“Then Jesus turned to his disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see! 24 For I tell you that many prophets and kings longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”” Luke 10:23,24 New English Translation
Wonderful Lord God,
You spoke into darkness and gave us the first light of creation. Ready for our arrival. You spoke into our sinful world and gave us Your Son to light our way back to You. You gave us the light of Your Word to be a spotlight on our journey and the way home to You.
I often wonder what it would have been like to meet Jesus in the flesh. Then I remember the times the Holy Spirit has made Your presence almost tangible. And I praise You. And all the times Your Holy Spirit has reminded me Christ (and therefore You) are with me, even when I don’t feel it so.
How blessed we are that we can read and hear the words You spoke. The truth inspired by You to those who wrote the Bible. Both the Old and the New. Those who walked with You and saw the beginning faith spreading around the world and wrote in down. Thank You for Your Word. Help us read it. Understand it. Remember it. And most of all apply it where it speaks into our situation personally.
In Jesus name we pray, Amen.
God of Light,
We pray,
For all our family, friends, neighbours, and our church family. For their many individual needs and hopes. Keep them from evil and open their eyes to good. For our ministers, pastors and all in our congregations.
For the health of the workers rescued in India. For new safety laws and applicable good pay for such difficult work.
For Bible translators and for those who get Bibles into the hands of those who need them and have been praying for one of their own.
For our Government, King, Queen and their family.
For those in Iceland in the danger area and those evacuated.
For Gaza and the Middle East, Lord thank You for this ceasefire and pause, enable it to continue.
For Putin and Ukraine. For a beginning to the end of this war, conflict and bloodshed.
For all those who need to know they are loved with an everlasting, unfailing love today.
For ourselves, thank You for a new day. Help us see today through Your eyes how You love us and those around us.
In Jesus name we pray, Amen.
Worship Wednesday 29th November 2023
This is one of those hymns that allows God to speak to us directly through His Word in verses 2, 3,4 and 5. I love this gentle version.
How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,
Is laid for your faith in His excellent Word!
What more can He say than to you He hath said,
To you who for refuge to Jesus have fled?
“Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dismayed,
For I am thy God, and will still give thee aid;
I’ll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand,
Upheld by My righteous, omnipotent hand.”
“When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie,
My grace, all sufficient, shall be thy supply;
The flame shall not hurt thee; I only design
Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine.”
“The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose,
I will not, I will not desert to his foes;
That soul, though all hell should endeavour to shake,
I’ll never, no, never, no, never forsake!”
Author known as ‘K’ in John Rippon’s A Selection of Hymns (1787)
CD: Fernando Ortega, Hymns of Worship, Word Entertainment.