Subject: Devotional | September 28 | 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 88
Lord, you are the God who saves me; day and night I cry out to you.

Psalm 89:1-18
I will sing of the Lord’s great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations.

Psalm 89:19-37
Once you spoke in a vision, to your faithful people you said: “I have bestowed strength on a warrior; I have raised up a young man from among the people.

Psalm 89:38-52
But you have rejected, you have spurned, you have been very angry with your anointed one.

Psalm 90
Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations.

Psalm 91
Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

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.


New Testament Reading

Hebrews 12
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,

Hebrews 13
Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters.

James 1
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations: Greetings.

James 2
My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism.

James 3
Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.


Old Testament Reading

Amos 6
Woe to you who are complacent in Zion, and to you who feel secure on Mount Samaria, you notable men of the foremost nation, to whom the people of Israel come!

Amos 7
This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts after the king’s share had been harvested and just as the late crops were coming up.

Amos 8
This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me: a basket of ripe fruit.

Amos 9
I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and he said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Bring them down on the heads of all the people; those who are left I will kill with the sword. Not one will get away, none will escape.

Obadiah 1
The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Sovereign Lord says about Edom—We have heard a message from the Lord: An envoy was sent to the nations to say, “Rise, let us go against her for battle”


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