Subject: Devotional | July 11 | 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

1 Corinthians 1
Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

1 Corinthians 2
And so it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.

1 Corinthians 3
Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as people who live by the Spirit but as people who are still worldly—mere infants in Christ.

1 Corinthians 4
This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the mysteries God has revealed.

1 Corinthians 5
It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that even pagans do not tolerate: A man is sleeping with his father’s wife.


Old Testament Reading

Numbers 16
Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and certain Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—became insolent

Numbers 17
The Lord said to Moses,

Numbers 18
The Lord said to Aaron, “You, your sons and your family are to bear the responsibility for offenses connected with the sanctuary, and you and your sons alone are to bear the responsibility for offenses connected with the priesthood."

Numbers 19
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron:

Numbers 20
In the first month the whole Israelite community arrived at the Desert of Zin, and they stayed at Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.


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