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, August 31
Psalm 17
2 Samuel 11:2-26
Revelation 3:1-6
Tuesday, September 1
Psalm 17
2 Samuel 11:27b-12:15
Revelation 3:7-13
Wednesday, September 2
Psalm 17
Jeremiah 17:5-18
Matthew 12:22-32
Thursday, September 3
Psalm 119:33-40
Ezekiel 24:1-14
2 Corinthians 12:11-21
Friday, September 4
Psalm 119:33-40
Ezekiel 24:15-27
Romans 10:15b-21
Saturday, September 5
Psalm 119:33-40
Ezekiel 33:1-6
Matthew 23:29-36
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, September 6
Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Conflict is a part of relationships and life in community. Jesus’ words in today’s gospel are often used in situations havin to do with church discipline. The prophet Ezekiel tells of warning the wicked to turn from their ways, and Paul reminds us that love is the fulfilling of the law. We gather in the name of Christ, assured that he is present among us with gifts of peace and reconciliation.
Readings and Psalm
Ezekiel 33:7-11
Psalm 119:33-40
Romans 13:8-14
Matthew 18:15-20