2025 08 22

The last lesson of the night office.

1 Peter 5:8-9 King James Version
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
     Jesus, please keep me from believing the lies of the adversary (accuser) because my sins have been covered by your blood.

A Word Received: Believe me rather than the adversary.

Albany Intercessor

2025 08 21

GROFE Grand Canyon Suite: I. Sunrise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5yZcwe_T48&list=RDU5yZcwe_T48&start_radio=1

Malachi 4:2 New King James Version
2 But to you who fear My name
The Sun of Righteousness shall arise
With healing in His wings;
And you shall go out
And grow fat like stall-fed calves.
     LORD, many misuse your name and do not fear; let your sun shine on us.

Matthew 5:43-44 New King James Version
43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you,
     Father, please let your light shine on all our relationships.

Matthew 13:43 New King James Version
43 Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!
     Holy Spirit, open our ears and hearts to the light of your word.

1 Corinthians 15:39-44 New King James Version
39 All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another of birds. 40 There are also celestial bodies and terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. 41 There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory. 42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption. 43 It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. 44 It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
     Jesus, please raise me up cleansed from sin.

Ephesians 4:25-30 New King James Version
25 Therefore, putting away lying, “Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,” for we are members of one another. 26 “Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, 27 nor give place to the devil. 28 Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need. 29 Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
     Jesus, help me go to bed at peace with all.

A Word Received: Come into my courts with thanksgiving in your heart.

Albany Intercessor

2025 08 19

How easy it is
for me to live with you, Lord.
How easy it is to believe in you
when my mind reels from not understanding,
or when my mind weakens--
when the most intelligent people cannot think
beyond the evening and do not know
what must be done tomorrow.
You convey to me the
lucid assurance that you exist,
that you will see to it that not all paths
toward good will be closed.
At the peak of earthly renown
I look back with amazement at
that road which by no stretch of the imagination
I could have devised--
A remarkable road through despair
which has led me here
where I too have been able
to send mankind
reflections of your rays--
As for what I
won't have time or ability for--
This means that you have
reserved it for others.
     Prayer
     Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Thank you Jesus for the amazing journey you have had our family on. I could never have imagined it.

Albany Intercessor

2025 008 18

And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, a man stood opposite him with his sword drawn in his hand. and Joshua went to him and said to him, "Are you for us or for our adversaries?" (Joshua 5:13)
     Father, when we prepare to go into battle, prepare our hearts to recognize your servants.

So he said, "No, but as Commander of the army of the LORD I have now come." And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshipped, and said to him, "What does my Lord say to his servant?" (Joshua 5:14)
     Lord Jesus Christ, show us each day what you require of us. Help us to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly before you. (See Micah 6:8 ) Lord, we keep asking the wrong question: we ask, "Are you on our side?" The correct question is, "Are we on your side?"

Then the Commander of the LORD’S army said to Joshua, "Take your sandal off your foot, for the place where you stand is holy." And Joshua did so. (Joshua 5:15)
     Holy Spirit, please help us recognize the times and places of holiness and in humility take off our shoes before you to honor you.

A word received: Keep waiting on me.

Albany Intercessor

2025 08 17

On Christ The Solid Rock I Stand Lyrics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GswGE6rQhmE&list=RDGswGE6rQhmE&start_radio=1

Matthew 7:24-27 New King James Version
24 “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: 25 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. 26 “But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: 27 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.”
     Jesus, we are in the midst of a great storm which will test what we have built on.

Psalm 127:1-2 New King James Version
1 Unless the Lord builds the house,
They labor in vain who build it;
Unless the Lord guards the city,
The watchman stays awake in vain.
2 It is vain for you to rise up early,
To sit up late,
To eat the bread of sorrows;
For so He gives His beloved sleep.
     Jesus, please help me build on the solid foundation of the gospel.

A Word Received: Let me be the rock you stand on.

Albany Intercessor

2025 08 16

ROYAL CHORAL SOCIETY: Worthy is the Lamb & Amen Chorus from Handel's Messiah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCcGqMHndxo&list=RDvCcGqMHndxo&start_radio=1

Revelation 4:11 New King James Version
11 “You are worthy, O Lord,
To receive glory and honor and power;
For You created all things,
And by Your will they exist and were created.”
     Holy Spirit, please help us give Jesus glory and honor.

Revelation 7:12 New King James Version
12 saying:
“Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom,
Thanksgiving and honor and power and might,
Be to our God forever and ever.
Amen.”
     Father, we give you glory and honor.

Revelation 14:6-7 New King James Version
6 Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people— 7 saying with a loud voice, “Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.”
     Holy Spirit, help us honor you by preaching the everlasting gospel.

Revelation 18:1 New King James Version
1 After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was illuminated with his glory.
     LORD, please help us see by the light you shed abroad by your angels.

Revelation 21:22-23 New King James Version
22 But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. 23 The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light.
     Jesus, Lamb of God, shine your light on us.

A Word Received: I Am the true light which has come into the world. (John 1:9)

Albany Intercessor

2025 08 15

Based on “Praying Hands” by Albrect Dürer.

Matthew 21:22 New King James Version
22 And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”
     Holy Spirit, let our prayers be seasoned with belief.

Luke 1:13 New King James Version
13 But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your prayer is heard; and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.
     Jesus, Zacharias had prayed for a long time with no apparent results, yet you did answer him. Please help us persist in prayer as he did.

Acts 1:14 New King James Version
14 These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.
     Holy Spirit, help our parish pray in one accord as the disciples did.

Hebrews 5:6-7 New King James Version
6 As He also says in another place:
     “You are a priest forever
     According to the order of Melchizedek”;
7 who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear,
     Father, help us have such a godly fear as we offer up prayers.

James 5:15-16 New King James Version
15 And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
     Jesus, please help us pray with righteousness.

1 Peter 3:11-12 New King James Version
11 Let him turn away from evil and do good;
Let him seek peace and pursue it.
12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
And His ears are open to their prayers;
But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
     Father, please set us free from evil so that we may seek peace and you hear our prayers.

1 Peter 4:7 New King James Version
7 But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers.
     Jesus, please help me be watchful and prayerful.

Revelation 8:3 New King James Version
3 Then another angel, having a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
     LORD, let our prayers ascend to you like incense.

A Word Received: I value your prayers.

Albany Intercessor

2025 08 14

A Hymn from the Night Office.

Hymn - Te Lucis Ante - To Thee Before the Close of Day - with word/score - Daniel Roberts | Organist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL1Fwq2SBm8&list=RDrL1Fwq2SBm8&start_radio=1

Job 35:9-13 New King James Version

9 “Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out;
They cry out for help because of the arm of the mighty.
10 But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker,
Who gives songs in the night,
11 Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth,
And makes us wiser than the birds of heaven?’
12 There they cry out, but He does not answer,
Because of the pride of evil men.
13 Surely God will not listen to empty talk,
Nor will the Almighty regard it.
     LORD, you give me songs in the night and hope for the future. Thank you.

Psalm 77:4-6 New King James Version
4 You hold my eyelids open;
I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
5 I have considered the days of old,
The years of ancient times.
6 I call to remembrance my song in the night;
I meditate within my heart,
And my spirit makes diligent search.
     Jesus, I sing of my joy in your enduring kindness. Thank you for loving me.

A Word Received: I sang when I created the stars of heaven, and I sing with joy at your love for me.

Albany Intercessor