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Midweek Devotion- Matthew 22.1-14

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SCRIPTURE: Matthew 22:1-14

SONGS:
Come, Sinners to the Gospel Feast
Bind Us Together

You’re encouraged to use the following process as you read scripture.
We use this process together on Wednesdays at 8:00AM EST.

STILLNESS: Spend 5-20 minutes in silence looking to God and listening for God.

ATTENTION: Read or listen to the Scripture. What word, phrase or verse captures your attention? Underline it or copy it onto a piece of paper.

CONNECTION: What connections do you see to other scriptures? To your own experience or current situation? Or, to the character or promises of God?

ACTION: What is God inviting you to trust, say, or do? How will your life be different because of this scripture?

PRAY: Talk to God about what you just experienced or anything else on your heart.

Recorded 10/7/2020

Come, Sinners, to the Gospel Feast
Text: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788
Music: Katholisches Gesanguch
Public Domain

Bind Us Together
CCLI Song # 1228
Bob Gillman © 1977
Thankyou Music (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing)
CCLI License # 686715

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Midweek Devotion- Matthew 22:1-14 © 2020 Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia

Midweek Devotion- Matthew 21.33-46

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SCRIPTURE: Matthew 21:33-46

SONGS:
My Hope is Built
Bind Us Together

BREATH PRAYERS:
IN: Jesus
OUT: My hope is built on you

IN: Jesus
OUT: I lean on your name

IN: On Christ the solid rock I stand
OUT: All other ground is sinking sand

You’re encouraged to use the following process as you read scripture.
We use this process together on Wednesdays at 8:00AM EST.

STILLNESS: Spend 5-20 minutes in silence looking to God and listening for God.

ATTENTION: Read or listen to the Scripture. What word, phrase or verse captures your attention? Underline it or copy it onto a piece of paper.

CONNECTION: What connections do you see to other scriptures? To your own experience or current situation? Or, to the character or promises of God?

ACTION: What is God inviting you to trust, say, or do? How will your life be different because of this scripture?

PRAY: Talk to God about what you just experienced or anything else on your heart.

Recorded 9/30/2020

My Hope is Built
Text: Edward Mote
Music: William B. Bradbury
Public Domain

Bind Us Together
CCLI Song # 1228
Bob Gillman © 1977
Thankyou Music (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing)
CCLI License # 686715

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Midweek Devotion- Matthew 21:33-46 © 2020 Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia

Prayers based on Matthew 21.33-46

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Prayers Based on Matthew 21:33-46
The Parable of the Wicked Tenants

Prayer: Cornerstone Confession
Rejected
Dismissed and Disregarded
Questioned instead of dignified
Accusation instead of personhood

I’ve felt rejection’s sting and hollowness
As have you, my Jesus
You understand my pain
Heal my wound

I’ve wielded rejection’s blade
Unknowingly, Subtly, and
Fully conscious of its destructive power
You never have, my Jesus
Forgive me and heal all I have hurt

I am most ashamed of aiming rejection at you, my Jesus
Pierce me with your Divine sorrow
Deliver me, renew me, abide in me so there is
More of my true me and
More of your strong foundation
For my healing and the healing of the world
Amen

Prayer: Faith and Field
Generous One
You entrust us with the goodness
Of your faith and field

Yet
We grasp
We scheme
Deliver us from wickedness

We reject
We harm
Deliver us from wickedness

We murder
We seize what belongs to you
Produce and People
Deliver us from wickedness

Redeem and Renew in us
Strength to work
Joy in the work
A generosity of spirit
So we may give freely and live righteously
At your bidding
Now and forever, Amen

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For the next few months, I’ll be posting prayers to accompany Bishop Ken Carter’s Bible Study on Facebook. Each week, Bishop Carter will bring in a guest to speak about the passage. We’ll be walking through the last chapters of the Gospel of Matthew. 

You’re most welcome to read along and to join this Facebook discussion group. You don’t need to be a Methodist or attend a Methodist church. All are welcome and all means all.

May the grace of God’s word, the challenge, and the call, inspire us to great faith and great good works in Jesus’ name. – Lisa <

Cornerstone Confession © 2020 Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia
Faith and Field © 2010 Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia
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Jesus, the Coming Messiah- Rejected One (Psalm 22, Isaiah 53; John 1)

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Jesus, The Coming MessiahJesus, The Coming Messiah: Advent Readings from Old Testament to New
December 9: The Messiah as Rejected One
Readings: Psalm 22; Isaiah 53:1-3; John 1:10-11

Psalm 22:6-8 , The Voice
But I am a worm and not a human being,
a disgrace: -and an object of scorn.
Everyone who sees me laughs at me;
they whisper to one another I’m a loser; they sneer and mock me, saying,
“He relies on the Eternal; let the Eternal rescue him
and keep him safe because He is happy with him.”

Isaiah 53:2b-3, The Voice
He didn’t look like anything or anyone of consequence— he had no physical beauty to attract our attention. So he was despised and forsaken by men, this man of suffering, grief’s patient friend. As if he was a person to avoid, we looked the other way; he was despised, forsaken, and we took no notice of him.

John 1:10-11, The Voice
He entered our world, a world He made; yet the world did not recognize Him. Even though He came to His own people, they refused to listen and receive Him.

Prayer
Hallelujah to Jesus!
Who gives dignity in response to scorn

Hallelujah to Jesus!
Who offers relationship to the face of rejection

Hallelujah to Jesus!
Who understands our pain
The pain we get
The pain we reap
The pain we sling

time of silence

Name us, Jesus
Heal us
Forgive us
Make us new

time of silence

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Thank you for setting aside times this Holy Season to seek the One we celebrate.

Jesus, The Coming Messiah is an Advent Bible Reading Plan highlighting the Old Testament prophesies and passages which Christians see fulfilled in Jesus.

As you read each passage, consider how this description of Jesus the Messiah reveals his character, motivation, and purpose. How does this description inspire you to trust Jesus and his promises? How will you apply and share what you have discovered? I look forward to your comments.

If you’re in Sarasota, please drop by Trinity United Methodist Church for one of our seasonal events or services or just to say, “Hi.” You’re always welcome and wanted.

Happy Advent and Merry Christmas! – Lisa <

The Messiah as Rejected One © 2017 Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia
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