Reading With the People of God - #1ናሙና

Praying with the People of God: Over the years churches that have a more liturgical order to their service often follow a pattern of prescribed readings and prayers which included reciting a "prayer of illumination". This is a prayer not only meant to help us, the people of God, frame our time in the Word, but most importantly it is a petition to the Spirit of God to open our eyes, hearts, and minds to what he has for us in that moment from His Word.

Throughout this reading plan, as you pray these prayers of illumination, you will be praying the same words that the people of God have been praying for a long time with expectation, anticipation, and humility. Don’t skip these prayers! Take the time to truly pray them in preparation for your time in God’s Word!

Today's prayer of illumination:

Lord, open my heart and mind by the power of your Holy Spirit, that as I read these Scriptures and your Word is proclaimed to my heart, may I hear with joy what you say to me today. Amen.