Subject: Devotional | February 2 | week review (full)

Formation

Below is a summary of the scripture readings from this week. Take a moment to reflect upon what you read, or catch up on any chapters you may have missed. Give thanks because the Lord of the Sabbath invites you to enter into his rest.


Collect

Almighty God, who after the creation of the world rested from all his works and sanctified a day of rest for all his creatures: Grant that we, putting away all earthly anxieties, may be duly prepared for the service of your sanctuary, and that our rest here upon earth may be a preparation for the eternal rest promised to your people in heaven; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (BCP 99)


Praying the Psalms

Psalm 92
It is good to praise the Lord and make music to your name, O Most High,

Psalm 93
The Lord reigns, he is robed in majesty; the Lord is robed in majesty and armed with strength; indeed, the world is established, firm and secure.

Psalm 94
The Lord is a God who avenges. O God who avenges, shine forth.

Psalm 95
Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.

Psalm 96
Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth.

Psalm 97
The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice.

Psalm 98
Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things; his right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him.

Psalm 99
The Lord reigns, let the nations tremble; he sits enthroned between the cherubim, let the earth shake.

Psalm 100
Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.

Psalm 101
I will sing of your love and justice; to you, Lord, I will sing praise.


New Testament Reading

Luke 2
In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world.

Luke 3
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar—when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and Traconitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene—

Luke 4
Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

Luke 5
One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God.

Luke 6
One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and his disciples began to pick some heads of grain, rub them in their hands and eat the kernels.


Old Testament Reading

Isaiah 36
In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.

Isaiah 37
When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and went into the temple of the Lord.

Isaiah 38
In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, “This is what the Lord says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover.”

Isaiah 39
At that time Marduk-Baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent Hezekiah letters and a gift, because he had heard of his illness and recovery.

Isaiah 40
Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.


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