9/17/2023 0 Comments Our daily bread april 2 2022![]() Lord God, eternal shepherd, you so tend the vineyard you planted that now it extends its branches even to the farthest coast. Give us life that we may call upon your name. May your hand be on the man you have chosen, * May they perish at the frown of your face. Men have burnt it with fire and destroyed it. It is ravaged by the boar of the forest, * Then why have you broken down its walls? * To the Great River it stretched out its shoots. It stretched out its branches to the sea, * The mountains were covered with its shadow, * It took root and spread through the land. You have made us the taunt of our neighbors, * You have fed them with tears for their bread, * Let your face shine on us and we shall be saved. 1 Stir up your mighty power, Lord come to our aid. Text: Iam lucis orto sidere, attributed to Saint Ambrose of Milan, 337?-397Īnt. Shall praise his name for vict’ry gained. Would guard our hearts and tongues from strife – as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: If the Invitatory is not said, then the following is used: I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray Today, listen to the voice of the Lord: †ĭo not grow stubborn, as your fathers did The dry land, too, for it was formed by his hands.Ĭome, then, let us bow down and worship, *īending the knee before the Lord, our maker.įor he is our God and we are his people, * He holds in his hands the depths of the earth * ![]() Let us approach him with praise and thanksgiving * In individual recitation, the antiphon may be said only at the beginning of the psalm it need not be repeated after each strophe.Įncourage each other daily while it is still today (Hebrews 3:13).Īnd shout with joy to the Rock who saves us. Come into the Lord’s presence singing for joy. – And my mouth will proclaim your praise.Īnt. Rest assured, we’re His good work regardless of how old we are or what stage of life we’re in.The Invitatory is said when this is the first ‘hour’ of the day. “For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him” (Philippians 2:13 nlt). But His purpose with us then is only beginning. He leads us through our rebellious wrestling and into His warm embrace. We’re all works-in-progress in the hands of a loving God. And God doesn’t stop working with us when we’re saved: “He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion” (Philippians 1:6). The apostle Paul writes, “Even before I was born, God chose me and called me by his marvelous grace” (Galatians 1:15 nlt). The psalmist notes that God “created inmost being,” knitting us together in our mother’s womb (Psalm 139:13). Spurgeon later wrote, “Long before I began with Christ, He began with me.” In fact, our life with God doesn’t begin with the moment of salvation. In that moment, God won the wrestling match, and Charles gave his heart to Jesus. The pastor’s sermon seemed directed at him personally. It was a struggle for him to believe in God, and Charles, in his own words, “rebelled and revolted.” One night a fierce snowstorm forced the sixteen-year-old Spurgeon to seek shelter in a tiny Methodist church. He’d grown up going to church, but what was preached seemed bland and meaningless. As a teenager, Charles Spurgeon wrestled with God.
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