Wednesday after the Second Sunday in Lent
Opening Sentence To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, because we have rebelled against him and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God by following his laws which he set before us. + Daniel 9:9,10 Prayer Sites | Click here | Pray daily! Read Today Wednesday | 24 February 2016 | Ps. 80; 1 Samuel 16:1–13; 1 John 2:18–25; Ps. 33; Acts 20:17–35 Psalm 80 | Literary type | Community Lament | click here Restore our nation, O God, please save us; remember your people, save us. 1 Samuel 16 The prophet Samuel mourns that Saul is out of favor with God and that God has selected another to rule over Israel; Samuel follows God's instruction to seek off and go to Jesse to anoint the new King; God warns Sam not to judge appearances; Sam and Jesse go through all of his sons and finally gets to David and God says to anoint him as King; Sam bugs out and goes to Ramah. 1 John 2 Warning against anti-Christs and posers; remember who is real and s...