I saw the Lord always before me

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Praise To The Lord

Salt of the Sound

Today is Monday the 6th of April, in the first week of Easter.

Salt of the Sound sings, ‘Praise to the Lord’. Take a moment to draw near to the Lord as you begin this time of prayer...

Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation

O my soul, praise him, for he is your health and salvation

Come, all who hear; now to his temple draw near

Join me in glad adoration

Praise to the Lord, above all things so wondrously reigning

Sheltering you under his wings, and so gently sustaining

Ponder anew what the Almighty can do

If with his love he befriends you

Praise to the Lord! O let all that is in me adore him

All that has life and breath, come now with praises before him

Let the Amen sound from his people again

Gladly forever adore him

Let the Amen sound from his people again

Gladly forever adore him

3:19

Today’s reading is from the Acts of the Apostles.

Acts 2:14, 22-33

But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them: ‘Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say.

‘You that are Israelites, listen to what I have to say: Jesus of Nazareth,a man attested to you by God with deeds of power, wonders, and signs that God did through him among you, as you yourselves know— this man, handed over to you according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of those outside the law. But God raised him up, having freed him from death,because it was impossible for him to be held in its power. For David says concerning him,

“I saw the Lord always before me,

for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken;

therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced;

moreover, my flesh will live in hope.

For you will not abandon my soul to Hades,

or let your Holy One experience corruption.

You have made known to me the ways of life;

you will make me full of gladness with your presence.”

‘Fellow Israelites, I may say to you confidently of our ancestor David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. Since he was a prophet, he knew that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would put one of his descendants on his throne. Foreseeing this, David spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, saying,

“He was not abandoned to Hades,

nor did his flesh experience corruption.”

This Jesus God raised up, and of that all of us are witnesses. Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you both see and hear.’

6:20

In Light, Ascending

Dear Gravity & Salt of the Sound

Even though he is inspired by the Holy Spirit, Peter has quite a task here. He has to explain to the very people who cried out for Jesus to be crucified why they should now believe that God has raised Jesus from the dead. What’s your own first reaction to Peter’s words?

Peter talks of himself and those with him as witnesses to the resurrection. How might that be said of you yourself in your own following of Christ?

As the second part of this passage is read again, listen for the ways in which Peter uses the Old Testament, the scriptures that his audience would have been very familiar with.

9:08

But God raised him up, having freed him from death,because it was impossible for him to be held in its power. For David says concerning him,

“I saw the Lord always before me,

for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken;

therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced;

moreover, my flesh will live in hope.

For you will not abandon my soul to Hades,

or let your Holy One experience corruption.

You have made known to me the ways of life;

you will make me full of gladness with your presence.”

‘Fellow Israelites, I may say to you confidently of our ancestor David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. Since he was a prophet, he knew that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would put one of his descendants on his throne. Foreseeing this, David spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, saying,

“He was not abandoned to Hades,

nor did his flesh experience corruption.”

This Jesus God raised up, and of that all of us are witnesses. Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you both see and hear.’

11:06

Speak, finally, with Jesus about what it means for you this year to be moving from Lent into Eastertide.

12:37

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.

As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be

World without end

Amen