Therefore since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus…and since we have a great High Priest over the household of God, let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and full assurance of faith…
Praise and worship
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From all that dwell below the skies Let the Creator’s praise arise Alleluia! Let the Redeemer’s name be sung Through every land by every tongue. Alleluia! |
Eternal are your mercies, Lord; Eternal truth attends your Word; Alleluia! Your praise shall sound from shore to shore Till suns shall rise and set no more. Alleluia! |
Lord Jesus, surely you have borne our infirmities and carried our diseases; yet we accounted you stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. But you were wounded for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities; upon you was the punishment that made us whole, and by your wounds we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have all turned to our own way, and the LORD has laid on you the iniquity of us all.
Trust
Heavenly Father, I trust your love, grace and acceptance, and that you created and saved me to live for your glory. I trust in your Son Jesus Christ as the saviour of the world, and your gospel as your power for salvation for all who believe. I trust in your Son Jesus Christ as the loving, powerful and generous saviour, head, lord, and judge of his church. I trust you as the just judge of all people, and that you will bring glory to yourself in the church and in Christ Jesus.
Thanksgiving
I thank you for the simple pleasures of daily life: for waking and sleeping: for mind, heart, body and energy; for a bed, a home, for fresh water, for food and drink, for family, neighbours and friends, for plants, trees, flowers, and grasses, for earth, sky and sea, for sunshine, clouds, and rain, for books and music; for past and present homes in Melbourne, Blairgowrie, London, and Durham; and for past and present pets.
Living for you and serving you
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Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. You turn us back to dust, and say, “Turn back, you mortals.” For a thousand years in your sight are like yesterday when it is past, or like a watch in the night. You sweep them away; they are like a dream, like grass that is renewed in the morning; in the morning it flourishes and is renewed; in the evening it fades and withers… |
So teach us to count our days that we may gain a wise heart. Turn, O LORD! How long? Have compassion on your servants! Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, so that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. Make us glad as many days as you have afflicted us, and as many years as we have seen evil. Let your work be manifest to your servants, and your glorious power to their children. Let the favour of the Lord our God be upon us, and prosper for us the work of our hands— O prosper the work of our hands! |
Every day
Please make me the person you want me to be, prepare me to do the good works you want me to do, and help me to do them. May I live today by these words of Paul: ‘For me, to live is Christ and to die is gain’. Today I offer myself to you, to love, worship and serve you. Please help me serve you today in all that I plan to do, and in the unexpected opportunities you send. Please increase my proactive love, friendliness, tolerance and generosity, and my sympathy, patience and forbearance.
Please increase and multiply the effects of my ministry and prayers, as the people I teach, train, pray for and encourage, continue to teach, train, pray for and encourage others as well.
I trust you: to provide all the gifts, time, energy and health for me to live for you and do the good works you have prepared for me to do; to place me where you want me to serve you; to use my life and ministry; and to hear and answer my prayers.
May this day be my best day of knowing, loving and serving you, and living for your glory, through Jesus Christ, Amen.
