’s P

raye

rW

e no

w c

oncl

ude

with

the

pray

er o

f all

pray

ers

– th

e Lo

rd’s

ow

n pr

ayer

. In

this

pra

yer

we

are

espe

cial

ly a

war

e th

at J

esus

, our

bro

ther

, le

ads

us in

pra

yer

to o

ur h

eave

nly

Fath

er. A

ll th

e pr

ayer

s w

e ha

ve

mad

e so

far

fi nd

thei

r pl

ace

with

in th

is p

raye

r, a

nd a

nyth

ing

we

have

fa

iled

to s

ay o

r ha

ve fo

rgot

ten

to m

entio

n is

now

voi

ced.

God

ble

sses

us

We

have

sto

pped

for

pray

er, b

ut in

a fe

w m

omen

ts w

e w

ill r

ise,

eith

er

to c

ontin

ue th

e da

y, o

r to

mak

e ou

r w

ay to

bed

. In

doin

g th

at, w

e se

ek

God

’s b

less

ing.

Ble

ssin

gs n

ot o

nly

talk

abo

ut G

od, b

ut ta

ke w

hat i

s sa

id a

nd p

erso

nally

app

ly it

to u

s. B

less

ings

are

God

’s w

ord

‘cut

and

pa

sted

’ int

o ou

r ow

n liv

es. T

he b

less

ings

in th

ese

pray

ers

are

usua

lly

prec

eded

by

a pr

omis

e or

‘bea

titud

e’ o

f Chr

ist,

the

subs

tanc

e of

whi

ch

beco

mes

our

ow

n as

we

rece

ive

the

bles

sing

in fa

ith.

We

glor

ify G

odSo

me

of th

e or

ders

con

clud

e w

ith a

‘dox

olog

y’ –

an

outb

urst

of

prai

se a

nd g

lory

giv

en to

our

Tri

une

God

. Som

etim

es th

is is

kno

wn

as ‘b

less

ing’

God

. By

doin

g so

we

are

fulfi

lling

our

hea

venl

y ca

lling

to

give

glo

ry to

the

one

who

has

cal

led

us to

sha

re in

his

ow

n gl

ory,

life

an

d jo

y.

PR

AYE

R A

T O

THE

R T

IME

SIn

add

ition

to th

e pr

ayer

s fo

r ea

ch d

ay o

f the

wee

k, th

is b

ook

prov

ides

furt

her

pray

ers

whi

ch a

re n

ot c

onne

cted

to a

day

of t

he

wee

k or

a ti

me

or th

e da

y. M

uch

of w

hat i

s sa

id a

bove

als

o ap

plie

s to

thes

e ot

her

form

s of

pra

yer.

‘Any

day

– m

orni

ng’ a

nd ‘A

ny d

ay –

eve

ning

’ are

slig

htly

sim

plifi

ed

vers

ions

of M

orni

ng a

nd E

veni

ng R

espo

nsiv

e P

raye

r as

foun

d in

th

e Lu

ther

an H

ymna

l with

Sup

plem

ent.

The

four

cho

ices

of ‘

Anyt

ime

pray

er’ o

ffer

a ve

ry s

hort

ord

er o

f pr

ayer

that

can

be

used

, as

the

nam

e su

gges

ts, a

t any

tim

e of

the

day.

Follo

win

g th

e pa

tter

n of

ver

se, p

salm

, rea

ding

and

pra

yer,

th

ey fo

cus

on G

od’s

hel

p du

ring

the

day

and

our

need

to tr

ust h

im.

‘Bed

time

pray

er’ f

ollo

ws

a si

mila

r pa

tter

n to

‘Any

time

pray

er’,

with

th

e op

tion

of m

akin

g a

conf

essi

on o

f sin

.

SCR

IPTU

RA

L SO

NG

SIn

this

sec

tion,

six

scr

iptu

ral s

ongs

are

giv

en, t

hree

for

the

mor

ning

and

thre

e fo

r th

e ev

enin

g, a

lthou

gh m

ost c

an b

e us

ed a

t an

y tim

e of

the

day.

Whi

le th

e na

me

‘son

g’ s

ugge

sts

that

they

are

se

t to

mus

ic, h

ere

they

are

sim

ply

spok

en.

The

Song

of Z

echa

riah

(Luk

e 1:

68–7

9) is

one

of t

he th

ree

‘gos

pel

cant

icle

s’ w

hich

com

mem

orat

e ou

r Lo

rd’s

inca

rnat

ion

(the

Song

of

Mar

y an

d So

ng o

f Sim

eon

are

the

othe

r tw

o). I

t is

Zech

aria

h’s

than

ksgi

ving

at t

he b

irth

of J

ohn

the

Bap

tist,

and

an a

ntic

ipat

ion

of

the

com

ing

Mes

siah

, who

se d

awni

ng u

pon

the

wor

ld e

nabl

es u

s to

w

orsh

ip G

od in

rig

hteo

usne

ss a

nd h

olin

ess.

Whi

le n

ot a

ctua

lly in

the

Bib

le, t

he T

e D

eum

is o

ne o

f the

gre

ates

t an

d m

ost e

ndur

ing

of a

ll th

e hy

mns

of t

he c

hurc

h. T

he n

ame

is

form

ed fr

om th

e fi r

st tw

o La

tin w

ords

of t

he p

hras

e ‘W

e pr

aise

yo

u, G

od’.

In it

, the

chu

rch

join

s w

ith th

e ap

ostle

s, p

roph

ets

and

mar

tyrs

to e

xalt

God

’s g

lory

, pra

ise

Chr

ist’s

sav

ing

wor

k, a

nd s

eek

his

deliv

eran

ce. L

uthe

r re

gard

ed it

as

the

four

th g

reat

cre

ed a

fter

the

Apos

tles’

, Nic

ene

and

Atha

nasi

an C

reed

s.

The

Bea

titud

es (M

atth

ew 5

:3–1

0) fo

rm th

e be

st k

now

n co

llect

ion

of J

esus

’ ‘B

less

ed a

re …

’ say

ings

. With

them

Jes

us b

egin

s hi

s Se

rmon

on

the

Mou

nt in

whi

ch w

e ar

e ca

lled

to d

isci

ples

hip.

In

spea

king

or

sing

ing

the

Bea

titud

es w

e se

ek th

e bl

esse

dnes

s th

at

they

des

crib

e.

The

Song

of M

ary,

or

Mag

nifi c

at (L

uke

1:46

–55)

, is

occa

sion

ed b

y th

e gr

eetin

g gi

ven

to M

ary

by E

lizab

eth:

‘Ble

ssed

are

you

am

ong

wom

en, a

nd b

less

ed is

the

child

you

will

bea

r!’ T

he c

hurc

h no

w

take

s up

Mar

y’s s

ong

and

sing

s w

ith h

er, p

rais

ing

God

for

the

inca

rnat

e G

od in

our

mid

st, a

nd th

anki

ng h

im fo

r hi

s m

ercy

that

ex

tend

s th

roug

h ev

ery

gene

ratio

n.

The

third

gos

pel c

antic

le is

the

Song

of S

imeo

n (L

uke

2:29

–32)

. It

reco

rds

Sim

eon’

s pa

rtin

g w

ords

as

he to

ok th

e ne

wbo

rn S

avio

ur

in h

is a

rms

and

prai

sed

God

for

his

prom

ised

rede

mpt

ion.

We,

w

ho b

y fa

ith ta

ke J

esus

into

our

arm

s, a

lso

pray

for

a pe

acef

ul

depa

rtur

e an

d th

e ex

tens

ion

of G

od’s

reve

alin

g lig

ht to

the

natio

ns.

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The

‘Sav

iour

of t

he W

orld

’, lik

e th

e Te

Deu

m, i

s an

ext

ra-b

iblic

al

cant

icle

com

pose

d by

the

chur

ch. I

t rec

alls

Chr

ist’s

pro

tect

ion

and

deliv

eran

ce o

f his

dis

cipl

es, a

nd e

xpre

sses

our

hop

e in

his

gl

orio

us re

turn

.

OTH

ER

PR

AYE

RS

A fi n

al p

raye

r se

ctio

n, ‘O

ther

pra

yers

’, pr

ovid

es m

any

indi

vidu

al

pray

ers

that

can

be

used

alo

ne o

r to

sup

plem

ent t

he o

rder

s.

A nu

mbe

r of

thes

e ar

e ‘c

lass

ic’ p

raye

rs, w

hich

hav

e be

en u

sed

thro

ugho

ut th

e ce

ntur

ies

and

acro

ss d

iffer

ing

Chr

istia

n tr

aditi

ons.

Yo

u w

ill fi

nd h

ere

the

pray

ers

of c

onfe

ssio

n, w

hich

are

refe

rred

to

in ‘B

edtim

e pr

ayer

’.

DA

ILY

BIB

LE R

EA

DIN

G G

UID

ETh

e B

ible

read

ing

guid

e at

the

back

of t

he b

ook

give

s re

fere

nces

fo

r Su

nday

read

ings

plu

s ad

ditio

nal r

eadi

ngs

for

the

days

th

roug

h th

e w

eek

follo

win

g ea

ch S

unda

y. Yo

u w

ill fi

nd th

e B

ible

re

adin

gs fo

r Ye

ars

A, B

, and

C o

f the

Rev

ised

Com

mon

Lec

tiona

ry

(RC

L); a

nd y

ou w

ill a

lso

fi nd

refe

renc

es fo

r a

read

ing

for

each

w

eekd

ay. T

he re

adin

gs p

rovi

ded

for

Mon

days

to F

rida

ys ta

ke y

ou

in s

eque

ntia

l por

tions

thro

ugh

man

y bo

oks

of th

e B

ible

. Ove

r th

e th

ree

year

s of

the

cycl

e vi

rtua

lly a

ll of

the

New

Tes

tam

ent i

s co

vere

d an

d m

uch

of th

e O

ld T

esta

men

t. O

n Sa

turd

ay th

e ps

alm

(o

r on

e of

them

) of t

he n

ext d

ay’s

RC

L is

list

ed.

Whi

le th

e se

quen

tial d

aily

read

ings

are

inde

pend

ent o

f the

R

CL

Sund

ay re

adin

gs, t

hey

are

ofte

n lin

ked

in a

gen

eral

way

to

impo

rtan

t sea

sons

of t

he c

hurc

h ye

ar. F

or e

xam

ple,

in Y

ear

A th

e re

adin

gs a

re fr

om Is

aiah

dur

ing

Adve

nt, C

hris

tmas

and

Ep

ipha

ny, a

nd fr

om H

ebre

ws

duri

ng th

e Ea

ster

sea

son.

Por

tions

of

Old

Tes

tam

ent b

ooks

are

inte

rspe

rsed

am

ong

sele

ctio

ns fr

om

the

New

Tes

tam

ent.

You

will

fi nd

if y

ou fo

llow

thes

e co

ntin

uous

re

adin

gs th

at y

ou e

ncou

nter

Bib

le p

assa

ges

with

in th

eir

scri

ptur

al

cont

exts

and

that

you

bec

ome

bett

er a

cqua

inte

d w

ith b

ooks

of

the

Bib

le.

The

chur

ch y

ear

and

the

Rev

ised

Com

mon

Lec

tiona

ry (R

CL)

The

Bib

le re

adin

gs p

rovi

ded

here

are

tied

in w

ith th

e ch

urch

yea

r ra

ther

than

the

cale

ndar

yea

r. Th

e ch

urch

yea

r be

gins

with

Adv

ent,

goes

thro

ugh

Chr

istm

as, E

piph

any,

the

time

afte

r Ep

ipha

ny, L

ent,

Hol

y W

eek,

Eas

ter,

Pen

teco

st, a

nd th

e tim

e af

ter

Pent

ecos

t unt

il th

e la

st S

unda

y of

the

chur

ch y

ear.

Som

e da

tes

(Chr

istm

as d

ay,

25 D

ecem

ber;

Epi

phan

y, 6

Jan

uary

) are

fi xe

d, w

hile

oth

ers

such

as

East

er v

ary

from

yea

r to

yea

r. Th

is m

eans

that

the

leng

ths

of th

e tim

es

afte

r Ep

ipha

ny a

nd a

fter

Pent

ecos

t als

o va

ry.

To h

elp

you

fi t th

e ch

urch

yea

r in

the

curr

ent c

alen

dar

year

, key

dat

es

up to

201

9 ar

e gi

ven

in th

e B

ible

read

ing

guid

e.

The

follo

win

g is

a s

umm

ary

of h

ow it

wor

ks.

Adve

nt a

lway

s ha

s fo

ur S

unda

ys, t

he S

unda

ys im

med

iate

ly b

efor

e C

hris

tmas

. Dur

ing

this

tim

e w

e lo

ok fo

rwar

d to

the

com

ing

of o

ur

Lord

. The

fi rs

t Sun

day

of A

dven

t (Ad

vent

1) f

alls

on

one

of th

e la

st fo

ur

days

of N

ovem

ber

or th

e fi r

st th

ree

days

of D

ecem

ber.

The

num

ber

of

wee

kday

s af

ter

Adve

nt 4

and

bef

ore

Chr

istm

as v

arie

s; s

omet

imes

in

fact

Chr

istm

as d

ay is

the

next

day

.

Chr

istm

as c

eleb

rate

s th

e co

min

g of

our

Lor

d as

a h

uman

bei

ng.

The

Chr

istm

as s

easo

n la

sts

12 d

ays,

fi ni

shin

g w

ith 5

Jan

uary

, bef

ore

Epip

hany

. The

re a

re e

ither

one

or

two

Sund

ays

afte

r C

hris

tmas

.

The

day

of E

piph

any

is 6

Jan

uary

, whi

ch m

ay b

e a

Sund

ay o

r a

wee

kday

; Epi

phan

y co

mm

emor

ates

the

show

ing

of o

ur L

ord

to th

e w

ise

men

and

to th

e w

hole

wor

ld. E

piph

any

1 ce

lebr

ates

the

bapt

ism

of

Jes

us. T

he n

umbe

r of

Sun

days

afte

r Ep

ipha

ny v

arie

s fr

om th

ree

to

nine

, the

last

one

alw

ays

bein

g Tr

ansfi

gur

atio

n. If

Eas

ter

is e

arly

in a

pa

rtic

ular

yea

r, th

en th

e tim

e af

ter

Epip

hany

is s

hort

.

The

Wed

nesd

ay a

fter

Tran

sfi g

urat

ion

Sund

ay is

Ash

Wed

nesd

ay,

the

begi

nnin

g of

Len

t, a

time

for

repe

ntan

ce, r

enew

al a

nd w

alki

ng

the

way

of t

he c

ross

. Len

t has

six

Sun

days

in it

, the

last

one

bei

ng

Palm

/Pas

sion

Sun

day,

lead

ing

into

Hol

y W

eek,

a s

peci

al ti

me

of

rem

embe

ring

our

Lor

d’s

suffe

ring

and

dea

th. H

oly

Wee

k co

ntai

ns

Mau

ndy

Thur

sday

and

Goo

d Fr

iday

, and

end

s at

the

Satu

rday

eve

ning

be

fore

Eas

ter.

East

er c

eleb

rate

s th

e re

surr

ectio

n of

our

Lor

d an

d th

e ne

w v

icto

riou

s lif

e he

bri

ngs

us. T

here

are

sev

en S

unda

ys (i

nclu

ding

Eas

ter

day)

of

the

East

er s

easo

n. O

n th

e Th

ursd

ay o

f the

six

th w

eek

of E

aste

r w

e ce

lebr

ate

the

Asce

nsio

n of

our

Lor

d, a

nd th

e se

ason

end

s 50

day

s af

ter

East

er d

ay w

ith P

ente

cost

(cel

ebra

ting

the

com

ing

of th

e H

oly

Spiri

t).

The

fi rst

Sun

day

afte

r Pe

ntec

ost i

s Tr

inity

Sun

day.

Ther

e ar

e be

twee

n 23

and

28

Sund

ays

afte

r Pe

ntec

ost.

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The

Rev

ised

Com

mon

Lec

tiona

ry (R

CL)

giv

es B

ible

rea

ding

s fo

r ea

ch S

unda

y an

d ch

urch

fest

ival

in a

thre

e-ye

ar c

ycle

. The

set

s of

re

adin

gs fo

r a

part

icul

ar S

unda

y af

ter

Pen

teco

st v

ary

from

yea

r to

ye

ar, d

epen

ding

on

how

man

y Su

nday

s th

ere

are

afte

r P

ente

cost

for

that

yea

r. E

ach

set o

f Sun

day

read

ings

(som

etim

es c

alle

d P

rope

rs) i

s gi

ven

an in

clus

ive

date

ran

ge, e

g ‘S

unda

y be

twee

n 26

Jun

e &

2 J

uly

(Pro

per

8)’.

The

last

Sun

day

of th

e ch

urch

yea

r is

alw

ays

betw

een

20 &

26

Nov

embe

r (P

rope

r 29

).

Year

A o

f the

thre

e-ye

ar c

ycle

beg

ins

in N

ovem

ber/

Dec

embe

r of

200

7,

2010

, 201

3, 2

016,

201

9… If

you

hav

e di

ffi cu

lty fi

ndin

g w

hich

wee

k of

the

chur

ch y

ear

we

are

in, p

leas

e ch

eck

with

you

r co

ngre

gatio

n.

MO

RN

ING

AN

D E

VEN

ING

PR

AYE

Rfo

r ea

ch d

ay o

f the

wee

k

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WE

CO

ME

TO

GO

D IN

PR

AYE

RSh

out f

or jo

y to

the

Lord

, all

the

eart

h.

Wor

ship

the

Lord

with

gla

dnes

s.

Glo

ry to

the

Fath

er a

nd th

e So

n an

d th

e H

oly

Spir

it,

as it

was

in th

e be

ginn

ing,

is n

ow, a

nd w

ill b

e fo

reve

r.

Amen

.

WE

PR

AY P

SALM

118

Giv

e th

anks

to th

e Lo

rd, f

or h

e is

goo

d;

his

love

end

ures

fore

ver.

Let t

hose

who

fear

the

Lord

say

:

‘His

love

end

ures

fore

ver’

.Je

sus

says

: I a

m a

live

fore

ver

and

ever

.

The

Lord

is m

y st

reng

th a

nd m

y de

fenc

e;

he h

as b

ecom

e m

y sa

lvat

ion.

I will

not

die

but

live

,

and

will

pro

clai

m w

hat t

he L

ord

has

done

.Th

e Lo

rd h

as c

hast

ened

me

seve

rely

,

but h

e ha

s no

t giv

en m

e ov

er to

dea

th.

Jesu

s sa

ys: I

am

aliv

e fo

reve

r an

d ev

er.

Ope

n fo

r m

e th

e ga

tes

of th

e ri

ghte

ous;

I w

ill e

nter

and

giv

e th

anks

to th

e Lo

rd.

The

ston

e th

e bu

ilder

s re

ject

ed

has

beco

me

the

corn

erst

one;

the

Lord

has

don

e th

is,

an

d it

is m

arve

llous

in o

ur e

yes.

Jesu

s sa

ys: I

am

aliv

e fo

reve

r an

d ev

er.

GO

D S

PE

AK

S TO

US

(see

dai

ly B

ible

rea

ding

gui

de, o

r ot

her

Bib

le r

eadi

ng)

Pla

nt y

our

wor

d in

us,

th

at w

e be

ar m

uch

frui

t to

your

glo

ry.

WE

CO

NFE

SS O

UR

FAI

TH (A

post

les’

Cre

ed, s

crip

tura

l son

g, o

r ot

her

hym

n/so

ng)

WE

PR

AY F

OR

OU

RSE

LVE

S A

ND

TH

E W

OR

LDJe

sus

lives

to in

terc

ede

for

us. L

et u

s pr

ay to

God

our

Fat

her

in

his

nam

e.

God

our

Fat

her:

h

ear

our

pray

er.

We

prai

se y

ou, G

od a

nd F

athe

r, fo

r yo

ur h

oly

nam

e: re

min

d us

al

way

s to

cal

l on

you

in p

raye

r, p

rais

e an

d th

anks

givi

ng.

God

our

Fat

her:

h

ear

our

pray

er.

Your

wor

d is

our

ligh

t and

our

life

: enl

ight

en y

our

chur

ch w

ith

faith

ful p

reac

hing

and

true

hea

ring

of y

our

wor

d to

day.

God

our

Fat

her:

h

ear

our

pray

er.

You

desi

re a

ll pe

ople

to b

e sa

ved

and

com

e to

kno

w th

e tr

uth:

cal

l th

ose

who

do

not k

now

you

into

you

r ki

ngdo

m.

God

our

Fat

her:

h

ear

our

pray

er.

Than

k yo

u th

at n

othi

ng c

an s

epar

ate

us fr

om y

our

love

thro

ugh

Chr

ist:

fi ll o

ur th

ough

ts, w

ords

and

act

ions

with

you

r lo

ve to

day.

God

our

Fat

her:

h

ear

our

pray

er.

(Oth

er p

raye

rs m

ay fo

llow)

We

give

than

ks to

you

, hea

venl

y Fa

ther

, for

giv

ing

us n

ew li

fe b

y ra

isin

g yo

ur S

on fr

om d

eath

and

fi lli

ng u

s w

ith a

livi

ng h

ope.

May

w

e fi n

ally

com

e to

pos

sess

the

rich

ble

ssin

gs th

at y

ou k

eep

for

your

peo

ple

in h

eave

n, w

here

they

can

not d

ecay

or

spoi

l or

fade

aw

ay; t

hrou

gh J

esus

Chr

ist o

ur L

ord.

Am

en.

WE

PR

AY T

HE

LO

RD

’S P

RAY

ER

GO

D B

LESS

ES

US

Jesu

s sa

ys: B

less

ed a

re th

ose

who

are

invi

ted

to th

e w

eddi

ng

supp

er o

f the

Lam

b!

The

Lord

ble

ss u

s an

d ke

ep u

s. T

he L

ord

mak

e hi

s fa

ce s

hine

on

us a

nd b

e gr

acio

us to

us.

The

Lor

d lo

ok u

pon

us w

ith fa

vour

and

gi

ve u

s pe

ace.

Amen

.

Sund

ay m

orni

ng

MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER

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WE

CO

ME

TO

GO

D IN

PR

AYE

RI c

all t

o yo

u, L

ord,

com

e qu

ickl

y to

me.

H

ear

me

whe

n I c

all t

o yo

u.M

ay m

y pr

ayer

be

set b

efor

e yo

u lik

e in

cens

e;

may

the

liftin

g up

of m

y ha

nds

be li

ke th

e ev

enin

g sa

crifi

ce.

Glo

ry to

the

Fath

er a

nd th

e So

n an

d th

e H

oly

Spir

it,

as it

was

in th

e be

ginn

ing,

is n

ow, a

nd w

ill b

e fo

reve

r.

Amen

.

WE

PR

AY P

SALM

146

Do

not p

ut y

our

trus

t in

prin

ces,

in

hum

an b

eing

s, w

ho c

anno

t sav

e.W

hen

thei

r sp

irit

depa

rts,

they

retu

rn to

the

grou

nd;

on

that

ver

y da

y th

eir

plan

s co

me

to n

othi

ng.

Pra

ise

the

Lord

, my

soul

.

Ble

ssed

are

thos

e w

hose

hel

p is

the

God

of J

acob

,

who

se h

ope

is in

the

Lord

thei

r G

od.

He

is th

e M

aker

of h

eave

n an

d ea

rth,

the

sea,

and

eve

ryth

ing

in th

em –

he

rem

ains

faith

ful f

orev

er.

Pra

ise

the

Lord

, my

soul

.

He

upho

lds

the

caus

e of

the

oppr

esse

d

and

give

s fo

od to

the

hung

ry.

The

Lord

set

s pr

ison

ers

free

,

the

Lord

giv

es s

ight

to th

e bl

ind,

the

Lord

lifts

up

thos

e w

ho a

re b

owed

dow

n,

the

Lord

love

s th

e ri

ghte

ous.

Pra

ise

the

Lord

, my

soul

.

GO

D S

PE

AK

S TO

US

(see

dai

ly B

ible

rea

ding

gui

de, o

r ot

her

Bib

le r

eadi

ng)

Pla

nt y

our

wor

d in

us,

th

at w

e be

ar m

uch

frui

t to

your

glo

ry.

WE

CO

NFE

SS O

UR

FAI

TH (A

post

les’

Cre

ed, s

crip

tura

l son

g, o

r ot

her

hym

n/so

ng)

WE

PR

AY F

OR

OU

RSE

LVE

S A

ND

TH

E W

OR

LDW

e ha

ve c

onfi d

ence

to e

nter

the

Mos

t Hol

y P

lace

by

the

bloo

d of

Je

sus.

Let

us

draw

nea

r to

God

in p

raye

r.

Hol

y G

od:

hea

r ou

r pr

ayer

.

We

prai

se y

ou, h

oly

God

, tha

t you

hav

e w

atch

ed o

ver

us to

day:

fo

rgiv

e us

whe

n w

e ha

ve n

ot fe

ared

, lov

ed o

r tr

uste

d yo

u as

we

ough

t.

Hol

y G

od:

hea

r ou

r pr

ayer

.

All c

reat

ion

righ

tly p

rais

es y

ou: k

eep

your

chu

rch

in tr

ue fa

ith, i

n go

dly

wor

ship

, and

in th

e jo

y of

you

r So

n’s

resu

rrec

tion.

Hol

y G

od:

hea

r ou

r pr

ayer

.

Than

k yo

u fo

r th

e pe

ace

that

pas

ses

all u

nder

stan

ding

: bri

ng y

our

peac

e to

thos

e w

ho li

ve in

con

fl ict

and

hel

p us

to fo

rgiv

e ea

ch

othe

r.

Hol

y G

od:

hea

r ou

r pr

ayer

.

You

are

the

God

of a

ll co

mfo

rt: c

onso

le th

ose

who

wee

p or

gri

eve

this

nig

ht a

nd s

how

them

you

r co

mpa

ssio

n in

the

face

of C

hris

t.

Hol

y G

od:

hea

r ou

r pr

ayer

.

(Oth

er p

raye

rs m

ay fo

llow)

Alm

ight

y G

od, g

rant

that

the

wor

ds w

hich

we

have

hea

rd th

is d

ay

with

our

ear

s m

ay, t

hrou

gh y

our

grac

e, b

e so

gra

fted

in o

ur h

eart

s th

at th

ey p

rodu

ce in

us

the

frui

t of g

ood

lives

, to

the

hono

ur a

nd

prai

se o

f you

r na

me;

thro

ugh

Jesu

s C

hris

t our

Lor

d.

Amen

.

WE

PR

AY T

HE

LO

RD

’S P

RAY

ER

GO

D B

LESS

ES

US

The

grac

e of

God

that

offe

rs s

alva

tion

to a

ll pe

ople

has

app

eare

d.

The

grac

e of

the

Lord

Jes

us C

hris

t, an

d th

e lo

ve o

f God

, and

the

fello

wsh

ip o

f the

Hol

y Sp

irit,

be

with

us

all.

Am

en.

MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER

Sund

ay e

veni

ng

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21

WE

CO

ME

TO

GO

D IN

PR

AYE

RC

ome,

let u

s si

ng fo

r jo

y to

the

Lord

;

let u

s sh

out a

loud

to th

e R

ock

of o

ur s

alva

tion.

Glo

ry to

the

Fath

er a

nd th

e So

n an

d th

e H

oly

Spir

it,

as it

was

in th

e be

ginn

ing,

is n

ow, a

nd w

ill b

e fo

reve

r.

Amen

.

WE

PR

AY P

SALM

5Li

sten

to m

y w

ords

, Lor

d,

cons

ider

my

lam

ent.

Hea

r m

y cr

y fo

r he

lp,

m

y K

ing

and

my

God

, for

to y

ou I

pray

.In

the

mor

ning

, Lor

d,

you

hear

my

voic

e;in

the

mor

ning

I la

y m

y re

ques

ts b

efor

e yo

u

and

wai

t exp

ecta

ntly.

In th

e m

orni

ng, O

Lor

d, y

ou h

ear

my

voic

e.

You

are

not a

God

who

is p

leas

ed w

ith w

icke

dnes

s;

with

you

, evi

l peo

ple

are

not w

elco

me.

The

arro

gant

can

not s

tand

in y

our

pres

ence

.

You

hate

all

who

do

wro

ng.

In th

e m

orni

ng, O

Lor

d, y

ou h

ear

my

voic

e.

But

let a

ll w

ho ta

ke re

fuge

in y

ou b

e gl

ad;

le

t the

m e

ver

sing

for

joy.

Spre

ad y

our

prot

ectio

n ov

er th

em

that

thos

e w

ho lo

ve y

our

nam

e m

ay re

joic

e in

you

.Su

rely

, Lor

d, y

ou b

less

the

righ

teou

s;

you

surr

ound

them

with

you

r fa

vour

as

with

a s

hiel

d.

In th

e m

orni

ng, O

Lor

d, y

ou h

ear

my

voic

e.

GO

D S

PE

AK

S TO

US

(see

dai

ly B

ible

rea

ding

gui

de, o

r ot

her

Bib

le r

eadi

ng)

Teac

h m

e yo

ur w

ay, O

Lor

d,

that

I m

ay w

alk

in y

our

trut

h.

WE

CO

NFE

SS O

UR

FAI

TH (A

post

les’

Cre

ed, s

crip

tura

l son

g, o

r ot

her

hym

n/so

ng)

WE

PR

AY F

OR

OU

RSE

LVE

S A

ND

TH

E W

OR

LDTh

e Ap

ostle

Pau

l say

s: ‘I

n ev

ery

situ

atio

n, b

y pr

ayer

and

pet

ition

, w

ith th

anks

givi

ng, p

rese

nt y

our

requ

ests

to G

od’.

Let u

s pr

ay.

Gra

ciou

s Fa

ther

: h

ear

our

pray

er.

We

than

k yo

u, g

raci

ous

Fath

er, f

or c

allin

g us

into

you

r ki

ngdo

m:

give

us

grac

e to

bel

ieve

you

r hol

y w

ord

and

live

as y

our p

eopl

e to

day.

Gra

ciou

s Fa

ther

: h

ear

our

pray

er.

Than

k yo

u fo

r re

new

ing

us in

our

bap

tism

; ena

ble

all C

hris

tians

to

die

to s

in a

nd r

ise

to n

ew li

fe th

roug

h fa

ith in

you

.

Gra

ciou

s Fa

ther

: h

ear

our

pray

er.

For

this

goo

d an

d pr

ospe

rous

land

we

give

you

than

ks: d

irect

th

ose

who

gov

ern

and

adm

inis

ter

our

soci

ety,

and

ble

ss o

ur

coun

try

with

pea

ce.

Gra

ciou

s Fa

ther

: h

ear

our

pray

er.

Than

k yo

u fo

r le

ttin

g us

sha

re in

you

r So

n’s

joy:

ove

rcom

e ou

r tir

edne

ss, s

tres

s an

d w

orry

, and

fi ll

us w

ith th

e jo

y of

livi

ng a

s yo

ur

child

ren.

Gra

ciou

s Fa

ther

: h

ear

our

pray

er.

(Oth

er p

raye

rs m

ay fo

llow)

I tha

nk y

ou, h

eave

nly

Fath

er, t

hrou

gh y

our

dear

Son

, Jes

us C

hris

t, th

at y

ou h

ave

prot

ecte

d m

e th

roug

h th

e ni

ght f

rom

all

harm

and

da

nger

. I a

sk y

ou to

kee

p m

e th

is d

ay, t

oo, f

rom

all

sin

and

evil,

so

that

in a

ll m

y th

ough

ts, w

ords

, and

dee

ds I

may

ple

ase

you.

In y

our

hand

s I p

lace

my

body

and

sou

l and

all

that

is m

ine.

Let

you

r ho

ly

ange

l be

with

me,

so

that

the

evil

one

may

hav

e no

pow

er o

ver

me.

Am

en.

WE

PR

AY T

HE

LO

RD

’S P

RAY

ER

WE

GLO

RIF

Y G

OD

G

od w

ill m

eet a

ll ou

r ne

eds

acco

rdin

g to

the

rich

es o

f his

glo

ry in

C

hris

t Jes

us –

to o

ur G

od a

nd F

athe

r be

glo

ry fo

reve

r an

d ev

er.

Am

en.

MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER

Mon

day m

orni

ng

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WE

CO

ME

TO

GO

D IN

PR

AYE

RI w

ill p

rais

e th

e Lo

rd, w

ho c

ouns

els

me;

ev

en a

t nig

ht m

y he

art i

nstr

ucts

me.

Glo

ry to

the

Fath

er a

nd th

e So

n an

d th

e H

oly

Spir

it,

as it

was

in th

e be

ginn

ing,

is n

ow, a

nd w

ill b

e fo

reve

r.

Amen

.

WE

PR

AY P

SALM

139

You

have

sea

rche

d m

e, L

ord,

and

you

kno

w m

e.

You

know

whe

n I s

it an

d w

hen

I ris

e.Yo

u di

scer

n m

y go

ing

out a

nd m

y ly

ing

dow

n;

you

are

fam

iliar

with

all

my

way

s.

Lord

Jes

us, S

on o

f God

, hav

e m

ercy

on

me.

Whe

re c

an I

go fr

om y

our

Spir

it?

W

here

can

I fl e

e fr

om y

our

pres

ence

? If

I go

up to

the

heav

ens,

you

are

ther

e;

if I m

ake

my

bed

in th

e de

pths

, you

are

ther

e.If

I say

, ‘Su

rely

the

dark

ness

will

hid

e m

e

and

the

light

bec

ome

nigh

t aro

und

me’

,ev

en th

e da

rkne

ss w

ill n

ot b

e da

rk to

you

;

the

nigh

t will

shi

ne li

ke th

e da

y, fo

r da

rkne

ss is

as

light

to y

ou.

Lord

Jes

us, S

on o

f God

, hav

e m

ercy

on

me.

Sear

ch m

e, G

od, a

nd k

now

my

hear

t;

test

me

and

know

my

anxi

ous

thou

ghts

. Se

e if

ther

e is

any

offe

nsiv

e w

ay in

me,

and

lead

me

in th

e w

ay e

verl

astin

g.

Lord

Jes

us, S

on o

f God

, hav

e m

ercy

on

me.

GO

D S

PE

AK

S TO

US

(see

dai

ly B

ible

rea

ding

gui

de, o

r ot

her

Bib

le r

eadi

ng)

Teac

h m

e yo

ur w

ay, O

Lor

d,

that

I m

ay w

alk

in y

our

trut

h.

WE

CO

NFE

SS O

UR

FAI

TH (A

post

les’

Cre

ed, s

crip

tura

l son

g, o

r ot

her

hym

n/so

ng)

MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER

Mon

day e

veni

ng

WE

PR

AY F

OR

OU

RSE

LVE

S A

ND

TH

E W

OR

LDJe

sus

says

: ‘C

ome

to m

e, a

ll yo

u w

ho a

re w

eary

and

bur

dene

d,

and

I will

giv

e yo

u re

st’.

Let u

s pr

ay to

him

.

Lord

Jes

us:

hea

r ou

r pr

ayer

.

Than

k yo

u, L

ord

Jesu

s, fo

r ca

lling

us

to re

st w

ith y

ou: f

orgi

ve u

s w

hen

we

turn

our

wor

k in

to a

n id

ol.

Lord

Jes

us:

hea

r ou

r pr

ayer

.

You

have

mad

e us

you

r lig

ht a

nd s

alt i

n th

e w

orld

: enc

oura

ge y

our

peop

le to

sha

re th

eir

hope

and

bea

r w

itnes

s to

you

.

Lord

Jes

us:

hea

r ou

r pr

ayer

.

Than

k yo

u fo

r he

alin

g us

in b

ody,

min

d, a

nd s

oul:

com

fort

and

re

stor

e th

ose

who

are

sic

k, a

nd a

ssis

t all

doct

ors,

nur

ses,

and

m

edic

al s

ervi

ces.

Lord

Jes

us:

hea

r ou

r pr

ayer

.

Whi

le w

e sl

eep

othe

rs w

ill la

bour

: wat

ch o

ver

all w

ho w

ork

thro

ugho

ut th

e ni

ght,

and

keep

them

from

isol

atio

n an

d lo

nelin

ess.

Lord

Jes

us:

hea

r ou

r pr

ayer

.

(Oth

er p

raye

rs m

ay fo

llow)

Lord

Jes

us, c

ome

to u

s th

at y

ou m

ay c

lean

se u

s. C

ome

to u

s th

at

you

may

hea

l us.

Com

e to

us

that

you

may

str

engt

hen

us. C

ome

to

us th

at y

ou m

ay u

se u

s to

do

your

will

. But

hav

ing

rece

ived

you

, let

us

not

forg

et y

ou, o

r run

aw

ay fr

om y

ou, o

r fal

l int

o te

mpt

atio

n an

d si

n; b

ut le

t us

be y

ours

toda

y, to

mor

row

, and

alw

ays;

for y

ou li

ve a

nd

reig

n w

ith th

e Fa

ther

and

the

Hol

y Sp

irit,

one

God

, now

and

fore

ver.

Am

en.

WE

PR

AY T

HE

LO

RD

’S P

RAY

ER

GO

D B

LESS

ES

US

The

Lord

wat

ches

ove

r yo

u –

the

Lord

is y

our

shad

e at

you

r ri

ght

hand

; the

sun

will

not

har

m y

ou b

y da

y, n

or th

e m

oon

by n

ight

.

May

the

Lord

ble

ss u

s, a

nd k

eep

us fr

om a

ll ev

il, a

nd b

ring

us

to

eter

nal l

ife.

Am

en.

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25

WE

CO

ME

TO

GO

D IN

PR

AYE

RIt

is g

ood

to p

rais

e th

e Lo

rd,

an

d m

ake

mus

ic to

you

r na

me,

O M

ost H

igh,

proc

laim

ing

your

love

in th

e m

orni

ng,

an

d yo

ur fa

ithfu

lnes

s at

nig

ht.

Glo

ry to

the

Fath

er a

nd th

e So

n an

d th

e H

oly

Spir

it,

as it

was

in th

e be

ginn

ing,

is n

ow, a

nd w

ill b

e fo

reve

r.

Amen

.

WE

PR

AY P

SALM

119

Te

ach

me,

Lor

d, th

e w

ay o

f you

r de

cree

s,

that

I m

ay fo

llow

it to

the

end.

Giv

e m

e un

ders

tand

ing,

so

that

I m

ay k

eep

your

law

an

d ob

ey it

with

all

my

hear

t.D

irect

me

in th

e pa

th o

f you

r co

mm

ands

,

for

ther

e I fi

nd

delig

ht.

Jesu

s, y

ou h

ave

the

wor

ds o

f ete

rnal

life

.

Turn

my

hear

t tow

ard

your

sta

tute

s

and

not t

owar

d se

lfi sh

gai

n.Tu

rn m

y ey

es a

way

from

wor

thle

ss th

ings

;

pres

erve

my

life

acco

rdin

g to

you

r w

ord.

Jesu

s, y

ou h

ave

the

wor

ds o

f ete

rnal

life

.

Fulfi

l you

r pr

omis

e to

you

r se

rvan

t,

so th

at y

ou m

ay b

e fe

ared

.H

ow I

long

for

your

pre

cept

s!

In y

our

righ

teou

snes

s pr

eser

ve m

y lif

e.

Jesu

s, y

ou h

ave

the

wor

ds o

f ete

rnal

life

.

GO

D S

PE

AK

S TO

US

(see

dai

ly B

ible

rea

ding

gui

de, o

r ot

her

Bib

le r

eadi

ng)

I del

ight

in y

our

decr

ees;

I w

ill n

ot n

egle

ct y

our

wor

d.

WE

CO

NFE

SS O

UR

FAI

TH (A

post

les’

Cre

ed, s

crip

tura

l son

g, o

r ot

her

hym

n/so

ng)

Tues

day m

orni

ng

WE

PR

AY F

OR

OU

RSE

LVE

S A

ND

TH

E W

OR

LDLe

t us

cast

our

anx

ietie

s on

God

, bec

ause

he

care

s fo

r us

.

Lovi

ng G

od:

hea

r ou

r pr

ayer

.

Lovi

ng G

od a

nd F

athe

r, th

ank

you

that

you

r go

od a

nd g

raci

ous

will

is a

lway

s do

ne: d

efea

t the

pow

er o

f the

dev

il in

our

live

s an

d st

reng

then

our

faith

in y

ou.

Lovi

ng G

od:

hea

r ou

r pr

ayer

.

The

lips

of c

hild

ren

decl

are

your

pra

ise:

pro

tect

and

nur

ture

the

child

ren

and

yout

h of

the

chur

ch s

o th

at th

ey g

row

str

ong

in y

ou.

Lovi

ng G

od:

hea

r ou

r pr

ayer

.

Than

k yo

u fo

r su

pply

ing

us w

ith th

e fr

uits

of t

he e

arth

: ble

ss a

ll w

ho p

rodu

ce fo

od, a

nd p

rovi

de fo

r th

e po

or a

nd h

ungr

y.

Lovi

ng G

od:

hea

r ou

r pr

ayer

.

Your

Son

giv

es p

eace

as

the

wor

ld c

anno

t giv

e: le

ad u

s to

put

asi

de

rese

ntm

ent,

fear

and

pri

de, a

nd li

ve a

t pea

ce w

ith o

ur n

eigh

bour

.

Lovi

ng G

od:

hea

r ou

r pr

ayer

.

(Oth

er p

raye

rs m

ay fo

llow)

Lord

, our

hea

venl

y Fa

ther

, alm

ight

y an

d et

erna

l God

, you

hav

e br

ough

t us

safe

ly to

the

begi

nnin

g of

this

day

. Pro

tect

us

toda

y w

ith y

our

mig

hty

pow

er; l

et u

s fa

ll in

to n

o si

n, n

or r

un in

to a

ny

kind

of d

ange

r. B

ut g

uide

us

in a

ll th

ings

, so

that

we

may

alw

ays

do w

hat i

s ri

ght.

We

ask

this

thou

gh y

our

Son,

Jes

us C

hris

t our

Lo

rd, w

ho li

ves

and

reig

ns w

ith y

ou a

nd th

e H

oly

Spir

it, o

ne G

od,

now

and

fore

ver.

Am

en.

WE

PR

AY T

HE

LO

RD

’S P

RAY

ER

GO

D B

LESS

ES

US

Jesu

s sa

ys: P

eace

I le

ave

with

you

; my

peac

e I g

ive

you.

May

the

alm

ight

y Lo

rd g

uide

us,

and

all

we

do th

is d

ay, i

n hi

s pe

ace.

Am

en.

MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER

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27

WE

CO

ME

TO

GO

D IN

PR

AYE

RIn

pea

ce I

will

lie

dow

n an

d sl

eep,

fo

r yo

u al

one,

Lor

d, m

ake

me

dwel

l in

safe

ty.

Glo

ry to

the

Fath

er a

nd th

e So

n an

d th

e H

oly

Spir

it,

as it

was

in th

e be

ginn

ing,

is n

ow, a

nd w

ill b

e fo

reve

r.

Amen

.

WE

PR

AY P

SALM

103

Pra

ise

the

Lord

, my

soul

, and

forg

et n

ot a

ll hi

s be

nefi t

s –

w

ho fo

rgiv

es a

ll yo

ur s

ins

and

heal

s al

l you

r di

seas

es,

who

rede

ems

your

life

from

the

pit

an

d cr

owns

you

with

love

and

com

pass

ion,

w

ho s

atis

fi es

your

des

ires

with

goo

d th

ings

so

that

you

r yo

uth

is re

new

ed li

ke th

e ea

gle’

s.

Pra

ise

the

Lord

, my

soul

;al

l my

inm

ost b

eing

, pra

ise

his

holy

nam

e.

The

Lord

is c

ompa

ssio

nate

and

gra

ciou

s,

slow

to a

nger

, abo

undi

ng in

love

. H

e do

es n

ot tr

eat u

s as

our

sin

s de

serv

e

or re

pay

us a

ccor

ding

to o

ur in

iqui

ties.

Pra

ise

the

Lord

, my

soul

;al

l my

inm

ost b

eing

, pra

ise

his

holy

nam

e.

For

as h

igh

as th

e he

aven

s ar

e ab

ove

the

eart

h,

so

gre

at is

his

love

for

thos

e w

ho fe

ar h

im;

as fa

r as

the

east

is fr

om th

e w

est,

s

o fa

r ha

s he

rem

oved

our

tran

sgre

ssio

ns fr

om u

s.

Pra

ise

the

Lord

, my

soul

;al

l my

inm

ost b

eing

, pra

ise

his

holy

nam

e.

GO

D S

PE

AK

S TO

US

(see

dai

ly B

ible

rea

ding

gui

de, o

r ot

her

Bib

le r

eadi

ng)

I del

ight

in y

our

decr

ees;

I w

ill n

ot n

egle

ct y

our

wor

d.

WE

CO

NFE

SS O

UR

FAI

TH (A

post

les’

Cre

ed, s

crip

tura

l son

g, o

r ot

her

hym

n/so

ng)

WE

PR

AY F

OR

OU

RSE

LVE

S A

ND

TH

E W

OR

LDJe

sus

took

up

our

infi r

miti

es a

nd b

ore

our

dise

ases

. Let

us

pray

to

him

.

Lord

Jes

us:

hel

p us

, we

pray

.

We

than

k yo

u, L

ord

Jesu

s, fo

r th

ose

who

exe

rcis

e ri

ghtfu

l au

thor

ity o

ver

us: p

ardo

n ou

r re

sent

men

t of t

hose

in a

utho

rity

and

m

ake

us h

umbl

e lik

e yo

u.

Lord

Jes

us:

hel

p us

, we

pray

.

You

rem

embe

r al

l wor

k do

ne in

you

r na

me:

rew

ard

the

effo

rts

of

elde

rly C

hris

tians

and

do

not l

et th

em ti

re o

f goo

d w

orks

and

pra

yer.

Lord

Jes

us:

hel

p us

, we

pray

.

You

proc

laim

ed fr

eedo

m fo

r th

e ca

ptiv

es: b

e w

ith a

ll w

ho a

re

oppr

esse

d, a

ddic

ted,

or

suffe

ring

, and

rele

ase

them

from

thei

r ch

ains

.

Lord

Jes

us:

hel

p us

, we

pray

.

Than

k yo

u fo

r th

e ni

ght a

nd y

our

gift

of re

st: c

alm

thos

e w

ho a

re

trou

bled

, tho

se w

ho a

re s

tres

sed,

and

thos

e w

ho c

anno

t sle

ep.

Lord

Jes

us:

hel

p us

, we

pray

.

(Oth

er p

raye

rs m

ay fo

llow)

Wat

ch, d

ear

Lord

, with

thos

e w

ho w

ake,

or

wat

ch, o

r w

eep

toni

ght,

and

give

you

r an

gels

cha

rge

over

thos

e w

ho s

leep

. Ten

d yo

ur s

ick

ones

, Lor

d C

hris

t. R

est y

our

wea

ry o

nes.

Ble

ss y

our

dyin

g on

es.

Soot

he y

our

suffe

ring

one

s. P

ity y

our

affl i

cted

one

s. S

hiel

d yo

ur

joyo

us o

nes.

We

ask

this

all

for

your

love

’s s

ake.

Am

en.

WE

PR

AY T

HE

LO

RD

’S P

RAY

ER

WE

GLO

RIF

Y G

OD

To

him

who

love

s us

and

has

free

d us

from

our

sin

s by

his

blo

od,

and

mad

e us

to b

e a

king

dom

and

pri

ests

to s

erve

his

God

and

Fa

ther

– to

him

be

glor

y an

d po

wer

fore

ver

and

ever

!

Amen

.

Tues

day e

veni

ng

MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER

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WE

CO

ME

TO

GO

D IN

PR

AYE

RTh

is is

the

day

the

Lord

has

mad

e;

let u

s re

joic

e an

d be

gla

d in

it.

Glo

ry to

the

Fath

er a

nd th

e So

n an

d th

e H

oly

Spir

it,

as it

was

in th

e be

ginn

ing,

is n

ow, a

nd w

ill b

e fo

reve

r.

Amen

.

WE

PR

AY P

SALM

33

Sing

joyf

ully

to th

e Lo

rd, y

ou r

ight

eous

;

it is

fi tt

ing

for

the

upri

ght t

o pr

aise

him

.Si

ng to

him

a n

ew s

ong;

pl

ay s

kilfu

lly, a

nd s

hout

for

joy.

For

the

wor

d of

the

Lord

is r

ight

and

true

;

he is

faith

ful i

n al

l he

does

.

Sing

joyf

ully

to th

e Lo

rd, y

ou r

ight

eous

.

The

Lord

love

s ri

ghte

ousn

ess

and

just

ice;

th

e ea

rth

is fu

ll of

his

unf

ailin

g lo

ve.

Let a

ll th

e ea

rth

fear

the

Lord

;

let a

ll th

e pe

ople

of t

he w

orld

reve

re h

im.

For

he s

poke

, and

it c

ame

to b

e;

he c

omm

ande

d, a

nd it

sto

od fi

rm.

Sing

joyf

ully

to th

e Lo

rd, y

ou r

ight

eous

.

We

wai

t in

hope

for

the

Lord

;

he is

our

hel

p an

d ou

r sh

ield

.In

him

our

hea

rts

rejo

ice,

fo

r w

e tr

ust i

n hi

s ho

ly n

ame.

May

you

r un

faili

ng lo

ve b

e w

ith u

s, L

ord,

ev

en a

s w

e pu

t our

hop

e in

you

.

Sing

joyf

ully

to th

e Lo

rd, y

ou r

ight

eous

.

GO

D S

PE

AK

S TO

US

(see

dai

ly B

ible

rea

ding

gui

de, o

r ot

her

Bib

le r

eadi

ng)

Dire

ct m

e in

the

path

of y

our

com

man

ds,

fo

r th

ere

I fi n

d de

light

.

WE

CO

NFE

SS O

UR

FAI

TH (A

post

les’

Cre

ed, s

crip

tura

l son

g, o

r ot

her

hym

n/so

ng)

WE

PR

AY F

OR

OU

RSE

LVE

S A

ND

TH

E W

OR

LDJe

sus

says

: ‘Yo

ur F

athe

r in

hea

ven

will

giv

e go

od g

ifts

to th

ose

who

ask

him

’. Le

t us

pray

.

Fath

er in

hea

ven:

w

e se

ek y

our

gift

s.

We

bles

s yo

u, g

raci

ous

Fath

er, f

or g

ivin

g us

our

dai

ly b

read

: giv

e us

than

kful

hea

rts

and

mov

e us

to s

hare

wha

t we

have

w

ith o

ther

s.

Fath

er in

hea

ven:

w

e se

ek y

our

gift

s.

Than

k yo

u fo

r th

e gi

ft of

you

r ho

ly w

ord:

giv

e pa

rent

s th

e sk

ill a

nd

confi

den

ce to

teac

h th

is w

ord

to th

eir

fam

ilies

.

Fath

er in

hea

ven:

w

e se

ek y

our

gift

s.

Than

k yo

u fo

r cl

othi

ng th

is p

lane

t with

an

abun

danc

e of

life

: hel

p us

to c

are

for

the

envi

ronm

ent a

nd r

ule

your

cre

atio

n w

isel

y.

Fath

er in

hea

ven:

w

e se

ek y

our

gift

s.

You

are

slow

to a

nger

and

abo

undi

ng in

love

: giv

e us

a p

atie

nt

spir

it so

that

we

may

be

quic

k to

list

en a

nd s

low

to b

ecom

e an

gry.

Fath

er in

hea

ven:

w

e se

ek y

our

gift

s.

(Oth

er p

raye

rs m

ay fo

llow)

Gra

ciou

s G

od, r

emem

ber

us to

day

in th

e w

ork

you

have

giv

en

us to

do.

Let

us

fi nd

satis

fact

ion

in o

ur c

allin

g, a

nd g

lori

fy y

ou b

y ho

nest

wor

k, fo

r th

e sa

ke o

f him

who

com

plet

ed h

is w

ork

for

us,

Jesu

s C

hris

t our

Lor

d.

Amen

.

WE

PR

AY T

HE

LO

RD

’S P

RAY

ER

GO

D B

LESS

ES

US

Jesu

s sa

ys: B

less

ed a

re th

e pe

acem

aker

s, fo

r th

ey w

ill b

e ca

lled

child

ren

of G

od.

May

the

alm

ight

y Lo

rd g

uide

us,

and

all

we

do th

is d

ay, i

n hi

s pe

ace.

Am

en.

Wed

nesd

ay m

orni

ng

MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER

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WE

CO

ME

TO

GO

D IN

PR

AYE

RIn

to y

our

hand

s I c

omm

it m

y sp

irit;

re

deem

me,

Lor

d, m

y fa

ithfu

l God

.

Glo

ry to

the

Fath

er a

nd th

e So

n an

d th

e H

oly

Spir

it,

as it

was

in th

e be

ginn

ing,

is n

ow, a

nd w

ill b

e fo

reve

r.

Amen

.

WE

PR

AY P

SALM

130

Out

of t

he d

epth

s I c

ry to

you

, Lor

d;

Lord

, hea

r m

y vo

ice.

Let y

our

ears

be

atte

ntiv

e

to m

y cr

y fo

r m

ercy

.

Jesu

s, r

emem

ber

me

whe

n yo

u co

me

into

you

r ki

ngdo

m.

If yo

u, L

ord,

kep

t a re

cord

of s

ins,

Lo

rd, w

ho c

ould

sta

nd?

But

with

you

ther

e is

forg

iven

ess,

so

that

we

can,

with

reve

renc

e, s

erve

you

.

Jesu

s, r

emem

ber

me

whe

n yo

u co

me

into

you

r ki

ngdo

m.

I wai

t for

the

Lord

, my

who

le b

eing

wai

ts,

an

d in

his

wor

d I p

ut m

y ho

pe.

I wai

t for

the

Lord

mor

e th

an w

atch

men

wai

t for

the

mor

ning

,

mor

e th

an w

atch

men

wai

t for

the

mor

ning

.Is

rael

, put

you

r ho

pe in

the

Lord

,

for

with

the

Lord

is u

nfai

ling

love

and

with

him

is fu

ll re

dem

ptio

n.H

e hi

mse

lf w

ill re

deem

Isra

el

from

all

thei

r si

ns.

Jesu

s, r

emem

ber

me

whe

n yo

u co

me

into

you

r ki

ngdo

m.

GO

D S

PE

AK

S TO

US

(see

dai

ly B

ible

rea

ding

gui

de, o

r ot

her

Bib

le r

eadi

ng)

Dire

ct m

e in

the

path

of y

our

com

man

ds,

fo

r th

ere

I fi n

d de

light

.

WE

CO

NFE

SS O

UR

FAI

TH (A

post

les’

Cre

ed, s

crip

tura

l son

g, o

r ot

her

hym

n/so

ng)

WE

PR

AY F

OR

OU

RSE

LVE

S A

ND

TH

E W

OR

LDJe

sus

has

been

mad

e lik

e us

, his

bro

ther

s an

d si

ster

s, in

eve

ry

way

. Let

us

pray

to h

im.

Lord

Jes

us:

hav

e m

ercy

on

us.

We

prai

se y

ou, L

ord

Jesu

s, fo

r pr

eser

ving

and

rede

emin

g ou

r bo

dies

: for

give

us

for

negl

ectin

g th

e ph

ysic

al n

eeds

of o

ther

s or

hu

rtin

g th

em in

any

way

.

Lord

Jes

us:

hav

e m

ercy

on

us.

You

inst

ruct

us

to b

e w

ise

with

unb

elie

vers

: mak

e th

e ch

urch

’s

publ

ic w

itnes

s w

ise

and

attr

activ

e so

that

peo

ple

are

draw

n to

you

.

Lord

Jes

us:

hav

e m

ercy

on

us.

You

are

the

head

of t

he h

uman

fam

ily: s

tren

gthe

n al

l mar

riag

es

and

fam

ilies

with

you

r lo

ve, a

nd d

raw

the

lone

ly a

nd n

egle

cted

into

go

od c

ompa

ny.

Lord

Jes

us:

hav

e m

ercy

on

us.

Than

k yo

u th

at y

ou n

ever

slu

mbe

r or

sle

ep: p

rote

ct u

s w

hen

we

are

vuln

erab

le in

the

nigh

t hou

rs a

nd s

ave

us fr

om e

tern

al d

eath

.

Lord

Jes

us:

hav

e m

ercy

on

us.

(Oth

er p

raye

rs m

ay fo

llow)

Than

ks b

e to

you

, my

Lord

Jes

us C

hris

t, fo

r al

l the

ben

efi ts

you

ha

ve w

on fo

r m

e, fo

r al

l the

pai

ns a

nd in

sults

you

hav

e bo

rne

for

me.

Mos

t mer

cifu

l Red

eem

er, F

rien

d, a

nd B

roth

er, m

ay I

know

yo

u m

ore

clea

rly,

love

you

mor

e de

arly

, and

follo

w y

ou m

ore

near

ly; f

or y

ou li

ve a

nd re

ign

with

the

Fath

er a

nd th

e H

oly

Spir

it,

one

God

, now

and

fore

ver.

Am

en.

WE

PR

AY T

HE

LO

RD

’S P

RAY

ER

GO

D B

LESS

ES

US

Jesu

s sa

ys: B

less

ed a

re th

ose

who

hea

r G

od’s

wor

d an

d ke

ep it

.

May

the

bles

sing

of a

lmig

hty

God

, Fat

her,

Son

, and

Hol

y Sp

irit,

be

with

us

alw

ays.

Am

en.

Wed

nesd

ay e

veni

ng

MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER

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WE

CO

ME

TO

GO

D IN

PR

AYE

RC

ome,

let u

s bo

w d

own

in w

orsh

ip,

le

t us

knee

l bef

ore

the

Lord

our

Mak

er;

for

he is

our

God

an

d w

e ar

e th

e pe

ople

of h

is p

astu

re.

Glo

ry to

the

Fath

er a

nd th

e So

n an

d th

e H

oly

Spir

it,

as it

was

in th

e be

ginn

ing,

is n

ow, a

nd w

ill b

e fo

reve

r.

Amen

.

WE

PR

AY P

SALM

25

Show

me

your

way

s, L

ord,

te

ach

me

your

pat

hs.

Gui

de m

e in

you

r tr

uth

and

teac

h m

e,

for

you

are

God

my

Savi

our,

and

my

hope

is in

you

all

day

long

.

Jesu

s, y

ou a

re th

e w

ay, t

he tr

uth,

and

the

life.

Rem

embe

r, L

ord,

you

r gr

eat m

ercy

and

love

,

for

they

are

from

of o

ld.

Do

not r

emem

ber

the

sins

of m

y yo

uth

an

d m

y re

belli

ous

way

s;

acco

rdin

g to

you

r lo

ve re

mem

ber

me,

for

you,

Lor

d, a

re g

ood.

Jesu

s, y

ou a

re th

e w

ay, t

he tr

uth,

and

the

life.

Goo

d an

d up

righ

t is

the

Lord

;

ther

efor

e he

inst

ruct

s si

nner

s in

his

way

s.H

e gu

ides

the

hum

ble

in w

hat i

s ri

ght

an

d te

ache

s th

em h

is w

ay.

All t

he w

ays

of th

e Lo

rd a

re lo

ving

and

faith

ful

to

war

d th

ose

who

kee

p th

e de

man

ds o

f his

cov

enan

t.

Jesu

s, y

ou a

re th

e w

ay, t

he tr

uth,

and

the

life.

GO

D S

PE

AK

S TO

US

(see

dai

ly B

ible

rea

ding

gui

de, o

r ot

her

Bib

le r

eadi

ng)

You

wor

d is

a la

mp

to m

y fe

et

and

a lig

ht to

my

path

.

WE

CO

NFE

SS O

UR

FAI

TH (A

post

les’

Cre

ed, s

crip

tura

l son

g, o

r ot

her

hym

n/so

ng)

WE

PR

AY F

OR

OU

RSE

LVE

S A

ND

TH

E W

OR

LDG

od d

id n

ot s

end

his

Son

into

the

wor

ld to

con

dem

n th

e w

orld

, but

to

sav

e th

e w

orld

thro

ugh

him

. Let

us

pray

.

Son

of G

od:

sav

e us

, we

pray

.

We

prai

se y

ou, S

on o

f God

, for

sav

ing

us fr

om c

onde

mna

tion:

m

ove

us to

forg

ive

thos

e w

ho s

in a

gain

st u

s.

Son

of G

od:

sav

e us

, we

pray

.

Than

k yo

u fo

r ca

lling

wor

kers

into

you

r vi

neya

rd: s

tren

gthe

n al

l pa

stor

s w

ith tr

ue fa

ith a

nd a

god

ly li

fe to

equ

ip y

our

peop

le fo

r se

rvic

e.

Son

of G

od:

sav

e us

, we

pray

.

All w

isdo

m a

nd in

sigh

t com

es fr

om y

ou: s

uppo

rt a

ll pl

aces

of

lear

ning

and

illu

min

e al

l tea

cher

s an

d st

uden

ts w

ith w

hat i

s go

od

and

true

.

Son

of G

od:

sav

e us

, we

pray

.

You

are

low

ly a

nd g

entle

: mak

e us

gen

tle a

nd k

ind

so th

at w

e do

no

t giv

e of

fenc

e to

any

one

or d

amag

e ou

r w

itnes

s to

you

.

Son

of G

od:

sav

e us

, we

pray

.

(Oth

er p

raye

rs m

ay fo

llow)

Lord

Jes

us, m

y he

aven

ly fr

iend

and

hel

per,

teac

h m

e to

do

your

w

ill. T

each

me

to li

ve h

umbl

y an

d w

orth

ily b

efor

e yo

u, fo

r yo

u ar

e m

y w

isdo

m; y

ou k

now

me

utte

rly,

and

you

hav

e kn

own

me

befo

re

the

wor

ld w

as m

ade

and

befo

re I

was

bor

n.

Amen

.

WE

PR

AY T

HE

LO

RD

’S P

RAY

ER

GO

D B

LESS

ES

US

Jesu

s sa

ys: B

less

ed a

re th

ose

who

hun

ger

and

thirs

t for

ri

ghte

ousn

ess,

for

they

will

be

fi lle

d.

May

the

alm

ight

y an

d m

erci

ful L

ord,

Fat

her,

Son

, and

Hol

y Sp

irit,

bl

ess

and

keep

us.

Am

en.

Thu

rsda

y mor

ning

MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER

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35

WE

CO

ME

TO

GO

D IN

PR

AYE

RIt

is g

ood

to p

rais

e th

e Lo

rd

and

mak

e m

usic

to y

our

nam

e, O

Mos

t Hig

h,pr

ocla

imin

g yo

ur lo

ve in

the

mor

ning

an

d yo

ur fa

ithfu

lnes

s at

nig

ht.

Glo

ry to

the

Fath

er a

nd th

e So

n an

d th

e H

oly

Spir

it,

as it

was

in th

e be

ginn

ing,

is n

ow, a

nd w

ill b

e fo

reve

r.

Amen

.

WE

PR

AY P

SALM

116

I lov

e th

e Lo

rd, f

or h

e he

ard

my

voic

e;

he h

eard

my

cry

for

mer

cy.

Bec

ause

he

turn

ed h

is e

ar to

me,

I w

ill c

all o

n hi

m a

s lo

ng a

s I l

ive.

Ret

urn

to y

our

rest

, my

soul

,

for

the

Lord

has

bee

n go

od to

you

.

For

you,

Lor

d, h

ave

deliv

ered

me

from

dea

th,

m

y ey

es fr

om te

ars,

my

feet

from

stu

mbl

ing,

th

at I

may

wal

k be

fore

the

Lord

in th

e la

nd o

f the

livi

ng.

Ret

urn

to y

our

rest

, my

soul

,

for

the

Lord

has

bee

n go

od to

you

.

Wha

t sha

ll I r

etur

n to

the

Lord

for

all h

is g

oodn

ess

to m

e?

I w

ill li

ft up

the

cup

of s

alva

tion

and

call

on th

e na

me

of th

e Lo

rd.

I will

fulfi

l my

vow

s to

the

Lord

in

the

pres

ence

of a

ll hi

s pe

ople

.

Ret

urn

to y

our

rest

, my

soul

,

for

the

Lord

has

bee

n go

od to

you

.

GO

D S

PE

AK

S TO

US

(see

dai

ly B

ible

rea

ding

gui

de, o

r ot

her

Bib

le r

eadi

ng)

Your

wor

d is

a la

mp

to m

y fe

et

and

a lig

ht to

my

path

.

WE

CO

NFE

SS O

UR

FAI

TH (A

post

les’

Cre

ed, s

crip

tura

l son

g, o

r ot

her

hym

n/so

ng)

WE

PR

AY F

OR

OU

RSE

LVE

S A

ND

TH

E W

OR

LDJe

sus

says

: If y

ou re

mai

n in

me

and

my

wor

ds re

mai

n in

you

, ask

w

hate

ver

you

wis

h, a

nd it

will

be

done

for

you.

Let

us

pray

.

Fath

er in

hea

ven:

g

lori

fy y

our

nam

e.

We

than

k yo

u, F

athe

r in

hea

ven,

for

the

gift

of m

arri

age

and

fam

ilies

: lea

d us

to li

ve h

onou

rabl

y in

rega

rd to

sex

, and

cle

anse

us

from

all

impu

rity

.

Fath

er in

hea

ven:

g

lori

fy y

our

nam

e.

Than

k yo

u fo

r pl

acin

g ov

erse

ers

to g

over

n yo

ur h

oly

chur

ch: w

atch

ov

er th

e le

ader

s of

you

r ch

urch

so

that

they

gua

rd th

e he

rita

ge o

f th

e ap

ostle

s.

Fath

er in

hea

ven:

g

lori

fy y

our

nam

e.

Than

k yo

u fo

r pr

otec

ting

us in

tim

es o

f tro

uble

: def

end

our

polic

e,

fi re

depa

rtm

ent,

arm

ed s

ervi

ces,

and

all

who

ser

ve to

pro

tect

our

so

ciet

y fr

om d

ange

r.

Fath

er in

hea

ven:

g

lori

fy y

our

nam

e.

The

nigh

t hol

ds n

o te

rror

if y

ou a

re n

ear:

shi

eld

us fr

om fe

arfu

l dr

eam

s an

d al

l act

iviti

es o

f the

evi

l one

.

Fath

er in

hea

ven:

g

lori

fy y

our

nam

e.

(Oth

er p

raye

rs m

ay fo

llow)

I tha

nk y

ou, h

eave

nly

Fath

er, t

hrou

gh y

our

dear

Son

, Jes

us C

hris

t, th

at y

ou h

ave

grac

ious

ly p

rote

cted

me

toda

y. I a

sk y

ou to

forg

ive

all m

y si

ns a

nd th

e w

rong

whi

ch I

have

don

e. A

nd g

raci

ousl

y ke

ep

me

this

nig

ht. I

n yo

ur h

ands

I pl

ace

my

body

and

sou

l and

all

that

is

min

e. L

et y

our

holy

ang

el b

e w

ith m

e, s

o th

at th

e ev

il on

e m

ay

have

no

pow

er o

ver

me.

Am

en.

WE

PR

AY T

HE

LO

RD

’S P

RAY

ER

WE

GLO

RIF

Y G

OD

N

ow to

him

who

is a

ble

to d

o im

mea

sura

bly

mor

e th

an a

ll w

e as

k or

im

agin

e, a

ccor

ding

to h

is p

ower

that

is a

t wor

k w

ithin

us

– to

him

be

glor

y in

the

chur

ch a

nd in

Chr

ist J

esus

thro

ugho

ut a

ll ge

nera

tions

, fo

reve

r and

eve

r.

Amen

.

Thu

rsda

y eve

ning

MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER

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WE

CO

ME

TO

GO

D IN

PR

AYE

RH

aste

n, O

God

, to

save

me;

co

me

quic

kly,

Lor

d, to

hel

p m

e.

Glo

ry to

the

Fath

er a

nd th

e So

n an

d th

e H

oly

Spir

it,

as it

was

in th

e be

ginn

ing,

is n

ow, a

nd w

ill b

e fo

reve

r.

Amen

.

WE

PR

AY P

SALM

86

Gua

rd m

y lif

e, fo

r I a

m fa

ithfu

l to

you.

You

are

my

God

; sav

e yo

ur s

erva

nt w

ho tr

usts

in y

ou.

Hav

e m

ercy

on

me,

Lor

d, fo

r I c

all t

o yo

u al

l day

long

.

Bri

ng jo

y to

you

r se

rvan

t, Lo

rd, f

or I

put m

y tr

ust i

n yo

u.

Hea

r m

e, L

ord,

and

ans

wer

me,

for

I am

poo

r an

d ne

edy.

You,

Lor

d, a

re fo

rgiv

ing

and

good

,

abou

ndin

g in

love

to a

ll w

ho c

all t

o yo

u.H

ear

my

pray

er, L

ord;

list

en to

my

cry

for

mer

cy.

W

hen

I am

in d

istr

ess

I cal

l to

you,

bec

ause

you

ans

wer

me.

Hea

r m

e, L

ord,

and

ans

wer

me,

for

I am

poo

r an

d ne

edy.

Teac

h m

e yo

ur w

ay, L

ord,

that

I m

ay re

ly o

n yo

ur fa

ithfu

lnes

s;

give

me

an u

ndiv

ided

hea

rt, t

hat I

may

fear

you

r na

me.

I will

pra

ise

you,

Lor

d m

y G

od, w

ith a

ll m

y he

art;

I w

ill g

lori

fy y

our

nam

e fo

reve

r. Fo

r gr

eat i

s yo

ur lo

ve to

war

d m

e;

yo

u ha

ve d

eliv

ered

me

from

the

dept

hs,

fr

om th

e re

alm

of t

he d

ead.

Hea

r m

e, L

ord,

and

ans

wer

me,

for

I am

poo

r an

d ne

edy.

GO

D S

PE

AK

S TO

US

(see

dai

ly B

ible

rea

ding

gui

de, o

r ot

her

Bib

le r

eadi

ng)

Dire

ct m

y fo

otst

eps

acco

rdin

g to

you

r w

ord;

le

t no

sin

rule

ove

r m

e.

WE

CO

NFE

SS O

UR

FAI

TH (A

post

les’

Cre

ed, s

crip

tura

l son

g, o

r ot

her

hym

n/so

ng)

WE

PR

AY F

OR

OU

RSE

LVE

S A

ND

TH

E W

OR

LDJe

sus

was

tem

pted

in e

very

way

, jus

t as

we

are

– ye

t he

did

not

sin.

Let

us

pray

to h

im.

Hol

y Je

sus:

h

elp

us, w

e pr

ay.

We

than

k yo

u, L

ord,

for

over

com

ing

the

tem

ptat

ion

of th

e ev

il on

e:

keep

us

safe

this

day

from

the

wor

ld, t

he d

evil,

and

the

desi

res

of

our

sinf

ul n

atur

e.

Hol

y Je

sus:

h

elp

us, w

e pr

ay.

You

prom

ise

not t

o te

st u

s be

yond

our

abi

lity:

str

engt

hen

thos

e w

ho s

trug

gle

with

tem

ptat

ion

to re

sist

evi

l and

to d

o w

hat i

s ri

ght.

Hol

y Je

sus:

h

elp

us, w

e pr

ay.

You

have

sen

t us

into

the

wor

ld to

ser

ve o

ne a

noth

er: s

ave

our p

lace

s of

wor

k fr

om c

orru

ptio

n so

that

they

ser

ve th

e co

mm

on g

ood.

Hol

y Je

sus:

h

elp

us, w

e pr

ay.

For

your

faith

fuln

ess

whi

ch e

ndur

es th

roug

h al

l gen

erat

ions

, we

than

k yo

u: m

ake

us fa

ithfu

l to

our

neig

hbou

r, to

our

fam

ilies

, and

to

you

.

Hol

y Je

sus:

h

elp

us, w

e pr

ay.

(Oth

er p

raye

rs m

ay fo

llow)

Lord

Jes

us C

hris

t, as

you

hav

e gi

ven

your

life

to re

deem

me,

yo

urse

lf fo

r m

y ex

ampl

e, y

our

wor

d fo

r m

y ru

le, y

our

grac

e fo

r m

y gu

ide,

you

r bo

dy o

n th

e cr

oss

for

my

sin:

Ent

er in

and

take

po

sses

sion

of m

y he

art,

and

live

with

me

fore

ver.

Am

en.

WE

PR

AY T

HE

LO

RD

’S P

RAY

ER

WE

GLO

RIF

Y G

OD

To

him

who

is a

ble

to k

eep

us fr

om s

tum

blin

g an

d to

pre

sent

us

bef

ore

his

glor

ious

pre

senc

e w

ithou

t fau

lt an

d w

ith g

reat

jo

y –

to th

e on

ly G

od o

ur S

avio

ur b

e gl

ory,

maj

esty

, pow

er a

nd

auth

ority

, thr

ough

Jes

us C

hris

t our

Lor

d, b

efor

e al

l age

s, n

ow a

nd

fore

verm

ore!

Am

en.

MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER

Frid

ay m

orni

ng

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WE

CO

ME

TO

GO

D IN

PR

AYE

RAn

swer

me

quic

kly,

Lor

d;

my

spir

it fa

ils.

Do

not h

ide

your

face

from

me,

or

I w

ill b

e lik

e th

ose

who

go

dow

n to

the

pit.

Glo

ry to

the

Fath

er a

nd th

e So

n an

d th

e H

oly

Spir

it,

as it

was

in th

e be

ginn

ing,

is n

ow, a

nd w

ill b

e fo

reve

r.

Amen

.

WE

PR

AY P

SALM

51

Hav

e m

ercy

on

me,

O G

od,

ac

cord

ing

to y

our

unfa

iling

love

;ac

cord

ing

to y

our

grea

t com

pass

ion

bl

ot o

ut m

y tr

ansg

ress

ions

.W

ash

away

all

my

iniq

uity

an

d cl

eans

e m

e fr

om m

y si

n.

Lord

Jes

us, h

ave

mer

cy o

n m

e, a

sin

ner!

Cre

ate

in m

e a

pure

hea

rt, O

God

,

and

rene

w a

ste

adfa

st s

piri

t with

in m

e.D

o no

t cas

t me

from

you

r pr

esen

ce

or ta

ke y

our

Hol

y Sp

irit

from

me.

Res

tore

to m

e th

e jo

y of

you

r sa

lvat

ion

an

d gr

ant m

e a

will

ing

spir

it, to

sus

tain

me.

Lord

Jes

us, h

ave

mer

cy o

n m

e, a

sin

ner!

Then

I w

ill te

ach

tran

sgre

ssor

s yo

ur w

ays,

an

d si

nner

s w

ill tu

rn b

ack

to y

ou.

Ope

n m

y lip

s, L

ord,

an

d m

y m

outh

will

dec

lare

you

r pr

aise

.

Lord

Jes

us, h

ave

mer

cy o

n m

e, a

sin

ner!

GO

D S

PE

AK

S TO

US

(see

dai

ly B

ible

rea

ding

gui

de, o

r ot

her

Bib

le r

eadi

ng)

Dire

ct m

y fo

otst

eps

acco

rdin

g to

you

r w

ord;

le

t no

sin

rule

ove

r m

e.

WE

CO

NFE

SS O

UR

FAI

TH (A

post

les’

Cre

ed, s

crip

tura

l son

g, o

r ot

her

hym

n/so

ng)

WE

PR

AY F

OR

OU

RSE

LVE

S A

ND

TH

E W

OR

LDTh

roug

h Je

sus

we

can

appr

oach

God

’s th

rone

with

con

fi den

ce. L

et

us p

ray

for

grac

e an

d m

ercy

.

God

of g

race

: h

ave

mer

cy o

n us

.

Than

k yo

u, g

raci

ous

God

, for

spe

ech

and

conv

ersa

tion:

forg

ive

us

for

goss

ippi

ng a

nd c

ompl

aini

ng a

bout

our

nei

ghbo

ur.

God

of g

race

: h

ave

mer

cy o

n us

.

Your

Son

has

cal

led

peac

emak

ers

bles

sed:

ena

ble

cong

rega

tions

ev

eryw

here

to o

verc

ome

confl

ict,

bear

eac

h ot

her’s

bur

dens

, and

liv

e in

har

mon

y.

God

of g

race

: h

ave

mer

cy o

n us

.

For

good

com

pany

and

a s

uppo

rtiv

e co

mm

unity

, we

give

you

th

anks

: ble

ss o

ur n

eigh

bour

s, o

ur fr

iend

s, a

nd th

ose

we

wor

k w

ith.

God

of g

race

: h

ave

mer

cy o

n us

.

Than

k yo

u fo

r br

ingi

ng u

s to

the

clos

e of

this

day

: ref

resh

our

bo

dies

, min

ds, a

nd s

piri

ts s

o th

at w

e ca

n aw

ake

rest

ed to

ser

ve

you

tom

orro

w.

God

of g

race

: h

ave

mer

cy o

n us

.

(Oth

er p

raye

rs m

ay fo

llow)

Lord

God

, fro

m w

hom

all

holy

des

ires,

all

good

pur

pose

s, a

nd a

ll ri

ght w

orks

pro

ceed

: Giv

e to

you

r se

rvan

ts th

at p

eace

whi

ch th

e w

orld

can

not g

ive.

Def

end

us fr

om th

e fe

ar o

f our

ene

mie

s, a

nd

set o

ur h

eart

s to

obe

y yo

ur c

omm

andm

ents

, so

that

we

may

live

on

ear

th in

rest

and

qui

etne

ss. W

e as

k th

is th

roug

h Je

sus

Chr

ist

our

Savi

our,

who

live

s an

d re

igns

with

you

and

the

Hol

y Sp

irit,

one

G

od, n

ow a

nd fo

reve

r.

Amen

.

WE

PR

AY T

HE

LO

RD

’S P

RAY

ER

GO

D B

LESS

ES

US

Ble

ssed

are

thos

e w

hose

tran

sgre

ssio

ns a

re fo

rgiv

en, w

hose

sin

s ar

e co

vere

d.

May

the

Lord

ble

ss u

s, a

nd k

eep

us fr

om a

ll ev

il, a

nd b

ring

us

to

eter

nal l

ife.

Am

en.

Frid

ay e

veni

ng

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WE

CO

ME

TO

GO

D IN

PR

AYE

RM

ay G

od b

e gr

acio

us to

us

and

bles

s us

an

d m

ake

his

face

shi

ne o

n us

,so

that

you

r w

ays

may

be

know

n on

ear

th,

yo

ur s

alva

tion

amon

g al

l nat

ions

.

Glo

ry to

the

Fath

er a

nd th

e So

n an

d th

e H

oly

Spir

it,

as it

was

in th

e be

ginn

ing,

is n

ow, a

nd w

ill b

e fo

reve

r.

Amen

.

WE

PR

AY P

SALM

95

Com

e, le

t us

sing

for

joy

to th

e Lo

rd;

le

t us

shou

t alo

ud to

the

Roc

k of

our

sal

vatio

n.Le

t us

com

e be

fore

him

with

than

ksgi

ving

an

d ex

tol h

im w

ith m

usic

and

son

g.Fo

r th

e Lo

rd is

the

grea

t God

,

the

grea

t Kin

g ab

ove

all g

ods.

Com

e, le

t us

wor

ship

the

Lord

, for

he

is o

ur m

aker

.

In h

is h

and

are

the

dept

hs o

f the

ear

th,

an

d th

e m

ount

ain

peak

s be

long

to h

im.

The

sea

is h

is, f

or h

e m

ade

it,

and

his

hand

s fo

rmed

the

dry

land

.

Com

e, le

t us

wor

ship

the

Lord

, for

he

is o

ur m

aker

.

Com

e, le

t us

bow

dow

n in

wor

ship

,

let u

s kn

eel b

efor

e th

e Lo

rd o

ur M

aker

;fo

r he

is o

ur G

od:

an

d w

e ar

e th

e pe

ople

of h

is p

astu

re, t

he fl

ock

unde

r hi

s ca

re.

Com

e, le

t us

wor

ship

the

Lord

, for

he

is o

ur m

aker

.

GO

D S

PE

AK

S TO

US

(see

dai

ly B

ible

rea

ding

gui

de, o

r ot

her

Bib

le r

eadi

ng)

Mak

e yo

ur fa

ce s

hine

on

your

ser

vant

,

and

teac

h m

e yo

ur d

ecre

es.

WE

CO

NFE

SS O

UR

FAI

TH (A

post

les’

Cre

ed, s

crip

tura

l son

g, o

r ot

her

hym

n/so

ng)

WE

PR

AY F

OR

OU

RSE

LVE

S A

ND

TH

E W

OR

LDLe

t us

put o

n th

e fu

ll ar

mou

r of

God

and

pra

y to

him

in th

e po

wer

of

the

Hol

y Sp

irit.

Alm

ight

y G

od:

rec

eive

our

pra

yer.

We

prai

se y

ou, a

lmig

hty

God

, tha

t you

hav

e re

scue

d us

from

eve

ry

kind

of e

vil:

pres

erve

us

toda

y an

d in

our

last

day

.

Alm

ight

y G

od:

rec

eive

our

pra

yer.

You

have

sen

t you

r ch

urch

into

all

the

wor

ld: b

less

the

chur

ch’s

m

issi

on s

o th

at p

eopl

e ev

eryw

here

may

repe

nt a

nd b

elie

ve.

Alm

ight

y G

od:

rec

eive

our

pra

yer.

For

brin

ging

bea

uty

to o

ur li

ves

thro

ugh

your

cre

atio

n, w

e th

ank

you:

enr

ich

all a

rt a

nd c

ultu

re s

o th

at w

e m

ay lo

ve w

hat i

s go

od,

beau

tiful

, and

true

.

Alm

ight

y G

od:

rec

eive

our

pra

yer.

Your

Son

pra

yed

and

fast

ed in

the

dese

rt: g

rant

us

cont

rol o

ver

our

desi

res

so th

at w

e ar

e op

en to

our

nei

ghbo

ur’s

nee

ds.

Alm

ight

y G

od:

rec

eive

our

pra

yer.

(Oth

er p

raye

rs m

ay fo

llow)

I tha

nk y

ou, h

eave

nly

Fath

er, t

hrou

gh y

our

dear

Son

, Jes

us C

hris

t, th

at y

ou h

ave

prot

ecte

d m

e th

roug

h th

e ni

ght f

rom

all

harm

and

da

nger

. I a

sk y

ou to

kee

p m

e th

is d

ay, t

oo, f

rom

all

sin

and

evil,

so

that

in a

ll m

y th

ough

ts, w

ords

, and

dee

ds I

may

ple

ase

you.

In y

our

hand

s I p

lace

my

body

and

sou

l and

all

that

is m

ine.

Let

you

r ho

ly

ange

l be

with

me,

so

that

the

evil

one

may

hav

e no

pow

er o

ver

me.

Am

en.

WE

PR

AY T

HE

LO

RD

’S P

RAY

ER

GO

D B

LESS

ES

US

God

is a

ble

to m

ake

all g

race

abo

und

to y

ou, s

o th

at in

all

thin

gs

at a

ll tim

es, h

avin

g al

l tha

t you

nee

d, y

ou w

ill a

boun

d in

eve

ry

good

wor

k.

The

grac

e of

our

Lor

d Je

sus

Chr

ist,

and

the

love

of G

od, a

nd th

e fe

llow

ship

of t

he H

oly

Spir

it, b

e w

ith u

s al

l.

Amen

.

Satu

rday

mor

ning

MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER

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WE

CO

ME

TO

GO

D IN

PR

AYE

RO

ne th

ing

I ask

from

the

Lord

, thi

s on

ly d

o I s

eek,

th

at I

may

dw

ell i

n th

e ho

use

of th

e Lo

rd a

ll th

e da

ys o

f my

life.

Glo

ry to

the

Fath

er a

nd th

e So

n an

d th

e H

oly

Spir

it,

as it

was

in th

e be

ginn

ing,

is n

ow, a

nd w

ill b

e fo

reve

r.

Amen

.

WE

PR

AY P

SALM

16

Kee

p m

e sa

fe, m

y G

od, f

or in

you

I ta

ke re

fuge

.

You

are

my

Lord

; apa

rt fr

om y

ou I

have

no

good

thin

g.Lo

rd, y

ou h

ave

assi

gned

me

my

port

ion

and

my

cup;

yo

u ha

ve m

ade

my

lot s

ecur

e.Th

e bo

unda

ry li

nes

have

falle

n fo

r m

e in

ple

asan

t pla

ces;

su

rely

I ha

ve a

del

ight

ful i

nher

itanc

e.

Jesu

s, y

ou a

re th

e re

surr

ectio

n an

d th

e lif

e.

I will

pra

ise

the

Lord

, who

cou

nsel

s m

e;

even

at n

ight

my

hear

t ins

truc

ts m

e.I k

eep

my

eyes

alw

ays

on th

e Lo

rd.

W

ith h

im a

t my

righ

t han

d, I

will

not

be

shak

en.

Jesu

s, y

ou a

re th

e re

surr

ectio

n an

d th

e lif

e.

Ther

efor

e m

y he

art i

s gl

ad a

nd m

y to

ngue

rejo

ices

;

my

body

als

o w

ill re

st s

ecur

e,be

caus

e yo

u w

ill n

ot a

band

on m

e to

the

real

m o

f the

dea

d,

no

r w

ill y

ou le

t you

r fa

ithfu

l one

see

dec

ay.

You

mak

e kn

own

to m

e th

e pa

th o

f life

;

you

will

fi ll

me

with

joy

in y

our

pres

ence

.

Jesu

s, y

ou a

re th

e re

surr

ectio

n an

d th

e lif

e.

GO

D S

PE

AK

S TO

US

(see

dai

ly B

ible

rea

ding

gui

de, o

r ot

her

Bib

le r

eadi

ng)

Mak

e yo

ur fa

ce s

hine

on

your

ser

vant

,

and

teac

h m

e yo

ur d

ecre

es.

WE

CO

NFE

SS O

UR

FAI

TH (A

post

les’

Cre

ed, s

crip

tura

l son

g, o

r ot

her

hym

n/so

ng)

WE

PR

AY F

OR

OU

RSE

LVE

S A

ND

TH

E W

OR

LDJe

sus

says

: ‘I a

m th

e go

od s

heph

erd;

I kn

ow m

y sh

eep

and

my

shee

p kn

ow m

e’. L

et u

s pr

ay.

Goo

d Sh

ephe

rd:

hea

r ou

r pr

ayer

.

You

have

taug

ht u

s to

rece

ive

God

’s g

ifts

than

kful

ly a

nd to

sha

re

our

good

s w

ith o

ther

s: p

ardo

n ou

r in

grat

itude

and

lack

of

gene

rosi

ty.

Goo

d Sh

ephe

rd:

hea

r ou

r pr

ayer

.

Than

k yo

u fo

r yo

ur g

uida

nce

and

corr

ectio

n: b

ring

bac

k to

you

rsel

f th

ose

who

hav

e w

ande

red

from

the

chur

ch a

nd fr

om y

ou.

Goo

d Sh

ephe

rd:

hea

r ou

r pr

ayer

.

Than

k yo

u fo

r no

t aba

ndon

ing

us in

the

valle

y of

the

shad

ow o

f de

ath:

reas

sure

thos

e w

ho a

re d

ying

of y

our

love

, and

rece

ive

them

into

you

r et

erna

l arm

s.

Goo

d Sh

ephe

rd:

hea

r ou

r pr

ayer

.

Afte

r re

stin

g in

the

tom

b yo

u ro

se to

life

: kee

p us

saf

e no

w a

nd a

t ou

r la

st h

our,

so

that

we

may

wak

e fr

om d

eath

and

live

with

you

.

Goo

d Sh

ephe

rd:

hea

r ou

r pr

ayer

.

(Oth

er p

raye

rs m

ay fo

llow)

Lord

Jes

us C

hris

t, as

you

hav

e sa

id th

at y

ou a

re th

e w

ay, t

he tr

uth,

an

d th

e lif

e: L

et u

s ne

ver

stra

y fr

om y

ou, d

oubt

you

r pr

omis

es, n

or

rely

on

anyt

hing

els

e th

an y

ou; f

or w

ithou

t you

ther

e is

not

hing

to

be d

esire

d, in

hea

ven

or o

n ea

rth;

for

you

live

and

reig

n w

ith th

e Fa

ther

and

the

Hol

y Sp

irit,

one

God

, now

and

fore

ver.

Am

en.

WE

PR

AY T

HE

LO

RD

’S P

RAY

ER

GO

D B

LESS

ES

US

Jesu

s sa

ys: L

ook,

I am

com

ing

soon

! Ble

ssed

is th

e on

e w

ho

keep

s m

y w

ords

.

May

the

bles

sing

of a

lmig

hty

God

, Fat

her,

Son

, and

Hol

y Sp

irit,

be

with

us

alw

ays.

Am

en.

Satu

rday

eve

ning

MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER

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PR

AYE

R A

T O

THE

R T

IME

SA

ny d

ay –

mor

ning

Any

day

– e

veni

ngA

nytim

e pr

ayer

(1–4

)B

edtim

e pr

ayer

(1–2

)

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In th

e na

me

of th

e Fa

ther

and

of t

he S

on a

nd o

f the

Hol

y Sp

irit.

Am

en.

Lord

, hav

e m

ercy

.

Chr

ist,

have

mer

cy.

Lord

, hav

e m

ercy

.

THE

LO

RD

’S P

RAY

ER

IS S

AID

THE

AP

OST

LES’

CR

EE

D M

AY B

E S

AID

A B

IBLE

RE

AD

ING

IS R

EA

D

Lord

, I c

all t

o yo

u fo

r he

lp.

In

the

mor

ning

I pr

ay to

you

.I a

m fi

lled

with

pra

ise

for

you,

an

d pr

ocla

im y

our

glor

y al

l day

long

. C

lose

you

r ey

es to

my

sins

,

and

wip

e aw

ay a

ll m

y ev

il.C

reat

e a

pure

hea

rt in

me,

God

,

and

put a

new

and

loya

l spi

rit i

n m

e.D

o no

t ban

ish

me

from

you

r pr

esen

ce;

do

not

take

you

r H

oly

Spir

it aw

ay fr

om m

e.G

ive

me

the

joy

that

com

es fr

om y

our

salv

atio

n,

and

mak

e m

e ea

ger

to p

leas

e yo

u.B

e gr

acio

us, L

ord,

this

day

,

and

keep

us

free

from

sin

.H

ave

mer

cy o

n us

, Lor

d;

have

mer

cy o

n us

.Li

sten

to m

y pr

ayer

, Lor

d,

and

hear

my

cry

for

help

.

OTH

ER

PR

AYE

RS

MAY

BE

SA

ID

Let u

s pr

aise

the

Lord

.

Than

ks b

e to

God

.

May

the

alm

ight

y Lo

rd g

uide

us,

and

all

we

do th

is d

ay,

in h

is p

eace

.

Amen

.

In th

e na

me

of th

e Fa

ther

and

of t

he S

on a

nd o

f the

Hol

y Sp

irit.

Am

en.

Lord

, hav

e m

ercy

.

Chr

ist,

have

mer

cy.

Lord

, hav

e m

ercy

.

THE

LO

RD

’S P

RAY

ER

IS S

AID

THE

AP

OST

LES’

CR

EE

D M

AY B

E S

AID

A B

IBLE

RE

AD

ING

IS R

EA

D

Pra

ise

to y

ou, L

ord

God

of o

ur a

nces

tors

;

prai

se a

nd g

lory

fore

ver.

Let u

s pr

aise

the

Fath

er, a

nd th

e So

n, a

nd th

e H

oly

Spir

it;

we

prai

se a

nd w

orsh

ip h

im fo

reve

r. P

rais

e to

you

, Lor

d, in

the

heig

hts

of h

eave

n;

prai

se, a

nd g

lory

, and

wor

ship

fore

ver.

The

alm

ight

y an

d m

erci

ful L

ord

bles

s an

d ke

ep u

s.

Amen

.B

e gr

acio

us, L

ord,

this

nig

ht,

an

d ke

ep u

s fr

ee fr

om s

in.

Hav

e m

ercy

on

us, L

ord;

ha

ve m

ercy

on

us.

Let y

our

good

ness

and

love

be

with

us,

as

we

put o

ur h

ope

in y

ou.

List

en to

my

pray

er, L

ord,

an

d he

ar m

y cr

y fo

r he

lp.

OTH

ER

PR

AYE

RS

MAY

BE

SA

ID

Let u

s pr

aise

the

Lord

.

Than

ks b

e to

God

.

May

the

Lord

ble

ss u

s, a

nd k

eep

us fr

om a

ll ev

il, a

nd b

ring

us

to

eter

nal l

ife.

Am

en.

Any

day

– m

orni

ng

Any

day

– e

veni

ng

PRAYER AT OTHER TIMES

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I will

ext

ol th

e Lo

rd a

t all

times

;

his

prai

se w

ill a

lway

s be

on

my

lips.

Glo

ry to

the

Fath

er a

nd th

e So

n an

d th

e H

oly

Spir

it,

as it

was

in th

e be

ginn

ing,

is n

ow, a

nd w

ill b

e fo

reve

r.

Amen

.

PSA

LM 3

4:4,

8–1

0I s

ough

t the

Lor

d, a

nd h

e an

swer

ed m

e;

he d

eliv

ered

me

from

all

my

fear

s.

Tast

e an

d se

e th

at th

e Lo

rd is

goo

d;

bles

sed

are

thos

e w

ho ta

ke re

fuge

in h

im.

Fear

the

Lord

, you

his

hol

y pe

ople

;

for

thos

e w

ho fe

ar h

im la

ck n

othi

ng.

The

lions

may

gro

w w

eak

and

hung

ry;

bu

t tho

se w

ho s

eek

the

Lord

lack

no

good

thin

g.

I sou

ght t

he L

ord,

and

he

answ

ered

me;

he

del

iver

ed m

e fr

om a

ll m

y fe

ars.

BIB

LE R

EA

DIN

G

PR

AYE

RLo

rd G

od, o

ur h

eave

nly

Fath

er, w

e th

ank

you

for

all y

our

gifts

of

body

and

min

d, fo

r he

alth

and

str

engt

h to

wor

k, fo

r su

nshi

ne a

nd

rain

, for

life

itse

lf, a

nd fo

r al

l tha

t exi

sts

to y

our

prai

se. O

pen

our

eyes

to re

cogn

ise

your

und

eser

ved

good

ness

, and

fi ll

our

hear

ts

with

joyf

ul o

bedi

ence

, so

that

we

than

k an

d pr

aise

you

in w

ord

and

deed

; thr

ough

Jes

us C

hris

t our

Lor

d.

Amen

.

LOR

D’S

PR

AYE

R

BLE

SSIN

GTh

e gr

ace

of th

e Lo

rd J

esus

Chr

ist,

and

the

love

of G

od, a

nd th

e fe

llow

ship

of t

he H

oly

Spir

it be

with

us

all.

Am

en.

Bri

ng jo

y to

you

r se

rvan

t, Lo

rd,

fo

r I p

ut m

y tr

ust i

n yo

u.

Glo

ry to

the

Fath

er a

nd th

e So

n an

d th

e H

oly

Spir

it,

as it

was

in th

e be

ginn

ing,

is n

ow, a

nd w

ill b

e fo

reve

r.

Amen

.

PSA

LM 3

7:7,

3–6

Be

still

bef

ore

the

Lord

an

d w

ait p

atie

ntly

for

him

.

Trus

t in

the

Lord

and

do

good

;

dwel

l in

the

land

and

enj

oy s

afe

past

ure.

Take

del

ight

in th

e Lo

rd

and

he w

ill g

ive

you

the

desi

res

of y

our

hear

t.C

omm

it yo

ur w

ay to

the

Lord

;

trus

t in

him

and

he

will

do

this

:H

e w

ill m

ake

your

rig

hteo

us re

war

d sh

ine

like

the

daw

n,

your

vin

dica

tion

like

the

noon

day

sun.

Be

still

bef

ore

the

Lord

an

d w

ait p

atie

ntly

for

him

.

BIB

LE R

EA

DIN

G

PR

AYE

RO

God

, ren

ew o

ur s

piri

ts b

y yo

ur H

oly

Spir

it, a

nd d

raw

our

hea

rts

to y

ours

elf,

so th

at o

ur w

ork

may

not

be

a bu

rden

, but

a d

elig

ht.

Let u

s no

t ser

ve a

s sl

aves

with

the

spir

it of

bon

dage

, but

with

fr

eedo

m a

nd g

ladn

ess

as y

our

child

ren,

rejo

icin

g in

you

r w

ill a

nd

your

wor

k; fo

r Je

sus

Chr

ist’s

sak

e.

Amen

.

LOR

D’S

PR

AYE

R

BLE

SSIN

GTh

e gr

ace

of th

e Lo

rd J

esus

Chr

ist,

and

the

love

of G

od, a

nd th

e fe

llow

ship

of t

he H

oly

Spir

it be

with

us

all.

Am

en.

PRAYER AT OTHER TIMES

Any

time

pray

er (1

)A

nytim

e pr

ayer

(2)

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Look

to th

e Lo

rd a

nd h

is s

tren

gth;

se

ek h

is fa

ce a

lway

s.

Glo

ry to

the

Fath

er a

nd th

e So

n an

d th

e H

oly

Spir

it,

as it

was

in th

e be

ginn

ing,

is n

ow, a

nd w

ill b

e fo

reve

r.

Amen

.

PSA

LM 8

5:7,

8–9

Show

us

your

unf

ailin

g lo

ve, L

ord,

an

d gr

ant u

s yo

ur s

alva

tion.

I will

list

en to

wha

t God

the

Lord

say

s;

he p

rom

ises

pea

ce to

his

peo

ple,

his

faith

ful s

erva

nts

but l

et th

em n

ot tu

rn to

folly

.Su

rely

his

sal

vatio

n is

nea

r th

ose

who

fear

him

,

that

his

glo

ry m

ay d

wel

l in

our

land

.

Show

us

your

unf

ailin

g lo

ve, L

ord,

an

d gr

ant u

s yo

ur s

alva

tion.

BIB

LE R

EA

DIN

G

PR

AYE

RLo

rd G

od, t

ake

our

min

ds a

nd th

ink

thro

ugh

them

. Tak

e ou

r lip

s an

d sp

eak

with

them

. Tak

e ou

r he

arts

and

set

them

afl a

me

with

th

e de

sire

to d

o yo

ur h

oly

will

; thr

ough

Jes

us C

hris

t our

Lor

d.

Amen

.

LOR

D’S

PR

AYE

R

BLE

SSIN

GTh

e gr

ace

of th

e Lo

rd J

esus

Chr

ist,

and

the

love

of G

od, a

nd th

e fe

llow

ship

of t

he H

oly

Spir

it be

with

us

all.

Am

en.

Wai

t for

the

Lord

;

be s

tron

g an

d ta

ke h

eart

and

wai

t for

the

Lord

.

Glo

ry to

the

Fath

er a

nd th

e So

n an

d th

e H

oly

Spir

it,

as it

was

in th

e be

ginn

ing,

is n

ow, a

nd w

ill b

e fo

reve

r.

Amen

.

PSA

LM 1

45:8

, 17–

20Th

e Lo

rd is

gra

ciou

s an

d co

mpa

ssio

nate

,

slow

to a

nger

and

ric

h in

love

.

The

Lord

is r

ight

eous

in a

ll hi

s w

ays

an

d fa

ithfu

l in

all h

e do

es.

The

Lord

is n

ear

to a

ll w

ho c

all o

n hi

m,

to

all

who

cal

l on

him

in tr

uth.

He

fulfi

ls th

e de

sire

of t

hose

who

fear

him

;

he h

ears

thei

r cr

y an

d sa

ves

them

.Th

e Lo

rd w

atch

es o

ver

all w

ho lo

ve h

im,

bu

t all

the

wic

ked

he w

ill d

estr

oy.

The

Lord

is g

raci

ous

and

com

pass

iona

te,

sl

ow to

ang

er a

nd r

ich

in lo

ve.

BIB

LE R

EA

DIN

G

PR

AYE

RG

rant

me,

Lor

d, to

kno

w w

hat I

oug

ht to

kno

w, t

o lo

ve w

hat I

oug

ht

to lo

ve, t

o pr

aise

wha

t del

ight

s yo

u m

ost,

to v

alue

wha

t is

prec

ious

in

you

r si

ght,

and

to h

ate

wha

t is

offe

nsiv

e to

you

.

Amen

.

LOR

D’S

PR

AYE

R

BLE

SSIN

GTh

e gr

ace

of th

e Lo

rd J

esus

Chr

ist,

and

the

love

of G

od, a

nd th

e fe

llow

ship

of t

he H

oly

Spir

it be

with

us

all.

Am

en.

PRAYER AT OTHER TIMES

Any

time

pray

er (3

)A

nytim

e pr

ayer

(4)

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PR

EPA

RAT

ION

AN

D P

SALM

143

:1, 8

The

Lord

alm

ight

y gi

ve u

s a

quie

t nig

ht a

nd p

eace

at t

he e

nd.

Am

en.

Lord

, hea

r m

y pr

ayer

,

liste

n to

my

cry

for

mer

cy;

in y

our

faith

fuln

ess

and

righ

teou

snes

s

com

e to

my

relie

f.Le

t the

mor

ning

bri

ng m

e w

ord

of y

our

unfa

iling

love

,

for

I hav

e pu

t my

trus

t in

you.

G

lory

to th

e Fa

ther

and

the

Son

and

the

Hol

y Sp

irit,

as

it w

as in

the

begi

nnin

g, is

now

, and

will

be

fore

ver.

Amen

.

CO

NFE

SSIO

N O

F SI

N M

AY B

E M

AD

E (P

AGE

S 68

–69)

BIB

LE V

ER

SE –

JO

HN

14:

27Je

sus

says

: Pea

ce I

leav

e w

ith y

ou; m

y pe

ace

I giv

e yo

u. I

do n

ot

give

to y

ou a

s th

e w

orld

giv

es. D

o no

t let

you

r he

arts

be

trou

bled

an

d do

not

be

afra

id.

Am

en.

PR

AYE

RO

Lor

d, m

y G

od, I

than

k yo

u fo

r th

e en

ding

of t

his

day.

I tha

nk

you

for

the

rest

of b

ody

and

min

d. Y

our

hand

has

bee

n ov

er m

e,

guar

ding

and

pre

serv

ing

me.

Let

me

slee

p in

pea

ce u

nder

you

r ca

re, a

nd k

eep

me

from

the

tem

ptat

ions

of d

arkn

ess.

I co

mm

it to

yo

u al

l who

m I

love

, all

in th

is h

ouse

, and

mys

elf,

both

bod

y an

d so

ul. O

God

, pra

ise

be to

you

r ho

ly n

ame.

Am

en.

LOR

D’S

PR

AYE

R

BLE

SSIN

GTh

e Lo

rd b

less

us,

and

kee

p us

from

all

evil,

and

bri

ng u

s to

et

erna

l life

.

Amen

.

PR

EPA

RAT

ION

AN

D P

SALM

4:6

-8Th

e Lo

rd a

lmig

hty

give

us

a qu

iet n

ight

and

pea

ce a

t the

end

.

Amen

.

Man

y, L

ord,

are

ask

ing,

‘Who

will

bri

ng u

s pr

ospe

rity

?’

Le

t the

ligh

t of y

our

face

shi

ne u

pon

us.

Fill

my

hear

t with

joy

w

hen

thei

r gr

ain

and

new

win

e ab

ound

. In

pea

ce I

will

lie

dow

n an

d sl

eep,

for

you

alon

e, L

ord,

mak

e m

e dw

ell i

n sa

fety

.

G

lory

to th

e Fa

ther

and

the

Son

and

the

Hol

y Sp

irit,

as

it w

as in

the

begi

nnin

g, is

now

, and

will

be

fore

ver.

Amen

.

CO

NFE

SSIO

N O

F SI

N M

AY B

E M

AD

E (P

AGE

S 68

–69)

BIB

LE V

ER

SES

– M

ATTH

EW

11:

28–3

0Je

sus

says

: Com

e to

me,

all

you

who

are

wea

ry a

nd b

urde

ned,

an

d I w

ill g

ive

you

rest

. Tak

e m

y yo

ke u

pon

you

and

lear

n fr

om m

e,

for

I am

gen

tle a

nd h

umbl

e in

hea

rt, a

nd y

ou w

ill fi

nd re

st fo

r yo

ur

soul

s. F

or m

y yo

ke is

eas

y an

d m

y bu

rden

is li

ght.

PR

AYE

RTa

ke u

s, O

Lor

d of

our

life

, int

o yo

ur k

eepi

ng th

is n

ight

and

fore

ver.

O L

ight

of l

ight

s, k

eep

us fr

om in

ner

dark

ness

. Gra

nt u

s to

sle

ep

in p

eace

, so

that

we

may

ari

se to

wor

k ac

cord

ing

to y

our

will

; th

roug

h yo

ur S

on, J

esus

Chr

ist o

ur L

ord.

Am

en.

LOR

D’S

PR

AYE

R

BLE

SSIN

GTh

e Lo

rd b

less

us,

and

kee

p us

from

all

evil,

and

bri

ng u

s to

et

erna

l life

.

Amen

.

Bed

time

pray

er (1

)B

edtim

e pr

ayer

(2)

PRAYER AT OTHER TIMES

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SCR

IPTU

RA

L SO

NG

SC

antic

les f

or m

orni

ng a

nd e

veni

ngan

d do

xolo

gies

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THE

SO

NG

OF

ZEC

HA

RIA

HB

less

ed b

e th

e Lo

rd, t

he G

od o

f Isr

ael,

who

has

com

e to

his

peo

ple

and

set t

hem

free

.Th

e Lo

rd h

as r

aise

d up

for

us a

mig

hty

Savi

our,

born

of t

he h

ouse

of h

is s

erva

nt D

avid

.Th

roug

h th

e ho

ly p

roph

ets,

God

pro

mis

ed o

f old

to

sav

e us

from

our

ene

mie

s,

from

the

hand

s of

all

who

hat

e us

,

to s

how

mer

cy to

our

fore

bear

s,

and

to re

mem

ber

his

holy

cov

enan

t.Th

is w

as th

e oa

th G

od s

wor

e to

our

fath

er A

brah

am:

to

set

us

free

from

the

hand

s of

our

ene

mie

s,

free

to w

orsh

ip h

im w

ithou

t fea

r,

ho

ly a

nd r

ight

eous

bef

ore

him

,

all t

he d

ays

of o

ur li

fe.

And

you,

chi

ld, s

hall

be c

alle

d th

e pr

ophe

t of t

he M

ost H

igh,

for

you

will

go

befo

re th

e Lo

rd to

pre

pare

his

way

,to

giv

e hi

s pe

ople

kno

wle

dge

of s

alva

tion

by th

e fo

rgiv

enes

s of

thei

r si

ns.

In th

e te

nder

com

pass

ion

of o

ur G

odth

e da

wn

from

on

high

sha

ll br

eak

upon

us,

to s

hine

on

thos

e w

ho d

wel

l in

dark

ness

and

the

shad

ow o

f dea

th,

and

to g

uide

our

feet

into

the

way

of p

eace

.

G

lory

to th

e Fa

ther

and

the

Son

and

the

Hol

y Sp

irit,

as

it w

as in

the

begi

nnin

g, is

now

, and

will

be

fore

ver.

Amen

.

THE

TE

DE

UM

W

e pr

aise

you

, O G

od,

we

accl

aim

you

as

Lord

;al

l cre

atio

n w

orsh

ips

you,

the

Fath

er e

verl

astin

g.To

you

all

ange

ls, a

ll th

e po

wer

s of

hea

ven,

the

cher

ubim

and

ser

aphi

m, s

ing

in e

ndle

ss p

rais

e:

Hol

y, h

oly,

hol

y Lo

rd, G

od o

f pow

er a

nd m

ight

,

heav

en a

nd e

arth

are

full

of y

our

glor

y.Th

e gl

orio

us c

ompa

ny o

f apo

stle

s pr

aise

you

.Th

e no

ble

fello

wsh

ip o

f pro

phet

s pr

aise

you

.Th

e w

hite

-rob

ed a

rmy

of m

arty

rs p

rais

e yo

u.Th

roug

hout

the

wor

ld th

e ho

ly C

hurc

h ac

clai

ms

you:

Fa

ther

, of m

ajes

ty u

nbou

nded

,

your

true

and

onl

y So

n, w

orth

y of

all

prai

se,

th

e H

oly

Spir

it, a

dvoc

ate

and

guid

e.Yo

u, C

hris

t, ar

e th

e ki

ng o

f glo

ry,

the

eter

nal S

on o

f the

Fat

her.

Whe

n yo

u to

ok o

ur fl

esh

to s

et u

s fr

eeyo

u hu

mbl

y ch

ose

the

Virg

in’s

wom

b.Yo

u ov

erca

me

the

stin

g of

dea

than

d op

ened

the

king

dom

of h

eave

n to

all

belie

vers

.Yo

u ar

e se

ated

at G

od’s

rig

ht h

and

in g

lory

.W

e be

lieve

that

you

will

com

e to

be

our

judg

e.

Com

e th

en, L

ord,

and

hel

p yo

ur p

eopl

e,

boug

ht w

ith th

e pr

ice

of y

our

own

bloo

d,

and

brin

g us

with

you

r sa

ints

to

glo

ry e

verl

astin

g.

SCRIPTURAL SONGS

Can

ticle

s for

the

mor

ning

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THE

BE

ATIT

UD

ES

Ble

ssed

are

the

poor

in s

piri

t,

for

thei

rs is

the

king

dom

of h

eave

n.B

less

ed a

re th

ose

who

mou

rn,

fo

r th

ey w

ill b

e co

mfo

rted

.B

less

ed a

re th

e m

eek,

fo

r th

ey w

ill in

heri

t the

ear

th.

Ble

ssed

are

thos

e w

ho h

unge

r an

d th

irst f

or r

ight

eous

ness

,

for

they

will

be

fi lle

d.B

less

ed a

re th

e m

erci

ful,

fo

r th

ey w

ill re

ceiv

e m

ercy

.B

less

ed a

re th

e pu

re in

hea

rt,

fo

r th

ey w

ill s

ee G

od.

Ble

ssed

are

the

peac

emak

ers,

fo

r th

ey w

ill b

e ca

lled

child

ren

of G

od.

Ble

ssed

are

thos

e w

ho a

re p

erse

cute

d fo

r ri

ghte

ousn

ess’

sak

e,

for

thei

rs is

the

king

dom

of h

eave

n.

THE

SO

NG

OF

SIM

EO

NN

ow, L

ord,

you

let y

our

serv

ant g

o in

pea

ce:

your

wor

d ha

s be

en fu

lfi lle

d.M

y ow

n ey

es h

ave

seen

the

salv

atio

n w

hich

you

hav

e pr

epar

ed in

the

sigh

t of e

very

peo

ple:

a lig

ht to

reve

al y

ou to

the

natio

nsan

d th

e gl

ory

of y

our

peop

le Is

rael

.

G

lory

to th

e Fa

ther

and

the

Son

and

the

Hol

y Sp

irit,

as

it w

as in

the

begi

nnin

g, is

now

, and

will

be

fore

ver.

Amen

.

THE

SO

NG

OF

MA

RY

My

soul

pro

clai

ms

the

grea

tnes

s of

the

Lord

,m

y sp

irit

rejo

ices

in G

od m

y Sa

viou

r,w

ho h

as lo

oked

with

favo

ur o

n hi

s lo

wly

ser

vant

.Fr

om th

is d

ay a

ll ge

nera

tions

will

cal

l me

bles

sed:

th

e Al

mig

hty

has

done

gre

at th

ings

for

me

an

d ho

ly is

his

nam

e.

God

has

mer

cy o

n th

ose

who

fear

him

,

from

gen

erat

ion

to g

ener

atio

n.Th

e Lo

rd h

as s

how

n st

reng

th w

ith h

is a

rman

d sc

atte

red

the

prou

d in

thei

r co

ncei

t,ca

stin

g do

wn

the

mig

hty

from

thei

r th

rone

san

d lif

ting

up th

e lo

wly.

God

has

fi lle

d th

e hu

ngry

with

goo

d th

ings

and

sent

the

rich

aw

ay e

mpt

y.H

e ha

s co

me

to th

e ai

d of

his

ser

vant

Isra

el,

to re

mem

ber

the

prom

ise

of m

ercy

,th

e pr

omis

e m

ade

to o

ur fo

rebe

ars,

to A

brah

am a

nd h

is c

hild

ren

fore

ver.

G

lory

to th

e Fa

ther

and

the

Son

and

the

Hol

y Sp

irit,

as it

was

in th

e be

ginn

ing,

is n

ow, a

nd w

ill b

e fo

reve

r. Am

en.

Can

ticle

s for

the

even

ing

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SAVI

OU

R O

F TH

E W

OR

LDSa

viou

r of

the

wor

ld,

by y

our

cros

s an

d bl

ood

you

have

set

us

free

;

Lord

, sav

e us

and

hel

p us

.Yo

u sa

ved

your

dis

cipl

esw

hen

they

wer

e ab

out t

o di

e;

hear

us

and

save

us.

In y

our

grea

t pity

and

mer

cy,

fr

ee u

s fr

om o

ur s

ins.

Show

you

rsel

f as

our

Savi

our

and

mig

hty

deliv

erer

;

save

us,

so

that

we

can

prai

se y

ou.

As y

ou h

ave

prom

ised

, dr

aw n

ear

to u

s fr

om y

our

thro

ne o

f glo

ry;

lo

ok d

own

and

hear

us

as w

e cr

y fo

r he

lp.

Com

e an

d liv

e w

ith u

s, L

ord

Jesu

s C

hris

t;

stay

with

us

fore

ver.

And

whe

n yo

u ap

pear

in p

ower

and

gre

at g

lory

,

mak

e us

one

with

you

in y

our

king

dom

.P

rais

e to

you

, our

Lor

d,

king

of e

tern

al g

lory

.

Ble

ssin

g an

d ho

nour

and

than

ksgi

ving

and

pra

ise

mor

e th

an w

e ca

n ut

ter,

mor

e th

an w

e ca

n co

ncei

ve,

be to

you

, O h

oly

and

glor

ious

Tri

nity

, Fat

her,

Son

, and

Hol

y Sp

irit,

by

all

ange

ls, a

ll pe

ople

, all

crea

ture

s, fo

reve

r an

d ev

er.

Glo

ry b

e to

God

the

Fath

er,

glor

y be

to G

od th

e So

n,gl

ory

be to

God

the

Spir

it:ev

erla

stin

g th

ree

in o

ne.

Let a

ll he

aven

and

ear

th a

dore

you,

our

God

, for

ever

mor

e.

Now

to h

im w

ho lo

ved

us, g

ave

usev

ery

pled

ge th

at lo

ve c

ould

giv

e,fr

eely

she

d hi

s bl

ood

to s

ave

us,

gave

his

life

that

we

mig

ht li

ve,

be th

e ki

ngdo

man

d do

min

ion

and

the

glor

y ev

erm

ore.

Now

to th

e K

ing

of h

eave

nyo

ur c

heer

ful v

oice

s ra

ise;

to h

im b

e gl

ory

give

n,po

wer

, maj

esty

, pra

ise;

from

sho

re to

sho

rehi

s na

me

be s

ung

by e

very

tong

uefo

r ev

erm

ore.

Oh,

ble

ss th

e Lo

rd, m

y so

ul!

Let a

ll in

me

com

bine

to a

id m

y to

ngue

to b

less

his

nam

ew

hose

favo

ur is

div

ine.

Dox

olog

ies

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Pra

ise

God

, fro

m w

hom

all

bles

sing

s fl o

w;

prai

se G

od, a

ll cr

eatu

res,

her

e be

low

,pr

aise

God

abo

ve, y

ou h

eave

nly

host

,pr

aise

Fat

her,

Son

, and

Hol

y G

host

.

Pra

ise,

my

soul

, the

Kin

g of

hea

ven;

to h

is fe

et y

our

trib

ute

brin

g;ra

nsom

ed, h

eale

d, re

stor

ed, f

orgi

ven,

who

like

me

his

prai

se s

houl

d si

ng?

Alle

luia

, alle

luia

!pr

aise

the

ever

last

ing

Kin

g!

To G

od, t

he b

less

ed a

nd o

nly

Sove

reig

n, th

e K

ing

of k

ings

and

Lor

dof

lord

s, w

ho a

lone

is im

mor

tal a

nd w

ho li

ves

in u

napp

roac

habl

e lig

ht, w

hom

no

one

has

seen

or

can

see

– to

him

be

hono

ur a

nd

mig

ht fo

reve

r.

To G

od, t

he F

athe

r, S

on,

and

Spir

it, th

ree

in o

ne,

all p

rais

e be

giv

en:

Ble

ss h

im in

eve

ry s

ong,

to h

im o

ur h

eart

s be

long

;le

t all

his

prai

se p

rolo

ngon

ear

th, i

n he

aven

.

To h

im w

ho s

its o

n th

e th

rone

and

to th

e La

mb

be p

rais

e an

dho

nour

and

glo

ry a

nd p

ower

, for

ever

and

eve

r.

Wor

ship

, hon

our,

glo

ry, b

less

ing,

Lord

, we

offe

r to

you

r na

me;

youn

g an

d ol

d, th

eir

prai

se e

xpre

ssin

g,jo

in y

our

good

ness

to p

rocl

aim

.As

the

sain

ts in

hea

ven

ador

e yo

u,w

e w

ould

bow

bef

ore

your

thro

ne;

as y

our

ange

ls s

erve

bef

ore

you,

so o

n ea

rth

your

will

be

done

.

OTH

ER

PR

AYE

RS

Pray

ers a

t mea

ltim

ePr

ayer

s at b

edtim

eR

epen

tanc

e an

d co

nfes

sion

of si

nPr

ayer

s for

God

’s pr

esen

ce a

nd b

less

ing

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All c

reat

ures

dep

end

on y

ou, O

Lor

d,

to g

ive

them

food

whe

n th

ey n

eed

it.Yo

u gi

ve it

to th

em a

nd th

ey a

re s

atis

fi ed.

Be

pres

ent a

t our

tabl

e, L

ord,

be h

ere

and

ever

ywhe

re a

dore

d;bl

ess

thes

e yo

ur g

ifts,

and

gra

nt th

at w

em

ay fe

ast w

ith y

ou e

tern

ally.

Ble

ss th

is fo

od, O

Lor

d, a

nd le

t it n

ouri

sh o

ur b

ody;

give

us

also

gra

ce to

str

engt

hen

our s

pirit

, and

love

to e

nric

h ou

r life

; th

roug

h Je

sus

Chr

ist o

ur L

ord.

Com

e, L

ord

Jesu

s, b

e ou

r gu

est,

and

let t

his

food

to u

s be

ble

st.

God

is g

reat

and

God

is g

ood,

now

we

than

k hi

m fo

r ou

r fo

od.

By

his

hand

we

all a

re fe

d;gi

ve u

s, L

ord,

our

dai

ly b

read

.

Lord

God

, hea

venl

y Fa

ther

, ble

ss u

s an

d th

ese

gifts

w

hich

fl ow

from

you

r go

odne

ss; t

hrou

gh J

esus

Chr

ist o

ur L

ord.

Lord

, hel

p m

e sh

are

with

oth

ers

that

whi

ch I

rece

ive,

and

glad

ly g

ive

with

hap

py h

eart

to h

elp

in e

very

nee

d.

O g

ive

than

ks to

the

Lord

, for

he

is g

ood;

hi

s st

eadf

ast l

ove

endu

res

fore

ver.

Pray

ers a

t mea

ltim

e

Be

near

me,

Lor

d Je

sus;

I ask

you

to s

tay

clos

e by

me

fore

ver,

and

love

me,

I pr

ay.

Ble

ss a

ll th

e de

ar c

hild

ren

in y

our

tend

er c

are,

and

fi t u

s fo

r he

aven

, to

live

with

you

ther

e.

Be

with

us,

mer

cifu

l God

, an

d pr

otec

t us

thro

ugh

the

sile

nt h

ours

of t

his

nigh

t, so

that

we

who

are

wea

ried

by

the

chan

ges

and

chan

ces

of th

is fl

eetin

g w

orld

m

ay re

st o

n yo

ur e

tern

al c

hang

eles

snes

s;

thro

ugh

Jesu

s C

hris

t our

Lor

d.

Eter

nal G

od, t

he h

ours

of b

oth

the

day

and

nigh

t are

you

rs,

and

to y

ou th

e da

rkne

ss is

no

thre

at.

Stay

by

my

beds

ide

and

give

me,

I pr

ay,

a re

stfu

l and

unt

roub

led

slee

p.

Gra

nt th

at I

may

wak

e in

the

mor

ning

refr

eshe

d an

d ha

ppy,

re

ady

to p

rais

e yo

u an

d to

ser

ve m

y ne

ighb

our;

th

roug

h Je

sus

Chr

ist o

ur L

ord.

Gui

de u

s w

hile

we

are

awak

e, L

ord,

an

d gu

ard

us w

hile

we

are

asle

ep,

so th

at a

wak

e w

e m

ay w

atch

with

Chr

ist,

and

asle

ep w

e m

ay re

st w

ith h

im in

pea

ce.

Hea

r ou

r pr

ayer

, O h

eave

nly

Fath

er,

as w

e la

y us

dow

n to

sle

ep:

May

you

r an

gels

, pur

e an

d ho

ly,

roun

d ou

r be

d th

eir

vigi

l kee

p.

Pard

on a

ll ou

r pa

st tr

ansg

ress

ions

,gi

ve u

s st

reng

th fo

r da

ys to

com

e;gu

ide

and

guar

d us

with

you

r bl

essi

ngtil

l you

r an

gels

bea

r us

hom

e.

Pray

ers a

t bed

time

OTHER PRAYERS

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Jesu

s, te

nder

she

pher

d, h

ear

me,

bles

s yo

ur li

ttle

lam

b to

nigh

t;th

roug

h th

e da

rkne

ss, L

ord,

be

near

me,

keep

me

safe

till

mor

ning

ligh

t.

Thro

ugh

this

day

you

r ha

nd h

as le

d m

e,an

d I t

hank

you

for

your

car

e;yo

u ha

ve w

arm

ed m

e, c

loth

ed a

nd fe

d m

e;lis

ten

to m

y ev

enin

g pr

ayer

.

Let m

y si

ns b

e al

l for

give

n;bl

ess

the

frie

nds

I lov

e so

wel

l;ta

ke m

e, w

hen

I die

, to

heav

en,

happ

y th

ere

with

you

to d

wel

l.

Ligh

ten

our

dark

ness

, Lor

d, a

nd in

you

r gr

eat m

ercy

def

end

us

from

all

peri

ls a

nd d

ange

rs o

f thi

s ni

ght;

for

the

love

of y

our

only

Son

, our

Sav

iour

Jes

us C

hris

t.

Lord

, be

with

thos

e w

ho li

ve in

this

hou

se;

driv

e aw

ay th

e de

vil a

nd re

mov

e ev

ery

trap

he

sets

; le

t you

r ho

ly a

ngel

s st

ay in

this

pla

ce to

kee

p it

in p

eace

; an

d le

t you

r bl

essi

ng b

e al

way

s in

it;

thro

ugh

Jesu

s C

hris

t our

Lor

d.

Now

I la

y m

e do

wn

to s

leep

, I p

ray

you,

Lor

d, m

y so

ul to

kee

p.W

atch

ove

r m

e th

roug

h al

l the

nig

ht,

and

keep

me

safe

till

mor

ning

’s li

ght.

O L

ord,

sup

port

us

all t

he d

ay lo

ng o

f thi

s tr

oubl

ed li

fe,

until

the

shad

ows

leng

then

and

the

even

ing

com

es,

the

busy

wor

ld is

hus

hed,

the

feve

r of

life

is o

ver,

an

d ou

r w

ork

is d

one.

Th

en, L

ord,

in y

our

mer

cy,

gran

t us

a sa

fe lo

dgin

g, a

hol

y re

st, a

nd p

eace

at l

ast;

thro

ugh

Jesu

s C

hris

t our

Lor

d.

Wat

ch, d

ear

Lord

, with

thos

e w

ho w

ake,

or

wat

ch, o

r w

eep

toni

ght,

and

give

you

r an

gels

cha

rge

over

thos

e w

ho s

leep

.Te

nd y

our

sick

one

s, L

ord

Chr

ist.

Res

t you

r w

eary

one

s. B

less

you

r dy

ing

ones

.So

othe

you

r su

fferi

ng o

nes.

Pity

you

r af

fl ict

ed o

nes.

Sh

ield

you

r jo

yous

one

s.W

e as

k th

is a

ll, fo

r yo

ur lo

ve’s

sak

e.

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Alm

ight

y an

d et

erna

l God

, si

nce

you

hate

not

hing

that

you

hav

e m

ade,

bu

t for

give

the

sins

of a

ll w

ho re

pent

: C

reat

e in

us

new

and

con

trite

hea

rts,

th

at w

e, w

ho la

men

t our

sin

s an

d ac

know

ledg

e ou

r w

retc

hedn

ess,

m

ay o

btai

n fr

om y

ou p

erfe

ct fo

rgiv

enes

s;

thro

ugh

Jesu

s C

hris

t our

Lor

d.

Alm

ight

y G

od, m

erci

ful F

athe

r, I,

a p

oor

help

less

sin

ner,

co

nfes

s to

you

all

my

sins

, and

repe

nt o

f all

the

evil

I hav

e do

ne.

I hav

e de

eply

dis

plea

sed

you

and

dese

rve

your

pun

ishm

ent

in ti

me

and

in e

tern

ity.

But

I am

sor

ry fo

r m

y si

ns, a

nd I

ask

you,

fo

r th

e sa

ke o

f the

hol

y in

noce

nt s

uffe

ring

s an

d de

ath

of y

our

dear

Son

Jes

us C

hris

t, to

be

grac

ious

and

mer

cifu

l to

me.

Lord

God

, our

hea

venl

y Fa

ther

, I c

onfe

ss th

at I

have

sin

ned

agai

nst y

ou,

not o

nly

in m

y w

ords

and

act

ions

, bu

t als

o in

my

secr

et th

ough

ts a

nd d

esire

s w

hich

I ca

nnot

fully

kno

w o

r un

ders

tand

, bu

t whi

ch y

ou k

now

com

plet

ely.

I am

sor

ry th

at I

have

dis

plea

sed

you,

an

d re

pent

of t

he e

vil I

hav

e do

ne.

For

the

sake

of y

our

dear

Son

, Jes

us C

hris

t our

Lor

d,

have

mer

cy o

n m

e, fo

rgiv

e m

y si

ns,

and

grac

ious

ly h

elp

me

in m

y w

eakn

ess.

Lord

Jes

us C

hris

t, So

n of

God

, hav

e m

ercy

on

me,

a s

inne

r!Lo

rd J

esus

Chr

ist,

Son

of G

od, h

ave

mer

cy o

n m

e, a

sin

ner!

Lord

Jes

us C

hris

t, So

n of

God

, hav

e m

ercy

on

me,

a s

inne

r!

Mos

t mer

cifu

l God

, you

hav

e gi

ven

your

onl

y So

n to

die

for

us:

Hav

e m

ercy

on

us,

and

for

his

sake

gra

nt u

s fo

rgiv

enes

s of

all

our

sins

. B

y yo

ur H

oly

Spir

it in

crea

se o

ur k

now

ledg

e of

you

and

you

r w

ill,

and

mak

e us

obe

dien

t to

your

wor

d,

so th

at b

y yo

ur g

race

we

may

com

e to

ete

rnal

life

; th

roug

h Je

sus

Chr

ist o

ur L

ord.

O L

ord,

free

you

r pe

ople

from

thei

r of

fenc

es,

that

thro

ugh

your

bou

ntifu

l goo

dnes

s w

e m

ay a

ll be

rele

ased

from

the

net o

f our

sin

s w

hich

bec

ause

of o

ur fr

ailty

has

ent

angl

ed u

s;

thro

ugh

your

Son

, Jes

us C

hris

t our

Lor

d,

who

live

s an

d re

igns

with

you

and

the

Hol

y Sp

irit,

on

e G

od, n

ow a

nd fo

reve

r.

God

, our

Fat

her,

we

conf

ess

that

we

are

born

in b

onda

ge to

sin

an

d ca

nnot

free

our

selv

es.

We

have

sin

ned

agai

nst y

ou in

thou

ght,

wor

d, a

nd d

eed,

by

wha

t we

have

don

e an

d by

wha

t we

have

faile

d to

do.

W

e ha

ve n

ot lo

ved

you

with

our

who

le h

eart

, an

d w

e ha

ve n

ot lo

ved

our

neig

hbou

r as

our

selv

es.

We

dese

rve

your

ete

rnal

pun

ishm

ent.

For

the

sake

of y

our

Son,

Jes

us C

hris

t, ha

ve m

ercy

on

us.

Forg

ive u

s, re

new

us,

and

lead

us,

so

that

we

may

del

ight

in yo

ur w

ill

and

wal

k in

you

r w

ays,

to th

e gl

ory

of y

our

holy

nam

e.

We

conf

ess

to y

ou, a

lmig

hty

God

,be

fore

the

who

le c

ompa

ny o

f hea

ven,

and

to e

ach

othe

r,th

at w

e ha

ve s

inne

d in

thou

ght,

wor

d, a

nd d

eed,

by

our

own

faul

t.H

ave

mer

cy o

n us

, for

Jes

us’ s

ake,

forg

ive

us a

ll ou

r si

ns, a

nd b

ring

us

to e

tern

al li

fe.

Rep

enta

nce

and

conf

essio

n of

sin

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Be

pres

ent w

ith u

s, O

Lor

d, in

our

dai

ly d

utie

s,

and

gran

t to

thos

e w

ho li

ve in

this

hou

se

the

stre

ngth

and

pro

tect

ion

of y

our

cont

inua

l hel

p,

so th

at y

ou m

ay b

e kn

own

as th

e m

aste

r of

the

fam

ily

and

the

defe

nder

of t

his

hom

e; th

roug

h Je

sus

Chr

ist o

ur L

ord.

Eter

nal G

od,

as y

ou h

ave

mad

e al

l thi

ngs

for

our

serv

ice

and

have

mad

e us

for

your

glo

ry:

Mak

e ho

ly o

ur s

ouls

and

bod

ies,

ou

r th

ough

ts a

nd in

tent

ions

, our

wor

ds a

nd a

ctio

ns,

so th

at w

hate

ver

we

thin

k or

spe

ak o

r do

m

ay b

e do

ne fo

r th

e gl

ory

of y

our

nam

e.

Let n

o pr

ide

or s

elf-

seek

ing,

no

cove

tous

ness

or

reve

nge,

no

mea

n am

bitio

ns o

r lo

w im

agin

atio

ns

dese

crat

e w

hat y

ou h

ave

mad

e ho

ly;

but l

et o

ur b

ody

be th

e se

rvan

t of o

ur s

piri

t, an

d bo

th b

ody

and

spir

it be

ser

vant

s of

Jes

us;

so th

at, d

oing

all

thin

gs fo

r yo

ur g

lory

now

, w

e m

ay e

njoy

you

r gl

ory

fore

ver;

thro

ugh

Jesu

s C

hris

t our

Lor

d.

God

of m

ercy

, God

of g

race

,sh

ow th

e br

ight

ness

of y

our

face

;sh

ine

upon

us,

Sav

iour

, shi

ne,

fi ll y

our

chur

ch w

ith li

ght d

ivin

e;an

d yo

ur s

avin

g he

alth

ext

end

to th

e ea

rth’

s re

mot

est e

nd.

Gra

ciou

s an

d ho

ly F

athe

r, g

ive

us w

isdo

m to

reco

gnis

e yo

u,

inte

llige

nce

to u

nder

stan

d yo

u, d

ilige

nce

to s

eek

you,

pa

tienc

e to

wai

t for

you

, eye

s to

see

you

, a h

eart

to m

edita

te o

n yo

u,an

d a

life

to p

rocl

aim

you

; th

roug

h th

e po

wer

of t

he S

piri

t of J

esus

Chr

ist o

ur L

ord.

Hea

venl

y Fa

ther

, in

who

m w

e liv

e an

d m

ove

and

have

our

bei

ng:

So r

ule

and

guid

e us

by

your

Hol

y Sp

irit

that

in a

ll th

e co

ncer

ns a

nd o

ccup

atio

ns o

f our

dai

ly li

fe

we

may

nev

er fo

rget

you

, bu

t rem

embe

r th

at w

e ar

e al

way

s w

alki

ng in

you

r si

ght;

thro

ugh

your

Son

, Jes

us C

hris

t our

Lor

d.

Hel

p us

, Lor

d G

od, t

o cl

ing

to y

ou w

ithou

t par

ting,

w

orsh

ip y

ou w

ithou

t wea

ryin

g, s

erve

you

with

out f

ailin

g,

faith

fully

see

k yo

u, h

appi

ly fi

nd y

ou, a

nd fo

reve

r po

sses

s yo

u,

the

only

God

; thr

ough

Jes

us C

hris

t our

Lor

d.

I bin

d un

to m

ysel

f tod

ay

the

pow

er o

f God

to h

old

and

lead

:hi

s ey

e to

wat

ch, h

is m

ight

to s

tay,

his

ear

to h

eark

en to

my

need

; th

e w

isdo

m o

f my

God

to te

ach,

his

hand

to g

uide

, his

shi

eld

to w

ard,

the

wor

d of

God

to g

ive

me

spee

ch,

his

heav

enly

hos

t to

be m

y gu

ide.

Chr

ist b

e w

ith m

e, C

hris

t with

in m

e,C

hris

t beh

ind

me,

Chr

ist b

efor

e m

e,C

hris

t bes

ide

me,

Chr

ist t

o w

in m

e,C

hris

t to

com

fort

and

rest

ore

me,

Chr

ist b

enea

th m

e, C

hris

t abo

ve m

e,C

hris

t in

quie

t, C

hris

t in

dang

er,

Chr

ist i

n he

arts

of a

ll th

at lo

ve m

e,C

hris

t in

mou

th o

f fri

end

and

stra

nger

.C

hris

t be

with

me.

Chr

ist b

e w

ith m

e.

I bin

d m

ysel

f unt

o th

e na

me,

the

stro

ng n

ame

of th

e Tr

inity

;by

invo

catio

n of

the

sam

e,th

e Th

ree-

in-O

ne, a

nd O

ne-i

n-Th

ree;

by h

im a

ll na

ture

has

cre

atio

n;et

erna

l Fat

her,

Spi

rit,

Wor

d.P

rais

e to

the

Lord

of m

y sa

lvat

ion;

salv

atio

n is

thro

ugh

Chr

ist t

he L

ord.

Pray

ers f

or G

od’s

pres

ence

and

bles

sing

OTHER PRAYERS

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I hea

rd th

e vo

ice

of J

esus

say

,‘C

ome

unto

me

and

rest

;la

y do

wn,

O w

eary

one

, lay

dow

nyo

ur h

ead

upon

my

brea

st.’

I cam

e to

Jes

us a

s I w

as,

wea

ry a

nd w

orn

and

sad;

I fou

nd in

him

a re

stin

g-pl

ace,

and

he h

as m

ade

me

glad

.

Lord

God

, giv

e us

gra

ce to

be

at re

st

from

all

sinf

ul d

eeds

and

thou

ghts

, to

sur

rend

er o

urse

lves

com

plet

ely

to y

ou,

and

to b

e ca

lm b

efor

e yo

u lik

e a

still

lake

; so

that

the

beam

s of

you

r gr

ace

may

be

refl e

cted

ther

e,

and

may

kin

dle

in o

ur h

eart

s th

e gl

ow o

f fai

th, a

nd lo

ve, a

nd p

raye

r.M

ay w

e, in

suc

h st

illne

ss a

nd h

ope,

fi n

d st

reng

th a

nd g

ladn

ess

in y

ou, n

ow a

nd fo

reve

rmor

e.

Lord

Jes

us C

hris

t, ac

know

ledg

e w

hat i

s yo

urs

in u

s,

and

take

aw

ay fr

om u

s al

l tha

t is

not y

ours

; for

your

hon

our a

nd g

lory

.

Lord

Jes

us C

hris

t, gi

ve u

s gr

ace

to b

e m

eek

and

patie

nt a

s yo

u w

ere,

so

that

we

may

gen

tly b

ear

with

the

faul

ts o

f oth

ers,

an

d st

rive

alw

ays

to ro

ot o

ut o

ur o

wn;

for

your

sak

e.

Lord

Jes

us, g

ive

your

self

to m

e, a

nd I

shal

l be

cont

ent,

for

noth

ing

else

than

you

can

real

ly c

omfo

rt m

e.

I can

not e

xist

with

out y

ou.

With

out y

our

pres

ence

I ha

ve n

o st

reng

th to

live

. So

I m

ust c

ome

to y

ou o

ften

and

rece

ive

you

for

my

heal

ing

and

salv

atio

n.

Oth

erw

ise

I sha

ll gr

ow fa

int o

n m

y jo

urne

y if

I mis

s m

y he

aven

ly fo

od;

as y

ou o

nce

said

, mos

t mer

cifu

l Jes

us,

whe

n yo

u w

ere

prea

chin

g to

the

peop

le

and

heal

ing

all k

inds

of d

isea

ses:

‘I

do n

ot w

ant t

o se

nd th

em a

way

hun

gry,

or

they

may

col

laps

e on

the

way

’. Fe

ed m

e no

w a

s yo

u fe

d th

ose

peop

le th

en,

sinc

e yo

u gi

ve y

ours

elf t

o co

mfo

rt th

ose

who

trus

t you

. Yo

u ar

e th

e sw

eet r

efre

shm

ent o

f the

sou

l, an

d th

ose

who

take

you

as

they

sho

uld

will

inhe

rit a

sha

re in

you

r et

erna

l glo

ry.

Lord

Jes

us, o

ur g

ood

shep

herd

: R

emem

ber

thos

e w

ho p

ass

thro

ugh

the

valle

y of

the

shad

ow o

f dea

th.

Be

with

them

in th

eir

lone

lines

s, a

nd c

omfo

rt th

em in

thei

r so

rrow

.H

eal t

heir

hur

t and

rest

ore

thei

r ha

ppin

ess.

G

uide

them

on

your

way

, ref

resh

them

with

you

r go

odne

ss,

and

brin

g th

em a

t las

t int

o yo

ur e

tern

al h

ome,

w

here

they

will

feas

t at y

our

tabl

e an

d liv

e w

ith y

ou fo

reve

r.

Lord

, as

you

awak

en u

s to

del

ight

in y

our

prai

se,

gran

t tha

t we

may

kno

w y

ou, c

all o

n yo

u, a

nd p

rais

e yo

u;

for

you

have

mad

e us

for

your

self,

an

d ou

r he

arts

are

rest

less

unt

il th

ey re

st in

you

.

OTHER PRAYERS

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Lord

, be

in m

e to

str

engt

hen

me,

out

side

me

to p

rese

rve

me,

ov

er m

e to

she

lter

me,

ben

eath

me

to s

uppo

rt m

e,

befo

re m

e to

div

ert m

e, b

ehin

d m

e to

bri

ng m

e ba

ck,

and

arou

nd m

e to

pro

tect

me.

Lord

, fi ll

our

min

ds w

ith th

ose

thin

gs

that

are

goo

d an

d w

orth

y of

pra

ise:

th

ings

that

are

true

, nob

le, r

ight

, pur

e, lo

vely

, and

hon

oura

ble.

Lord

, mak

e m

e an

inst

rum

ent o

f you

r pe

ace;

w

here

ther

e is

hat

red,

let m

e so

w lo

ve;

whe

re th

ere

is in

jury

, par

don;

whe

re th

ere

is d

isco

rd, u

nion

; w

here

ther

e is

dou

bt, f

aith

; whe

re th

ere

is d

espa

ir, h

ope;

w

here

ther

e is

dar

knes

s, li

ght;

whe

re th

ere

is s

adne

ss, j

oy;

for

your

mer

cy a

nd tr

uth’

s sa

ke.

O D

ivin

e M

aste

r,

gran

t tha

t I m

ay n

ot s

o m

uch

seek

to b

e co

nsol

ed a

s to

con

sole

, to

be

unde

rsto

od a

s to

und

erst

and,

to b

e lo

ved

as to

love

; fo

r it

is in

giv

ing

that

we

rece

ive,

it

is in

par

doni

ng th

at w

e ar

e pa

rdon

ed,

it is

in d

ying

that

we

are

born

to e

tern

al li

fe.

Lord

, you

r w

ay is

per

fect

. Hel

p us

alw

ays

to tr

ust i

n yo

ur g

oodn

ess,

so th

at, w

alki

ng w

ith y

ou a

nd fo

llow

ing

you

in a

ll si

mpl

icity

, w

e m

ay p

osse

ss q

uiet

and

con

tent

ed m

inds

, an

d m

ay c

ast a

ll ou

r ca

re o

n yo

u, fo

r yo

u ca

re fo

r us

. G

rant

this

, Lor

d, fo

r yo

ur d

ear

Son’

s sa

ke, J

esus

Chr

ist.

Love

div

ine,

all

love

s ex

celli

ng,

joy

of h

eave

n, to

ear

th c

ome

dow

n,fi x

in u

s th

y hu

mbl

e dw

ellin

g,al

l thy

faith

ful m

erci

es c

row

n.Je

sus,

thou

art

all

com

pass

ion,

pure

unb

ound

ed lo

ve th

ou a

rt;

visi

t us

with

thy

salv

atio

n,en

ter

ever

y tr

embl

ing

hear

t.

Mer

cifu

l Jes

us, w

hen

you

unde

rtoo

k to

set

us

free

, yo

u di

d no

t spu

rn th

e Vi

rgin

’s w

omb.

Li

ve fo

reve

r in

our

hea

rts.

In

spire

us

with

you

r pu

rity

. St

reng

then

us

with

you

r po

wer

. M

ake

us p

erfe

ct in

you

r w

ays.

G

uide

us

into

you

r tr

uth.

U

nite

us

to y

ours

elf a

nd to

you

r ch

urch

by

your

hol

y m

yste

ries

, so

that

we

may

con

quer

eve

ry e

vil p

ower

, an

d be

who

lly d

evot

ed to

you

r se

rvic

e an

d co

nfor

med

to y

our

will

; to

the

glor

y of

God

the

Fath

er.

O L

ord

Jesu

s C

hris

t, as

you

took

chi

ldre

n in

to y

our

arm

s an

d bl

esse

d th

em,

keep

our

chi

ldre

n fo

reve

r en

fold

ed b

y yo

ur lo

ve.

Hel

p th

em to

gro

w in

to lo

ve fo

r yo

u; s

ave

them

from

evi

l; st

reng

then

them

aga

inst

the

impu

lses

of s

elf-

will

; in

spire

in th

em a

love

for

trut

h an

d th

e de

sire

to s

erve

oth

ers;

an

d gi

ve th

em g

race

to fo

llow

day

by

day

in th

e st

eps

of y

our

mos

t hol

y lif

e; fo

r yo

ur n

ame’

s sa

ke.

O L

ord,

ope

n ou

r ey

es s

o th

at w

e m

ay s

ee c

lear

ly

all t

he w

onde

rful

thin

gs y

ou h

ave

done

for

us.

Let u

s no

t liv

e as

if w

e w

ere

stra

nger

s to

you

r co

mm

andm

ents

. Fi

ll ou

r he

arts

with

suc

h aw

e an

d lo

ve fo

r yo

u th

at n

othi

ng m

ay p

ersu

ade

us to

dis

obey

you

. G

rant

this

, hea

venl

y Fat

her,

for t

he s

ake

of C

hris

t Jes

us o

ur S

avio

ur.

O S

avio

ur o

f the

wor

ld, a

s yo

u ha

ve re

deem

ed u

s by

you

r su

fferi

ng a

nd d

eath

on

the

cros

s,

save

us

and

help

us,

we

pray

, O L

ord.

OTHER PRAYERS

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Soul

of C

hris

t, sa

nctif

y m

e. B

ody

of C

hris

t, sa

ve m

e.

Blo

od o

f Chr

ist,

refr

esh

me.

Wat

er fr

om th

e si

de o

f Chr

ist,

was

h m

e.Su

fferi

ng o

f Chr

ist,

stre

ngth

en m

e. O

goo

d Je

sus,

hea

r m

e.

With

in y

our

wou

nds

hide

me,

an

d ne

ver

let m

e be

sep

arat

ed fr

om y

ou.

From

the

wic

ked

enem

y de

fend

me.

In

the

hour

of d

eath

, cal

l me

to y

ou,

so th

at w

ith a

ll yo

ur s

aint

s I m

ay p

rais

e yo

u fo

reve

r an

d ev

er.

We

com

men

d to

you

, O L

ord,

our

sou

ls a

nd o

ur b

odie

s,

our

min

ds a

nd o

ur th

ough

ts, o

ur p

raye

rs a

nd o

ur h

opes

, ou

r he

alth

and

our

wor

k, o

ur li

fe a

nd o

ur d

eath

; ou

r re

lativ

es a

nd o

ur fr

iend

s, o

ur n

eigh

bour

s, o

ur fe

llow

citi

zens

, an

d al

l Chr

istia

ns, t

his

day

and

alw

ays.

Than

k yo

u, F

athe

r in

hea

ven,

thro

ugh

your

Son

, Jes

us C

hris

t, fo

r pr

otec

ting

me

all n

ight

from

har

m a

nd d

ange

r. P

rote

ct m

e to

day

from

all

sin

and

evil,

so

that

eve

ryth

ing

I do

will

ple

ase

you.

I p

ut m

ysel

f and

all

I hav

e in

to y

our

hand

s.

Send

you

r ho

ly a

ngel

to b

e w

ith m

e,

so th

at th

e de

vil w

ill h

ave

no p

ower

ove

r m

e.

Than

k yo

u, F

athe

r in

hea

ven,

thro

ugh

your

Son

, Jes

us C

hris

t, fo

r be

ing

good

to m

e an

d pr

otec

ting

me

toda

y. Fo

rgiv

e m

e al

l the

wro

ng th

ings

I ha

ve d

one.

P

rote

ct m

e to

nigh

t. I p

ut m

ysel

f and

all

I hav

e in

to y

our

hand

s.

Send

you

r ho

ly a

ngel

to b

e w

ith m

e,

so th

at th

e de

vil w

ill h

ave

no p

ower

ove

r m

e.

DA

ILY

BIB

LE R

EA

DIN

G G

UID

ER

evise

d C

omm

on L

ectio

nary

plu

s re

adin

gs th

roug

h th

e B

ible

in th

ree

year

s

Bel

ow a

re li

sted

Bib

le re

adin

g re

fere

nces

for

each

Sun

day,

plu

s a

read

ing

for

each

day

of t

he w

eek

follo

win

g. T

he S

unda

y an

d m

ajor

ch

urch

fest

ival

read

ings

are

from

the

Rev

ised

Com

mon

Lec

tiona

ry

(RC

L), u

sed

in w

orsh

ip s

ervi

ces.

You

cou

ld s

elec

t one

or

mor

e of

thes

e to

read

in y

our

own

pray

er ti

me,

eg

the

gosp

el. T

he

Mon

day

to F

rida

y re

adin

gs fo

llow

a c

ontin

uous

pla

n, ta

king

you

th

roug

h su

bsta

ntia

l sec

tions

of b

ooks

of t

he B

ible

. The

Sat

urda

y re

adin

g is

the

RC

L ps

alm

(or

one

of th

em) a

ssig

ned

for

the

next

da

y. Fo

r m

ore

abou

t the

read

ings

and

the

chur

ch y

ear,

see

the

Intr

oduc

tion.

Not

e:Fo

r Su

nday

s aft

er P

ente

cost

, onl

y th

e fi

rst o

f the

RC

L O

ld

Test

amen

t rea

ding

s (th

e se

mi-

cont

inuo

us o

nes)

are

giv

en h

ere.

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YEAR

79

AD

VEN

T 1

2 D

ec 0

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ov 10

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ec 13

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16, 1

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19 …

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ah 2

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m 1

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aiah

9:2

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m 9

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(15–

20)

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aiah

62:

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alm

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tus

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per

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ah 5

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m 9

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the

Sund

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ah 4

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aiah

40:

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128

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aiah

41:

1-16

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ah 4

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ec

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ah 4

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9Sa

t bef

ore

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istm

as 1

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m 1

48

CH

RIS

TMA

S 1

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ah 6

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alm

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atth

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23

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m 8

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t bef

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9, 2

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2

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aiah

42:

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73

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Is

aiah

42:

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54

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aiah

43:

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5 Ja

n

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ah 4

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ah 6

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6

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alm

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10

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hesi

ans

3:1–

12

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atth

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2N

ote:

Fol

low

as m

any

of th

e da

ted

days

bel

ow a

s com

e be

fore

the

next

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day.

7 Ja

n

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ah 4

4:6-

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8 Ja

n

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ah 4

4:9-

209

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aiah

44:

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ord)

13

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17 …

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ah 4

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4-9

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YEAR

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t

Psal

m 3

2

LEN

T 1

10 F

eb 0

8, 13

Mar

11, 9

Mar

14,

5 M

ar 17

…Su

n G

enes

is 2

:15–

17;

3:

1–7

Psal

m 3

2

Rom

ans

5:12

–19

M

atth

ew 4

:1–1

1M

on

Isai

ah 6

1:10

- 6

2:5

Tues

Is

aiah

62:

6-12

Wed

Is

aiah

63:

1-6

Thur

Is

aiah

63:

7-14

Fri

Is

aiah

63:

15 -

64:

9Sa

t

Psal

m 1

21

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YEAR

83

LEN

T 2

17 F

eb 0

8, 2

0 M

ar 11

, 16

Mar

14,

12 M

ar 17

…Su

n G

enes

is 1

2:1–

4a

Psal

m 1

21

Rom

ans

4:1–

5,

13

–17

Jo

hn 3

:1–1

7M

on

Isai

ah 6

5:1-

16Tu

es

Isai

ah 6

5:17

-25

Wed

Is

aiah

66:

1-6

Thur

Is

aiah

66:

7-14

Fri

Jo

hn 5

:1-1

8Sa

t

Psal

m 9

5

LEN

T 3

24 F

eb 0

8, 2

7 M

ar 11

, 23

Mar

14,

19 M

ar 17

…Su

n Ex

odus

17:

1–7

Psal

m 9

5

Rom

ans

5:1–

11

Jo

hn 4

:5–4

2M

on

John

5:1

9-29

Tues

Jo

hn 5

:30-

47W

ed

John

6:1

-15

Thur

Jo

hn 6

:16-

27Fr

i

John

6:2

7-40

Sat

Ps

alm

23

LEN

T 4

2 M

ar 0

8, 3

Apr

11, 3

0 M

ar 14

, 26

Mar

17 …

Sun

1 Sa

mue

l 16:

1–13

Ps

alm

23

Ep

hesi

ans

5:8–

14

Jo

hn 9

:1–4

1M

on

John

6:4

1-59

Tues

Jo

hn 6

:60-

71W

ed

John

7:1

-13

Thur

Jo

hn 7

:14-

36Fr

i

John

7:3

7-52

Sat

Ps

alm

130

LEN

T 5

9 M

ar 0

8, 10

Apr

11, 6

Apr

14,

2 A

pr 17

…Su

n Ez

ekie

l 37:

1–14

Ps

alm

130

R

oman

s 8:

6–11

John

11:

1–45

Mon

Jo

hn 8

:1-2

0Tu

es

John

8:2

1-38

Wed

Jo

hn 8

:39-

59Th

ur

John

9:1

-23

Fri

Jo

hn 9

:24-

41Sa

t

Psal

m 1

18:1

,2,1

9-29

PALM

/PA

SSIO

N S

UN

DAY

AN

D

HO

LY W

EE

K16

Mar

08,

17 A

pr 11

, 13

Apr

14,

9 A

pr 17

…Pa

lm

Mat

thew

21:

1–11

Ps

alm

118

:1, 2

,

19

–29

Pass

ion

Is

aiah

50:

4–9a

Ps

alm

31:

9–16

P

hilip

pian

s 2:

5–11

Mat

thew

26:

14

27:6

6 or

Mat

thew

27:

11–5

4 M

on

Isai

ah 4

2:1–

9

Ps

alm

36:

5–11

H

ebre

ws

9:11

–15

Jo

hn 1

2:1–

11

Tues

Is

aiah

49:

1–7

Psal

m 7

1:1–

14

1 C

orin

thia

ns

1:

18–3

1

John

12:

20–3

6 W

ed

Isai

ah 5

0:4–

9a

Psal

m 7

0

Heb

rew

s 12

:1–3

John

13:

21–3

2

Mau

ndy

Thur

sday

Ex

odus

12:

1–4

(5

–10)

11–

14

Psal

m 1

16:1

, 2,

12–1

9

1 C

orin

thia

ns

11

:23–

26

Jo

hn 1

3:1–

17,

31

b–35

G

ood

Frid

ay

Isai

ah 5

2:13

– 5

3:12

Ps

alm

22

H

ebre

ws

10:1

6–25

or H

ebre

ws

4:14

–16;

5:7–

9

John

18:

1 –

19:4

2 H

oly

Satu

rday

Jo

b 14

:1–1

4

or L

amen

tatio

ns

3:

1–9,

19–

24

Psal

m 3

1:1–

4,

15, 1

6

1 Pe

ter

4:1–

8

Mat

thew

27:

57–6

6

or J

ohn

19:3

8–42

EA

STE

R D

AY23

Mar

08,

24

Apr

11, 2

0 A

pr 14

, 16

Apr

17 …

Sun

Acts

10:

34–4

3

or J

erem

iah

31:1

–6

Psal

m 1

18:1

, 2,

14–2

4

Col

ossi

ans

3:1–

4

or A

cts

10:3

4–43

John

20:

1–18

or M

atth

ew 2

8:1–

10M

on

Heb

rew

s 1:

1-14

Tues

H

ebre

ws

2:1-

10W

ed

Heb

rew

s 2:

11-1

8Th

ur

Heb

rew

s 3:

1-11

Fri

H

ebre

ws

3:12

-19

Sat

Ps

alm

16

EA

STE

R 2

30 M

ar 0

8, 1

May

11, 2

7 A

pr 14

, 23

Apr

17 …

Sun

Acts

2:1

4a, 2

2–32

Ps

alm

16

1

Pete

r 1:

3–9

Jo

hn 2

0:19

–31

Mon

H

ebre

ws

4:1-

13Tu

es

Heb

rew

s 4:

14 -

5:6

Wed

H

ebre

ws

5:7-

14Th

ur

Heb

rew

s 6:

1-12

Fri

H

ebre

ws

6:13

-20

Sat

Ps

alm

116

:1-4

,12-

19

EA

STE

R 3

6 A

pr 0

8, 8

May

11, 4

May

14, 3

0 A

pr 17

…Su

n Ac

ts 2

:14a

, 36–

41

Psal

m 1

16:1

–4,

12–1

9

1 Pe

ter

1:17

–23

Lu

ke 2

4:13

–35

Mon

H

ebre

ws

7:1-

17Tu

es

Heb

rew

s 7:

18-2

8W

ed

Heb

rew

s 8:

1-13

Thur

H

ebre

ws

9:1-

14Fr

i

Heb

rew

s 9:

15-2

8Sa

t

Psal

m 2

3

EA

STE

R 4

(Goo

d Sh

ephe

rd)

13 A

pr 0

8, 15

May

11, 1

1 May

14,

7 M

ay 17

…Su

n Ac

ts 2

:42–

47

Psal

m 2

3

1 Pe

ter

2:19

–25

Jo

hn 1

0:1–

10M

on

Heb

rew

s 10

:1-1

0Tu

es

Heb

rew

s 10

:11-

25W

ed

Heb

rew

s 10

:26-

39Th

ur

Heb

rew

s 11

:1-1

2Fr

i

Heb

rew

s 11

:13-

22Sa

t

Psal

m 3

1:1-

5,15

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YEAR

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EA

STE

R 5

20 A

pr 0

8, 2

2 M

ay 11

, 18

May

14,

14 M

ay 17

…Su

n Ac

ts 7

:55–

60

Psal

m 3

1:1–

5,

15, 1

6

1 Pe

ter

2:2–

10

Jo

hn 1

4:1–

14M

on

Heb

rew

s 11

:23-

31Tu

es

Heb

rew

s 11

:32

- 12:

2W

ed

Heb

rew

s 12

:3-1

1Th

ur

Heb

rew

s 12

:12-

29Fr

i

Heb

rew

s 13

:1-1

6Sa

t

Psal

m 6

6:8-

20

EA

STE

R 6

27 A

pr 0

8, 2

9 M

ay 11

, 25

May

14,

21 M

ay 17

…Su

n Ac

ts 1

7:22

–31

Psal

m 6

6:8–

20

1 Pe

ter

3:13

–22

Jo

hn 1

4:15

–21

Mon

H

ebre

ws

13:1

7-25

Tues

P

hile

mon

1-2

5W

ed

Psal

m 4

7A

scen

sion

Thur

Ac

ts 1

:1–1

1

Ps

alm

47

or

Psal

m 9

3

Ephe

sian

s 1:

15–2

3

Luke

24:

44–5

3Fr

i

1 Th

essa

loni

ans

1:

1-10

Sat

Ps

alm

68:

1-10

,

32-3

5

EA

STE

R 7

4 M

ay 0

8, 5

Jun

11, 1

Jun

14,

28 M

ay 17

…Su

n Ac

ts 1

:6–1

4

Ps

alm

68:

1–10

,

32–3

5

1 Pe

ter

4:12

–14;

5:6–

11

Jo

hn 1

7:1–

11M

on

1 Th

essa

loni

ans

2:1-

12Tu

es

1 Th

essa

loni

ans

2:13

-20

Wed

1

Thes

salo

nian

s 3:

1-13

Thur

1

Thes

salo

nian

s 4:

1-12

Fri

1

Thes

salo

nian

s 4:

13-1

8Sa

t

Psal

m 1

04:2

4-34

,35b

PE

NTE

CO

ST

11 M

ay 0

8, 12

Jun

11, 8

Jun

14,

4 Ju

n 17

…Su

n Ac

ts 2

:1–2

1

or N

umbe

rs 1

1:24

–30

Psal

m 1

04:2

4–34

, 35b

1

Cor

inth

ians

12:

3b–1

3

or A

cts

2:1–

21

Jo

hn 2

0:19

–23

or

Joh

n 7:

37–3

9M

on

1 Th

essa

loni

ans

5:1-

11Tu

es

1 Th

essa

loni

ans

5:12

-28

Wed

1

Tim

othy

1:1

-17

Thur

1

Tim

othy

1:1

8 -

2:15

Fri

1

Tim

othy

3:1

-16

Sat

Ps

alm

8

TRIN

ITY

(Fir

st S

un a

fter

Pen

teco

st)

18 M

ay 0

8, 19

Jun

11, 1

5 Ju

n 14

, 11

Jun

17 …

Sun

Gen

esis

1:1

– 2

:4a

Psal

m 8

2

Cor

inth

ians

13:1

1–13

(14)

Mat

thew

28:

16–2

0M

on

1 Ti

mot

hy 4

:1-1

6Tu

es

1 Ti

mot

hy 5

:1-1

6W

ed

1 Ti

mot

hy 5

:17-

25Th

ur

1 Ti

mot

hy 6

:1-1

0Fr

i

1 Ti

mot

hy 6

:11-

21Sa

t

Psal

m fo

r th

e

Prop

er S

unda

y

tom

orro

w (s

ee b

elow

) N

ote:

The

num

ber

of S

unda

ys

afte

r Pe

ntec

ost v

arie

s fro

m

year

to y

ear;

the

set o

f rea

ding

s (P

rope

r) fo

r th

e Se

cond

Sun

day

afte

r Pe

ntec

ost i

s cho

sen

so th

at

the

last

Sun

day

of th

e ch

urch

ye

ar is

alw

ays t

he sa

me.

Nex

t Sun

day

(Sec

ond

afte

r Pe

ntec

ost)

…fo

r 20

08, 2

5 M

ay, i

s P

rope

r 3;

for

2011

, 26

June

, is

Pro

per

8;fo

r 20

14, 2

2 Ju

ne, i

s P

rope

r 7;

for

2017

, 18

June

, is

Pro

per

6 …

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

24

& 2

8 M

AY(if

aft

er T

rini

ty) (

Pro

per

3)25

May

08

…Su

n Is

aiah

49:

8–16

a

Ps

alm

131

1

Cor

inth

ians

4:1

–5

Mat

thew

6:2

4–34

M

on

Job

7:1-

21Tu

es

Job

14:1

-22

Wed

Jo

b 19

:1-2

7Th

ur

Job

38:1

-21

Fri

Jo

b 42

:1-1

7Sa

t

Psal

m 3

1:1-

5,19

-24

Not

e: T

wo se

ts of

fi rs

t rea

ding

s (w

ith a

ccom

pany

ing

psal

ms)

ar

e pr

ovid

ed in

the

Rev

ised

C

omm

on L

ectio

nary

for t

he

follo

wing

Sun

days

afte

r Pen

teco

st:

(a) a

sem

i-co

ntin

uous

set,

and

(b)

a se

t rel

ated

them

atic

ally

to th

e go

spel

s. O

nly

the

fi rs

t set

(a) i

s gi

ven

here

, as b

eing

mor

e su

ited

to th

e pu

rpos

e of

this

ext

ende

d le

ctio

nary

.

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

29

MAY

&

4 JU

NE

(if a

fter

Tri

nity

) (P

rope

r 4)

1 Jun

08

…Su

n a.

Gen

esis

6:9

–22;

7:24

; 8:1

4–19

Ps

alm

46

R

oman

s 1:

16, 1

7;

3:

22b–

28 (2

9–31

)

Mat

thew

7:2

1–29

Mon

2

Thes

salo

nian

s 1:

1-12

Tues

2

Thes

salo

nian

s 2:

1-12

Wed

2

Thes

salo

nian

s

2:13

- 3

:5Th

ur

2 Th

essa

loni

ans

3:6-

18Fr

i

2 Ti

mot

hy 1

:1-1

4Sa

t

Psal

m 5

0:7-

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SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

5 &

11

JUN

E

(if a

fter

Tri

nity

) (P

rope

r 5)

8 Ju

n 08

…Su

n a.

Gen

esis

12:

1–9

Psal

m 3

3:1–

12

Rom

ans

4:13

–25

M

atth

ew 9

:9–1

3,

18

–26

Mon

2

Tim

othy

1:1

5

- 2:

13Tu

es

2 Ti

mot

hy 2

:14-

26W

ed

2 Ti

mot

hy 3

:1-1

7Th

ur

2 Ti

mot

hy 4

:1-8

Fri

2

Tim

othy

4:9

-22

Sat

Ps

alm

100

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

12

& 1

8 JU

NE

(if

aft

er T

rini

ty) (

Pro

per

6)15

Jun

08, 1

8 Ju

n 17

…Su

n a.

Gen

esis

18:

1–15

(21:

1–7)

Psal

m 1

16: 1

, 2,

12–1

9

Rom

ans

5:1–

8

Mat

thew

9:3

5 –

10:8

(9–2

3)M

on

John

10:

1-18

Tues

Jo

hn 1

0:19

-42

Wed

Jo

hn 1

1:1-

27Th

ur

John

11:

28-4

4Fr

i

John

11:

45-5

7Sa

t

Psal

m 6

9:7-

10

(11-

15)1

6-18

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

19

& 2

5 JU

NE

(if

aft

er T

rini

ty) (

Pro

per

7)22

Jun

08, 2

2 Ju

n 14

, 25

Jun

17 …

Sun

a. G

enes

is 2

1:8–

21

Ps

alm

86:

1–10

,

16

, 17

R

oman

s 6:

1b–1

1

Mat

thew

10:

24–3

9M

on

John

12:

1-11

Tues

Jo

hn 1

2:12

-19

Wed

Jo

hn 1

2:20

-26

Thur

Jo

hn 1

2:27

-36

Fri

Jo

hn 1

2:37

-50

Sat

Ps

alm

89:

1-4,

15-1

8

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

26

JUN

E &

2

JULY

(Pro

per

8)29

Jun

08, 2

6 Ju

n 11

, 29

Jun

14,

2 Ju

l 17

…Su

n a.

Gen

esis

22:

1–14

Psal

m 1

3

Rom

ans

6:12

–23

M

atth

ew 1

0:40

–42

Mon

Jo

hn 1

3:1-

17Tu

es

John

13:

18-3

0W

ed

John

13:

31-3

8Th

ur

John

14:

1-14

Fri

Jo

hn 1

4:15

-31

Sat

Ps

alm

145

:8-1

4

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

3 &

9 J

ULY

(P

rope

r 9)

6 Ju

l 08,

3 Ju

l 11,

6 Ju

l 14,

9

Jul 1

7 …

Sun

a. G

enes

is 2

4:34

–38,

42–4

9, 5

8–67

Psal

m 4

5:10

–17

or S

ong

of S

ol

2:8–

13

Rom

ans

7:15

–25a

Mat

thew

11:

16–1

9,

25

–30

Mon

Jo

hn 1

5:1-

11Tu

es

John

15:

12-2

7W

ed

John

16:

1-15

Thur

Jo

hn 1

6:16

-33

Fri

Jo

hn 1

7:1-

11Sa

t

Psal

m 6

5:(1

-8)9

-13

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

10

& 1

6 JU

LY

(Pro

per

10)

13 Ju

l 08,

10 Ju

l 11,

13 Ju

l 14,

16

Jul 1

7 …

Sun

a. G

enes

is 2

5:19

–34

Psal

m 1

19:1

05–1

12

Rom

ans

8:1–

11

M

atth

ew 1

3:1–

9,

18

–23

Mon

Jo

hn 1

7:12

-19

Tues

Jo

hn 1

7:20

-26

Wed

Jo

hn 2

0:1-

18Th

ur

John

20:

19-3

1Fr

i

John

21:

1-14

Sat

Ps

alm

86:

11-1

7

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

17

& 2

3 JU

LY

(Pro

per

11)

20 Ju

l 08,

17 Ju

l 11,

20

Jul 1

4,

23 Ju

l 17

…Su

n a.

Gen

esis

28:

10–1

9a

Ps

alm

139

:1–1

2,

23, 2

4

Rom

ans

8:12

–25

M

atth

ew 1

3:24

–30,

36–4

3M

on

John

21:

15-2

5Tu

es

2 Jo

hn 1

-13

Wed

1

Cor

inth

ians

1:1

-19

Thur

1

Corin

thia

ns 1

:20-

31Fr

i

1 C

orin

thia

ns 2

:1-1

3Sa

t

Psal

m 1

19:1

29-1

36

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

24

& 3

0 JU

LY

(Pro

per

12)

27 Ju

l 08,

24

Jul 1

1, 2

7 Ju

l 14,

30

Jul 1

7 …

Sun

a. G

enes

is 2

9:15

–28

Psal

m 1

05:1

–11

or P

s 12

8

Rom

ans

8:26

–39

M

atth

ew 1

3:31

–33,

44–5

2M

on

1 C

orin

thia

ns 2

:14

-

3:15

Tues

1

Cor

inth

ians

3:1

6-23

Wed

1

Cor

inth

ians

4:1

-7Th

ur

1 C

orin

thia

ns 4

:8-2

1Fr

i

1 C

orin

thia

ns 5

:1-8

Sat

Ps

alm

145

:8,9

,14-

21

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YEAR

89

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

31

JULY

&

6 A

UG

UST

(Pro

per

13)

3 A

ug 0

8, 3

1 Jul

11, 3

Aug

14,

6 A

ug 17

…Su

n a.

Gen

esis

32:

22–3

1

Ps

alm

17:

1–7,

15

R

oman

s 9:

1–5

M

atth

ew 1

4:13

–21

Mon

1

Corin

thia

ns 5

:9 -

6:11

Tues

1

Cor

inth

ians

6:1

2-20

Wed

1

Cor

inth

ians

7:1

-9Th

ur

1 C

orin

thia

ns 7

:10-

24Fr

i

1 C

orin

thia

ns 7

:25-

31Sa

t

Psal

m 8

5:8-

13

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

7 &

13

AU

GU

ST

(Pro

per

14)

10 A

ug 0

8, 7

Aug

11, 1

0 A

ug 14

, 13

Aug

17 …

Sun

a. G

enes

is 3

7:1–

4,

12

–28

Psal

m 1

05:1

–6,

16–2

2, 4

5b

Rom

ans

10:5

–15

M

atth

ew 1

4:22

–33

Mon

1

Cor

inth

ians

7:3

2-40

Tues

1

Cor

inth

ians

8:1

-13

Wed

1

Cor

inth

ians

9:1

-15

Thur

1

Cor

inth

ians

9:1

6-27

Fri

1

Cor

inth

ians

10:

1-13

Sat

Ps

alm

67

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

14

&

20 A

UG

UST

(Pro

per

15)

17 A

ug 0

8, 14

Aug

11, 1

7 A

ug 14

, 20

Aug

17 …

Sun

a. G

enes

is 4

5:1–

15

Ps

alm

133

R

oman

s 11

:1, 2

a,

29

–32

M

atth

ew 1

5:(1

0–20

)

21–2

8M

on

1 C

orin

thia

ns 1

0:14

- 11

:1Tu

es

1 C

orin

thia

ns 1

1:2-

22W

ed

1 Co

rinth

ians

11:

23-3

4Th

ur

1 C

orin

thia

ns 1

2:1-

11Fr

i

1 Co

rinth

ians

12:

12-2

6Sa

t

Psal

m 1

38

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

21

&

27 A

UG

UST

(Pro

per

16)

24 A

ug 0

8, 2

1 Aug

11, 2

4 A

ug 14

, 27

Aug

17 …

Sun

a. E

xodu

s 1:

8 –

2:10

Psal

m 1

24

Rom

ans

12:1

–8

M

atth

ew 1

6:13

–20

Mon

1

Cor

inth

ians

12:

27

-

13:3

Tues

1

Cor

inth

ians

13:

4-13

Wed

1

Cor

inth

ians

14:

1-12

Thur

1

Corin

thia

ns 1

4:13

-25

Fri

1

Corin

thia

ns 1

4:26

-40

Sat

Ps

alm

26:

1-8

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

28

AU

GU

ST &

3

SEP

TEM

BE

R (P

rope

r 17

)31

Aug

08,

28

Aug

11, 3

1 Aug

14, 3

Se

p 17

…Su

n a.

Exo

dus

3:1–

15

Ps

alm

105

:1–6

,

23

–26,

45c

R

oman

s 12

:9–2

1

Mat

thew

16:

21–2

8M

on

1 C

orin

thia

ns 1

5:1-

11Tu

es

1 Co

rinth

ians

15:

12-2

8W

ed

1 Co

rinth

ians

15:

29-4

1Th

ur

1 Co

rinth

ians

15:

42-5

0Fr

i

1 Co

rinth

ians

15:

51-5

8Sa

t

Psal

m 1

19:3

3-40

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

4 &

10

SE

PTE

MB

ER

(Pro

per

18)

7 Se

p 08

, 4 S

ep 11

, 7 S

ep 14

, 10

Sep

17 …

Sun

a. E

xodu

s 12

:1–1

4

Ps

alm

149

R

oman

s13:

8–14

Mat

thew

18:

15–2

0M

on

1 C

orin

thia

ns 1

6:1-

9Tu

es

1 Co

rinth

ians

16:

10-2

4W

ed

Mar

k 1:

1-13

Thur

M

ark

1:14

-28

Fri

M

ark

1:29

-45

Sat

Ps

alm

103

:(1-7

)8-1

3

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

11

&

17 S

EP

TEM

BE

R (P

rope

r 19

)14

Sep

08,

11 S

ep 11

, 14

Sep

14,

17 S

ep 17

…Su

n a.

Exo

dus

14:1

9–31

Psal

m 1

14 o

r

Ex

od 1

5:1b

–11,

20

, 21

R

oman

s 14

:1–1

2

Mat

thew

18:

21–3

5M

on

Mar

k 2:

1-12

Tues

M

ark

2:13

-22

Wed

M

ark

2:23

- 3

:6Th

ur

Mar

k 3:

7-19

Fri

M

ark

3:20

-35

Sat

Ps

alm

145

:1-8

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

18

&

24 S

EP

TEM

BE

R (P

rope

r 20

)21

Sep

08,

18 S

ep 11

, 21 S

ep 14

, 24

Sep

17 …

Sun

a. E

xodu

s 16

:2–1

5

Ps

alm

105

:1–6

,

37

–45

P

hilip

pian

s 1:

21–3

0

Mat

thew

20:

1–16

Mon

M

ark

4:1-

20Tu

es

Mar

k 4:

21-3

4W

ed

Mar

k 4:

35-4

1Th

ur

Mar

k 5:

1-20

Fri

M

ark

5:21

-43

Sat

Ps

alm

25:

1-9

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YEAR

91

SUN

DAY

BET

WEE

N 2

5 SE

PTE

MB

ER

& 1

OC

TOB

ER

(Pro

per

21)

28 S

ep 0

8, 2

5 Se

p 11

, 28

Sep

14,

1 Oct

17 …

Sun

a. E

xodu

s 17

:1–7

Psal

m 7

8:1–

4,

12–1

6

Phi

lippi

ans

2:1–

13

M

atth

ew 2

1:23

–32

Mon

M

ark

6:1-

13Tu

es

Mar

k 6:

14-2

9W

ed

Mar

k 6:

30-4

6Th

ur

Mar

k 6:

47-5

6Fr

i

Mar

k 7:

1-23

Sat

Ps

alm

80:

7-15

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

2 &

8

OC

TOB

ER

(Pro

per

22)

5 O

ct 0

8, 2

Oct

11, 5

Oct

14,

8 O

ct 17

…Su

n a.

Exo

dus

20:1

–4, 7

–9,

12

–20

Psal

m 1

9

Phi

lippi

ans

3:4b

–14

M

atth

ew 2

1:33

–46

Mon

M

ark

7:24

-37

Tues

M

ark

8:1-

10W

ed

Mar

k 8:

11-2

6Th

ur

Mar

k 8:

27 -

9:1

Fri

M

ark

9:2-

13Sa

t

Psal

m 2

3

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

9 &

15

OC

TOB

ER

(Pro

per

23)

12 O

ct 0

8, 9

Oct

11, 1

2 O

ct 14

, 15

Oct

17 …

Sun

a. E

xodu

s 32

:1–1

4

Ps

alm

106

:1–6

,

19

–23

P

hilip

pian

s 4:

1–9

M

atth

ew 2

2:1–

14M

on

Mar

k 9:

14-2

9Tu

es

Mar

k 9:

30-4

1

Wed

M

ark

9:42

-50

Thur

M

ark

10:1

-16

Fri

M

ark

10:1

7-31

Sat

Ps

alm

96:

1-9(

10-1

3)

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

16

&

22 O

CTO

BE

R (P

rope

r 24

)19

Oct

08,

16 O

ct 11

, 19

Oct

14,

22 O

ct 17

…Su

n a.

Exo

dus

33:1

2–23

Psal

m 9

9

1 Th

essa

loni

ans

1:

1–10

Mat

thew

22:

15–2

2M

on

Mar

k 10

:32-

45Tu

es

Mar

k 10

:46-

52W

ed

Mar

k 11

:1-1

1Th

ur

Mar

k 11

:12-

26Fr

i

Mar

k 11

:27-

33Sa

t

Psal

m 1

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

23

&

29 O

CTO

BE

R (P

rope

r 25

)26

Oct

08,

23

Oct

11, 2

6 O

ct 14

, 29

Oct

17 …

Sun

a. D

eute

rono

my

34

:1–1

2

Ps

alm

90:

1–6,

13

–17

1

Thes

salo

nian

s

2:1–

8

Mat

thew

22:

34–4

6M

on

Mar

k 12

:1-1

2Tu

es

Mar

k 12

:13-

27W

ed

Mar

k 12

:28-

34Th

ur

Mar

k 12

:35-

44Fr

i

Mar

k 13

:1-1

3Sa

t

Psal

m 4

3

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

30

OC

TOB

ER

&

5 N

OVE

MB

ER

(Pro

per

26)

2 N

ov 0

8, 3

0 O

ct 11

, 2 N

ov 14

, 5

Nov

17 …

Sun

a. J

oshu

a 3:

7–17

Psal

m 1

07:1

–7,

33–3

7

1 Th

essa

loni

ans

2:

9–13

Mat

thew

23:

1–12

Mon

M

ark

13:1

4-27

Tues

M

ark

13:2

8-37

Wed

M

ark

14:1

-11

Thur

M

ark

14:1

2-26

Fri

M

ark

14:2

7-42

Sat

Ps

alm

70

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

6 &

12

NO

VEM

BE

R (P

rope

r 27

)9

Nov

08,

6 N

ov 11

, 9 N

ov 14

, 12

Nov

17 …

Sun

a. J

oshu

a 24

:1–3

a,

14

–25

Psal

m 7

8:1–

7

1 Th

essa

loni

ans

4:

13–1

8

Mat

thew

25:

1–13

Mon

M

ark

14:4

3-52

Tues

M

ark

14:5

3-65

Wed

M

ark

14:6

6-72

Thur

M

ark

15:1

-11

Fri

M

ark

15:1

2-21

Sat

Ps

alm

90:

1-8

(9

-11)

12

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

13

&

19 N

OVE

MB

ER

(Pro

per

28)

16 N

ov 0

8, 13

Nov

11, 1

6 N

ov 14

, 19

Nov

17 …

Sun

a. J

udge

s 4:

1–7

Psal

m 1

23

1 Th

essa

loni

ans

5:

1–11

Mat

thew

25:

14–3

0M

on

Mar

k 15

:22-

32Tu

es

Mar

k 15

:33-

39W

ed

Mar

k 15

:40-

47Th

ur

Mar

k 16

:1-8

Fri

M

ark

16:9

-20

Sat

Ps

alm

95:

1-7a

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

20

&

26 N

OVE

MB

ER

, LA

ST S

UN

OF

CH

UR

CH

YE

AR

(Pro

per

29)

23 N

ov 0

8, 2

0 N

ov 11

, 23

Nov

14, 2

6 N

ov 17

…Su

n a.

Eze

kiel

34:

11–1

6,

20

–24

Psal

m 1

00

Ephe

sian

s 1:

15–2

3

Mat

thew

25:

31–4

6M

on

3 Jo

hn 1

-14

Tues

Ju

de 1

-16

Wed

Ju

de 1

7-25

Th

ur

Mic

ah 7

:11-

20

Fri

M

alac

hi 4

:1-6

Sa

t

Psal

m 8

0:1-

7, 1

7-19

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93

AD

VEN

T 1

30 N

ov 0

8, 2

7 N

ov 11

, 30

Nov

14, 3

Dec

17 …

Sun

Isai

ah 6

4:1–

9

Ps

alm

80:

1–7,

17

–19

1

Cor

inth

ians

1:3

–9

M

ark

13:2

4–37

Mon

G

alat

ians

1:1

-17

Tues

G

alat

ians

1:1

8 -

2:10

Wed

G

alat

ians

2:1

1-21

Thur

G

alat

ians

3:1

-14

Fri

G

alat

ians

3:1

5-22

Sat

Ps

alm

85:

1,2,

8-13

AD

VEN

T 2

7 D

ec 0

8, 4

Dec

11, 7

Dec

14,

10 D

ec 17

…Su

n Is

aiah

40:

1–11

Ps

alm

85:

1, 2

,

8–

13

2 Pe

ter

3:8–

15a

M

ark

1:1–

8 M

on

Gal

atia

ns 3

:23

- 4:

11Tu

es

Gal

atia

ns 4

:12-

20W

ed

Gal

atia

ns 4

:21-

31Th

ur

Gal

atia

ns 5

:1-1

5Fr

i

Gal

atia

ns 5

:16-

24Sa

t

Psal

m 1

26

AD

VEN

T 3

14 D

ec 0

8, 11

Dec

11, 1

4 D

ec 14

, 17

Dec

17 …

Sun

Isai

ah 6

1:1–

4, 8

–11

Psal

m 1

26 o

r

Lu

ke 1

:(46b

)47–

55

1 Th

essa

loni

ans

5:

16–2

4

John

1:6

–8, 1

9–28

Mon

G

alat

ians

5:2

5 -

6:10

Tues

G

alat

ians

6:1

1-18

Wed

P

hilip

pian

s 1:

1-11

Thur

P

hilip

pian

s 1:

12-3

0Fr

i

Phi

lippi

ans

2:1-

11Sa

t

Luke

1:(4

6b)4

7-55

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VEN

T 4

21 D

ec 0

8, 18

Dec

11, 2

1 Dec

14,

24 D

ec 17

…Su

n 2

Sam

uel 7

:1–1

1, 1

6

Lu

ke 1

:(46b

)47–

55

or P

salm

89:

1–4,

19

–26

R

oman

s 16

:25–

27

Lu

ke 1

:26–

38N

ote:

Fol

low

as m

any

of th

e da

ys b

elow

as c

ome

befo

re

Chr

istm

as E

ve.

Mon

P

hilip

pian

s 2:

12-3

0Tu

es

Phi

lippi

ans

3:1-

16W

ed

Phili

ppia

ns 3

:17

- 4:7

Thur

P

hilip

pian

s 4:

8-23

Fri

Ps

alm

97

CH

RIS

TMA

S E

VE/D

AY

24/2

5 D

ec

Rea

ding

s fr

om a

ny o

f the

follo

win

g 3

Pro

pers

may

be

used

.

Pro

per

I Is

aiah

9:2

–7

Psal

m 9

6

Titu

s 2:

11–1

4

Luke

2:1

–14

(15–

20)

Pro

per

II Is

aiah

62:

6–12

Ps

alm

97

Ti

tus

3:4–

7

Luke

2:(1

–7) 8

–20

Pro

per

III

Isai

ah 5

2:7–

10

Psal

m 9

8

Heb

rew

s 1:

1–4

(5–1

2)

John

1:1

–14

Not

e: F

ollo

w th

e da

ted

days

be

low,

fi tti

ng in

the

Sund

ay(s

) wh

en th

ey c

ome.

26 D

ec

Col

ossi

ans

1:1-

1427

Dec

C

olos

sian

s 1:

15-2

328

Dec

Co

loss

ians

1:2

4 - 2

:729

Dec

C

olos

sian

s 2:

8-23

30 D

ec

Col

ossi

ans

3:1-

11

Sat b

efor

e C

hris

tmas

1

Ps

alm

148

CH

RIS

TMA

S 1

Sun

Isai

ah 6

1:10

– 6

2:3

Psal

m 1

48

Gal

atia

ns 4

:4–7

Luke

2:2

2–40

31

Dec

Ps

alm

8N

ame

of J

esus

1 Ja

n Lu

ke 2

:15-

21Sa

t bef

ore

Chr

istm

as 2

Psal

m 1

47: 1

2-15

(16-

18)1

9,20

CH

RIS

TMA

S 2

Sun

Jere

mia

h 31

:7–1

4

Ps

alm

147

:12–

15

(16–

18) 1

9, 2

0

Ephe

sian

s 1:

3–14

John

1:(1

–9) 1

0–18

2

Jan

C

olos

sian

s 3:

12-1

73

Jan

Co

loss

ians

3:1

8 - 4

:18

4 Ja

n

Pro

verb

s 3:

11-2

05

Jan

P

rove

rbs

4:1-

27

EP

IPH

AN

Y 6

Jan

Isai

ah 6

0:1–

6

Ps

alm

72:

1–7,

10

–14

Ep

hesi

ans

3:1–

12

M

atth

ew 2

:1–1

2N

ote:

Fol

low

as m

any

of th

e da

ted

days

bel

ow a

s com

e be

fore

the

next

Sun

day.

7 Ja

n

Pro

verb

s 6:

1-19

8 Ja

n

Pro

verb

s 7:

1-27

9 Ja

n

Pro

verb

s 8:

1-21

10 J

an

Pro

verb

s 8:

22-3

611

Jan

P

rove

rbs

9:1-

12Sa

t bef

ore

Epip

hany

1

Ps

alm

29

EP

IPH

AN

Y 1

(Bap

tism

of o

ur L

ord)

11

Jan

09, 8

Jan

12, 1

1 Jan

15,

7 Ja

n 18

…Su

n G

enes

is 1

:1–5

Ps

alm

29

Ac

ts 1

9:1–

7

Mar

k 1:

4–11

Mon

P

rove

rbs

10:1

-12

Tues

P

rove

rbs

15:1

6-33

Wed

P

rove

rbs

17:1

-20

Thur

Pr

over

bs 2

1:30

- 22

:6Fr

i

Pro

verb

s 25

:15-

28Sa

t

Psal

m 1

39:1

-6,

13

-18

EP

IPH

AN

Y 2

18 Ja

n 09

, 15

Jan

12, 1

8 Ja

n 15

, 14

Jan

18 …

Sun

1 Sa

mue

l 3:1

–10

(1

1–20

)

Ps

alm

139

:1–6

,

13

–18

1

Corin

thia

ns 6

:12–

20

John

1:4

3–51

Mon

R

evel

atio

n 1:

1-8

Tues

R

evel

atio

n 1:

9-16

Wed

R

evel

atio

n 1:

17 -

2:7

Thur

R

evel

atio

n 2:

8-17

Fri

R

evel

atio

n 2:

18-2

9Sa

t

Psal

m 6

2:5-

12

EP

IPH

AN

Y 3

25 Ja

n 09

, 22

Jan

12, 2

5 Ja

n 15

, 21

Jan

18 …

Sun

Jona

h 3:

1–5,

10

Psal

m 6

2:5–

12

1 Co

rinth

ians

7:2

9–31

M

ark

1:14

–20

Mon

R

evel

atio

n 3:

1-6

Tues

R

evel

atio

n 3:

7-13

Wed

R

evel

atio

n 3:

14-2

2Th

ur

Rev

elat

ion

4:1-

8Fr

i

Rev

elat

ion

4:9

- 5:

5Sa

t

Psal

m 1

11

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PIP

HA

NY

41 F

eb 0

9, 2

9 Ja

n 12

, 1 F

eb 15

, 28

Jan

18 …

Sun

Deu

tero

nom

y

18:1

5–20

Ps

alm

111

1

Cor

inth

ians

8:1

–13

M

ark

1:21

–28

Mon

R

evel

atio

n 5:

6-14

Tues

R

evel

atio

n 6:

1-17

Wed

R

evel

atio

n 7:

1-8

Thur

R

evel

atio

n 7:

9-17

Fri

R

evel

atio

n 8:

1-13

Sat

Ps

alm

147

:1-1

1,20

c

EP

IPH

AN

Y 5

8 Fe

b 09

, 5 F

eb 12

, 8 F

eb 15

, 4

Feb

18 …

Sun

Isai

ah 4

0:21

–31

Psal

m 1

47:1

–11,

20

c

1 Co

rinth

ians

9:1

6–23

M

ark

1:29

–39

Mon

R

evel

atio

n 9:

1-12

Tues

R

evel

atio

n 9:

13-2

1W

ed

Rev

elat

ion

10:1

-11

Thur

R

evel

atio

n 11

:1-1

4Fr

i

Rev

elat

ion

11:1

4-19

Sat

Ps

alm

30

(But

in

2015

& 2

018

, rea

d Ps

2;

tom

orro

w (1

5 Fe

b 15

, 11

Feb

18)

is la

st S

unda

y af

ter

Epi

phan

y,

Tran

sfi g

urat

ion)

EP

IPH

AN

Y 6

(Pro

per

1)15

Feb

09,

12 F

eb 12

…Su

n 2

Kin

gs 5

:1–1

4

Ps

alm

30

1

Cor

inth

ians

9:24

–27

M

ark

1:40

–45

Mon

R

evel

atio

n 12

:1-6

Tues

R

evel

atio

n 12

:7-1

7W

ed

Rev

elat

ion

13:1

-10

Thur

R

evel

atio

n 13

:11-

18Fr

i

Rev

elat

ion

14:1

-13

Sat

Ps

alm

41

(But

in

200

9 &

20

12, r

ead

Ps 2

; to

mor

row

(22

Feb

09,

19

Feb

12) i

s las

t Sun

day

afte

r E

piph

any,

Tra

nsfi

gura

tion)

EP

IPH

AN

Y 7

(Pro

per

2)Su

n Is

aiah

43:

18–2

5

Ps

alm

41

2

Corin

thia

ns 1

:18–

22

Mar

k 2:

1–12

Mon

R

evel

atio

n 14

:14

-

15:8

Tues

R

evel

atio

n 16

:1-1

1W

ed

Rev

elat

ion

16:1

2-21

Thur

R

evel

atio

n 17

:1-1

8Fr

i

Rev

elat

ion

18:1

-14

Sat

Ps

alm

103

:1-1

3,22

EP

IPH

AN

Y 8

(Pro

per

3)Su

n H

osea

2:1

4–20

Ps

alm

103

:1–1

3, 2

2

2 C

orin

thia

ns 3

:1–6

M

ark

2:13

–22

Mon

R

evel

atio

n 18

:15-

24Tu

es

Rev

elat

ion

19:1

-10

Wed

R

evel

atio

n 19

:11-

21Th

ur

Rev

elat

ion

20:1

-6Fr

i

Rev

elat

ion

20:7

-15

Sat

Ps

alm

50:

1-6

TRA

NSF

IGU

RAT

ION

(L

ast S

un a

fter

Epi

phan

y)

22 F

eb 0

9, 19

Feb

12, 1

5 Fe

b 15

, 11

Feb

18 …

Sun

2 K

ings

2:1

–12

Psal

m 5

0:1–

6

2 C

orin

thia

ns 4

:3–6

Mar

k 9:

2–9

Mon

R

evel

atio

n 21

:1-8

Tues

R

evel

atio

n 21

:9-2

7A

sh W

edne

sday

Jo

el 2

:1, 2

, 12–

17

or Is

aiah

58:

1–12

Ps

alm

51:

1–17

2

Cor

inth

ians

5:2

0b

6:10

M

atth

ew 6

:1–6

,

16–2

1Th

ur

Rev

elat

ion

22:1

-11

Fri

R

evel

atio

n 22

:12-

21Sa

t

Psal

m 2

5:1-

10

LEN

T 1

1 Mar

09,

26

Feb

12, 2

2 Fe

b 15

, 18

Feb

18 …

Sun

Gen

esis

9:8

–17

Psal

m 2

5:1–

10

1 Pe

ter

3:18

–22

M

ark

1:9–

15M

on

Luke

2:2

2-40

Tues

Lu

ke 2

:41-

52W

ed

Luke

3:1

-14

Thur

Lu

ke 3

:15-

22Fr

i L

uke

4:1-

13Sa

t

Psal

m 2

2:23

-31

LEN

T 2

8 M

ar 0

9, 4

Mar

12, 1

Mar

15,

25 F

eb 18

…Su

n Ge

nesi

s 17

:1–7

, 15,

16

Psal

m 2

2:23

–31

R

oman

s 4:

13–2

5

Mar

k 8:

31–3

8M

on

Luke

4:1

4-30

Tues

Lu

ke 4

:31-

37W

ed

Luke

4:3

8-44

Thur

Lu

ke 5

:1-1

1Fr

i

Luke

5:1

2-26

Sat

Ps

alm

19

LEN

T 3

15 M

ar 0

9, 11

Mar

12, 8

Mar

15,

4 M

ar 18

…Su

n Ex

odus

20:

1–17

Ps

alm

19

1

Cor

inth

ians

1:18

–25

Jo

hn 2

:13–

22M

on

Luke

5:2

7-39

Tues

Lu

ke 6

:1-1

1W

ed

Luke

6:1

2-26

Thur

Lu

ke 6

:27-

38Fr

i

Luke

6:3

9-49

Sat

Ps

alm

107

:1-3

,

17-2

2

LEN

T 4

22 M

ar 0

9, 18

Mar

12, 1

5 M

ar 15

, 11

Mar

18 …

Sun

Num

bers

21:

4–9

Psal

m 1

07:1

–3,

17–2

2

Ephe

sian

s 2:

1–10

John

3:1

4–21

Mon

Lu

ke 7

:1-1

7Tu

es

Luke

7:1

8-35

Wed

Lu

ke 7

:36-

50Th

ur

Luke

8:1

-15

Fri

Lu

ke 8

:16-

25Sa

t

Psal

m 5

1:1-

12

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Mar

09,

25

Mar

12,

22 M

ar 15

, 18

Mar

18 …

Sun

Jere

mia

h 31

:31–

34

Psal

m 5

1:1–

12 o

r

Ps

119

:9–1

6

Heb

rew

s 5:

5–10

John

12:

20–3

3M

on

Luke

8:2

6-39

Tues

Lu

ke 8

:40-

56W

ed

Luke

9:1

-20

Thur

Lu

ke 9

:21–

43a

Fri

Lu

ke 9

:43b

–62

Sat

Ps

alm

118

:1,2

,19-

29

PALM

/PA

SSIO

N S

UN

DAY

A

ND

HO

LY W

EE

K5

Apr

09,

1 A

pr 12

, 29

Mar

15,

25 M

ar 18

…Pa

lm

Mar

k 11

:1–1

1 or

John

12:

12–1

6

Psal

m 1

18:1

, 2,

19–2

9Pa

ssio

n

Isai

ah 5

0:4–

9a

Psal

m 3

1:9–

16

Phi

lippi

ans

2:5–

11

M

ark

14:1

– 1

5:47

or

M

ark

15:1

–39

(40–

47)

Mon

Is

aiah

42:

1–9

Psal

m 3

6:5–

11

Heb

rew

s 9:

11–1

5

John

12:

1–11

Tu

esda

y Is

aiah

49:

1–7

Psal

m 7

1:1–

14

1 C

orin

thia

ns

1:

18–3

1

John

12:

20–3

6 W

ed

Isai

ah 5

0:4–

9a

Psal

m 7

0

Heb

rew

s 12

:1–3

John

13:

21–3

2

Mau

ndy

Thur

sday

Ex

odus

12:

1–4

(5

–10)

11–

14

Psal

m 1

16:1

, 2,

12–1

9

1 C

orin

thia

ns

11

:23–

26

Jo

hn 1

3:1–

17,

31

b–35

G

ood

Frid

ay

Isai

ah 5

2:13

– 5

3:12

Ps

alm

22

H

ebre

ws

10:1

6–25

or H

ebre

ws

4:14

–16;

5:7–

9

John

18:

1 –

19:4

2 H

oly

Satu

rday

Jo

b 14

:1–1

4

or L

amen

tatio

ns

3:

1–9,

19–

24

Psal

m 3

1:1–

4, 1

5, 1

6

1 Pe

ter

4:1–

8

Mat

thew

27:

57–6

6

or J

ohn

19:3

8–42

EA

STE

R D

AY

12 A

pr 0

9, 8

Apr

12, 5

Apr

15,

1 Apr

18 …

Sun

Acts

10:

34–4

3

or Is

aiah

25:

6–9

Psal

m 1

18:1

, 2,

14–2

4

1 C

orin

thia

ns

15

:1–1

1

or A

cts

10:3

4–43

John

20:

1–18

or M

ark

16:1

–8M

on

Luke

24:

13-4

9Tu

es

Luke

10:

1-17

Wed

Lu

ke 1

0:17

-24

Thur

Lu

ke 1

0:25

-37

Fri

Lu

ke 1

0:38

-42

Sat

Ps

alm

133

EA

STE

R 2

19 A

pr 0

9, 15

Apr

12, 1

2 A

pr 15

, 8

Apr

18 …

Sun

Acts

4:3

2–35

Ps

alm

133

1

John

1:1

– 2

:2

Jo

hn 2

0:19

–31

Mon

Lu

ke 1

1:1-

13Tu

es

Luke

11:

14-2

3W

ed

Luke

11:

24-3

6Th

ur

Luke

11:

37-5

2Fr

i

Luke

11:

53 -

12:

12Sa

t

Psal

m 4

EA

STE

R 3

26 A

pr 0

9, 2

2 A

pr 12

, 19

Apr

15,

15 A

pr 18

…Su

n Ac

ts 3

:12–

19

Psal

m 4

1

John

3:1

–7

Luke

24:

36b–

48M

on

Luke

12:

13-3

1Tu

es

Luke

12:

32-4

8W

ed

Luke

12:

49-5

9Th

ur

Luke

13:

1-9

Fri

Lu

ke 1

3:10

-17

Sat

Ps

alm

23

EA

STE

R 4

(Goo

d Sh

ephe

rd)

3 M

ay 0

9, 2

9 A

pr 12

, 26

Apr

15,

22 A

pr 18

…Su

n Ac

ts 4

:5–1

2

Ps

alm

23

1

John

3:1

6–24

John

10:

11–1

8M

on

Luke

13:

18-3

0Tu

es

Luke

13:

31-3

5W

ed

Luke

14:

1-11

Thur

Lu

ke 1

4:12

-24

Fri

Lu

ke 1

4:25

-35

Sat

Ps

alm

22:

25-3

1

EA

STE

R 5

10 M

ay 0

9, 6

May

12, 3

May

15,

29 A

pr 18

Sun

Acts

8:2

6–40

Ps

alm

22:

25–3

1

1 Jo

hn 4

:7–2

1

John

15:

1–8

Mon

Lu

ke 1

5:1-

10Tu

es

Luke

15:

11-3

2W

ed

Luke

16:

1-9

Thur

Lu

ke 1

6:10

-18

Fri

Lu

ke 1

6:19

-31

Sat

Ps

alm

98

EA

STE

R 6

17 M

ay 0

9, 13

May

12, 1

0 M

ay 15

, 6

May

18 …

Su

n Ac

ts 1

0:44

–48

Psal

m 9

8

1 Jo

hn 5

:1–6

John

15:

9–17

Mon

Lu

ke 1

7:1-

10Tu

es

Luke

17:

11-1

9W

ed

Psal

m 9

3A

scen

sion

Thur

Ac

ts 1

:1–1

1

Ps

alm

47

or

Psal

m 9

3

Ephe

sian

s 1:

15–2

3

Luke

24:

44–5

3Fr

i

Luke

17:

20-3

7Sa

t

Psal

m 1

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May

09,

20

May

12,

17 M

ay 15

, 13

May

18 …

Sun

Acts

1:1

5–17

, 21–

26

Psal

m 1

1

John

5:9

–13

Jo

hn 1

7:6–

19M

on

Luke

18:

1-14

Tues

Lu

ke 1

8:15

-30

Wed

Lu

ke 1

8:31

-43

Thur

Lu

ke 1

9:1-

10Fr

i

Luke

19:

11-2

7Sa

t

Psal

m 1

04:2

4-34

,35b

PE

NTE

CO

ST

31 M

ay 0

9, 2

7 M

ay 12

, 24

May

15,

20 M

ay 18

…Su

n Ac

ts 2

:1–2

1

or E

zeki

el 3

7:1–

14

Psal

m 1

04:2

4–34

,

35

b

Rom

ans

8:22

–27

or

Act

s 2:

1–21

John

15:

26, 2

7;

16

:4b–

15M

on

Luke

19:

28-4

0Tu

es

Luke

19:

41-4

8W

ed

Luke

20:

1-8

Thur

Lu

ke 2

0:9-

19Fr

i

Luke

20:

19-2

6Sa

t

Psal

m 2

9

TRIN

ITY

(Fir

st S

un a

fter

Pen

teco

st)

7 Ju

n 09

, 3 Ju

n 12

, 31 M

ay 15

, 27

May

18 …

Sun

Isai

ah 6

:1–8

Ps

alm

29

R

oman

s 8:

12–1

7

John

3:1

–17

Mon

Lu

ke 2

0:27

-40

Tues

Lu

ke 2

0:41

- 2

1:4

Wed

Lu

ke 2

1:5-

19Th

ur

Luke

21:

20-2

8Fr

i

Luke

21:

29-3

8Sa

t Ps

alm

for

the

P

rope

r Su

nday

to

mor

row

(see

bel

ow)

Not

e: T

he n

umbe

r of

Sun

days

af

ter

Pent

ecos

t var

ies f

rom

year

to

yea

r; th

e se

t of r

eadi

ngs

(Pro

per)

for

the

Seco

nd S

unda

y af

ter

Pent

ecos

t is c

hose

n so

that

th

e la

st S

unda

y of

the

chur

ch

year

is a

lway

s the

sam

e.N

ext S

unda

y (S

econ

d af

ter

Pent

ecos

t) …

for

2009

, 14

June

, is

Pro

per

6;fo

r 20

12, 1

0 Ju

ne, i

s P

rope

r 5;

for

2015

, 7 J

une,

is P

rope

r 5;

fo

r 20

18, 3

Jun

e, is

Pro

per

4 …

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

24

& 2

8 M

AY

(if a

fter

Tri

nity

) (P

rope

r 3)

Sun

Hos

ea 2

:14–

20

Psal

m 1

03:1

–13,

22

2

Cor

inth

ians

3:1

–6

Mar

k 2:

13–2

2M

on

Luke

22:

1-13

Tues

Lu

ke 2

2:14

-23

Wed

Lu

ke 2

2:24

-30

Thur

Lu

ke 2

2:31

-38

Fri

Lu

ke 2

2:39

-51

Sat

Ps

alm

81:

1-10

Not

e: T

wo se

ts o

f fi r

st r

eadi

ngs

(with

acc

ompa

nyin

g ps

alm

s)

are

prov

ided

in th

e R

evis

ed

Com

mon

Lec

tiona

ry fo

r th

e fo

llowi

ng S

unda

ys af

ter P

ente

cost:

(a) a

sem

i-co

ntin

uous

set,

and

(b

) a se

t rel

ated

them

atic

ally

to

the

gosp

els.

Onl

y th

e fi

rst s

et

(a) i

s giv

en h

ere,

as b

eing

mor

e su

ited

to th

e pu

rpos

e of

this

ex

tend

ed le

ctio

nary

.

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

29

MAY

&

4 JU

NE

(if a

fter

Tri

nity

) (P

rope

r 4)

3 Ju

n 18

…Su

n a.

1 S

amue

l 3:1

–10

(1

1–20

)

Ps

alm

139

:1–6

,

13

–18

2

Cor

inth

ians

4:5

–12

M

ark

2:23

– 3

:6M

on

Luke

22:

52-6

2Tu

es

Luke

22:

63-7

1W

ed

Luke

23:

1-12

Thur

Lu

ke 2

3:13

-25

Fri

Lu

ke 2

3:26

-31

Sat

Ps

alm

130

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

5 &

11

JUN

E

(if a

fter

Tri

nity

) (P

rope

r 5)

10 Ju

n 12

, 7 Ju

n 15

, 10

Jun

18 …

Sun

a. 1

Sam

uel 8

:4–1

1

(12–

15) 1

6–20

(11:

14, 1

5)

Psal

m 1

38

2 C

orin

thia

ns

4:

13 –

5:1

M

ark

3:20

–35

Mon

Lu

ke 2

3:32

-43

Tues

Lu

ke 2

3:44

-56a

Wed

Lu

ke 2

3:56

b -

24:1

2Th

ur

Luke

24:

13-3

5Fr

i

Luke

24:

36-5

3Sa

t

Psal

m 9

2:1-

4,12

-15

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

12

& 1

8 JU

NE

(if

aft

er T

rini

ty) (

Pro

per

6)14

Jun

09, 1

7 Ju

n 12

, 14

Jun

15,

17 Ju

n 18

…Su

n a.

1 S

amue

l 15:

34

16:1

3

Ps

alm

20

2

Cor

inth

ians

5:6

–10

(1

1–13

) 14–

17

M

ark

4:26

–34

Mon

Ac

ts 1

:1-1

4Tu

es

Acts

1:1

5-26

Wed

Ac

ts 2

:1-2

1Th

ur

Acts

2:2

2-36

Fri

Ac

ts 2

:37-

47Sa

t

Psal

m 1

07:1

-3,2

3-32

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ND

AY B

ETW

EE

N 1

9 &

25

JUN

E

(if a

fter

Tri

nity

) (P

rope

r 7)

21 Ju

n 09

, 24

Jun

12, 2

1 Jun

15,

24 Ju

n 18

…Su

n a.

1 S

amue

l 17:

(1

a, 4

–11,

19–

23)

32

–49

Psal

m 9

:9–2

0

2 C

orin

thia

ns 6

:1–1

3

Mar

k 4:

35–4

1M

on

Acts

3:1

-10

Tues

Ac

ts 3

:11-

26W

ed

Acts

4:1

-12

Thur

Ac

ts 4

:13-

22Fr

i

Acts

4:2

3-31

Sat

Ps

alm

30

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

26

JUN

E &

2

JULY

(Pro

per

8)28

Jun

09, 1

Jul 1

2, 2

8 Ju

n 15

, 1 J

ul 18

…Su

n a.

2 S

amue

l 1:1

,

17–2

7

Ps

alm

130

2

Cor

inth

ians

8:7

–15

M

ark

5:21

–43

Mon

Ac

ts 4

:32

- 5:

11Tu

es

Acts

5:1

2-26

Wed

Ac

ts 5

:27-

42Th

ur

Acts

6:1

-15

Fri

Ac

ts 6

:15

- 7:

16Sa

t

Psal

m 1

23

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

3 &

9 J

ULY

(P

rope

r 9)

5 Ju

l 09,

8 Ju

l 12,

5 Ju

l 15,

8

Jul 1

8 …

Sun

a. 2

Sam

uel 5

:1–5

,

9, 1

0

Ps

alm

48

2

Corin

thia

ns 1

2:2–

10

M

ark

6:1–

13M

on

Acts

7:1

7-29

Tues

Ac

ts 7

:30-

43W

ed

Acts

7:4

4 -

8:1a

Thur

Ac

ts 8

:1b-

13Fr

i

Acts

8:1

4-25

Sat

Ps

alm

85:

8-13

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

10

& 1

6 JU

LY

(Pro

per

10)

12 Ju

l 09,

15 Ju

l 12,

12 Ju

l 15,

15

Jul 1

8 …

Sun

a. 2

Sam

uel 6

:1–5

,

12b–

19

Ps

alm

24

Ep

hesi

ans

1:3–

14

M

ark

6:14

–29

Mon

Ac

ts 8

:26-

40Tu

es

Acts

9:1

-9W

ed

Acts

9:1

0-19

aTh

ur

Acts

9:1

9b-3

1Fr

i

Acts

9:3

2-43

Sat

Ps

alm

23

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

17

& 2

3 JU

LY

(Pro

per

11)

19 Ju

l 09,

22

Jul 1

2, 19

Jul 1

5,

22 Ju

l 18

…Su

n a.

2 S

amue

l 7:1

–14a

Psal

m 8

9:20

–37

Ep

hesi

ans

2:11

–22

M

ark

6:30

–34,

53–

56M

on

Acts

10:

1-16

Tues

Ac

ts 1

0:17

-33

Wed

Ac

ts 1

0:34

-48

Thur

Ac

ts 1

1:1-

18Fr

i

Acts

11:

19-3

0Sa

t

Psal

m 1

45:1

0-18

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

24

& 3

0 JU

LY

(Pro

per

12)

26 Ju

l 09,

29

Jul 1

2, 2

6 Ju

l 15,

29

Jul 1

8 …

Sun

a. 2

Sam

uel 1

1:1–

15

Ps

alm

14

Ep

hesi

ans

3:14

–21

Jo

hn 6

:1–2

1M

on

Acts

12:

1-17

Tues

Ac

ts 1

2:18

-25

Wed

Ac

ts 1

3:1-

12Th

ur

Acts

13:

13-2

5Fr

i

Acts

13:

26-4

3Sa

t

Psal

m 7

8:23

-29

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

31

JULY

&

6 A

UG

UST

(Pro

per

13)

2 A

ug 0

9, 5

Aug

12, 2

Aug

15,

5 A

ug 18

…Su

n a.

2 S

amue

l 11:

26

12:1

3a

Ps

alm

51:

1–12

Ep

hesi

ans

4:1–

16

John

6:2

4–35

Mon

Ac

ts 1

3:44

-52

Tues

Ac

ts 1

4:1-

18W

ed

Acts

14:

19-2

8Th

ur

Acts

15:

1-11

Fri

Ac

ts 1

5:12

-21

Sat

Ps

alm

34:

1-8

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

7 &

13

AU

GU

ST (P

rope

r 14

)9

Aug

09,

12 A

ug 12

, 9 A

ug 15

, 12

Aug

18 …

Sun

a. 2

Sam

uel 1

8:5–

9,

15

, 31–

33

Ps

alm

130

Ep

hesi

ans

4:25

– 5

:2

Jo

hn 6

:35,

41–

51M

on

Acts

15:

22-3

5Tu

es

Acts

15:

36 -

16:

5W

ed

Acts

16:

6-15

Thur

Ac

ts 1

6:16

-24

Fri

Ac

ts 1

6:25

-40

Sat

Ps

alm

34:

9-14

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

14

&

20 A

UG

UST

(Pro

per

15)

20 A

ug 0

6, 16

Aug

09,

19

Aug

12, 1

6 A

ug 15

, 19

Aug

18 …

Sun

a. 1

Kin

gs 2

:10–

12;

3:

3–14

Psal

m 1

11

Ephe

sian

s 5:

15–2

0

John

6:5

1–58

M

on

Acts

17:

1-15

Tues

Ac

ts 1

7:16

-34

Wed

Ac

ts 1

8:1-

11Th

ur

Acts

18:

12-2

8Fr

i

Acts

19:

1-10

Sat

Ps

alm

34:

15-2

0

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ETW

EE

N 2

1 &

27

AU

GU

ST (P

rope

r 16

)27

Aug

06,

23

Aug

09,

26

Aug

12, 2

3 Au

g 15,

26

Aug 1

8 …

Sun

a. 1

Kin

gs 8

:(1, 6

,

10, 1

1) 2

2–30

, 41–

43

Ps

alm

84

Ep

hesi

ans

6:10

–20

Jo

hn 6

:56–

69M

on

Acts

19:

11-2

0Tu

es

Acts

19:

21-4

1W

ed

Acts

20:

1-16

Thur

Ac

ts 2

0:17

-38

Fri

Ac

ts 2

1:1-

14Sa

t

Psal

m 1

5

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

28

AU

GU

ST &

3

SEP

TEM

BE

R (P

rope

r 17

)3

Sep

06, 3

0 A

ug 0

9, 2

Sep

12,

30 A

ug 15

, 2 S

ep 18

…Su

n a.

Son

g of

Sol

omon

2:8–

13

Ps

alm

45:

1, 2

, 6–9

Ja

mes

1:1

7–27

Mar

k 7:

1–8,

14,

15,

21–2

3M

on

Acts

21:

15-2

6Tu

es

Acts

21:

27-3

6W

ed

Acts

21:

37 -

22:

16Th

ur

Acts

22:

17-2

9Fr

i

Acts

22:

30 -

23:

11Sa

t

Psal

m 1

46

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

4 &

10

SEP

-TE

MB

ER

(Pro

per

18)

10 S

ep 0

6, 6

Sep

09,

9 S

ep 12

, 6

Sep

15, 9

Sep

18 …

Sun

a. P

rove

rbs

22:1

, 2,

8,

9, 2

2, 2

3

Ps

alm

125

Ja

mes

2:1

–10

(1

1–13

) 14–

17

Mar

k 7:

24–3

7M

on

Acts

23:

12-2

4Tu

es

Acts

23:

23-3

5W

ed

Acts

24:

1-23

Thur

Ac

ts 2

4:24

- 2

5:12

Fri

Ac

ts 2

5:13

-27

Sat

Ps

alm

116

:1-9

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

11

&

17 S

EP

TEM

BE

R (P

rope

r 19

)17

Sep

06,

13 S

ep 0

9, 16

Sep

12,

13 S

ep 15

, 16

Sep

18 …

Sun

a. P

rove

rbs

1:20

–33

Psal

m 1

9

Jam

es 3

:1–1

2

Mar

k 8:

27–3

8M

on

Acts

26:

1-23

Tues

Ac

ts 2

6:24

- 2

7:8

Wed

Ac

ts 2

7:9-

26Th

ur

Acts

27:

27-4

4Fr

i

Acts

28:

1-16

Sat

Ps

alm

54

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

18

&

24 S

EP

TEM

BE

R (P

rope

r 20

)24

Sep

06,

20

Sep

09, 2

3 Se

p 12

, 20

Sep

15, 2

3 Se

p 18

…Su

n a.

Pro

verb

s 31

:10–

31

Ps

alm

1

Jam

es 3

:13

– 4:

3, 7

, 8a

M

ark

9:30

–37

Mon

Ac

ts 2

8:17

-31

Tues

G

enes

is 1

:1 -

2:3

Wed

G

enes

is 2

:4-2

5Th

ur

Gen

esis

3:1

-24

Fri

G

enes

is 4

:1-1

6Sa

t

Psal

m 1

9:7-

14

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

25

SEP

TEM

-B

ER

& 1

OC

TOB

ER

(Pro

per

21)

1 Oct

06,

27

Sep

09, 3

0 Se

p 12

, 27

Sep

15, 3

0 Se

p 18

…Su

n a.

Est

her 7

:1–6

, 9, 1

0;

9:

20–2

2

Ps

alm

124

Ja

mes

5:1

3–20

Mar

k 9:

38–5

0M

on

Gen

esis

6:5

-22

Tues

G

enes

is 7

:1-1

0,17

-23

Wed

G

enes

is 8

:6-2

2 Th

ur

Gen

esis

9:1

-17

Fri

G

enes

is 1

1:1-

9 Sa

t

Psal

m 8

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

2 &

8

OC

TOB

ER

(Pro

per

22)

8 O

ct 0

6, 4

Oct

09,

7 O

ct 12

, 4

Oct

15, 7

Oct

18 …

Sun

a. J

ob 1

:1; 2

:1–1

0

Ps

alm

26

H

ebre

ws

1:1–

4;

2:

5–12

Mar

k 10

:2–1

6M

on

Gen

esis

11:

27 -

12:

8Tu

es

Gen

esis

13:

1-18

W

ed

Gene

sis

15:1

-11,

17-2

1Th

ur

Gen

esis

17:

1-14

Fri

G

enes

is 1

7:15

-27

Sat

Ps

alm

90:

12-1

7

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

9 &

15

OC

TOB

ER

(Pro

per

23)

15 O

ct 0

6, 11

Oct

09,

14 O

ct 12

, 11

Oct

15, 1

4 O

ct 18

…Su

n a.

Job

23:

1–9,

16,

17

Psal

m 2

2:1–

15

Heb

rew

s 4:

12–1

6

Mar

k 10

:17–

31M

on

Gen

esis

18:

1-16

Tues

G

enes

is 1

8:16

-33

Wed

Ge

nesi

s 19

:1-1

7,24

-29

Thur

G

enes

is 2

1:1-

7;

22:1

-18

Fri

G

enes

is 2

3:1-

20Sa

t

Psal

m 9

1:9-

16

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AY B

ETW

EE

N 1

6 &

22

OC

TOB

ER

(Pro

per

24)

22 O

ct 0

6, 18

Oct

09,

21 O

ct 12

, 18

Oct

15, 2

1 Oct

18 …

Sun

a. J

ob 3

8:1–

7 (3

4–41

)

Ps

alm

104

:1–9

,

24

, 35c

H

ebre

ws

5:1–

10

M

ark

10:3

5–45

Mon

G

enes

is 2

4:1-

27Tu

es

Gen

esis

24:

28-

38

,49-

51W

ed

Gen

esis

24:

50-6

7Th

ur

Gen

esis

25:

19-3

4Fr

i

Gen

esis

27:

1-29

Sat

Ps

alm

126

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

23

&

29 O

CTO

BE

R (P

rope

r 25

)29

Oct

06,

25

Oct

09,

28

Oct

12,

25 O

ct 15

, 28

Oct

18 …

Sun

a. J

ob 4

2:1–

6, 1

0–17

Psal

m 3

4:1–

8

(1

9–22

)

Heb

rew

s 7:

23–2

8

Mar

k 10

:46–

52M

on

Gen

esis

27:

30-4

5Tu

es

Gen

esis

27:

46 -

28:4

,10-

22W

ed

Gen

esis

29:

1-20

Thur

G

enes

is 2

9:20

-35

Fri

G

enes

is 3

0:1-

24Sa

t

Psal

m 1

19:1

-8

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

30

OC

TOB

ER

&

5 N

OVE

MB

ER

(Pro

per

26)

5 N

ov 0

6, 1

Nov

09,

4 N

ov 12

, 1 N

ov 15

, 4 N

ov 18

…Su

n a.

Rut

h 1:

1–18

Psal

m 1

46

Heb

rew

s 9:

11–1

4

Mar

k 12

:28–

34M

on

Gen

esis

31:

1-21

Tues

G

enes

is 3

2:3-

21W

ed

Gen

esis

32:

22 -

33:1

7Th

ur

Gen

esis

37:

3-22

Fri

G

enes

is 3

7:23

-36

Sat

Ps

alm

146

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

6 &

12

NO

VEM

BE

R (P

rope

r 27

)12

Nov

06,

8 N

ov 0

9, 11

Nov

12,

8 N

ov 15

, 11 N

ov 18

…Su

n a.

Rut

h 3:

1–5;

4:1

3–17

Psal

m 1

27

Heb

rew

s 9:

24–2

8

Mar

k 12

:38–

44

Mon

G

enes

is 4

2:1-

23Tu

es

Gen

esis

43:

1-15

Wed

G

enes

is 4

3:16

-34

Thur

G

enes

is 4

4:1-

17Fr

i

Gen

esis

44:

18-3

4 Sa

t

Psal

m 1

6

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

13

&

19 N

OVE

MB

ER

(Pro

per

28)

19 N

ov 0

6, 15

Nov

09,

18 N

ov 12

, 15

Nov

15, 1

8 N

ov 18

…Su

n a.

1 S

amue

l 1:4

–20

1 Sa

mue

l 2:1

–10

H

ebre

ws

10:1

1–14

(15–

18) 1

9–25

Mar

k 13

:1–8

Mon

G

enes

is 4

5:1-

15

Tues

G

enes

is 4

5:16

-28

Wed

G

enes

is 4

6:1-

7,28

-34

Thur

G

enes

is 4

7:1-

21Fr

i

Jere

mia

h 31

:10-

14Sa

t

Psal

m 9

3

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

20

&

26 N

OVE

MB

ER

, LA

ST S

UN

OF

CH

UR

CH

YE

AR

(Pro

per

29)

26 N

ov 0

6, 2

2 N

ov 0

9, 2

5 N

ov 12

, 22

Nov

15, 2

5 N

ov 18

Sun

a. 2

Sam

uel 2

3:1–

7

Ps

alm

132

:1–1

2

(1

3–18

)

Rev

elat

ion

1:4b

–8

John

5:2

1–29

or J

ohn

18:3

3–37

Mon

Ec

cles

iast

es 1

:1-1

1Tu

es

Eccl

esia

stes

2:1

-16

Wed

Ec

cles

iast

es 3

:1-1

5Th

ur

Eccl

esia

stes

8:1

4

- 9:

10Fr

i

Eccl

esia

stes

11:

9

- 12

:14

Sat

Ps

alm

25:

1-10

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NT

1 3

Dec

06,

29

Nov

09,

2 D

ec 12

, 29

Nov

15, 2

Dec

18 …

Sun

Jere

mia

h 33

:14–

16

Psal

m 2

5:1–

10

1 Th

essa

loni

ans

3:

9–13

Luke

21:

25–3

6M

on

Jam

es 1

:1-1

5Tu

es

Jam

es 1

:16-

27W

ed

Jam

es 2

:1-1

3Th

ur

Jam

es 2

:14-

26Fr

i

Jam

es 3

:1-1

2Sa

t

Luke

1:6

8-79

AD

VEN

T 2

10 D

ec 0

6, 6

Dec

09,

9 D

ec 12

, 6

Dec

15, 9

Dec

18 …

Sun

Mal

achi

3:1

–4

Luke

1:6

8–79

P

hilip

pian

s 1:

3–11

Lu

ke 3

:1–6

Mon

Ja

mes

3:1

3 -

4:12

Tues

Ja

mes

4:1

3 -

5:6

Wed

Ja

mes

5:7

-12

Thur

Ja

mes

5:1

3-20

Fri

Ep

hesi

ans

1:1-

14Sa

t

Isai

ah 1

2:2-

6

AD

VEN

T 3

17 D

ec 0

6, 13

Dec

09,

16 D

ec 12

, 13

Dec

15, 1

6 D

ec 18

…Su

n Ze

phan

iah

3:14

–20

Isai

ah 1

2:2–

6

Phi

lippi

ans

4:4–

7

Luke

3:7

–18

Mon

Ep

hesi

ans

1:15

- 2

:7Tu

es

Ephe

sian

s 2:

8-22

Wed

Ep

hesi

ans

3:1-

13Th

ur

Ephe

sian

s 3:

14-2

1Fr

i

Ephe

sian

s 4:

1-16

Sat

Lu

ke 1

:(46b

)47-

55

AD

VEN

T 4

24 D

ec 0

6, 2

0 D

ec 0

9, 2

3 D

ec 12

, 20

Dec

15, 2

3 D

ec 18

…Su

n M

icah

5:2

–5a

Luke

1:(4

6b)4

7–55

or

Psa

lm 8

0:1–

7

Heb

rew

s 10

:5–1

0

Luke

1:3

9–45

(46–

55)

Not

e: F

ollo

w as

man

y of

the

days

bel

ow a

s com

e be

fore

C

hris

tmas

Eve

.M

on

Ephe

sian

s 4:

17-3

2Tu

es

Ephe

sian

s 5:

1-20

Wed

Ep

hesi

ans

5:21

- 6

:9Th

ur

Ephe

sian

s 6:

10-2

4Fr

i Ps

alm

98

CH

RIS

TMA

S E

VE/D

AY24

/25

Dec

R

eadi

ngs

from

any

of t

he

follo

win

g 3

Pro

pers

may

be

used

.

Pro

per

I Is

aiah

9:2

–7

Psal

m 9

6

Titu

s 2:

11–1

4

Luke

2:1

–14

(15–

20)

Pro

per

II Is

aiah

62:

6–12

Ps

alm

97

Ti

tus

3:4–

7

Luke

2:(1

–7) 8

–20

Pro

per

III

Isai

ah 5

2:7–

10

Psal

m 9

8

Heb

rew

s 1:

1–4

(5–1

2)

John

1:1

–14

Not

e: F

ollo

w th

e da

ted

days

be

low,

fi tti

ng in

the

Sund

ay(s

) wh

en th

ey c

ome.

26 D

ec

1 Jo

hn 1

:1-1

027

Dec

1

John

2:1

-11

28 D

ec

1 Jo

hn 2

:12-

1729

Dec

1

John

2:1

8-29

30 D

ec

1 Jo

hn 3

:1-1

0Sa

t bef

ore

Chr

istm

as 1

Psal

m 1

48

CH

RIS

TMA

S 1

Sun

1 Sa

mue

l 2:1

8–20

, 26

Psal

m 1

48

Col

ossi

ans

3:12

–17

Lu

ke 2

:41–

52

31 D

ec

Psal

m 8

Nam

e of

Jes

us

1 Ja

n Lu

ke 2

:15-

21Sa

t bef

ore

Chr

istm

as 2

Psal

m 1

47: 1

2-15

(16-

18)1

9,20

CH

RIS

TMA

S 2

Sun

Jere

mia

h 31

:7–1

4

Ps

alm

147

:12–

15

(16–

18) 1

9, 2

0

Ephe

sian

s 1:

3–14

John

1:(1

–9) 1

0–18

2

Jan

1

John

3:1

1-18

3 Ja

n

1 Jo

hn 3

:18

- 4:

64

Jan

1

John

4:7

-21

5 Ja

n

Psal

m 7

2:1-

7,10

-14

EP

IPH

AN

Y 6

Jan

Isai

ah 6

0:1–

6

Ps

alm

72:

1–7,

10–

14

Ephe

sian

s 3:

1–12

Mat

thew

2:1

–12

Not

e: F

ollo

w as

man

y of

the

date

d da

ys b

elow

as c

ome

befo

re th

e ne

xt S

unda

y.7

Jan

1

John

5:1

-12

8 Ja

n

1 Jo

hn 5

:13-

219

Jan

Ps

alm

96

10 J

an

Psal

m 9

711

Jan

Ps

alm

111

Sat b

efor

e Ep

ipha

ny 1

Psal

m 2

9

EP

IPH

AN

Y 1

(Bap

tism

of o

ur L

ord)

7

Jan

07, 1

0 Ja

n 10

, 13

Jan

13,

10 Ja

n 16

, 13

Jan

19 …

Sun

Isai

ah 4

3:1–

7

Ps

alm

29

Ac

ts 8

:14–

17

Lu

ke 3

:15–

17, 2

1, 2

2M

on

Mat

thew

1:1

-17

Tues

M

atth

ew 1

:18-

25W

ed

Mat

thew

2:1

-12

Thur

M

atth

ew 2

:13-

23Fr

i

Mat

thew

3:1

-12

Sat

Ps

alm

36:

5-10

EP

IPH

AN

Y 2

14 Ja

n 07

, 17

Jan

10, 2

0 Ja

n 13

, 17

Jan

16, 2

0 Ja

n 19

…Su

n Is

aiah

62:

1–5

Psal

m 3

6:5–

10

1 Co

rinth

ians

12:

1–11

Jo

hn 2

:1–1

1M

on

Mat

thew

3:1

3-17

Tues

M

atth

ew 4

:1-1

1W

ed

Mat

thew

4:1

2-17

Thur

M

atth

ew 4

:18-

25Fr

i

Mat

thew

5:1

-10

Sat

Ps

alm

19

EP

IPH

AN

Y 3

21 Ja

n 07

, 24

Jan

10, 2

7 Ja

n 13

, 24

Jan

16, 2

7 Ja

n 19

…Su

n N

ehem

iah

8:1–

3, 5

,

6, 8

–10

Psal

m 1

9

1 C

orin

thia

ns

12

:12–

31a

Lu

ke 4

:14–

21M

on

Mat

thew

5:1

1-16

Tues

M

atth

ew 5

:17-

20W

ed

Mat

thew

5:2

1-26

Thur

M

atth

ew 5

:27-

37Fr

i

Mat

thew

5:3

8-48

Sat

Ps

alm

71:

1-6

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EP

IPH

AN

Y 4

28 Ja

n 07

, 31 J

an 10

, 3 F

eb 13

, 31

Jan

16, 3

Feb

19 …

Je

rem

iah

1:4–

10

Psal

m 7

1:1–

6

1 C

orin

thia

ns

13

:1–1

3

Luke

4:2

1–30

Mon

M

atth

ew 6

:1-6

,16-

18Tu

es

Mat

thew

6:7

-15

Wed

M

atth

ew 6

:19-

24Th

ur

Mat

thew

6:2

5-34

Fri

M

atth

ew 7

:1-1

2Sa

t

Psal

m 1

38 (B

ut in

20

13 &

20

16, r

ead

Ps 2

; to

mor

row

(10

Feb

13,

7 F

eb 1

6)

is la

st S

unda

y af

ter

Epi

phan

y,

Tran

sfi g

urat

ion)

EP

IPH

AN

Y 5

4 Fe

b 07

, 7 F

eb 10

, 10

Feb

19 …

Sun

Isai

ah 6

:1–8

(9–1

3)

Psal

m 1

38

1 C

orin

thia

ns

15

:1–1

1

Luke

5:1

–11

Mon

M

atth

ew 7

:13-

21Tu

es

Mat

thew

7:2

2-27

Wed

M

atth

ew 7

:28

- 8:

4Th

ur

Mat

thew

8:5

-17

Fri

M

atth

ew 8

:18-

27Sa

t

Psal

m 1

(But

in

2010

, rea

d Ps

2; t

omor

row

(14

Feb)

is la

st S

unda

y af

ter

Epi

phan

y, T

rans

fi gu

ratio

n)

EP

IPH

AN

Y 6

(Pro

per

1)11

Feb

07,

17 F

eb 19

…Su

n Je

rem

iah

17:5

–10

Psal

m 1

1

Cor

inth

ians

15:1

2–20

Luke

6:1

7–26

Mon

M

atth

ew 8

:28-

34Tu

es

Mat

thew

9:1

-8W

ed

Mat

thew

9:9

-17

Thur

M

atth

ew 9

:18-

26Fr

i

Mat

thew

9:2

7-34

Sat

Ps

alm

37:

1-11

,39,

40

(But

in 2

00

7, r

ead

Ps 2

; to

mor

row

(18

Feb)

is la

st

Sund

ay a

fter

Epi

phan

y,

Tran

sfi g

urat

ion)

EP

IPH

AN

Y 7

(Pro

per

2)24

Feb

19 …

Sun

Gen

esis

45:

3–11

, 15

Psal

m 3

7:1–

11,

39,4

0

1 C

orin

thia

ns

15

:33–

38, 4

2–50

Lu

ke 6

:27–

38M

on

Mat

thew

9:3

5 -

10:4

Tues

M

atth

ew 1

0:5-

15W

ed

Mat

thew

10:

16-2

3Th

ur

Mat

thew

10:

24-3

3Fr

i

Mat

thew

10:

34-4

2Sa

t

Psal

m 9

2:1-

4,12

-15

(But

in 2

019

, rea

d Ps

2;

tom

orro

w (3

Mar

) is l

ast

Sund

ay a

fter

Epi

phan

y,

Tran

sfi g

urat

ion)

EP

IPH

AN

Y 8

(Pro

per

3)Su

n Is

aiah

55:

10–1

3

Ps

alm

92:

1–4,

12

–15

1

Cor

inth

ians

15:5

1–58

Luke

6:3

9–49

Mon

M

atth

ew 1

1:1-

6Tu

es

Mat

thew

11:

7-15

Wed

M

atth

ew 1

1:16

-24

Thur

M

atth

ew 1

1:25

-30

Fri

M

atth

ew 1

2:1-

14Sa

t

Psal

m 9

9

TRA

NSF

IGU

RAT

ION

(L

ast S

un a

fter

Epi

phan

y)

18 F

eb 0

7, 14

Feb

10, 1

0 Fe

b 13

, 7

Feb

16, 3

Mar

19 …

Sun

Exod

us 3

4:29

–35

Psal

m 9

9

2 C

orin

thia

ns

3:

12 –

4:2

Luke

9:2

8–36

(37–

43)

Mon

M

atth

ew 1

2:15

-21

Tues

M

atth

ew 1

2:22

-32

Ash

Wed

nesd

ay

Joel

2:1

, 2, 1

2–17

or Is

aiah

58:

1–12

Psal

m 5

1:1–

17

2 C

orin

thia

ns 5

:20b

– 6:

10

Mat

thew

6:1

–6, 1

6–21

Thur

M

atth

ew 1

2:33

-42

Fri

M

atth

ew 1

2:43

-50

Sat

Ps

alm

91:

1,2,

9-16

LEN

T 1

25 F

eb 0

7, 2

1 Feb

10, 1

7 Fe

b 13

, 14

Feb

16, 1

0 M

ar 19

…Su

n D

eute

rono

my

26

:1–1

1

Ps

alm

91:

1, 2

,

9–

16

Rom

ans

10:8

b–13

Luke

4:1

–13

Mon

M

atth

ew 1

3:1-

17Tu

es

Mat

thew

13:

18-2

3W

ed

Mat

thew

13:

24-3

0Th

ur

Mat

thew

13:

31-3

5Fr

i

Mat

thew

13:

36-4

3Sa

t

Psal

m 2

7

LEN

T 2

4 M

ar 0

7, 2

8 Fe

b 10

, 24

Feb

13,

21 F

eb 16

, 17

Mar

19 …

Sun

Gene

sis 1

5:1–

12, 1

7, 1

8

Ps

alm

27

Ph

ilipp

ians

3:1

7 –

4:1

Lu

ke 1

3:31

–35

Mon

M

atth

ew 1

3:44

-52

Tues

M

atth

ew 1

3:53

-58

Wed

M

atth

ew 1

4:1-

12Th

ur

Mat

thew

14:

13-2

1Fr

i

Mat

thew

14:

22-3

6Sa

t

Psal

m 6

3:1-

8

LEN

T 3

11 M

ar 0

7, 7

Mar

10, 3

Mar

13,

28 F

eb 16

, 24

Mar

19 …

Sun

Isai

ah 5

5:1–

9

Ps

alm

63:

1–8

1

Corin

thia

ns 1

0:1–

13

Luke

13:

1–9

Mon

M

atth

ew 1

5:1-

20Tu

es

Mat

thew

15:

21-2

8W

ed

Mat

thew

15:

29-3

9Th

ur

Mat

thew

16:

1-12

Fri

M

atth

ew 1

6:13

-20

Sat

Ps

alm

32

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T 4

18 M

ar 0

7, 14

Mar

10, 1

0 M

ar 13

, 6

Mar

16, 3

1 Mar

19 …

Sun

Josh

ua 5

:9–1

2

Ps

alm

32

2

Corin

thia

ns 5

:16–

21

Luke

15:

1–3,

11b

–32

Mon

M

atth

ew 1

6:21

-28

Tues

M

atth

ew 1

7:1-

13W

ed

Mat

thew

17:

14-2

7Th

u

Mat

thew

18:

1-9

Fri

M

atth

ew 1

8:10

-20

Sat

Ps

alm

126

LEN

T 5

25 M

ar 0

7, 2

1 Mar

10, 1

7 M

ar 13

, 13

Mar

16, 7

Apr

19 …

Sun

Isai

ah 4

3:16

–21

Psal

m 1

26

Phi

lippi

ans

3:4b

–14

Jo

hn 1

2:1–

8M

on

Mat

thew

18:

21-3

5Tu

es

Mat

thew

19:

1-15

Wed

M

atth

ew 1

9:16

-30

Thur

M

atth

ew 2

0:1-

16Fr

i

Mat

thew

20:

17-3

4Sa

t

Psal

m 1

18:1

,2,1

9-29

PALM

/PA

SSIO

N S

UN

DAY

AN

D H

OLY

WE

EK

1 Apr

07,

28

Mar

10, 2

4 M

ar 13

, 20

Mar

16, 1

4 A

pr 19

…Pa

lm

Luke

19:

28–4

0

Ps

alm

118

:1, 2

,

19

–29

Pass

ion

Is

aiah

50:

4–9a

Ps

alm

31:

9–16

P

hilip

pian

s 2:

5–11

Luke

22:

14 –

23:

56

or

Luk

e 23

:1–4

9

Mon

Is

aiah

42:

1–9

Psal

m 3

6:5–

11

Heb

rew

s 9:

11–1

5

John

12:

1–11

Tu

es

Isai

ah 4

9:1–

7

Ps

alm

71:

1–14

1

Cor

inth

ians

1:18

–31

Jo

hn 1

2:20

–36

Wed

Is

aiah

50:

4–9a

Ps

alm

70

H

ebre

ws

12:1

–3

Jo

hn 1

3:21

–32

Mau

ndy

Thur

sday

Ex

odus

12:

1–4

(5

–10)

11–

14

Psal

m 1

16:1

, 2,

12–1

9

1 C

orin

thia

ns

11

:23–

26

John

13:

1–17

, 31b

–35

Goo

d Fr

iday

Is

aiah

52:

13 –

53:

12

Psal

m 2

2

Heb

rew

s 10

:16–

25

or

Heb

rew

s 4:

14–1

6;

5:

7–9

Jo

hn 1

8:1

– 19

:42

Hol

y Sa

turd

ay

Job

14:1

–14

or

Lam

enta

tions

3:1–

9, 1

9–24

Ps

alm

31:

1–4,

15,

16

1

Pete

r 4:

1–8

M

atth

ew 2

7:57

–66

or

Joh

n 19

:38–

42

EA

STE

R D

AY

8 A

pr 0

7, 4

Apr

10, 3

1 Mar

13,

27 M

ar 16

, 21 A

pr 19

…Su

n Ac

ts 1

0:34

–43

or

Isai

ah 6

5:17

–25

Psal

m 1

18:1

, 2,

14–2

4

1 C

orin

thia

ns

15

:19–

26

or A

cts

10:3

4–43

John

20:

1–18

or L

uke

24:1

–12

Mon

Lu

ke 2

4:13

-49

Tues

1

Pete

r 1:

1-12

Wed

1

Pete

r 1:

13-2

5Th

ur

1 Pe

ter

2:1-

10Fr

i

1 Pe

ter

2:11

-25

Sat

Ps

alm

118

:14-

29

EA

STE

R 2

15 A

pr 0

7, 11

Apr

10, 7

Apr

13,

3 A

pr 16

, 28

Apr

19 …

Sun

Acts

5:2

7–32

Psal

m 1

18:1

4–29

or

Ps

150

R

evel

atio

n 1:

4–8

Jo

hn 2

0:19

–31

Mon

1

Pete

r 3:

1-12

Tues

1

Pete

r 3:

13 -

4:6

Wed

1

Pete

r 4:

7-19

Thur

1

Pete

r 5:

1-14

Fri

Ti

tus

1:1-

16Sa

t

Psal

m 3

0

EA

STE

R 3

22 A

pr 0

7, 18

Apr

10, 1

4 A

pr 13

, 10

Apr

16, 5

May

19 …

Sun

Acts

9:1

–6 (7

–20)

Ps

alm

30

R

evel

atio

n 5:

11–1

4

John

21:

1–19

Mon

Ti

tus

2:1-

15Tu

es

Titu

s 3:

1-15

Wed

2

Cor

inth

ians

1:1

-11

Thur

2

Corin

thia

ns 1

:12-

22Fr

i

2 C

orin

thia

ns 1

:23

-

2:17

Sat

Ps

alm

23

EA

STE

R 4

(Goo

d Sh

ephe

rd)

29 A

pr 0

7, 2

5 A

pr 10

, 21 A

pr 13

, 17

Apr

16, 1

2 M

ay 19

…Su

n Ac

ts 9

:36–

43

Psal

m 2

3

Rev

elat

ion

7:9–

17

Jo

hn 1

0:22

–30

Mon

2

Cor

inth

ians

3:1

-18

Tues

2

Cor

inth

ians

4:1

-12

Wed

2

Cor

inth

ians

4:1

3

- 5:

10Th

ur

2 C

orin

thia

ns 5

:11

-

6:2

Fri

2

Corin

thia

ns 6

:3 -

7:1

Sat

Ps

alm

148

EA

STE

R 5

6 M

ay 0

7, 2

May

10, 2

8 A

pr 13

, 24

Apr

16, 1

9 M

ay 19

…Su

n Ac

ts 1

1:1–

18

Psal

m 1

48

Rev

elat

ion

21:1

–6

John

13:

31–3

5M

on

2 C

orin

thia

ns 7

:2-1

6Tu

es

2 C

orin

thia

ns 8

:1-1

5W

ed

2 Co

rinth

ians

8:1

6-24

Thur

2

Cor

inth

ians

9:1

-15

Fri

2

Corin

thia

ns 1

0:1-

18Sa

t

Psal

m 6

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EA

STE

R 6

13 M

ay 0

7, 9

May

10, 5

May

13,

1 May

16, 2

6 M

ay 19

…Su

n Ac

ts 1

6:9–

15

Psal

m 6

7

Rev

elat

ion

21:1

0, 2

2

– 22

:5

Jo

hn 1

4:23

–29

or

Joh

n 5:

1–9

Mon

2

Cor

inth

ians

11:

1-

21a

Tues

2

Cor

inth

ians

11:2

1b-3

3W

ed

Psal

m 1

10A

scen

sion

Thur

Ac

ts 1

:1–1

1

Ps

alm

47

or

Psal

m 1

10

Ephe

sian

s 1:

15–2

3

Luke

24:

44–5

3 Fr

i

2 Co

rinth

ians

12:

1-10

Sat

Ps

alm

97

EA

STE

R 7

20 M

ay 0

7, 16

May

10, 1

2 M

ay 13

, 8

May

16, 2

Jun

19 …

Sun

Acts

16:

16–3

4

Ps

alm

97

R

evel

atio

n 22

:12–

14,

16

, 17,

20,

21

Jo

hn 1

7:20

–26

Mon

2

Cor

inth

ians

12:

11

-21

Tues

2

Corin

thia

ns 1

3:1-

14W

ed

Exod

us 1

:6-2

2 Th

ur

Exod

us 2

:1-2

2Fr

i

Exod

us 2

:23

- 3:

15Sa

t

Psal

m 1

04:2

4-34

,35b

PE

NTE

CO

ST

27 M

ay 0

7, 2

3 M

ay 10

, 19

May

13,

15 M

ay 16

, 9 Ju

n 19

…Su

n Ac

ts 2

:1–2

1

or G

enes

is 1

1:1–

9

Ps

alm

104

:24–

34,

35b

R

oman

s 8:

14–1

7

or A

cts

2:1–

21

John

14:

8–17

(25–

27)

Mon

Ex

odus

3:1

6 -

4:12

Tues

Ex

odus

4:1

4-31

Wed

Ex

odus

5:1

- 6

:1

Thur

Ex

odus

7:8

-24

Fri

Ex

odus

7:2

5 -

8:19

Sat

Ps

alm

8

TRIN

ITY

(Fir

st S

un a

fter

Pen

teco

st)

3 Ju

n 07

, 30

May

10, 2

6 M

ay 13

, 22

May

16, 1

6 Ju

n 19

…Su

n Pr

over

bs 8

:1–4

, 22–

31

Ps

alm

8

Rom

ans

5:1–

5

John

16:

12–1

5M

on

Exod

us 1

0:21

- 1

1:10

Tues

Ex

odus

12:

1-14

W

ed

Exod

us 1

2:29

-39

Thur

Ex

odus

13:

3-16

Fri

Exod

us 1

3:17

- 1

4:4

Sat

Psal

m fo

r the

Pro

per

Su

nday

tom

orro

w

(s

ee b

elow

)N

ote:

The

num

ber

of S

unda

ys

afte

r Pe

ntec

ost v

arie

s fro

m

year

to y

ear;

the

set o

f rea

ding

s (P

rope

r) fo

r th

e Se

cond

Sun

day

afte

r Pe

ntec

ost i

s cho

sen

so th

at

the

last

Sun

day

of th

e ch

urch

ye

ar is

alw

ays t

he sa

me.

Nex

t Sun

day

(Sec

ond

afte

r Pe

ntec

ost)

…fo

r 20

07, 1

0 Ju

ne, i

s P

rope

r 5;

for

2010

, 6 J

une,

is P

rope

r 5;

for

2013

, 2 J

une,

is P

rope

r 4;

for

2016

, 29

May

, is

Pro

per

4fo

r 20

19, 2

3 Ju

ne, i

s P

rope

r 7

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

24

& 2

8 M

AY

(if a

fter

Tri

nity

) (P

rope

r 3)

Sun

Isai

ah 5

5:10

–13

Psal

m 9

2:1–

4,

12–1

5

1 C

orin

thia

ns

15

:51–

58

Luke

6:3

9–49

Mon

M

atth

ew 1

0:40

- 11

:6Tu

es

Mat

thew

11:

7-15

Wed

M

atth

ew 1

1:16

-24

Thur

M

atth

ew 1

1:25

-30

Fri

M

atth

ew 1

2:1-

14Sa

t

Psal

m 9

6:1-

9N

ote:

Two

sets

of fi

rst

re

adin

gs (w

ith a

ccom

pany

ing

psal

ms)

are

pro

vide

d in

the

Rev

ised

Com

mon

Lec

tiona

ry

for

the

follo

wing

Sun

days

af

ter

Pent

ecos

t: (a

) a se

mi-

cont

inuo

us se

t, a

nd (b

) a se

t re

late

d th

emat

ical

ly to

the

gosp

els.

Onl

y th

e fi

rst s

et (a

) is

giv

en h

ere,

as b

eing

mor

e su

ited

to th

e pu

rpos

e of

this

ex

tend

ed le

ctio

nary

.

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

29

MAY

&

4 JU

NE

(if a

fter

Tri

nity

) (P

rope

r 4)

2 Ju

n 13

, 29

May

16 …

Sun

a. 1

Kin

gs 1

8:20

, 21

(2

2–29

) 30–

39

Psal

m 9

6

Gal

atia

ns 1

:1–1

2

Luke

7:1

–10

Mon

Ex

odus

14:

5-22

Tu

es

Exod

us 1

4:23

-31

Wed

Ex

odus

15:

1-21

Th

ur

Exod

us 1

6:2-

22

Fri

Ex

odus

16:

23-3

6 Sa

t

Psal

m 3

0

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

5 &

11

JUN

E

(if a

fter

Tri

nity

) (P

rope

r 5)

10 Ju

n 07

, 6 Ju

n 10

, 9 Ju

n 13

, 5

Jun

16 …

Sun

a. 1

Kin

gs 1

7:8–

16

(1

7–24

)

Ps

alm

146

G

alat

ians

1:1

1–24

Luke

7:1

1–17

Mon

Ex

odus

17:

1-16

Tu

es

Exod

us 1

9:1-

16

Wed

Ex

odus

19:

16-2

5 Th

ur

Exod

us 2

0:1-

21Fr

i

Exod

us 3

2:1-

20

Sat

Ps

alm

32

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SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

12

& 1

8 JU

NE

(if

aft

er T

rini

ty) (

Pro

per

6)17

Jun

07, 1

3 Ju

n 10

, 16

Jun

13,

12 Ju

n 16

…Su

n a.

1 K

ings

21:

1–10

(11–

14) 1

5–21

a

Ps

alm

5:1

–8

Gal

atia

ns 2

:15–

21

Luke

7:3

6 –

8:3

Mon

M

atth

ew 2

1:10

-22

Tues

M

atth

ew 2

1:23

-32

Wed

M

atth

ew 2

1:33

-46

Thur

M

atth

ew 2

2:1-

14Fr

i

Mat

thew

22:

15-2

2Sa

t

Psal

m 2

2:19

-28

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

19

& 2

5 JU

NE

(if

aft

er T

rini

ty) (

Pro

per

7)24

Jun

07, 2

0 Ju

n 10

, 23

Jun

13,

19 Ju

n 16

, 23

Jun

19 …

Sun

a. 1

Kin

gs 1

9:1–

4

(5–7

) 8–1

5a

Ps

alm

42

and

43

G

alat

ians

3:2

3–29

Luke

8:2

6–39

Mon

M

atth

ew 2

2:23

-40

Tues

M

atth

ew 2

2:41

- 23

:12

Wed

M

atth

ew 2

3:13

-26

Thur

M

atth

ew 2

3:27

-39

Fri

M

atth

ew 2

4:1-

14Sa

t

Psal

m 1

6

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

26

JUN

E

& 2

JU

LY (P

rope

r 8)

1 Jul

07,

27

Jun

10, 3

0 Ju

n 13

, 26

Jun

16, 3

0 Ju

n 19

…Su

n a.

2 K

ings

2:1

, 2,

6–

14

Ps

alm

77:

1, 2

,

11

–20

G

alat

ians

5:1

, 13–

25

Lu

ke 9

:51–

62M

on

Mat

thew

24:

15-3

1Tu

es

Mat

thew

24:

32-5

1W

ed

Mat

thew

25:

1-13

Thur

M

atth

ew 2

5:14

-30

Fri

M

atth

ew 2

5:31

-46

Sat

Ps

alm

66:

1-9

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

3 &

9 J

ULY

(P

rope

r 9)

8 Ju

l 07,

4 Ju

l 10,

7 Ju

l 13,

3

Jul 1

6, 7

Jul 1

9 …

Sun

a. 2

Kin

gs 5

:1–1

4

Ps

alm

30

Ga

latia

ns 6

:(1–6

) 7–1

6

Luke

10:

1–11

, 16–

20M

on

Mat

thew

26:

1-16

Tues

M

atth

ew 2

6:17

-25

Wed

M

atth

ew 2

6:26

-35

Thur

M

atth

ew 2

6:36

-46

Fri

M

atth

ew 2

6:47

-56

Sat

Ps

alm

25:

1-10

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

10

& 1

6 JU

LY

(Pro

per

10)

15 Ju

l 07,

11 Ju

l 10,

14 Ju

l 13,

10

Jul 1

6, 14

Jul 1

9 …

Sun

a. A

mos

7:7

–17

Psal

m 8

2

Col

ossi

ans

1:1–

14

Lu

ke 1

0:25

–37

Mon

M

atth

ew 2

6:57

-68

Tues

M

atth

ew 2

6:69

-75

Wed

M

atth

ew 2

7:1-

10Th

ur

Mat

thew

27:

11-2

3Fr

i

Mat

thew

27:

24-3

1Sa

t

Psal

m 1

5

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

17

& 2

3 JU

LY

(Pro

per

11)

22 Ju

l 07,

18 Ju

l 10,

21 J

ul 13

, 17

Jul 1

6, 2

1 Jul

19 …

Sun

a. A

mos

8:1

–12

Psal

m 5

2

Col

ossi

ans

1:15

–28

Lu

ke 1

0:38

–42

Mon

M

atth

ew 2

7:32

-44

Tues

M

atth

ew 2

7:45

-54

Wed

M

atth

ew 2

7:55

-66

Thur

M

atth

ew 2

8:1-

10Fr

i

Mat

thew

28:

11-2

0Sa

t

Psal

m 1

38

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

24

& 3

0 JU

LY

(Pro

per

12)

29 Ju

l 07,

25

Jul 1

0, 2

8 Ju

l 13,

24

Jul 1

6, 2

8 Ju

l 19

…Su

n a.

Hos

ea 1

:2–1

0

Ps

alm

85

C

olos

sian

s 2:

6–15

(16–

19)

Lu

ke 1

1:1–

13M

on

Rom

ans

1:1-

15Tu

es

Rom

ans

1:16

-27

Wed

R

oman

s 1:

28 -

2:1

1Th

ur

Rom

ans

2:12

-24

Fri

R

oman

s 2:

25 -

3:8

Sat

Ps

alm

49:

1-12

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

31

JULY

&

6 A

UG

UST

(Pro

per

13)

5 A

ug 0

7, 1

Aug

10, 4

Aug

13,

31 Ju

l 16,

4 A

ug 19

…Su

n a.

Hos

ea 1

1:1–

11

Ps

alm

107

:1–9

, 43

C

olos

sian

s 3:

1–11

Luke

12:

13–2

1M

on

Rom

ans

3:9-

20Tu

es

Rom

ans

3:21

-31

Wed

R

oman

s 4:

1-12

Thur

R

oman

s 4:

13-2

5Fr

i

Rom

ans

5:1-

11Sa

t

Psal

m 3

3:12

-22

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DAY

BE

TWE

EN

7 &

13

AU

GU

ST (P

rope

r 14

)12

Aug

07,

8 A

ug 10

, 11 A

ug 13

, 7

Aug

16, 1

1 Aug

19 …

Sun

a. Is

aiah

1:1

, 10–

12

Ps

alm

50:

1–8,

22

, 23

H

ebre

ws

11:1

–3, 8

–16

Lu

ke 1

2:32

–40

Mon

R

oman

s 5:

12-2

1Tu

es

Rom

ans

6:1-

11W

ed

Rom

ans

6:12

-23

Thur

R

oman

s 7:

1-12

Fri

R

oman

s 7:

13-2

5Sa

t

Psal

m 8

2

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

14

&

20 A

UG

UST

(Pro

per

15)

19 A

ug 0

7, 15

Aug

10, 1

8 A

ug 13

, 14

Aug

16, 1

8 A

ug 19

…Su

n a.

Isai

ah 5

:1–7

Psal

m 8

0:1,

2,

8–19

Heb

rew

s 11

:29

– 12

:2

Luke

12:

49–5

6M

on

Rom

ans

8:1-

11Tu

es

Rom

ans

8:12

-17

Wed

R

oman

s 8:

18-2

5Th

ur

Rom

ans

8:26

-30

Fri

R

oman

s 8:

31-3

9Sa

t

Psal

m 1

03:1

-8

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

21

&

27 A

UG

UST

(Pro

per

16)

26 A

ug 0

7, 2

2 A

ug 10

, 25

Aug

13

, 21 A

ug 16

, 25

Aug

19 …

Sun

a. J

erem

iah

1:4–

10

Ps

alm

71:

1–6

H

ebre

ws

12:1

8–29

Lu

ke 1

3:10

–17

Mon

R

oman

s 9:

1-18

Tues

R

oman

s 9:

19-3

3W

ed

Rom

ans

10:1

-13

Thur

R

oman

s 10

:14-

21Fr

i

Rom

ans

11:1

-12

Sat

Ps

alm

112

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

28

AU

GU

ST

& 3

SE

PTE

MB

ER

(Pro

per

17)

2 Se

p 07

, 29

Aug

10, 1

Sep

13,

28 A

ug 16

, 1 S

ep 19

…Su

n a.

Jer

emia

h 2:

4–13

Psal

m 8

1:1,

10–

16

Heb

rew

s 13

:1–8

,

15, 1

6

Luke

14:

1, 7

–14

Mon

R

oman

s 11

:13-

24Tu

es

Rom

ans

11:2

5-36

Wed

R

oman

s 12

:1-8

Thur

R

oman

s 12

:9-2

1Fr

i

Rom

ans

13:1

-7Sa

t

Psal

m 1

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

4 &

10

SE

PTE

MB

ER

(Pro

per

18)

9 Se

p 07

, 5 S

ep 10

, 8 S

ep 13

, 4

Sep

16, 8

Sep

19 …

Sun

a. J

erem

iah

18:1

–11

Psal

m 1

39:1

–6,

13–1

8

Phi

lem

on 1

–21

Lu

ke 1

4:25

–33

Mon

R

oman

s 1

3:8-

14Tu

es

Rom

ans

14:1

-12

Wed

R

oman

s 14

:13-

23Th

ur

Rom

ans

15:1

-13

Fri

R

oman

s 15

:14-

24Sa

t

Psal

m 5

1:1-

10

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

11

&

17 S

EP

TEM

BE

R (P

rope

r 19

)16

Sep

07,

12 S

ep 10

, 15

Sep

13,

11 S

ep 16

, 15

Sep

19 …

Sun

a. J

erem

iah

4:11

,

12, 2

2–28

Psal

m 1

4

1 Ti

mot

hy 1

:12–

17

Luke

15:

1–10

Mon

R

oman

s 15

:25-

33Tu

es

Rom

ans

16:1

-16

Wed

R

oman

s 16

:17-

27Th

ur

1 Sa

mue

l 1:1

-20

Fri

1

Sam

uel 1

:21

- 2:

11

Sat

Ps

alm

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EN

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&

24 S

EP

TEM

BE

R (P

rope

r 20

)23

Sep

07,

19 S

ep 10

, 22

Sep

13,

18 S

ep 16

, 22

Sep

19 …

Sun

a. J

erem

iah

8:18

– 9

:1

Ps

alm

79:

1–9

1

Tim

othy

2:1

–7

Lu

ke 1

6:1–

13M

on

1 Sa

mue

l 2:1

2-26

Tues

1

Sam

uel 3

:1-2

1W

ed

1 Sa

mue

l 4:1

-11

Thur

1

Sam

uel 4

:12-

22

Fri

1

Sam

uel 7

:2-1

7 Sa

t

Psal

m 1

46

SUN

DAY

BET

WEE

N 2

5 SE

PTE

MB

ER

& 1

OC

TOB

ER

(Pro

per

21)

30 S

ep 0

7, 2

6 Se

p 10

, 29

Sep

13,

25 S

ep 16

, 29

Sep

19 …

Sun

a. J

erem

iah

32:1

–3a,

6–

15

Ps

alm

91:

1–6,

14–

16

1 Ti

mot

hy 6

:6–1

9

Luke

16:

19–3

1M

on

1 Sa

mue

l 8:1

-22

Tues

1

Sam

uel 9

:1-1

4W

ed

1 Sa

mue

l 9:1

5 -

10:1

Thur

1

Sam

uel 1

0:1-

16

Fri

1

Sam

uel 1

0:17

-27

Sat

Ps

alm

37:

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2 &

8

OC

TOB

ER

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per

22)

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9 &

15

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per

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23

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n a.

Joe

l 2:2

3–32

Psal

m 6

5

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mot

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:6–8

,

16–1

8

Luke

18:

9–14

Mon

1

Sam

uel 2

8:3-

20

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1

Sam

uel 3

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13

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Sam

uel 1

:1-1

6 Th

ur

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mue

l 2:1

-11

Fri

2

Sam

uel 5

:1-1

2Sa

t

Psal

m 3

2:1-

7

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SUN

DAY

BE

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EN

30

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&

5 N

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MB

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(Pro

per

26)

4 N

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13,

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ov 19

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n a.

Hab

akku

k 1:

1–4;

2:1–

4

Ps

alm

119

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2

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salo

nian

s

1:1–

4, 1

1, 1

2

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19:

1–10

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2

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uel 7

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2

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i

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t

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BE

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6 &

12

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per

27)

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0 N

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n a.

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Ps

alm

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17

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or P

s 98

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s

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ke 2

0:27

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2

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uel 1

2:15

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2

Sam

uel 1

4:25

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2

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uel 1

5:1-

16

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2

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mue

l 18:

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t

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m 9

8

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13

&

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(Pro

per

28)

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n a.

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ah 6

5:17

–25

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ah 1

2

2 Th

essa

loni

ans

3:

6–13

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21:

5–19

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1

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gs 1

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es

1 K

ings

1:3

2 -

2:4

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1

Kin

gs 3

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ur

1 K

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3:1

6-28

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i

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-14

Sat

Ps

alm

46

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TWE

EN

20

&

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, LA

ST S

UN

OF

CH

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CH

YE

AR

(Pro

per

29)

25 N

ov 0

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10,

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ov 13

, 20

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16, 2

4 N

ov 19

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n a.

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emia

h 23

:1–6

Luke

1:6

8–79

C

olos

sian

s 1:

11–2

0

Luke

19:

11–2

7

or L

uke

23:3

3–43

Mon

2

Pete

r 1:

1-11

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2

Pete

r 1:

12-2

1W

ed

2 Pe

ter

2:1-

10a

Thur

2

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r 2:

10b-

22Fr

i

2 Pe

ter

3:1-

18Sa

t

Psal

m 1

22A

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end

of t

his w

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cont

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con

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Lang

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(ELL

C),

1988

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tabl

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