Amazing Love Ministerial Fellowship

09/08/2026

SEPTEMBER 8, 2026

MORNING PRAYER

O Lord, let my soul rise up to meet you
as the day rises to meet the sun.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever.
Amen.

Come, let us bow down and bend the knee : let us kneel before the LORDour Maker.

We Are Marching in the Light of God!!

Send your light to guide us : may we follow wherever it leads.

-SCRIPTURE
“Give judgment for me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people : deliver me from the deceitful and the wicked.
For you are the God of my strength; why have you put me from you? : and why do I go so heavily while the enemy oppresses me?
Send out your light and your truth, that they may lead me : and bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling;
that I may go to the altar of God, to the God of my joy and gladness : and on the harp I will give thanks to you, O God my God.”
- Psalm 43:1-4

Send your light to guide us : may we follow wherever it leads.

- Pray the Jesus Prayer

- Pray for Others

- Pray the Lord’s Prayer

-Morning Prayer

Lord, we know the importance of doing for others. Teach us the importance of being for others, that we might take time to fast and pray and dwell with you in order to see more clearly how your light illuminates the faces of those we struggle alongside for justice.
Amen.

09/07/2026

September 7, 2026

“You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.”
— Psalm 23:5a NIV

“This is not the verse I first go to in this well-known psalm. Initially it doesn’t seem all that comforting. And yet, it is an affirmation that no matter what is going on around us God’s generous provision is there. There may be times I suspect we would rather run away and hide, but it is almost like God is calling us out into the open, right in the middle of the hard. We may want an escape route, but God offers presence and lavish hospitality.”
~ Sue Fulmore

NOW GO AND DO…

Maybe this is our invitation, when life gets difficult and we are tempted to exhaust ourselves in our attempts to fix things, to sit down and rest. To partake in the provision before us. Take a moment and identify the provision that is right in front of you today.

09/05/2026

September 5, 2026

~MORNING PRAYER~

O Lord, let my soul rise up to meet you
as the day rises to meet the sun.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever.
Amen.

Come, let us sing to the LORD: let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation.

~SCRIPTURE~
“Wake up, you sleepyhead city!
Wake up, you sleepyhead people!
King-Glory is ready to enter.
Who is this King-Glory?
God, armed
and battle-ready.
Wake up, you sleepyhead city!
Wake up, you sleepyhead people!
King-Glory is ready to enter.
Who is this King-Glory?
God-of-the-Angel-Armies:
he is King-Glory.”
~ Psalm 24:7-10, The Message

In his bookWith Open Hands, Henri Nouwen wrote, “In another’s eyes I see my plea for forgiveness, and in a hardened frown I see my refusal. When someone murders, I know that I too could have done that, and when someone gives birth, I know that I am capable of that as well. In the depths of my being, I meet my fellow humans with whom I share love and have life and death.”

~ Pray the Jesus Prayer

~ Pray for Others

~ Pray the Lord’s Prayer

Holy One, strengthen us with the joy of all those saints who have gone before us, that like them we might stand up to the powers that threaten your kingdom.
Amen.

09/02/2026

September 2, 2026

MORNING PRAYER

O Lord, let my soul rise up to meet you
as the day rises to meet the sun.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever.
Amen.

~ Come, let us bow down and bend the knee : let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.
~ Let your justice roll down like waters, Lord : but float us on your grace.

“Rivers of Babylon”
https://youtu.be/GHDVErAq19A?is=r7HIq7eSIv1Pw8FB

~ SCRIPTURE~
“Have pity on me, O LORD: see the misery I suffer from those who hate me, O you who lift me up from the gate of death;
so that I may tell of all your praises and rejoice in your salvation : in the gates of the city of Zion.
The ungodly have fallen into the pit they dug : and in the snare they set is their own foot caught.
Rise up, O LORD, let not the ungodly have the upper hand : let them be judged before you.
Put fear upon them, O LORD: let the ungodly know they are but mortal.”
~ Psalm 9:13 - 15, 19 - 20

Jean Vanier, founder of the L’Arche communities, said, “Jesus came to bring the good news to the poor, not to those who serve the poor! I think we can only truly experience the presence of God, meet Jesus, receive the good news, in and through our own poverty, because the kingdom of God belongs to the poor, the poor in spirit, the poor who are crying out for love.”

~ Pray the Jesus Prayer

~ Pray for Others

~ Pray the Lord’s Prayer

~ MORNING PRAYER~
Lord, even the seraphim and cherubim hide their faces in your presence as they declare your praise. Help us mere mortals to humbly dethrone ourselves and bow before you, that in our weakness we might know your good news and forever sing your glory.
Amen.

08/31/2026

08/30/2026

AUGUST 30, 2026

MORNING PRAYER

O Lord, let my soul rise up to meet you
as the day rises to meet the sun.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever.
Amen.

Come, let us sing to the LORD: let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation.

We look to you in hope, O Lord : rain down your justice on us all.

~Scripture~
The LORD is faithful in all his words : and merciful in all his deeds.
The LORD upholds all those who fall : he lifts up those who are bowed down.
The eyes of all wait upon you, O LORD: and you give them their food in due season.
You open wide your hand : and satisfy the needs of every living creature.
The LORD-is righteous in all his ways : and loving in all his works.
~ Psalm 145

~We look to you in hope, O Lord : rain down your justice on us all.

Listen to the words of Fannie Lou Hamer in the midst of the civil rights struggle: “We have to realize just how grave the problem is in the United States today, and I think the sixth chapter of Ephesians, the eleventh and twelfth verses help us to know what it is we are up against. It says, ‘Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities, against powers, and against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.’ This is what I think about when I think of my own work in the fight for freedom.”

~ Pray the Jesus Prayer

~ Pray for Others

~ Pray the Lords Prayer

~ MORNING PRAYER
Sweet Lord, save us. Heal all that is broken in our lives, in our streets, and in our world.
Amen.

08/29/2026

August 29, 2026

MORNING PRAYER

John the Baptist was the son of Zechariah, a priest in the Jerusalem temple, and Elizabeth, a cousin of Mary the mother of Jesus. John’s parents were advanced in years and had prayed to have a child, yet had not conceived. But an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah and told him his wife would bear a son named John, “great in the sight of the Lord” and “filled with the Holy Spirit.” Five months later, the same angel appeared to Mary and told her of the coming birth of Jesus. When Mary visited her cousin Elizabeth, Elizabeth’s baby “leaped in her womb” a prophetic sign that John would be filled with the Holy Spirit all of his life. John lived in the wilderness of Judea until he was thirty, then began his public career preaching repentance. When Jesus came to him to be baptized, John recognized him as the Messiah and said, “It is I who need baptism from you.” John often is referred to as the Precursor to Jesus; he foretold the coming of the Messiah and prepared the way for Jesus. His preaching encouraged many believers to follow Christ; in fact, Andrew and John learned of Christ through John’s ministry.

O Lord, let my soul rise up to meet you
as the day rises to meet the sun.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever.
Amen.

~ SCRIPTURE~
My spirit faints within me : my heart within me is desolate.
I remember the time past; I muse upon all your deeds : I consider the works of your hands.
I spread out my hands to you : my soul gasps to you like a thirsty land.
O LORD, make haste to answer me; my spirit fails me : do not hide your face from me or I shall be like those who go down to the Pit.
Let me hear of your loving-kindness in the morning, for I put my trust in you : show me the road that I must walk, for I lift up my soul to you.
~ Psalm 143

A reading from the gospel according to John: “Now this was John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was. He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, ‘I am not the Messiah.’ They asked him, ‘Then who are you? Are you Elijah?’ He said, ‘I am not.’ ‘Are you the Prophet?’ He answered, ‘No.’ Finally they said, ‘Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?’ John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, ‘I am the voice of one calling in the desert, “Make straight the way for the Lord.” ’ ”

~ Pray the Jesus Prayer

~ Pray for Others

~ Pray the Lord’s Prayer

~MORNING PRAYER
Merciful God, you must grieve over our broken earth as King David mourned the death of his disobedient son, Absalom. Break our own hearts with the things that break yours. Make us voices in the wilderness that cry out for your kingdom to come on earth.
Amen.

08/28/2026

August 28, 2026

Augustine of Hippo said, “Let us leave a little room for reflection in our lives, room too for silence. Let us look within ourselves and see whether there is some delightful hidden place inside where we can be free of noise and argument. Let us hear the Word of God in stillness and perhaps we will then come to understand it.”

Augustine has rightly been criticized for silencing some important voices in his own day and passing on a harmful view of the body. He was not perfect, but he himself insisted that grace is the heart of our faith.

O Lord, let my soul rise up to meet you
as the day rises to meet the sun.

~ Pray the Jesus Prayer

~ Pray for Others

~ Pray the Lord’s Prayer

~ MORNING PRAYER~
Teach us to listen, Lord. Quiet the noise of our lives so we can hear your voice.
Amen.

08/26/2026

August 26, 2026

MORNING PRAYER

O Lord, let my soul rise up to meet you
as the day rises to meet the sun.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever.
Amen.

~ Come, let us sing to the LORD: let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation.

~ Be Thou My Vision.

~ Help us, Lord, to see as you see : and to change what is into what ought to be.

~ SCRIPTURE
You are righteous, O LORD: and upright are your judgments.
You have issued your decrees : with justice and in perfect faithfulness.
Your justice is an everlasting justice : and your law is the truth.
Trouble and distress have come upon me : yet your commandments are my delight.
The righteousness of your decrees is everlasting : grant me understanding, that I may live.
Help us, Lord, to see as you see : and to change what is into what ought to be.
~ Psalm 119

A reading from Paul’s letter to the Galatians: “You are all children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, neither slave nor free, neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”

~ Pray the Jesus Prayer

~ Pray for Others

~ Pray the Lord’s Prayer

~ MORNING PRAYER
Creator God, with joy and thanksgiving we celebrate that you made humans in your image, both male and female. We thank you especially today for those women in our lives through whom we have caught glimpses of your love.
Amen.