Welcome, where best intentions to pray meet commitment.

Here you will find a structure of the daily office with a variety of morning prayers to pray throughout the week. Experience the benefits of a disciplined prayer time with videos, Monday through Saturday, posted each week.

 If being committed to prayer describes you, be sure to  let us know that you, too, have moved from intention to commitment and are praying with us.

Please right-click on the date to pull up a pdf in a different tab if you would like to read along.

A video version of morning prayer is available on Facebook, and is linked to YouTube below.

Audio and video versions are available at 12:00am on given date.

 

Saturday Aug 20

Prayer for those who mourn, for monastic orders and vocations, the agriculture.

New Testament: Acts 9:10-19  CEV

Psalm: 144

Gospel:  John 6:41-51  CEV

Friday August 19

Prayers for strength and confidence, prayers for schools and colleges, for church musicians and artists.

New Testament: Acts 9:1-9  CEV    

Psalm: 142 

Gospel:  John 6:27-40  CEV     

Thursday Aug 18

Prayer for a sick person , for the unemployed, for unity of the church. 

New Testament: Acts 8:26-40   CEB

Psalm: 131 NRSV    

Gospel:  John 6:16-27    CEB         

Wednesday Aug 17

Prayer for recovery of sickness, for the good use of leisure, for the knowledge of God’s creation.

New Testament:  Acts 8:14-25     CEV

Psalm: 119:145-176     NRSV  

Gospel:  John 6:1-15    CEV

Tuesday Aug 16

Prayer for health of body and soul, for the Greater NJ Conference, for social justice.

New Testament: Acts 8:1-13   CEB

Psalm: Psalm 122   NRSV   

Gospel:  John 5:30-47    CEB

Monday Aug 15

Prayer for recovery of sickness, prayer for the congregation, prayer for in times of conflict.

New Testament: Acts 7:44-8:1   CEV   

Psalm: 106:1-18   NRSV   

Gospel:  John 5:19-29  CEV