An Invasion from the North Declare in Judah and proclaim in Jerusalem and say, “Blow a horn through the land, ?call with a loud voice? and say, ‘Be gathered and let us go into the fortified cities.’ 6 Lift up a signal toward Zion, bring yourselves to safety; you must not remain standing, for I am bringing evil from the north, and a great destruction…
+ 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 77:11-15
Psa 77:11 I will remember the deeds of the LORD;
yes, I will remember your wonders of old.
Psa 77:12 I will ponder all your work,
and meditate on your mighty deeds.
Psa 77:13 Your way, O God, is holy.
What god is great like our God?
Psa 77:14 You are the God who works wonders;
you have made known your might among the peoples.
Psa 77:15 You with your arm redeemed your people,
the children of Jacob and Joseph. Selah
Reading for Friday March 20th Jeremiah 6:12-30
12 And their houses will be turned over to others,
their fields and their wives together.
For I will stretch out my hand
against the inhabitants of the land,” ?declares? Yahweh.
13 “For from the smallest of them to the greatest of them,
?everyone? makes profit for unlawful gain.
And from the prophet to the priest,
?everyone? practices deceit.
14 And they have treated the wound of my people lightly,
?saying?, ‘Peace, peace,’ but there is no peace.
15 Have they acted ashamed, for they have committed a detestable thing?
Not at all, nor were they ashamed; they did not know to feel humiliated.
?Therefore? they will fall among those who fall at the time I punish them,
they will stumble,” says Yahweh.
16 Thus says Yahweh: “Stand at the roads and look,
and ask for the ancient paths, where the way of the good is,
and walk in it, and find rest for your inner selves.
But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
17 And I raised up watchmen over you:
‘Listen attentively to the sound of a horn.’
But they said, ‘We will not listen attentively.’
18 ?Therefore? hear, O nations, and know, O community,
?what will happen to them?.
19 Hear, O earth,
look, I am about to bring disaster to this people,
the fruit of their plans,
because they have not listened attentively to my words,
and my teaching, they have rejected it also.
20 What is this to me?
Frankincense comes from Sheba,
and the precious spice reed from a distant land.
Your burnt offerings are not ?acceptable?,
your sacrifices are not pleasing to me.”
21 ?Therefore? thus says Yahweh:
“Look, I am about to put before this people stumbling blocks,
and they will stumble against them,
fathers and children together,
neighbor and his friend will perish.”
22 Thus says Yahweh:
“Look, a people is coming from the land of the north,
a great nation is woken up from the farthest part of the earth.
23 The bow and the short sword they grasp are cruel,
and they show no mercy.
Their sound roars like the sea, and on horses they ride,
drawn up like a man for battle against you, O daughter of Zion.”
24 We have heard news of it,
our hands grow slack,
anxiety has grasped us,
pain as a woman who gives birth.
25 You must not go out into the field,
and you must not walk on the road,
for ?the enemy has a sword?,
terror is all around.
26 O daughter of my people,
gird yourself with sackcloth,
and roll about in the ashes in mourning,
a mourning ceremony as for an only child.
Make for yourself wailing of bitterness,
for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
27 “I have made you an assayer among my people, a fortification,
so that you may know and put to the test their ways.
28 All of them are stubborn rebels,
going about talking slander.
They are bronze and iron,
they are all behaving corruptly.
29 The bellows are burned up,
lead is consumed by fire.
?In vain? ?he keeps on refining?,
but the wicked are not torn apart.
30 ?They are called? rejected silver,
For Yahweh has rejected them.”
Lord’s Prayer
Daily Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, so govern our hearts and minds by Your Holy Spirit that, ever mindful of Your glorious return, we may persevere in both faith and holiness of living; for You live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and foreer.
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.
