Daily Prayer for January 26, 2021
Prayer: Almighty God, we adore you today because you are our God and we are your people. From the beginning of the world, you have demonstrated your kindness and grace to sinful people. Beginning with our first parents, instead of destroying them for their rebellion against you, you offered to them the first words of comfort and hope that through the seed of the woman a redeemer would come to reverse the effects of the fall. Indeed, he has come and he has done all that was required in order to bring us peace with you. We thank you for the great work of the Savior who purchased a people for himself and brought us hope in a dark, sin-filled world. How can we say thanks? Words fail us. Yet, we know that we express our love and gratitude towards you in being obedient to you. In this, we often fall short. Our spirit is willing, but our flesh is weak. Please forgive us, Father. Help us, by the eternal Spirit to serve you with a greater zeal all of our days. Thank you for forgiving us and giving us your Spirit. We pray these things in the name of the Lord Jesus, your Son and our Lord. Amen.
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Hymns and Psalter Selections for February 2021
Brothers and Sisters, Breanna Scroggins has created a YouTube playlist with music selections of hymns that we sing at Providence. You are encouraged to take a look and use it as you prepare for worship each week.
As you probably know, you can subscribe to this playlist and get notifications when it is updated.
She has offered to update it as we go along. This will be a good resource. I will also add this information to the church website.
Providence Church Hymns and Psalms
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Daily Prayer for January 25, 2021
Prayer: Our most holy God in heaven: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we thank you that we can enter your presence, pleading our case and offering our concerns before you. Thanks to the great High Priest's work, we have access to the throne of heaven from which you rule and reign over your creation. We are troubled by the events of our world. We witness the exercise of man's depravity regularly. We see the wanton execution of the unborn in the womb. We read and hear of the promotion of abominations, and we wonder, "how long, O Lord?" Forgive us for sometimes doubting that you are ordering all of these things according to your perfect wisdom. You are the alpha and omega, knowing the end from the beginning. Please help us to trust you when all around us evil is apparent. We do pray that you would bring repentance to evildoers. We ask that you would change the hearts of men with the Good News of the gospel of Christ. We pray that you would glorify your name and not allow wicked men to trample it. We pray that you would help your church and conform her more and more into the image of Christ. We pray these things in the name of the Savior. Amen.
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The Morning Devotional: Proverbs 3:5-6
The Morning Devotional for January 25, 2021:
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and do not lean on your own understanding.
6 In all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make straight your paths. (Proverbs 3:5-6, ESV)
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Daily Prayer for January 24, 2021
Prayer: Almighty God and Father of all, we bow before your majesty today to worship and adore you. You alone are God, and there is no other. You made all things visible and invisible in the space of six days and all very good. You rested on the seventh day and called that day holy. You separated it from your works of creation and called men to worship you on it. That example you set that before us that we might enjoy you on the Lord's Day. We pray that you would speak to your people today through your Word as you spoke creation into existence by the word of your power. We pray that your people would delight in this day and honor it by devoting themselves to you like a picture of the glory that awaits us all. Help us, our God, to love you today and grant to us what you command us. We pray these things in the name of Christ, our Lord. Amen.
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Daily Prayer for January 19, 2021
Prayer: Almighty God and Father, we bless your name today. You are good and gracious, a God of loving-kindness and compassion. We thank you that you do not treat us as our sins deserve. Because of the work of your Son, you have buried our sins in the deepest ocean. We confess that we sin daily in thought, word, and deed. We are ashamed of our behavior and actions and long to be more like your Son. Please remember your promise to conform us more and more into His image. We pray for our nation and for our leaders. We ask that you would turn their heart of stone to flesh. We plead with you to give your church godly men and women to serve. We pray that you would remove wicked leaders who refuse to submit to you. We pray these things in the name of Christ. Amen.
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The Morning Devotional: Proverbs 1:7
The Morning Devotional for January 19, 2021:
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
fools despise wisdom and instruction. (Prov. 1:7, ESV)
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The Morning Devotional: The Value of Wisdom
The Morning Devotional for January 18, 2021:
The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
2 To know wisdom and instruction,
to understand words of insight,
3 to receive instruction in wise dealing,
in righteousness, justice, and equity;
4 to give prudence to the simple,
knowledge and discretion to the youth—
5 Let the wise hear and increase in learning,
and the one who understands obtain guidance,
6 to understand a proverb and a saying,
the words of the wise and their riddles.
7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
fools despise wisdom and instruction. (Proverbs 1:1-7, ESV)
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The Morning Devotional: Matthew 7:24-29
The Morning Devotional for January 15, 2021
24 “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. 26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.” 28 And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, 29 for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes. (Matthew 7:24-29)
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The Morning Devotional: Matthew 7:21-23
The Morning Devotional for January 14, 2021:
21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’ (Matthew 7:21--23, ESV).
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Everyday Prayer with John Calvin (Day Five)
Scripture: Psalm 10:12-18
We live in difficult times lately. It is quite natural to feel the pressure of current events and, sometimes, be distressed by it all. God's people are not immune to the struggles and cares of this world. Yet, they have a sure hope and a divine offer to help and hear as we pray and plead our case before the Lord. Too often, we "over-spiritualize" prayer to the point where we are not honest about our feelings, thoughts, and emotions. The Psalmist in Ps. 10 didn't do that. He was honest with the Lord, and God's people should be as well.
McKim writes, "Sometimes God seems aloof -- standing 'far off' (Ps. 10:1). Today's psalmist feels that God is hidden in times of trouble. The wicked seem to prosper, preying on the 'helpless' (see vv. 8-9) and 'think[ing[ in their heart, 'God has forgotten...he will never see it.' In prayer, we can be completely honest with God - can lament, question, and even challenge God. "
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Daily Prayer for January 11, 2021
Prayer: Almighty God and Father in heaven, we bless your name today because you have rescued us from slavery to sin and misery and placed us on the solid rock that is your Son. We thank you that you have not treated us as our sins deserve but have buried them in the deepest ocean and have separated them as far as the east is from the west. We are grateful to you for giving us another Lord's Day that pictures for us the eternal rest that we await. We are thankful for the sacrament of the Lord's Supper that shows forth the redeeming work of the Lord Jesus and the promise of his return. We confess that we do not make diligent use of these outward means, and we know that we do so to our own harm. Please forgive us and work in us a greater zeal for these things. We pray that you would speak to us today through the ministry of your Word. We ask that you would grant your ministers unction from on high and that through their labors, we would behold a powerful demonstration of your Spirit. Please help us, Father. Remember your people for good. Bless us and be merciful to us we pray in the name of the Savior, The Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
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