Daily Devotion for February 11, 2010
Prayers
Scripture
Lord's Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever.
Prayer for the Morning
Oh Lord, most heavenly Father, Almighty and everlasting God, who has safely brought me to the beginning of this day; I give you thanks for my creation, preservation, and all the blessings of my life. Grant that this day I fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger; but that all my doings, being governed by your will, may be righteous in your sight. Through Christ our Lord, I pray.
Advent Prayer
Lord Jesus, Light of the world, John told the people to prepare for you when you were very near. As Christmas grows closer day by day, help us to be ready to welcome you now.
Community of Prayer
May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be among the community of all who pray in the name of Christ this morning, and remain among us always.
(Additional prayers may be found at Prayers for All Occasions.)
God be with you 'til we meet again.
Luke1:67-80
The Song of Zacharias
(Zacharias has just named his son John (the child will become John the Baptist) and regained the power of his speech.)
And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying:
"Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he has visited and redeemed his people, and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
As he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:
That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
That he would grant to us deliverance out of the hand of our enemies, so that we might serve him without fear,
In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest: for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;To give knowledge of salvation to his people by the remission of their sins,
Through the tender mercy of our God; who sends a new dawn from heaven,
To give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace."
And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts until the time he became known to Israel.
