+ DAILY PRAYER +
Elihu Rebukes Job “But now, please hear my speeches, Job, and hear all my words. 2 Please look, I open my mouth; my tongue in my mouth speaks. 3 My words declare my heart’s uprightness, and my lips sincerely speak ?what my lips know?. 4 The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of Shaddai gives life to me…
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 39:4-7, 12-13
Psa 39:4 “O LORD, make me know my end
and what is the measure of my days;
let me know how fleeting I am!
Psa 39:5 Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths,
and my lifetime is as nothing before you.
Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah
Psa 39:6 Surely a man goes about as a shadow!
Surely for nothing they are in turmoil;
man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!
Psa 39:7 “And now, O Lord, for what do I wait?
My hope is in you.
Psa 39:12 “Hear my prayer, O LORD,
and give ear to my cry; hold not your peace at my tears!
For I am a sojourner with you, a guest, like all my fathers.
Psa 39:13 Look away from me, that I may smile again,
before I depart and am no more!”
Reading for Thursday October 17th Job 33:1-11
Elihu Rebukes Job
33 “But now, please hear my speeches, Job,
and hear all my words.
2 Please look, I open my mouth;
my tongue in my mouth speaks.
3 My words declare my heart’s uprightness,
and my lips sincerely speak ?what my lips know?.
4 The Spirit of God has made me,
and the breath of Shaddai gives life to me.
5 “If you are able, answer me.
Present your argument ?before me?; take your stand.
6 Look, before God ?I am like you?;
I myself was also formed from clay.
7 Look, dread of me should not terrify you,
and my hand will not be heavy upon you.
8 “Surely you have spoken in my ears,
and I have heard the sound of your words:
9 ‘I am clean, without transgression;
I am pure, and there is no guilt in me.
10 Look, he finds fault against me;
he reckons me as his enemy;
11 he puts my feet in the block;
he watches all my paths.’
Lord’s Prayer
Daily Prayer
Almighty God, we praise Your name for Ignatius of Antioch, pastor and martyr. He offered himself as grain to be ground by the teeth of wild beasts so that he might present to You the pure bread of sacrifice. Accept the willing tribute of all that we are and all that we have, and give us a portion in the pure and unspotted offering of Your Son, Jesus Christ, 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.
