"My Heart Exults In the LORD" - 20 October 2024
With Hannah (1 Samuel 2:1-10) we pray: “ My heart exults in the LORD; my horn is exalted in the LORD. My mouth derides my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation .” Thank you for your compassionate care over us, and for listening to our concerns. Thank you for lifting us up out of the miry clay and setting our feet on the Rock. Thank you for rescuing us from the one who had the power over death, and the fear of death. Our hearts do exult in you. “ There is none holy like the LORD: for there is none besides you; there is no rock like our God. Talk no more so very proudly, let not arrogance come from your mouth; for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed .” We pray to you, O Lord who knows our hearts, and who is in our homes. Heal the strained and stressed marriages; mend the fragmented and fractured families; and repair the brittle and bleak hearts that are troubled (…). Bring reconciliation where there has been hostility; repentance and forgiveness wh