Morning Prayer following the Order at page 5 of the Methodist Worship Book, and the cycle of prayer in the Methodist Prayer Handbook, 2023-24 ‘Hidden Treasures’.
For Good morning friends joining us online for morning prayer and good morning friends who are here in person uh we are as ever saying morning prayer from page five in the Methodist worship book and using uh the uh and using the um cycle of Prayer in the Methodist prayer handbook uh
And today we are keeping the Feast of Joseph of Nazareth so we’ll have special readings uh and for those of us who join us more regularly I’m happy to say a break from the Prophet Jeremiah who’s been our companion in these days oh Lord open our lips and we shall Praise Your
Name there is one body and one Spirit just as there is one hope held out in God’s call to you glory to the father and to the son and to the Holy Spirit as it was in the beginning is now and shall be forever amen holy God forgive us where we have fallen
Short forgive us in our sin the sin of our thoughts our words our our deeds and that which we have left undone this we pray in the name of Jesus Christ Our Savior amen and friends as we have prayed it so it is done our sin is Forgiven in the Name of Christ
Amen we are going to sing the hymn Wesley’s morning hymn at page seven in the um Brown book uh in the Methodist worship book the hymn that is printed in morning prayer there Christ who Glory fills the skies Christ the TRU the only light son of righteousness arise
Trium the shades of light they spring from on high they star in my heart appear dark and cheer is the mo accompanied by thee joyless is the return th mer Beams I see till they in I let my eyes and warm my heart this then this s of mine is the
Glom of in heav grief F me radi and divine scatter all my unbelief more and more thy s des shining to the perfect day blessed are you Lord Our God Giver of Life Father Son and Holy Spirit Spirit at the opening of this day you call us out of
Darkness into your Marvelous Light blessed are you forever and ever amen today we remember Joseph of Nazareth the human father and householder who looked after Jesus the reading uh the psalm is uh in Psalm 89 and verses 24 to 37 my faithfulness and steadfast love
Shall be with him and in my name his horn shall be exalted I will set his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers he shall cry to me you are my father my God and the rock of my salvation I will make him the firstborn
The highest of the kings of the Earth forever I will keep my steadfast love for him and my Covenant with him will stand firm I will establish his line forever and his throne as long as the heavens endure if his children forsake my law and do not walk according to my
Ordinances if they violate my statutes and do not keep my Commandments then I will punish their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with scourges but I will not remove from him my steadfast love or be false to my faithfulness I will not violate my Covenant or alter the word that went
Forth from my lips once and for all I have sworn by my Holiness I will not lie to David his line shall continue forever and his throne endure before me like the sun it shall be established forever like the moon an enduring witness in the skies and the reading is in Matthew
Chapter 1 beginning to read at Verse 18 now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way when his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph but before they had lived together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit her husband Joseph being a righteous man and
Unwilling to expose her to Public Disgrace plan to dismiss her quietly but just when he had resolved to do this an angel of the Lord appeared to him a dream in a dream and said Joseph son of David do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife for the child
Conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit she will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus for he will save his people from their sins all this took place to fulfill what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet Lord look the Virgin shall
Conceive and bear a son and they shall name him Emmanuel which means God is with us when Joseph awoke from sleep he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him he took her as his wife but he had no marital relations with her until she had
Born a son and he named him Jesus this is the word of the Lord thanks be to God we are in the order of prayer from page 11 in the worship book blessed be the Lord the god of Israel who has come to his people and set them
Free the Lord has raised up for us a mighty savior born of the House of his servant David through the holy prophets God promised of old to save us from our enemies from the hands of all who hate us to show Mercy to our forebears and to remember His Holy
Covenant this was the oath God swore to Our Father Abraham to set us free from the hands of our enemies free to worship him without fear holy and righteous before him all the days of our life and you child shall be called the prophet of the most high for you will go
Before the Lord to prepare his way to give his people knowledge of Salvation by the Forgiveness of their sins in the tender compassion of our God the dawn from Heaven shall break upon us to shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death and to guide our
Feet into the way of Peace glory to the father and to the son and to the Holy Spirit as it was in the beginning is now and shall be forever amen friends we offer our prayer with all God’s people through Jesus Christ Our Lord who ever lives to pray for
Us the bidding Lord in your mercy the response hear our prayer we pray for the needs of the world for the creation of God its land and sea its peace and prosperity May the son of Mary move through all the Earth blessing it Lord in your mercy here our
Prayer we pray for the church and this day the 19th of the month in our cycle of prayer we pray for the Methodist Church in Malaysia it’s Bishop T jumar and we pray for the Methodist Church in Singapore it’s Bishop Gordon Wong we pray for this church Wesley’s
Chapel and lisian Mission and for the many churches that have nourished Us in years past in Great Britain we pray for the Manchester and Stockport District its chair Andrew Lun its Mission and Ministry oh Lord may your church be a place of Welcome of challenge of warning a place where the righteous men
Like Joseph of every generation may find friends colleagues people with whom they may grow people with whom they may gain counil Lord in your mercy hear our prayer we pray for all in trouble or distress for those who are ill for those who suffer May the Good Shepherd who knows
Them and loves his sheep make them whole and well active and content Lord in your mercy here our prayer and we pray today for all who make a new beginning remembering today those who turn into another year remembering a loved one who is lost we remember with Thanksgiving Roy
Whose birthday would have been today we pray for all who are at work for those who weave the patterns of this world’s life may the king of Grace give to their labor growth and kindly substance until the day of gladness come and we are all gathered home Lord in your mercy here our
Prayer for those we love and for ourselves we pray for the guarding of God to be theirs and ours all whom we love as together we come to the high King’s house in heaven in the name of father son and spirit holy amen God of compassion and mercy listen to
Our prayer may what we ask in Jesus Christ your son be done according to his word who said ask and you will receive seek and you will find knock and the door will be opened to you to you merciful god through your son in the life-giving spirit be glory and praise forever
Amen as our savior taught his disciples we pray Our Father who art in heaven Hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on Earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us
And lead us not into temptation but Deliver Us from Evil for thine is the kingdom the power and the glory forever and ever amen Lord Our God as with all creation we offer you the life of this new day give us Grace to love and serve you to
The praise of Jesus Christ Our Lord amen let us bless the Lord thanks be to God friends thank you thank you for being together to pray with us um at home or in the building you are very welcome however you come today um just to remind us that today is
Tuesday and so today we have a free recital at a little bit past 1 uh that’s here uh in person at the chapel also the chapel is open um from 10:30 for visits to the museum and John Wesley’s house uh tomorrow on Wednesday we have two Services of Holy Communion one at 12:45
One at 6:00 p.m. where we will be continuing our Lenton series at 6 p.m. uh on the I am statements of Jesus tomorrow is I am um the way the truth and the life and our preacher will be Emma aazar uh have a look at our website for
The upcoming events but Sunday Sunday if you can come in person please do although streaming and being online is also a good thing um we will be starting our service at 10:45 With A procession following a donkey in the streets around us with um singing uh and palm branches and hosas
As we begin Holy Week together remembering Jesus triumphal entry to Jerusalem uh and then those who cannot walk or don’t want to go on that walking pilgrimage will remain in the chapel for a songs of praise uh and then we’ll continue in worship together uh I’m the
Preacher for that service uh and leading with my senior brother John Lampard and then in the afternoon um we are invited to Westminster Abbey at 3 P.M where I will be preaching um uh and uh turning us into our Holy Week observations have a look at the s it for
All of our upcoming events and friends look after one another today take care yes folk on the on the phone are just noting that on Saturday we didn’t have a phone link and I apologize for that you are quite right that we didn’t because we had to broadcast early and I’m sorry
For for that okay so you you didn’t imagine that