Here is the next edition of Devotions@Home a daily selection of readings for personal study which respond to the previous Sunday and lead us to the coming Sunday. Set within a short prayer service, this may be a new way to cultivate a habit of reading the Bible for a few minutes each day. Feel free to substitute in your own prayers (the Lord’s Prayer is an especially attractive option). We have also included a hymn that matches up with this coming Sunday’s themes for you to make music in your home. Blessings to you and your family.
Opening Prayer
Blessed Lord God, you have caused the holy scriptures to be written for the nourishment of your people. Grant that I/we may hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that, comforted by your promises, we may embrace and forever hold fast to the hope of eternal life, which you have given us in Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.
Daily Readings
Monday, July 20
Psalm 75
Nahum 1:1-13
Revelation 14:12-20
Tuesday, July 21
Psalm 75
Zephaniah 3:1-13
Galatians 4:21-5:1
Wednesday, July 22
Psalm 75
Daniel 12:1-13
Matthew 12:15-21
Thursday, July 23
Psalm 119:129-136
1 Kings 1:28-37
1 Corinthians 4:14-20
Friday, July 24
Psalm 119:129-136
1 Kings 1:38-48
Acts 7:44-53
Saturday, July 25
Psalm 119:129-136
1 Kings 2:1-4
Matthew 12:38-42
Closing Prayer
O God, you have called your servants to ventures of which we cannot see the ending, by paths as yet untrodden, through perils unknown. Give us faith to go out with good courage, not knowing where we go, but only that your hand is leading us and your love supporting us; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Sunday, July 26
Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
As Solomon prays for wisdom, we seek to more deeply know the treasures of faith. in today’s gospel Jesus offers everyday images that reveal to us the reign of God: a tree that becomes a sheltering home, yeast that penetrates and expands, a treasured pearl, a net that gains a great catch. Even as we seek the riches of God’s reign, the great surprise is that god’s grace finds us first!
Readings and Psalm
1 Kings 3:5-12
Psalm 119:129-136
Romans 8:26-39
Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52