- Compline or Night Prayer (before retiring)
- Sext or Midday Prayer (Sixth Hour = approximately 12 noon) Join all of us Praying the Lord's Prayer for your Nation. For the Nations. Your prayer requests.
- Nones or Mid-Afternoon Prayer (Ninth Hour = approximately 3 p.m.) For all the prayer requests of the ill and for healing. For Suffering to cease worldwide. For the help and care of the doctors, nurses, EMT and all health care workers. For the Virus to stop. (You could set your phone alarm.)
Psalm 133
A Song of Ascents. Of David.
Behold, how good and pleasant it is
when brothers dwell in unity!
2 It is like the precious oil on the head,
running down on the beard,
on the beard of Aaron,
running down on the collar of his robes!
3 It is like the dew of Hermon,
which falls on the mountains of Zion!
For there the Lord has commanded the blessing,
Life forevermore.
Social Media can be a very wonderful opportunity. A longtime friend of family, a lady we have spent many Christmas Eves and Easters with, told of coming home from her career for the Covid 10 Virus and finally having the time to sit in her front yard and hear the peace in Austin, Texas.
This quiet where nature is singing to us is from decades ago.
And, with the quiet, I might have skipped the beauty of peace - without actually being told to listen. The Blessing of having a house bustling with family might miss the quiet as well. So Blessings for the empty nesters. Blessings for us all. I intend to discover this next evening.
Father God has a Plan for every season. Is there another time where one could go out in the daylight, obtain ample exercise, practice social distancing and save our people by remaining inside the home?
Passover.
To remain indoors to save lives.
To remain indoors to save lives.
Charlton Heston was employed by Cecil B. DeMille because Michelangelo's Moses favors Charlton Heston amazingly well.
The four questions are traditionally asked by the youngest, able, person at the table. Much of the seder is designed to fulfill the biblical obligation to tell the story to one's children, and many of the customs that have developed around the Four Questions are designed to pique a child's curiosity about what is happening in order to hold their attention
We might be able to become Abundant Life instead of slaves to fear.
1)Why is this night different from all the other nights?
On all nights we need not dip even once, on this night we do so twice!
Slavery: The salt water into which we dip the karpas (potato, onion, or other vegetable) represents the tears we cried while in Egypt. Similarly, the charoset (fruit-nut paste) into which the bitter herbs are dipped reminds us of the cement we used to create the bricks in Egypt.
Freedom: Dipping food is considered a luxury; a sign of freedom — as opposed to the poor (and enslaved) who eat "dry" and un-dipped foods.
We have the Luxury of food, to eat together.
2) That on all other nights we eat both chametz and matzah, on this night, we eat only matzah?
Slavery: Matzah was the bread of slaves and poor, it was cheap to produce and easy to make.
Freedom: Matzah also commemorates the fact that the bread did not have enough time to rise when the Jews hastily left Egypt.
We have the luxury of time.
3) That on all other nights we eat many vegetables, on this night, maror?
Slavery: The maror (bitter herbs) reminds us of the bitterness of slavery in Egypt.
We have the luxury of hope the virus will end. This Hope to end our bitterness.
4) That in all other nights some eat and drink sitting with others reclining, but on this night, we are all reclining?
Freedom: We commemorate our freedom by reclining on cushions like royalty.
We have the luxury of home.
We have peace. We have the luxury of knowing very, very high survival rates. We have moved mostly from fear to grim acceptance. In the absence of fear, we could find what Peace is here.
The Passover is eaten with an idea of journey. Shoes are on, belts are fastened. No work is done. Anticipation of God's Blessing. A time of rest with anticipation of future blessings and a staff in hand to shepherd. God speaks of inclusion and rules of cleanliness to voyage in the wilderness.
This time is one of sharing unity in prevention. Unity in safety. Unity in exercise to keep up health and good spirits.
Hear O Israel, the Lord thy God is One. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.
Abba,
Bless us, we ask in Jesus.
Exodus 14:14
The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.
Hebrews 6:15
And so it was, that she, having waited long and endured patiently, realized and obtained what God had promised.
Deuteronomy 7:9
He is a faithful God who keeps his covenant for a thousand generations.
Keep us.
Genesis 26:28-30
28 They said, “We see plainly that the Lord has been with you. So we said, let there be a sworn pact between us, between you and us, and let us make a covenant with you, 29 that you will do us no harm, just as we have not touched you and have done to you nothing but good and have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed of the Lord.” 30 So he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.
Genesis 28:21
21 so that I come again to my father's house in peace, then the Lord shall be my God
Let's not forget to give the Church funds. God Loves a cheerful giver.
James 3:17
The wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.
Romans 12:9
Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.
Let Your Face to Shine Upon us.
Philippians 2:13
For God is working in you, giving you the desires and the power to do what pleases him.
Be Gracious to us.
Deuteronomy 20:4
For the Lord your God is going with you. He will fight for you against
your enemy and he will give you victory.
Enemies of fear, boredom, frustration, illness and need. The Good Fight to Prevail in Victory.
Lift up Your Countenance upon us and Smile.
Psalm 120:1
I took my troubles to the Lord; I cried out to him and he answered my prayers.
Isaiah 14:27
All the forces of darkness cannot stop what God has ordained.
Give us Peace, Your very Own God's Peace. To enjoy even a Peace placed upon us.
2 Chronicles 7:14
If my people who are called by My name
humble themselves
and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven,
will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
We all need the Grace and Mercy of the Lord. All. We can all think of something we would be sorry for.
Cover us in Jesus' Name, to be Blessed and enfolded in Your Love.
We pray for Italy, our United States, the Greater New York City area, all those in need.
Romans 4:21
Being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.
Isaiah 40:29-31
He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless.
Even youths will become weak and tired,
and young men will fall in exhaustion. But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength.
They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.
Zephaniah 3:17
He will take great delight in you. He will quiet you with his love.
Psalm 145:18
The Lord is near to all those who call out to him.
We Pray for the Nation. The Leaders determining Policy to be in the Blessing of Peace. The Unity to provide calm to give assurance and comfort in Leadership. Factions sometimes exist to point the true and sincere direction of Goodness. We pray Victory. We give thanks for the speed in which we will recover.
We Thank You for our Leaders of our Nation. The factions have not ceased any supplies. All have been treated with great care.
A time of Unity and prayer for the cities in affliction to have Healing. We pray recovery for all the world.
Thank You for the blunt words of Bill Gates saying our adherence to shelter in place will be the determining factor of the speed of our entire Nation and Recovery. Our actions will pick if we recover in weeks or months. We protect the smaller counties with shelter in place.
When we look to find what is Good, we have the calm to be still and Let God Fight for us.
In the Name of Jesus we fully and completely agree to ask for all of God's Blessings on our families and those we Love and the people God had Given us.
Jesus bless us to be in Anticipation of Your Protection and Love.
We are blessed to have the ability to Seek God First, and His Kingdom, on earth as in Heaven, To Live Love, Peace and Joy. God Loves and finds His Creation Good. Saving the world in Jesus Christ.
With Sincere Hearts, we cry for God's Mercy for His Good Creation. Amen.
♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †
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