7 December 2008

Torah: Deuteronomy 11:1-32
Prophet: Isaiah 40:1-31
Writing: II Chronicles 7:11-8:18
Psalm: 100
Epistle: II Peter 1:1-21
Gospel: Mt. 24:29-42
Collect: El Shadai, you sent Yeshua into the world to begin the kingdom, announcing by word and mighty acts that you were in the world. Open our hearts and minds through the power of the Ruach haKodesh, so that no matter when you return, we will be prepared for that coming, living lives of holiness, and bearing much fruit. This we ask in the name of Adonai Yeshua haMoshiach, who lives and reins with you and the Ruach haKodesh, one God, in shekina glory everlasting. Amen.

Collects for the week:

8 December: El Shaddai, you raised up Ambrose to keep the peace, to teach the faith and to enrich our worship of you. Be for us Lord, medicine when we are sick, our strength when we need help, the way when we long for heaven, our light when all is dark, and our food when we need nourishment. Send your Ruach haKodesh upon us that we would serve you as Ambrose did. This we ask in the name of Yeshua haMoshiach, who lives and governs with you in Shekina glory everlasting. Amen.

9 December: El Shaddai, Gracious God, you give us so much. We thank you for those whom you have blessed with the good news of the gospel for proclamation. May they be faithful. Continue your call to men and women for the full time ministry of your church. Through your word, we pray. Amen.

10 December: El Shaddai, our God, through whom the world is illuminated, may the light of HaMoshiach guide our path this day. We pray for those who are still trapped
in darkness brought about by unaffirmed sins. May the light of HaMoshiach direct them to the path of peace in Yeshua. This we ask in the name of Yeshua haMoshiach, who lives and governs with you in Shekina glory everlasting. Amen.
* (c) 1986, 1993 by Dosia Carlson. Used by permission.

11 December: El Shaddai, loving and Eternal God, you came in human history to reconcile lost mankind to the joy and fellowship we first knew. You created us and said, "It is good." Thank you, dear Lord, for your work of reconciliation. Amen.

12 December: El Shaddai, ever-present God, it is sometimes difficult to shut out the many distractions around us and focus on you. Help us, O Lord, to cultivate a true attitude of meditating on you so that we can truly grasp the real joy of abiding in you. This we ask in the name of Yeshua haMoshiach, who lives and governs with you in Shekina glory everlasting. Amen.


13 December: El Shaddai, you are our loving, merciful God, when we contemplate the debt of your mercy, we are at a loss to know how you could love us so. Thank you for your grace and mercy. May we use our new found freedom in HaMoshiach to forgive someone who has wronged us. This we ask in the name of Yeshua haMoshiach, who lives and governs with you in Shekina glory everlasting. Amen.