The Bible in Time...

Communion setting at an Evangelical Lutheran Church in America worship service: an open Bible, both unleavened bread and gluten-free wafers, a chalice of wine, and another containing grape juice. Wiki Commons Images My Quick Bible Study & Prayers Based on Book of Common Prayer Daily Office Readings in the Pentecost Season Opening Sentence | Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer. Psalm 19:14 | BCP p. 78 Daily Office Prayers | Pray this way or this way or this way or this way or this way . Alternatives worship Readings | Biblegateway.com | Monday Psalm 1, 2, 3 & 4, 7 Job 4:1; 5:1-11, 17-21, 26-27 Acts 9:19b-31 John 6:52-59 Psalm 1 | Background | The psalmist compares two ways of life - the followers of the right path and the wicked. Acts 9 Saul/Paul begins teaching in synagogues in Damascus; his Teaching was amazing considering that he u...

Ananias and Paul https://www.pinterest.com/pin/196399233726329688/ Highlights and Reflections Daily Office Readings | Book of Common Prayer - written in the 1970s Today | Saturday | 20 August 2016 Ps. 137:1–6 (7–9)  Ps. 144; Ps. 104; Job 3:1–26; Acts 9:10–19a; John 6:41–51 Psalm 137 A lament while being in exile in Babylon and away from the center of worship in Jerusalem; is God still will us?  (but of course!) Job 3 Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth;  I have no peace,   no quietness;  I have no rest,  but only turmoil. How do we endure suffering when we are good people? Why us? Pray today for those persecuted for the Christian faith today. Acts 9 Without the reluctant volunteer Ananias obeying Jesus and healing Saul/Paul, where would the Church be today? We do not know what things God is leading us to do and its impact on the Church/the Body of Christ/the Communion of Saints but like Ananias we should do them...