Tuesday, January 21

Silence

Pause in silence to prepare your heart and become present to God.

Call to Worship

Receive God’s call to worship from his word:

Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O LORD, and you are exalted as head above all. Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are power and might, and in your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all. And now we thank you, our God, and praise your glorious name.

1 Chronicles 29:11-13

Adoration

Sing or say this praise to God:

Glory to God in the highest,
and peace to his people on earth.

Lord God, heavenly King,
almighty God and Father,
we worship you, we give you thanks,
we praise you for your glory.

Gloria in Excelsis (Part 1)

Confession of Sin

Confess your sin to God:

O God the Father of heaven, have mercy upon us miserable sinners.
O God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy upon us miserable sinners.
O God the Holy Spirit, proceeding from the Father and the Son, have mercy upon us miserable sinners.
O holy and blessed Trinity, three Persons and one God, have mercy upon us miserable sinners.
Remember not, Lord, our offenses, nor the offenses of our forefathers; neither take vengeance for our sins.
Spare us, good Lord, your people whom you have redeemed with
your most precious blood, and be not angry with us forever.

Book of Common Prayer (1662)

Assurance of Grace

Receive the good news of God’s grace for sinners:

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst… All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.”

John 6:35, 37

Nicene Creed (Part 2)

Affirm what you believe together with the historical church:

And we believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of life;
who proceeds from the Father and the Son;
who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified;
who spoke by the prophets.

And we believe in one holy catholic and apostolic church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins;
and we look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come. Amen.

Silence

Pause in silence to prepare for hearing from God’s word.

Scripture Readings

Read the assigned scripture passages for the day. Click the reference to open text.

Prayer

Pray for the needs in your life, community, church, and the world.

The Lord’s Prayer

Pray these words that Jesus taught us to pray:

Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name;
your kingdom come;
your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil.
For yours is the kingdom, and the power,
and the glory, forever. Amen.

Benediction

Go forth with this blessing from God’s word:

Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

Ephesians 3:20-21

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