Morning
Rising
Psalm 75:1, 76:4
We give thanks to you, O God,
we give thanks, for your Name is near;
men tell of your wonderful deeds.
You are resplendent with light,
more majestic than mountains rich with game.
We give thanks to you, O God,
we give thanks, for your Name is near;
men tell of your wonderful deeds.
You are resplendent with light,
more majestic than mountains rich with game.
Almighty and eternal God,
so draw our hearts to you,
so guide our minds,
so fill our imaginations,
so control our wills,
that we may be wholly yours,
utterly dedicated unto you;
and then use us, we pray, as you will,
but always to your glory
and the welfare of your people,
through our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Amen.
Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.