Subject: Devotional | January 18 | 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 17
Hear me, Lord, my plea is just; listen to my cry. Hear my prayer—it does not rise from deceitful lips.

Psalm 18:1-19
I love you, Lord, my strength.

Psalm 18:20-36
The Lord has dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.

Psalm 18:37-50
I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back till they were destroyed.

Psalm 19
The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.

Psalm 20
May the Lord answer you when you are in distress; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.

Psalm 21
The king rejoices in your strength, Lord. How great is his joy in the victories you give!

Psalm 22
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish?

Psalm 23
The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.

Psalm 24
The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;


New Testament Reading

Matthew 9
Jesus stepped into a boat, crossed over and came to his own town.

Matthew 10
Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness.

Matthew 11
After Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in the towns of Galilee.

Matthew 12
At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them.

Matthew 13
That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake.


Old Testament Reading

Genesis 9
Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth."

Genesis 10
This is the account of Shem, Ham and Japheth, Noah’s sons, who themselves had sons after the flood.

Genesis 11
Now the whole world had one language and a common speech.

Genesis 12
The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you."

Genesis 13
So Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev, with his wife and everything he had, and Lot went with him.


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