Then the priests and the prophets said to the officials and to all the people, ?saying?, “?This man deserves the death sentence?, because he has prophesied against this city as that which you have heard with your ears.” 12 Then Jeremiah said to all the officials and to all the people, ?saying?, “Yahweh sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard…
+ DAILY PRAYER +
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my pleas for mercy!
In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness!
Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan,
and he hears my voice.
Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you;
He will never permit the righteous to be moved.
Psalm 17:7-15
Psa 17:7 Wondrously show your steadfast love, O Savior
of those who seek refuge from their adversaries at your right hand.
Psa 17:8 Keep me as the apple of your eye;
hide me in the shadow of your wings,
Psa 17:9 from the wicked who do me violence,
my deadly enemies who surround me.
Psa 17:10 They close their hearts to pity;
with their mouths they speak arrogantly.
Psa 17:11 They have now surrounded our steps;
they set their eyes to cast us to the ground.
Psa 17:12 He is like a lion eager to tear,
as a young lion lurking in ambush.
Psa 17:13 Arise, O LORD! Confront him, subdue him!
Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword,
Psa 17:14 from men by your hand, O LORD,
from men of the world whose portion is in this life.
You fill their womb with treasure; they are satisfied with children,
and they leave their abundance to their infants.
Psa 17:15 As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness;
when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.
Reading for Thursday April 30th Jeremiah 26:11-24
11 Then the priests and the prophets said to the officials and to all the people, ?saying?, “?This man deserves the death sentence?, because he has prophesied against this city as that which you have heard with your ears.”
12 Then Jeremiah said to all the officials and to all the people, ?saying?, “Yahweh sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard. 13 Now ?therefore? amend your ways and your deeds, and obey the voice of Yahweh your God, and Yahweh will relent of the disaster that he has spoken over you. 14 But as for me, look, I am in your hand, do to me what is good and right in your eyes. 15 Only you must certainly know that if you put me to death, you will bring on yourselves innocent blood, and on this city and on its inhabitants, for ?truly? Yahweh sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.”
16 Then the officials and all the people said to the priests and to the prophets, “?This man does not deserve? a sentence of death, for in the name of Yahweh our God, he has spoken to us.” 17 Then men from the elders of the land arose and said to all the assembly of the people, ?saying?, 18 “Micah the Morashtite was prophesying in the days of Hezekiah, the king of Judah, and he said to all the people of Judah, ?saying?:
‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts:
“Zion will be plowed as a field,
and Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins,
and the mountain of the temple as high places of wood.” ’
19 Did Hezekiah, the king of Judah, and all Judah actually put him to death? Was he not in fear of Yahweh? And he entreated the face of Yahweh, and Yahweh relented of the disaster that he had spoken against them. But we are about to do great disaster to ourselves.”
20 Indeed, there also was a man prophesying in the name of Yahweh, Uriah, the son of Shemaiah, from Kiriath-Jearim, and he prophesied against this city and against this land like all the words of Jeremiah. 21 And when King Jehoiakim, and all his warriors, and all the officials heard his words, then the king sought to put him to death. But Uriah heard, and he was afraid, and he fled and went to Egypt. 22 Then King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt. Elnathan, the son of Achbor, and men with him went to Egypt. 23 And they brought out Uriah from Egypt and they brought him to King Jehoiakim, and he struck him down with the sword, and he threw his dead body into the burial sites of the sons of the people. 24 However, the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, so that he was not given into the hand of the people to put him to death.
Lord’s Prayer
Daily Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, in Your deep compassion You rescue us from whatever may hurt us, Teach us to love You above all things and to love our neighbors as ourselves; for You live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Concluding Prayer
Heavenly Father, send Your Holy Spirit into our hearts to direct and rule us to do Your will, to comfort us in all our afflictions, to defend us from all error, and to lead us into all truth; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
