Morning Prayer January 2021
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Commemoration: John Raleigh Mott;
Prayers for health of body and soul, for protection, for unity of the church.
Gospel: Matthew 8:28-9:1 CEV
Commemoration: Andrei Rublev
Prayer for the recovery of sickness, for a person in trouble or bereavement, for the answering of prayer.
Letter to the Church: Revelation 2:12-17 CEV
Commemoration: Thomas Aquinas;
Prayers for those who mourn, prayer for victims of addiction, for peace.
Letter to the Church: Revelation 18:11-20 CEV
Commemoration: John Chrysostom;
Prayers for strength and confidence, prayer for the choice of fit persons for the ministry, prayer for those we love.
Gospel: Mark 3:13-19 CEV
Commemoration: Timothy and Titus; prayers for a sick person, for travelers, for heroic service.
Letter to the Church: Acts 5:33-42 CEV
Jan 25: Commemoration – The Conversion of Paul.
Prayer for recovery of sickness, prayer for the beauty of the earth, prayer for the absent.
Letter to the Church: Galatians 1:11-24 CEV
Commemoration: Sarah Ann Dickey
Prayers for health of body and soul, for renewal of life, of self dedication.
Gospel: Luke 10:13-16 CEV
Meditation – Proverbs 22:1-8
Prayer for the recovery of sickness, for quiet confidence, for the aged, collect of the week.
Letter to the Church: 2 Peter 3:1-7 CEV
Commemoration: Agnes Of Rome;
Prayers for those who mourn, prayer attributed to St Francis of Assisi, for those who live alone.
Letter to the Church: Revelation 18:11-20 CEV
Scripture Meditation – 1 Timothy 2:1-3, Proverbs 19:21, 1 Peter 2:13-17, Daniel 2:21, Proverbs 29:2; prayers for strength and confidence, for guidance, for the nation.
Gospel: Luke 18:15-17 CEV
Commemoration: John Ernest Rattenbury
Prayers for a sick person, for the unemployed, for families.
Letter to the Church: Acts 5:1-11 NRSV
COMMEMORATION: The Confession of Peter
Prayers for health of body and soul, for agriculture, for future of the human race.
Gospel: Matthew 16:13-19 NRSV
COMMEMORATION: HIRAM RHOADES REVELS
Prayers for health of body and soul, for in times of conflict, for social service, Prayer of John Chrysostom.
Gospel: Matthew 25:1-13 CEV
Meditation – 1 John 5:1-5; prayer for the recovery of sickness, for social justice, for the harvest of lands and water, collect of the week.
Letter to the Church: Acts 13:16-25 CEV
Jan 14: Meditation – 1 John 3:1-3; prayers for those who mourn, for the conservation of natural resources, for those who suffer for the sake of conscience.
Letter to the Church: 2 Corinthians 10:1-11 CEV
Commemoration – GEORGE FOX; prayers for strength and confidence, for those in the armed forces, for knowledge of God’s creation.
Gospel: John 1:29-34 CEV
Meditation; prayers for a sick person, for those who influence public opinion, for local government.
Letter to the Church: Acts 22:2-16 CEV
Jan 11: Meditation; Prayer for recovery of sickness, prayer for Prisons and Correctional Institutions, prayer for church musicians and artists. Letter to the Church: Romans 4:1-12 CEV
Commemoration – Richard L. Watson; prayer for the recovery of sickness, for the congregation, for the good use of leisure, collect of the week.
Letter to the Church: 1 Timothy 4:11-16 VOICE
Prayer of John Chrysostom; prayers for those who mourn, for the oppressed, for the Greater New Jersey Annual Conf of the United Methodist Church.
Apostle’s Creed; prayers for: a sick person, for the mission of the Church, for towns and rural areas.
Commemoration – John Seybert; Prayer for recovery of sickness, prayer for the Church, prayer for cities.
Letter to the Church: James 4:11-17 VOICE
Apostle’s Creed, prayers for health of body and soul, for peace, for sound government, Psalm 148.
Letter to the Church: James 3:13-18 NRSV
Commemoration – THE HOLY NAME; prayer for the recovery of sickness, for peace among the nations, for courts of justice, collect of the week.
Letter to the Church: Revelation 21:1-6a NRSV