Monday

posted 11 Dec 2011, 14:03 by Mark Broomhead

Lord open our mouths so we might praise you.

Show us your blinding light that we may know your power.

Amazing mind-blowing God. In your tenderness your mighty revolution is coming, the revolution that will chase fear and injustice back to Hell. As we live for you open our eyes to see you in the unexpected, strengthen our hands and our hearts to follow you, that all will see how amazing you really are. Our God Father, Son and Life giving spirit. Amen

Psalm 24

1 The earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it,
the world, and all who live in it;
2 for he founded it on the seas
and established it on the waters.

3 Who may ascend the mountain of the LORD?
   Who may stand in his holy place?
4 Those who have clean hands and a pure heart,
   who do not put their trust in an idol
   or swear by a false god.

5 They will receive blessing from the LORD
and vindication from God their Saviour.
6 Such is the generation of those who seek him,
who seek your face, God of Jacob.

7 Lift up your heads, you gates;
   be lifted up, you ancient doors,
   that the King of glory may come in.
8 Who is this King of glory?
   The LORD strong and mighty,
   the LORD mighty in battle.
9 Lift up your heads, you gates;
   lift them up, you ancient doors,
   that the King of glory may come in.
10 Who is he, this King of glory?
   The LORD Almighty—
   he is the King of glory

We’ve made it through the night and another day is ahead, let us approach our God together.

Thank you for today, may your blinding light set us on fire starting with our hearts, that we might know your love and others may experience it though us. Amen

Canticle - A Song of the wilderness

Wilderness and desert will sing joyously, the badlands will celebrate and flower—God's resplendent glory, fully on display. God awesome, God majestic.

Energise the limp hands, strengthen the rubbery knees.
Tell fearful souls, "Courage! Take heart!
God is here, right here, on his way to put things right
And redress all wrongs.
He's on his way! He'll save you!"Blind eyes will be opened, deaf ears unstopped,

Lame men and women will leap like deer, the voiceless break into song.

Springs of water will burst out in the wilderness, streams flow in the desert.

Hot sands will become a cool oasis, thirsty ground a splashing fountain.

Even lowly jackals will have water to drink, and barren grasslands flourish richly.God’s children will make their way home to Zion, unfading halos of joy encircling their heads,

Welcomed home with gifts of joy and gladness as all sorrows and sighs scurry into the night.

Isaiah 38. 1-8, 21-22

Matthew 16

Peter Declares That Jesus Is the Messiah

¹³ When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?”

¹⁴ They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

¹⁵ “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”

¹⁶ Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”

¹⁷ Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven. ¹⁸ And I tell you that you are Peter,^[b] and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades^[c]will not overcome it. ¹⁹ I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be^[d] bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be^[e] loosed in heaven.” ²⁰ Then he ordered his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.

Jesus Predicts His Death

²¹ From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.

²² Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. “Never, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to you!”

²³ Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”

²⁴ Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. ²⁵ For whoever wants to save their life^[f] will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. ²⁶ What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? ²⁷ For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done.

²⁸ “Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”

Sacrifice

Master join us with your power. Fill us so that the Old School ways are replaced by your revolution. Help us with the speed of lightning Let your thunder shake us to the core so we may become who you made us to be. Amen

We offer our prayers for:

The day, its tasks and opportunities

The world and its needs

The mission of God

Our Father in heaven,

hallowed be your name,

your kingdom come,

your will be done,

on earth as in heaven.

Give us today our daily bread.

Forgive us our sins

as we forgive those who sin against us.

Lead us not into temptation

but deliver us from evil.

For the kingdom, the power,

and the glory are yours

Make us ready for the revolution.

Our God is Great

Amen

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