After the minister calls the congregation to worship and the congregation sings the opening hymn of praise to God, the minister should offer a prayer of invocation, calling upon God, on behalf the congregation, to condescend to be present among them and accept their worship in the name of Christ, and seek the power of… Read More The Prayer of Invocation
An essential part of personal worship is reading and meditating on the Scriptures. Paul tells Timothy (2 Tim. 3:14-17): “14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; 15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able… Read More Bible Reading Plans
Dr. Terry L. Johnson – Independent Presbyterian Church, Savannah, GA [We are hopeful that this publication of Dr. Johnson’s Leading in Public Prayer with its collection of Pastoral Prayers will have the effect of enriching the collective prayer life of Reformed and Presbyterian churches. CSB] Table of Contents I. Introduction: Leading in Public Prayer II.… Read More Leading in Public Prayer
In the Reformation the prayer of intercession was restored to the ordinary worship of the Lord’s Day and focused generally on five fundamental subjects: (1) the civil authority, (2) the ministry, (3) those outside the Church, (4) those suffering from affliction, and (5) the growth in grace and perfection of the saints. The Importance of… Read More The Prayer of Intercession, Pastoral Prayer, or the “Great Prayer”
Philippians 1: Encouragement and Confidence in the Christian Life 1:1-8 Remembering God’s Past Work, What He Has Already Done: Philippi (1-2 Greeting; 3-5 Thanks; 6-8 Confidence and Affection) 1 Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: 2 Grace be unto… Read More Philippians 1:1-8, Encouragement and Confidence in the Christian Life: “Philippi”
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Selections on pastoral character and work are now collected under “Pastoral Practice” in the menu item to the right and in the Categories below. The first selections are from Gregory the Great’s Book of Pastoral Rule or Care, his treatise on the responsibilities of ministers that he wrote shortly after his inauguration as Bishop of Rome in… Read More Selections on Pastoral Practice
Selections on morning prayer and the practice of piety in the morning from Lewis Bayly are now collected in the category “The Practice of Piety” below and at the menu item “Devotions – The Practice of Piety” to the right and linked here:
“O great and wonderful Lord our God, thou only light of the eyes, open, I implore thee, the eyes of my heart, and of others my fellow-creatures, that we may truly understand and contemplate thy wondrous works. And the more thoroughly we comprehend them, the more may our minds be affected in the contemplation with… Read More Prayer of Thomas Bradwardine, c. 1295-1349, Chaplain and Confessor to Edward III, King of England.
1. The first preaching of the Gospel in the New Testament calls for a new view of life and the world. Matthew 3:2 – In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, 2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Matthew 4:17 – From that time… Read More Evangelism & Apologetics: Lesson 2: Being & Knowing
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