The Daily Office for May 9, 2012
Scriptures
Psalm 72
Leviticus 19:1-8
1 Thessalonians 5:12-28
Matthew 6:19-24
Reading (1_Thessalonians 5:12-28)
Reflection
Jesus shook up the religious establishment of His time. It was an establishment that had fallen way off base. Yet He never sinned. He never broke a single law of God. He was able to live a life of perfect obedience. Let Jesus be the Lord of your Sabbath and the Lord of every day of your life as you rely on Him for strength and direction. Ask God to show you where you are just going through the motions of keeping rules rather than obeying out of the right motivations.
Collect for the Day
Almighty God, who through your only-begotten Son Jesus Christ have overcome death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life: grant that, as by your grace going before us you put into our minds good desires, so by your continual help we may bring them to good effect; through Jesus Christ our risen Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.