Morning prayer · June 2
Morning Prayer for June 2
My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
God’s Word
Thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, … and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD’S passover.
Today’s takeaway: This world is not your rest, so live ready and press on toward what is ahead.
Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest
Here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching
Gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ
This one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, … I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded
Prayer
Father, Israel ate the Passover dressed for travel, ready to leave. Help me live that way today. This world is not my rest, and I have no lasting city here. Keep my lamp burning and my heart ready, like a servant waiting for his master. Let me forget what lies behind and press toward the mark for the prize of Your high calling in Christ Jesus. In Jesus' name, Amen.
Pray as Jesus taught us
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Amen.
Blessing
The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.