Morning Prayer: Help Us Hold On To You | Ordinary Time, Proper 20

This is Ordinary Time, Proper 20, in the Church Calendar.  Our general order comes from the Book of Common Prayer (1979) Daily Office and Scripture readings from the Revised Common Lectionary. We’ll sing “My Jesus I Love Thee” by Adoniram Judson Gordon and William Ralph Featherstone throughout today’s time of prayer. We’ll read Psalm 1 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Lesson is Mark 9:30-37. We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer. If you have a prayer request please submit it here. If you’d like to be on the email list visit here. Visit Patreon to give and support Morning Prayer monthly. Go to PayPal to give a one-time gift. Photo by Johannes Plenio from Pexels Ambience from freesound.org My Jesus I Love Thee Adoniram Judson Gordon | William Ralph Featherstone My Jesus I love Thee I know Thou art mine For Thee all the follies of sin I resign My gracious Redeemer my Savior art Thou If ever I loved Thee my Jesus 'tis now I love Thee because Thou hast first loved me And purchased my pardon on Calvary's tree I love Thee for wearing the thorns on Thy brow If ever I loved Thee my Jesus 'tis now I'll love Thee in life I will love Thee in death And praise Thee as long as Thou lendest me breath And say when the death dew lies cold on my brow If ever I loved Thee my Jesus 'tis now In mansions of glory and endless delight I'll ever adore Thee in heaven so bright I'll sing with the glittering crown on my brow If ever I loved Thee my Jesus 'tis now Prayer of Confession Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you| in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly repent.| For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us; that we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways, to the glory of your Name. Amen. Psalm 1 1 Happy are they who have not walked in the counsel of the wicked, * nor lingered in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seats of the scornful! 2 Their delight is in the law of the Lord, *  and they meditate on his law day and night. 3 They are like trees planted by streams of water,  bearing fruit in due season, with leaves that do not wither; *  everything they do shall prosper. 4 It is not so with the wicked; *  they are like chaff which the wind blows away.  5 Therefore the wicked shall not stand upright when judgment comes, *  nor the sinner in the council of the righteous.  6 For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, *  but the way of the wicked is doomed. Mark 9:30-37 (NRSV) Jesus and the disciples passed through Galilee. He did not want anyone to know it; for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is to be betrayed into human hands, and they will kill him, and three days after being killed, he will rise again.” But they did not understand what he was saying and were afraid to ask him. Then they came to Capernaum; and when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you arguing about on the way?” But they were silent, for on the way they had argued with one another who was the greatest. He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, “Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all.” Then he took a little child and put it among them; and taking it in his arms, he said to them, “Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me.” The Apostles’ Creed I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and wa