Old things New Podcast

Prayer Lord of Light and Truth, I thank you for speaking to us, for breaking the silence of heaven with the voice of your word. You have not left us to wander in the shadows, but have given us light through the lamp of scripture and the presence of your Spirit. Please write your truth deeply upon our hearts, subdue our stubborn will, and shape us into the likeness of your Son. Let Christ be seen i...

Prayer Heavenly Father, I thank you and I praise you for the new day that you have given. I thank you and I praise you, my rock and my redeemer. As I open your word this morning, may your Spirit help me to work out my salvation with fear and trembling as I give thanks to you who works in me both to will and to work for your good pleasure. Lord, please help me to live in a way that brings you pleas...

Prayer Gracious God and Father, we praise and thank you for your mercies to us and for your word. As we open your word now, may your spirit enlighten the eyes of our hearts. May you show us the glory of Christ and reform and remake us into your image through him. We pray in Jesus' name, Amen. Reading Genesis 2:18-20. “ Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will ma...

Prayer I praise you, Lord, righteous and holy is your name. Your word is faithful, and you are altogether trustworthy. As I open and read your word this morning, please fill my heart with zeal and love for you. Let me not forget your word, and may I delight in the way of your law. Please give me understanding that I may live. With my whole heart I cry, O Lord, cause me to keep your word. I call to...

Prayer O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what am I that you are mindful of me, that you should care for me? O Lord, please give to me this day your mercy and forgiveness for my sins, and meet with me now in the reading of...

Prayer Lord and our God, we praise you and we thank you for your great mercies to us. We pray, O Lord, that you would be exalted and glorified in our lives. And we pray now as we take a few moments to Meditate on your holy word and fill our minds with the truth of your word. Our Lord, we pray that you would renew our minds and help us that we may glorify you. We pray these things in Jesus' name. A...

Prayer Lord God Most High, Heavenly Father, all glory, praise, and honour be to you this day. You have sustained my life in the night, and have provided all things needful. Thank you for your steadfast love, your goodness and kindness is always before me and behind me. Thank you for your tender loving mercies, the forgiveness of my sins, grace upon grace, and your continuous instruction in the way...

Prayer Reading Proverbs 1:7. “ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge...” Meditation The seventh and final observation about fearing God that we need to make is that fearing God means that we should fear God. As we’ve seen, fearing God includes submission, for we read in Deuteronomy 10:12 “ And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to w...

Prayer Lord, as we open your word now, may you renew our minds and exalt and glorify yourself through our lives. Lord, may you better enable us to choose the good and to refuse the evil, to turn from evil and to turn unto you. Lord, give us wisdom through this study, we pray in Jesus' name. Amen. Reading Genesis 2:16-17. “ And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tr...

Prayer Dear Lord God, as we open your word, we pray that you would please help us and speak to us. Please give us understanding and help us to grow in our knowledge of you, that you may be exalted and glorified in our lives. We pray that you'd give us wisdom in the reading of your word now, in our meditation. In Jesus' name, Amen. Reading Genesis 2:16-17. “ And the Lord God commanded the man, sayi...

Prayer Dear Lord, Heavenly Father, praise and thank you for your word. Thank you for the life that you give us. Lord, please renew our minds, and give us understanding and insight. Please lead us and guide us in your ways. Please equip us for every good work. Correct us, rebuke us, encourage us, comfort us according to our need. Lord, we look to you. May you be glorified as you speak to us through...

Prayer Heavenly Father, as I come once again to your word on this new day, I give thanks to you for the gift of life. I am sorry that I have not maintained a constant state of thanksgiving in my heart, for you have treated me abundantly better than I deserved. Please help me to get wisdom, please give to me the gift of wisdom, especially that I may rightly fear you through submission to your holy...

Prayer Heavenly Father, all glory and thanks be to you for this new day. I do not know what this day may have in store, but I bless you for this gift. Whether trial or joy, you do all things well. Please help me, Lord, to be wholly dedicated unto you, consecrated and purified by Christ’s blood, and dedicated to serve and worship you in spirit and in truth. I pray that you may unite my heart to tru...

Prayer Heavenly Father, thank you for all wisdom belongs to you. Lord, as we open your word again, especially this book of wisdom, O Lord, may you Unite our hearts to fear your name. Lord, renew our hearts, renew our minds, lead us in your ways. Bless us and help us that we may serve you as we ought to. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Reading Proverbs 1:7. “ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of...

Prayer Our Lord and our God, we give praise and thanks to you. You are our God, our maker, and our shepherd and our keeper. Lord, we thank you for the gift of life and for the instruction that you provide for us in your word. We pray as we give our attention again to your word now. Please help us, Lord, to be doers of the word, to respond to what we hear, to understand and to practice your will. W...

Prayer Reading Genesis 2:15. “ The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. ” Meditation Of the numerous popular songs of the Australian rock band Powderfinger, “Not my kinda scene” was definitely up there. Get on YouTube and listen to the song sometime, but at least for now let me give you the opening words: “Tell me where I'mSupposed to beginAn unhappy life...

Prayer Heavenly Father, I praise you and I thank you for a new day of life. Lord I pray that you would meet with me once again today to strengthen and feed me from your word. Without you, Lord, I will perish body and soul. I live only by the word that proceeds out of your mouth, and so I pray – please feed me from your word O Lord. Nourish and strengthen my soul, please give me wisdom according to...

Prayer Our gracious God, we thank you for the gift of life and for the gift of work. We pray as we open your word now that you would renew our minds, give us understanding, and help us to live more and more in accordance with your design for the gift of work. We pray for your help in Jesus' name. Amen. Reading Genesis 2:15. “ The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it a...

Prayer Heavenly Father, I give all praise and thanks to you. In wisdom you have established all your works, and you have done all things well. I praise you for your love, the greatness of your mercy, compassion, and patience is boundless toward me. I praise you for your jealous love, and that with you abides no evil – even unto the discipline of your children. In faithfulness you have done them al...

Prayer Our Lord and our God, we thank you for the world that you've made and for the constant supply of good things that you give to us. Lord, we pray as we live this day that you've given to us. Be merciful to us. Forgive us and help us. Lord, we pray as we begin to consider this topic of work, that you would help us to see our work, our vocations, from your perspective, that we may honour you in...

Prayer Dear Lord God, we thank you for the gift of life. We thank you for your word which gives life to us and we pray as we read your word now that you would renew our minds and show us your ways. Please help us, Lord, to appreciate better the gift of life and to live life with your perspective and purposes. We pray in Jesus' name. Amen. Reading Genesis 2:10-14. “ A river flowed out of Eden to wa...

Prayer Mighty God, full of compassion and grace, I worship you. On this new day, I look again to you, from whom all my help and supply of strength and grace comes. O Lord, please lavish your love upon once again today for the sake of Christ my Saviour. Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law. I rest my soul in you. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen. Reading Proverbs 1:7. “ The fear of t...

Prayer Lord God, thank you for the gift of life. We praise you and we thank you. You've made us. You knit us together in our mother's wombs. We have been fearfully and wonderfully made in your image. Lord, please help us to consider the gift of life today and help us that we may not take it for granted. We pray in Jesus' name. Amen. Reading Genesis 2:9. “ And out of the ground the Lord God made to...

Prayer Lord God in heaven, praise and thanks be to you for this wondrous world that you've made and for the lives that you've given us and for sustaining and keeping us in our lives. Lord, as we open your word now, we pray that you would renew our vision of this world. Help us to see and seek your beauty and glory, and to praise you in response to the beauty that you have made in this world. Lord,...

Prayer Father in heaven, I praise you for this day, and for your manifold mercies. I praise you for fresh life today, that you preserved me through the night, and that your enduring patience and mercy has sustained me in Christ Jesus my Saviour. Father, I praise you that I belong to you, and I pray that you would be continually merciful to me for my many sins and failings. Lord, I am sorry for res...