Morning Prayer And Worship

Would you like to be a guest reader on a future podcast episode? Go to benwardmusic.com/readers and find out more! It’s Monday of Ordinary Time, Proper 15 in the Church Calendar. August 21, 2023. Praying today for the effects of severe weather in Southern California in the US. Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing “Goodness of God” by Ben Fielding, Brian Johnson, Ed Cash, Jason Ingram, and Jenn Johnson and we’ll include a prayer of confession. We’ll read Psalm 106:1-18 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Scripture lesson is Acts 22:30-23:11 . We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer. If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list. Morning Prayer and Worship is a production of Steady Stream Ministries, a 501(c)(3) non profit organization. Thank you for giving to support this ministry. You can go here to find out more. Join o

You’re here with us now Here with us now And nothing is impossible Nothing is impossible for You Oh Jesus It’s Friday of Ordinary Time, Proper 14 in the Church Calendar. August 18, 2023. Praying today for Ziad in Lebanon and those most vulnerable from the record heat in many parts of the world. Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing “More” by Stephanie Osorio and me and we’ll include a prayer of confession. We’ll read Psalm 102 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Scripture lesson is Acts 21:37 - 22:16 . We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer. If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list. Morning Prayer and Worship is a production of Steady Stream Ministries, a 501(c)(3) non profit organization. Thank you for giving to support this ministry. You can go here to find out more. Join our Facebook group here! Art: Momentum

It’s Thursday of Ordinary Time, Proper 14 in the Church Calendar. August 17, 2023. Praying today for refugees and migrants at the US Southern border. Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing “Firm Foundation (He Won’t)” by Austin Davis, Chandler Moore, and Cody Carnes and we’ll include a prayer of confession. We’ll read Psalm 105:1-22 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Scripture lesson is Acts 21:27-36 . We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer. If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list. Morning Prayer and Worship is a production of Steady Stream Ministries, a 501(c)(3) non profit organization. Thank you for giving to support this ministry. You can go here to find out more. Join our Facebook group here! Art: ANTON KOH-I-NOR. Proper 14 - Grant to us, Lord, we pray, the spirit to think and do always those things that ar

It’s Wednesday of Ordinary Time, Proper 14 in the Church Calendar. August 16, 2023. Praying today for believers in Lebanon. Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing “Your Grace is Enough” by Matt Maher and we’ll include a prayer of confession. We’ll read Psalms 101 and 109:1-4, 20-30 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Scripture lesson is Acts 21:15-26 . We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer. If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list. Morning Prayer and Worship is a production of Steady Stream Ministries, a 501(c)(3) non profit organization. Thank you for giving to support this ministry. You can go here to find out more. Join our Facebook group here! Art: Tape That by Stephan Meissner. Proper 14 - Grant to us, Lord, we pray, the spirit to think and do always those things that are right, that we, who cannot exist wit

Celebrating the life and faith of Mary, Mother of Jesus in the Church Calendar. August 15, 2023. Praying again today for the island of Maui in the state of Hawaii. Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing a song I wrote called “The Sound and the Stirring” and we’ll include a prayer of confession. We’ll read Psalms 113 and 115 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Scripture lesson is John 2:1-12 . We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer. If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list. Morning Prayer and Worship is a production of Steady Stream Ministries, a 501(c)(3) non profit organization. Thank you for giving to support this ministry. You can go here to find out more. Join our Facebook group here! Art: Archangel Gabriel To Mary Annunciation, maha rukab. Saint Mary the Virgin - O God, you have taken to yourself the blessed Virgin Mary, m

It’s Monday of Ordinary Time, Proper 14 in the Church Calendar. August 14, 2023. Praying today for the island of Maui in the state of Hawaii and with Raina in Burnside. Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing “Who You Say I Am” by Ben Fielding and Reuben Morgan and we’ll include a prayer of confession. We’ll read Psalm 89:1-18 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Scripture lesson is Acts 20:17-28 . We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer. If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list. Morning Prayer and Worship is a production of Steady Stream Ministries, a 501(c)(3) non profit organization. Thank you for giving to support this ministry. You can go here to find out more. Join our Facebook group here! Art: Frieder Kühner. Proper 14 - Grant to us, Lord, we pray, the spirit to think and do always those things that are right,

It’s Friday of Ordinary Time, Proper 12 in the Church Calendar. August 4, 2023. Next week will be a summer vacation for Morning Prayer. No podcast episodes will be posted. Meet you back here August 14, 2023. This week we are following the Daily Office lectionary with an episode Monday through Friday.  Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing “I Believe” by Amanda Cook, Jason Ingram, Jonathan David Helser, Melissa Helser, and Steffany Gretzinger and we’ll include a prayer of confession. We’ll read Psalm 69:1-23, 31-38 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Scripture lesson is Acts 17:1-15 . We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer. If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list. Morning Prayer and Worship is a production of Steady Stream Ministries, a 501(c)(3) non profit organization. Thank you for giving to support this ministry.

It’s Thursday of Ordinary Time, Proper 12 in the Church Calendar. August 3, 2023. This week we are following the Daily Office lectionary with an episode Monday through Friday. Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing “Where the Streets Have No Name” by U2 and we’ll include a prayer of confession. We’ll read Psalm 71 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Scripture lesson is Acts 16:25-40 . We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer. If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list. Morning Prayer and Worship is a production of Steady Stream Ministries, a 501(c)(3) non profit organization. Thank you for giving to support this ministry. You can go here to find out more. Join our Facebook group here! Art: Robert Delaunay, 1913, Premier Disque, Proper 12 - O God, the protector of all who trust in you, without whom nothing is strong, n

It’s Wednesday of Ordinary Time, Proper 12 in the Church Calendar. August 2, 2023. This week we are following the Daily Office lectionary with an episode Monday through Friday. Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing “Yahweh” by U2 and we’ll include a prayer of confession. We’ll read Psalm 72 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Scripture lesson is Acts 16:16-24 . We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer. If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list. Morning Prayer and Worship is a production of Steady Stream Ministries, a 501(c)(3) non profit organization. Thank you for giving to support this ministry. You can go here to find out more. Join our Facebook group here! Art: Say It by Cassandra Miller. Proper 12 - O God, the protector of all who trust in you, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: Increase and multi

It’s Tuesday of Ordinary Time, Proper 12 in the Church Calendar. August 1, 2023. This week we are following the Daily Office lectionary with an episode Monday through Friday. Praying today for Christen in Texas, USA and Merrill in Florida, USA. Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing “Desert Song” by Brooke Ligertwood and we’ll include a prayer of confession. We’ll read Psalms 61 and 62 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Scripture lesson is Acts 16:6-15 . We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer. If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list. Morning Prayer and Worship is a production of Steady Stream Ministries, a 501(c)(3) non profit organization. Thank you for giving to support this ministry. You can go here to find out more. Join our Facebook group here! Art: All Along the Watchtower by Cassandra Miller. Proper 12

TONIGHT! Monday, July 31, 2023 at 8:30pm Central, I’ll be going live in our new Facebook group to tell the story of how God provided the new guitar I was able to get as a result of the summer giving campaign. I’ll bring the guitar and play a bit as well! Join the Facebook group here. It’s Monday of Ordinary Time, Proper 12 in the Church Calendar. July 31, 2023. This week we are following the Daily Office lectionary with an episode Monday through Friday. Praying today with Isaac in New York, USA. Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing “Worthy is the Lamb” by Darlene Zschech and we’ll include a prayer of confession. We’ll read Psalms 56 and 57 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Scripture lesson is Acts 15:36-16:5 . We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer. If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list. Morning Prayer and Wor

Monday, July 31, 2023 at 8:30pm Central, I’ll be going live in our new Facebook group to tell the story of how God provided the new guitar I was able to get as a result of the summer giving campaign. I’ll bring the guitar and play a bit as well! Join the Facebook group here. It’s Friday of Ordinary Time, Proper 11 in the Church Calendar. July 28, 2023. This week we are following the Daily Office lectionary with an episode Monday through Friday. Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing “Jesus Lover Of My Soul” by Daniel Grul, John Ezzy, and Steve McPherson and we’ll include a prayer of confession. We’ll read Psalms 40 and 54 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Scripture lesson is Acts 15:12-21 . We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer. If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list. Thank you for supporting Morning Prayer. You ca

Monday, July 31, 2023 at 8:30pm Central, I’ll be going live in our new Facebook group to tell the story of how God provided the new guitar I was able to get as a result of the summer giving campaign. I’ll bring the guitar and play a bit as well! Join the Facebook group here. It’s Thursday of Ordinary Time, Proper 11 in the Church Calendar. July 27, 2023. This week we are following the Daily Office lectionary with an episode Monday through Friday. Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing “O Lord, You’re Beautiful” by Keith Green and we’ll include a prayer of confession. We’ll read Psalm 50 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Scripture lesson is Acts 15:1-11 . We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer. If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list. Thank you for supporting Morning Prayer. You can go here to find out more. Photo:

Interested in joining our new Facebook group? It’s Wednesday of Ordinary Time, Proper 11 in the Church Calendar. July 26, 2023. This week we are following the Daily Office lectionary with an episode Monday through Friday. Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing “God I Look to You” by Ian McIntosh and Jenn Johnson and we’ll include a prayer of confession. We’ll read Psalm 119:49-72 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Scripture lesson is Acts 14:19-28 . We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer. If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list. Thank you for supporting Morning Prayer. You can go here to find out more. Photo: Roman Fox, Paris 3. Proper 11 - Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, you know our necessities before we ask and our ignorance in asking: Have compassion on our weakness, and mercifully give us those th

Interested in joining our new Facebook group? Celebrating the life of Saint James the Apostle in the Church Calendar. July 25, 2023. This week we are following the Daily Office lectionary with an episode Monday through Friday. Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing “O Taste and See” by Brian and Jenn Johnson and we’ll include a prayer of confession. We’ll read Psalm 7:1-10 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Scripture lesson is Acts 11:27-12:3 . We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer. If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list. Thank you for supporting Morning Prayer. You can go here to find out more. Photo: Roman Fox, Paris. Saint James - O gracious God, we remember before you today your servant and apostle James, first among the Twelve to suffer martyrdom for the Name of Jesus Christ; and we pray that you will pou

Amazing news!! We exceeded the goal for the summer giving campaign. Well over 20 people gave and, because of your generosity, I will be able to make the repairs to my guitar and purchase a backup. I am so thankful and so blessed to be a part of this community. THANK YOU!!!! Interested in joining our new Facebook group? It’s Monday of Ordinary Time, Proper 11 in the Church Calendar. July 24, 2023. This week we are following the Daily Office lectionary with an episode Monday through Friday. Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing a song I wrote based on the prayer of St. Francis called, “Lord, Make Me an Instrument,” and we’ll include a prayer of confession. We’ll read Psalms 41 and 52 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Scripture lesson is Acts 13:44-52 . We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer. If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for t

Last days of the summer giving campaign! Less than $1000 to go! Would you sow towards the ministry of Morning Prayer? It’s Friday of Ordinary Time, Proper 10 in the Church Calendar. July 21, 2023. This week we are following the Daily Office lectionary with an episode Monday through Friday. Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing “Holy and Anointed One” by John Barnett including a prayer of confession. We’ll read Psalm 31 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Scripture lesson is Acts 13:13-25 . We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer. If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list. Photo: Least Sandpiper by Joshua Galicki. Proper 10 - O Lord, mercifully receive the prayers of your people who call upon you, and grant that they may know and understand what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to a

Last days of the summer giving campaign! $1000 to go! Would you sow towards the ministry of Morning Prayer? Celebrating the lives of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Amelia Bloomer, Sojourner Truth, and Harriett Ross Tubman in the Church Calendar. July 20, 2023. Praying today for Mary in Michigan. This week we are following the Daily Office lectionary with an episode Monday through Friday. Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing “Seek Ye First” by Karen Lafferty with a new bridge I added and include a prayer of confession. We’ll read Psalm 146 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Gospel reading is Luke 11:5-10 . We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer. If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list. Photo: Tree Swallow by Nicholas Stroh. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Amelia Bloomer, Sojourner Truth, and Harriett Ross Tubman - O God, whos

Last days of the summer giving campaign! $1000 to go! Would you sow towards the ministry of Morning Prayer? It’s Wednesday of Ordinary Time, Proper 10 in the Church Calendar. July 19, 2023. This week we are following the Daily Office lectionary with an episode Monday through Friday. Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing “Surrender” by Marc James including a prayer of confession. We’ll read Psalm 38 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Scripture lesson is Acts 12:18-25 . We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer. If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list. Photo: Black-bellied Whistling-Duck by Dawn Wilson. Proper 10 - O Lord, mercifully receive the prayers of your people who call upon you, and grant that they may know and understand what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to accomplish t

Last week of the summer giving campaign! $1000 to go! Would you sow towards the ministry of Morning Prayer? It’s Tuesday of Ordinary Time, Proper 10 in the Church Calendar. July 18, 2023. This week we are following the Daily Office lectionary with an episode Monday through Friday. Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing “Search My Heart” by  Rick Founds and Todd Collins including a prayer of confession. We’ll read Psalms 26 and 28 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Scripture lesson is Acts 12:1-17 . We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer. If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list. Photo: Silvia Sagone, Berlino 2. Proper 10 - O Lord, mercifully receive the prayers of your people who call upon you, and grant that they may know and understand what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully