The Mission of Yahweh’s Servant Look! here is my servant; I hold him, my chosen one, in whom my soul delights. I have ?put? my spirit on him; he will bring justice forth to the nations. 2 He will not cry out and lift up and make his voice heard in the street. 3 He will not break a broken reed, and he will not extinguish a dim wick…
+ 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 12
Psa 12:1 Save, O LORD, for the godly one is gone;
for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.
Psa 12:2 Everyone utters lies to his neighbor;
with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
Psa 12:3 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips,
the tongue that makes great boasts,
Psa 12:4 those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail,
our lips are with us; who is master over us?”
Psa 12:5 “Because the poor are plundered,
because the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the LORD;
“I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”
Psa 12:6 The words of the LORD are pure words,
like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.
Psa 12:7 You, O LORD, will keep them;
you will guard us from this generation forever.
Psa 12:8 On every side the wicked prowl,
as vileness is exalted among the children of man.
Reading for Wednesday January 28th Isaiah 42:1-9
The Mission of Yahweh’s Servant
42 Look! here is my servant; I hold him,
my chosen one, in whom my soul delights.
I have ?put? my spirit on him;
he will bring justice forth to the nations.
2 He will not cry out and lift up
and make his voice heard in the street.
3 He will not break a broken reed,
and he will not extinguish a dim wick.
He will bring justice forth in faithfulness.
4 He will not grow faint,
and he will not be broken
until he has established justice in the earth.
And the coastlands wait for his teaching.
5 Thus says the God, Yahweh,
who created the heavens
and stretched them out,
who spread out the earth and its offspring,
who gives breath to the people upon it
and spirit to those who walk in it.
6 “I am Yahweh; I have called you in righteousness,
and I have grasped your hand and watched over you;
and I have given you as a covenant of the people,
as a light of the nations,
7 to open the blind eyes,
to bring the prisoner out from the dungeon,
those who sit in darkness from the house of imprisonment.
8 I am Yahweh; that is my name,
and I do not give my glory to another,
nor my praise to the idols.
9 Look! the former things have come,
and I declare new things.
I ?announce? them to you before they sprout up.”
Lord’s Prayer
Daily Prayer
Almighty and merciful God, it is by Your grace that we live as Your people who offer acceptable service. Grant that we may walk by faith, and not by sight, in the way that leads to eternal life; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You 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.
