Midweek Hymn Devotional
Midweek Hymn Devotional
INVITATION and READING Where charity and love prevail, there Christ is ever found; brought here together by Christ’s love, by love are we thus bound. (UMH #549, st.1) 1 John 4: 16, 19-21 16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love....
Midweek Hymn Devotional
June 9, 2021 INVOCATION and READING Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to...
Midweek Hymn Devotional
June 2, 2021 INVITATION and READING Come, find peace in God’s holy word. Come, find love in the grace of Jesus. Come, find purpose in the Holy Spirit within you. Romans 14: 13-19 13 Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never...
Midweek Hymn Devotional
INVOCATION and READING Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty! Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee. Holy, Holy, Holy! Merciful and mighty! God in three persons, blessed Trinity! (“Holy, Holy, Holy” st.1) Revelation 4: 8-11 8 Each of the four living...
Midweek Hymn Devotional
INVOCATION and READING Spirit of the living God, Fall afresh on me. Melt me, mold me, fill me, use me. Spirit of the living God, Fall afresh on me. -Daniel Iverson Acts 11: 15-17 15 “As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came on them as he had come on us at the...
Midweek Hymn Devotional
INVITATION and READING “At His Ascension our Lord entered Heaven, and He keeps the door open for humanity to enter.” (Oswald Chambers) Matthew 28: 16-20 16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them. 17 And...
Midweek Hymn Devotional
INVOCATION and READING As the weak realize their strength; as the poor eat and are satisfied, God’s love abides in us. As the stranger finds a friend; as the family offers forgiveness, God’s love abides in us. As the ends of the earth know of Christ’s grace, God’s...
Midweek Hymn Devotional
ACCLAMATION and READING A new creation comes to life and grows as Christ's new body takes on flesh and blood. The universe, restored and whole, will sing: Alleluia! (UMH #610, st. 3) Romans 6: 3-11 3 Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into...
Midweek Hymn Devotional
INVOCATION and READING Holy Spirit, Truth divine, dawn upon this soul of mine. Voice of God, and inward Light, wake my spirit, clear my sight. Samuel Longfellow Acts 1: 1-5 1 In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach 2...
Midweek Hymn Reflection
INVOCATION and READING Draw us forth, God of all creation. Draw us forward and away from limited certainty into the immense world of your love. Give us the capacity to even for a moment taste the richness of the feast you give us. Give us the peace to live with...