EChurch@Wartburg – 11.23.14

Welcome to a Gathering of EChurch@Wartburg

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Waves Crashing at Sunset

Here is our Order of Worship

A Prayer of Augustine: 354 – 430 link

Look upon us, O Lord,
and let all the darkness of our souls
vanish before the beams of thy brightness.
Fill us with holy love,
and open to us the treasures of thy wisdom.
All our desire is known unto thee,
therefore perfect what thou hast begun,
and what thy Spirit has awakened us to ask in prayer.
We seek thy face,
turn thy face unto us and show us thy glory.
Then shall our longing be satisfied,
and our peace shall be perfect.
Amen

Martin Luther's Prayer link

Behold, Lord,
An empty vessel that needs to be filled.
My Lord, fill it.

I am weak in faith;
Strengthen thou me.

I am cold in love;
Warm me and make me fervent
That my love may go out to my neighbour.

I do not have a strong and firm faith;
At times I doubt and am unable to trust thee altogether.

O Lord, help me.
Strengthen my faith and trust in thee.

In thee I have sealed the treasures of all I have.

I am poor;
Thou art rich and didst come to be merciful to the poor.

I am a sinner;
Thou art upright.

With me there is an abundance of sin;
In thee is the fullness of righteousness.

Therefore, I will remain with thee of who I can receive
But to whom I may not give. 
Amen.

Luke 5:27-32 (NASB Bible Gateway)

 After that He went out and noticed a tax collector named Levi sitting in the tax booth, and He said to him, “Follow Me.” And he left everything behind, and got up and began to follow Him.

And Levi gave a big reception for Him in his house;
and there was a great crowd of tax collectors and other people who were reclining at the table with them.
The Pharisees and their scribes began grumbling at His disciples, saying,
“Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?”
And Jesus answered and said to them,
“It is not those who are well who need a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”

A Prayer of Ambrose of Milan: c 339-97 link

O Lord, who hast mercy upon all, take away from me my sins,
and mercifully kindle in me the fire of thy Holy Spirit.
Take away from me the heart of stone,
and give me a heart of flesh,
a heart to love and adore thee,
a heart to delight in thee,
to follow and to enjoy thee,
for Christ's sake.
Amen

A Prayer of Jerome: 342 – 420 link

Lord, thou hast given us thy Word for a light to shine upon our path;
grant us so to meditate on that Word, and to follow its teaching,
that we may find in it the light that shines more and more until the perfect day;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen

Comments

EChurch@Wartburg – 11.23.14 — 9 Comments

  1. Thanks for E-church I have really found much grace here, I will be going offline for the week of Thanksgiving I hope, I just want to get back to where I started. Have a good thanksgiving God bless you all.

  2.   __

    The Wartburg Watch Blog responds to smudges with finger oils and peanut butter…

    huh?

    Their Mona Lisa smiles are the greatest!

    What?

    I am soooo glad they respond when I reach out…

    ‘peanut butter face’ and all…

    -snicker-

    “I washed ma face and hands, I did!”

    Mucho thanx.

    Sopy

  3. Please pray for one of my best friends, who is leaving an abusive situation right now. She needs help, not guilt & “he might change” platitudes, but I’m afraid she’ll get that from her family. 🙁

  4. Will pray for your friend, XianJaneway. As Sopy said above, there are many here who will provide love and support.