Morning Prayer and Worship: it is the Lord

Morning Prayer and Worship
Morning Prayer and Worship
Morning Prayer and Worship: it is the Lord
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This is the Third Week of Easter in the Church Calendar. 

Our general order comes from the Book of Common Prayer (1979) Daily Office and Scripture readings from the Revised Common Lectionary. We’ll sing the songs “I Love You Lord” by Laurie Klein and “As the Deer” by Martin Nystrom. We’ll read Psalm 30 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Gospel reading is John 21:1-19 . We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer.

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Painting by Matt Philleo: http://mattphilleo.com/book-cover-illustrations/

Click here for a PDF of the service order with texts and lyrics: https://benwardmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Morning-Prayer-5-1-22.pdf

Morning Prayer and Worship: Step by Step

Morning Prayer and Worship
Morning Prayer and Worship
Morning Prayer and Worship: Step by Step
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This is the third week in Lent in the Church Calendar. 

Our general order comes from the Book of Common Prayer (1979) Daily Office and Scripture readings from the Revised Common Lectionary. We’ll sing the song “Like Incense / Sometimes By Step” by Brooke Ligertwood, Rich Mullins, and David Strasser throughout today’s time of prayer. We’ll read Psalm 63:1-8 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Gospel reading is Luke 13:1-9 . We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer.

If you have a prayer request please submit it here (https://benwardmusic.com/prayerrequest/). Sign up here for the email list (https://benwardmusic.com/email)

Visit Patreon to give and support Morning Prayer monthly (https://patreon.com/morningprayer). Go to PayPal to give a one-time gift (https://benwardmusic.com/donate).

📷 by Tina Nord. https://www.pexels.com/photo/purple-and-yellow-tulips-in-bloom-7451795

Click here for a PDF of the service order with texts and lyrics: https://benwardmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Morning-Prayer-3-20-22.pdf

God is Better than Google

Screen Shot 2014-08-10 at 6.06.04 PM Did you know there are 11.944 billion Google searches performed every month? Just think about that for a second. In that second that just passed there were 4,545 searches…and each second that passes…it doesn’t stop…and it’s growing!! We ask Google every question you can imagine. And so many more that we can’t imagine. From the good (new and expecting parents’ searches increase by 2.7%!) to the questionable (Ever looked at the auto-complete suggestions…who’s searching for THAT??), people are unafraid of asking an anonymous computer (I know, I know…) the most intimate of questions. Do we bring the same sort of un-guardedness to God? David says in Psalm 139,“I’m an open book to you…You know everything I’m going to say before I start the first sentence.” How about that? Here’s the beautiful thing: He’s not just for searching; He’s for finding.