Pastor Helps for Priesthood Ministry Conversations (PDF)

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Scriptural Meditation

Use the following meditation for a group setting or for personal reflection. The scripture selections are from Psalm 100:4–5; Joshua 24:14–15; Psalm 89:1–2; 1 Corinthians 4:1–2; Hebrews 10:21–23.

Reader 1: Give thanks to God! Bless God’s name! For Our God is good; God’s steadfast love endures forever, and God’s faithfulness is to all generations.

Reader 2: This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah, doing what was good and right and faithful before the Lord his God. In everything that he undertook in the service of God’s temple and in obedience to the law and the commands, he sought his God and worked wholeheartedly.

Reader 3: Forever I will sing the wonders of your love, Adonai, proclaiming your faithfulness to all generations! I’ll tell them that your love stands firm forever, your fidelity is fixed in the heavens.

Reader 4: Therefore, we should be regarded as people in service to Christ, as people entrusted with the mysteries of God. The first requirement of those who have been given a trust is faithfulness.

Reader 5: … let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith…Let us keep firm in the hope we profess, because the One who made the promise is faithful. Let us consider how to spur one another to love and good deeds...encouraging one another…

Moments of Silent Meditation

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