Devotions For Sunday, Advent Week 2

Opening
Timeless, spaceless, single, lonely, yet sublimely Three, Thou are grandly, always, only God in Unity! Lone in grandeur, lone in glory, who shall tell Thy wondrous story? Awful Trinity!

Observe a period of silence

Scripture
Psalm 143:10 Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may Your good Spirit lead me on level ground. (NIV)

Mark 1:9-11 At that time Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. As Jesus was coming up out of the water, He saw heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending on Him like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, who I love; with You I am well pleased”. (NIV)

Romans 8:15-17 The Spirit you have received is not a spirit of slavery leading you back into a life of fear, but a Spirit that makes us sons and daughters, enabling us to cry, “Abba! Father!” In that cry the Spirit of God joins with our spirit in testifying that we are God’s children; and if children, then heirs. We are God’s heirs and Christ’s fellow-heirs, if we share His sufferings now in order to share His splendor hereafter. (NEB)

Meditation
God of our fathers, enthroned in light, how rich, how musical is our ability in speech. Yet when we attempt to speak forth Thy wonders, our words how poor they seem and our speech how unmelodious. When we consider the fearful mystery of Thy Triune Godhead we lay our hand upon our mouth. Before that burning bush we ask not to understand, but that we may fitly adore Thee, On God in Persons Three.

Offer Prayer’s For Others

The Collect
Eternal Father, you gave to your incarnate Son the holy name of Jesus to be the sign of our salvation. Plant in every heart, we pray, the love of Him who is the Savior of the world, our Lord Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.