Penitential Prayer

O Lord and Master of my life,
take from me the spirit of sloth,
despair, lust of power and idle talk;
grant rather the spirit of chastity, humility,
patience, and love to Thy servant.
Yea, O Lord and King,
grant me to see my own transgressions
and not to judge my brother,
for blessed art Thou, unto ages of ages.
O God, cleanse me, a sinner.
--Ephraim of Syria (Turkey/306-373)

Denver Seminary Articles Justification: God's Plan and Paul's Vision

Denver Seminary Articles Justification: God's Plan and Paul's Vision

Reign in ALL of us

Call: Who is it that you seek?

Response: I seek the Lord our God.

Call: Do you seek Him with all your heart? Do you seek Him with all your soul? Do you seek Him with all your mind? Do you seek Him with all your strength?

Response: Amen. Christ, have mercy.


Consider: Psalm 25.4-7; Matthew 22.37; 1 John 1.9

Eternal Father, we celebrate the gift of Your incarnate Son in this season of Advent. Jesus, thank you for being born into our humanness. Holy Spirit, fill us with joy this Christmas as we come to you with all that we are.
Father, Jesus, Holy Spirit: one God, everlasting in glory, live and reign in our lives. Amen.

Our Hearts Are Restless

"Now you have every spiritual gift you need as you eagerly wait for the return of our Lord Jesus Christ".

—1 Corinthians 1.7 (NLT)

"Everlasting God,

in whom we live and move and have our being:

You have made us for Yourself,

so that our hearts are restless

until they rest in you."

—Augustine of Hippo (Algeria/ 354-430)

As we celebrate Jesus' first advent, let us eagerly await His second coming/His next Advent. May we this Christmas season keep our eyes and our hearts desire on Jesus alone!

(Scripture and quote from the Mosaic: Holy Bible.)

Meditation on Jesus

"The more you know about Christ, the less will you be satisfied with superficial views of Him; and the more deeply you study His transactions in the eternal covenant, His engagements on your behalf as the eternal security, and the fullness of His grace that shines in all His offices, the more truly will you see the King in His beauty. Learn to look at Him this way. Long increasingly to see Jesus. Meditation and contemplation are often like windows of gold and gates of silver through which we behold the Redeemer. Meditation puts the telescope to the eye and enables us to see Jesus in a better fashion than we could have seen Him if we had lived in the days of His earthly sojourn. Our conversation ought to be more in heaven, and we should be more taken up with the person, the work, the beauty of our incarnate Lord."

—Charles Spurgeon