Midday Prayer (March 25)

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God Is Our Strength and Refuge

God is our strength and refuge,
our present help in trouble,
and we therefore will not fear,
though the earth should change!
Though mountains shake and tremble,
though swirling floods are raging,
God the Lord of hosts is with us evermore!

There is a flowing river
within God's holy city;
God is in the midst of her-
she shall not be moved!
God's help is swiftly given,
thrones vanish at his presence-
God the Lord of hosts is with us evermore!

Come, see the works of our maker,
learn of his deeds all-powerful:
wars will cease across the world
when he shatters the spear!
Be still and know your creator,
uplift him in the nations-
God the Lord of hosts is with us evermore!

O God, make speed to save us;
O Lord, make haste to help us.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit;
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen.

I Lift My Eyes Up (Psalm 121)

I lift my eyes up to the mountains 
Where does my help come from 
My help comes from you 
Maker of heaven creator of the earth

Psalm 121 1 I will lift up my eyes unto the hills;
from whence comes my help?  
2 My help comes from the Lord, 
who has made heaven and earth.
3 He will not let your foot be moved,
and he who keeps you will not sleep.
4 Behold, he who keeps Israel
shall neither slumber nor sleep.  
5 The Lord himself is you keeper; 
the Lord is your defence upon your right hand,
6 So that the sound shall not burn you by day, 
neither the moon by night.
7 The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; 
indeed, it is he who shall keep your soul. 
8 The Lord shall preserve your going out and your coming in, 
my from this time forth and for evermore.

Oh how I need you Lord 
You are my only hope 
You're my only prayer 
So I will wait for you 
To come and rescue me 
Come and give me life

I lift my eyes up to the mountains 
Where does my help come from?

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Exodus 32 ESV

1-6 When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron and said to him, “Up, make us gods who shall go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.” So Aaron said to them, “Take off the rings of gold that are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.” So all the people took off the rings of gold that were in their ears and brought them to Aaron. And he received the gold from their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made a golden calf. And they said, “These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!” When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it. And Aaron made a proclamation and said, “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD.” And they rose up early the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.

7-10 And the LORD said to Moses, “Go down, for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. They have turned aside quickly out of the way that I commanded them. They have made for themselves a golden calf and have worshiped it and sacrificed to it and said, ‘These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!’” And the LORD said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people. Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them, in order that I may make a great nation of you.”

11-14 But Moses implored the LORD his God and said, “O LORD, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? Why should the Egyptians say, ‘With evil intent did he bring them out, to kill them in the mountains and to consume them from the face of the earth’? Turn from your burning anger and relent from this disaster against your people. Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, ‘I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have promised I will give to your offspring, and they shall inherit it forever.’” And the LORD relented from the disaster that he had spoken of bringing on his people.

The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

I will bless the Lord at all times. 
His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

Lord Have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.

The Lord’s Prayer

Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your Name,
your kingdom come, your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
And forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin against us.

Save us from the time of trial,
and deliver us from evil.

For the kingdom, the power,
and the glory are yours,
now and forever. Amen.

O Lord, hear our prayer;
And let our cry come to you.

Come Thou Fount

Come, thou fount of every blessing,
Tune my heart to sing thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above.
Praise the mount! I'm fixed upon it,
Mount of thy redeeming love.

Here I raise my Ebenezer;
Here by thy great help I've come;
And I hope, by thy good pleasure,
Safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wandering from the fold of God;
He, to rescue me from danger,
Interposed his precious blood.

O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be!
Let thy goodness, like a fetter,
Bind my wandering heart to thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love;
Here's my heart, O take and seal it,
Seal it for thy courts above.

May the God of hope fill us with all joy and peace
in believing through the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Romans 15:13

Attributions
Songs used by permission. CCLI License 3237733

“God is Our Strength and Refuge” (Psalm 46)
Words and music by: Richard Thomas Bewes
© 1982 Richard Bewes - The Jubilate Group (Admin. by Jubilate Hymns Ltd, sub to Hope Publishing for various regions) Used by Permission. CCLI # 2607575

“Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing”
Words: Robert Robinson, Music: John Wyeth Copyright
© Words: Public Domain | Music: Public Domain CCLI# 108389