Day 253 - Thursday after the 15th Sunday after Pentecost

Read |  Day 253 | Thursday | September 10 

Daniel 10: 1– 11: 1 
Daniel 11: 2-45 
Daniel 12: 1-13 
Ezra 4: 24– 5: 1 
Haggai 1: 1-11, 12-15a 

Background | Haggai - Bible Hub - 

The book of Haggai is Narrative History and Prophetic Oracle. The prophet Haggai wrote it approximately 520 B.C. Haggai is among the most carefully and precisely dated books in the entire Bible. It is a post-exilic book, meaning it was written after(post) the captivity (exile) in Babylon. Key personalities are Haggai, Zerubbabel, and Joshua.

The purpose of this book was that Haggai was called by God to encourage the people to finish the construction of the temple in Jerusalem. The construction had ceased because of opposition and because the neighboring countries, and the Jews were frightened. More - click here

Dates| 536 BC

Reading | Daniel sees an angel - his mouth is opened - of conquests and the people of God in the middle - the end is coming. Ezra records Haggai and Zechariah's prophesy - God brought you home, have faith.

Next | Day 254 | Friday |September 11 

Haggai 1: 15b– 2: 9
Zechariah 1: 1-6
Haggai 2: 10-19
Ezra 5: 2
Haggai 2: 20-23
Zechariah 1: 7-17, 18-21
Zechariah 2: 1-5, 6-13
Zechariah 3: 1-10
Zechariah 4: 1-14
Zechariah 5: 1-4, 5-11 

Following Day | Day 255 | Saturday | September 12
Zechariah 6: 1-8, 9-15
Ezra 5: 3-17
Ezra 6: 1-14a
Zechariah 7: 1-14
Zechariah 8: 1-23

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For Peace Among Nations

Almighty God our heavenly Father, guide the nations of the world into the way of justice and truth, and establish among them that peace which is the fruit of righteousness, that they may become the kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.

For Those in the Armed Forces of Our Country

Almighty God, we commend to your gracious care and keeping all the men and women of our armed forces at home and abroad. Defend them day by day with your heavenly grace; strengthen them in their trials and temptations; give them courage to face the perils which beset them; and grant them a sense of your abiding presence wherever they may be; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

For the Conservation of Natural Resources

Almighty God, in giving us dominion over things on earth, you made us fellow workers in your creation: Give us wisdom and reverence so to use the resources of nature, that no one may suffer from our abuse of them, and that generations yet to come may continue to praise you for your bounty; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Source | Mission St Clare | Book of Common Prayer | Click here