Saturday, July 18, 2026

<figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " > July 18, 2026 The Daily Liturgy Podcast &nbsp; Opening PrayerSearch me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts; and see if there be any hurtful way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. &nbsp; Confession of Sin &amp; Prayer for Grace Merciful Father, I come before you today not in penitent fear but in repentant faith. Because you have raised me up with Christ, I now humble myself before you. I confess that I have been proud, attempting to live an autonomous life and believing the lie of self-sufficiency. I have avoided Jesus by treasuring other things more than you and your kingdom. Have mercy on me today, O Lord my God, and empower me for greater trust, submission, and obedience, through Christ my Savior: Amen.&nbsp;&nbsp;Pause to confess specifically any sins the Holy Spirit may be convicting you about. &nbsp; Old Testament Reading: Hosea 1 &nbsp; The Lord’s PrayerOur Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name.&nbsp;Thy kingdom come.&nbsp;Thy will be done,&nbsp;on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread.&nbsp;And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation,&nbsp;but deliver us from evil.&nbsp;For thine is the kingdom and the power, and the glory,&nbsp;forever. Amen. &nbsp; New Testament Reading: Colossians 2:6-19 &nbsp; Prayer of AdorationJesus Christ: I adore you as the head of all rule and authority - the one who has triumphed over all the powers of darkness through your death and resurrection. In you the whole fullness of deity dwells; and in you I am made complete. &nbsp; Psalm Reading: Psalm 149 &nbsp; Prayer of ConsecrationLord, your word encourages your people to extravagantly praise you, with dancing and loud music. Thank you that you invite free, enthusiastic praise! Maybe this kind of expression is familiar to me, or maybe I’ve never worshipped you in this way. Set me free from passivity in worship, and cultivate in me a joyful and wholehearted response to your goodness. Part of praising you is loving your justice, so help me engage the part of the psalm that pivots from praise to judgment. When you invite your people to wage war against evil, may that war be constrained and directed by the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Before I look at the faults of others, help me to reckon humbly and truthfully with the sin in myself. Then, freed by the righteousness of Christ given to me, help me fight sin with all my heart today.&nbsp;&nbsp;Take time now specifically to intercede for yourself, your neighbors, your church, your city, and the world, bringing your needs and the needs of others before the Lord. &nbsp; BENEDICTIONAnd now may the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us now and always, until the day of Christ's return. &nbsp; <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " > &nbsp;