Week 1_Day 5 - CommonWealth Prayer

Morning

{Noon} {Evening}

I will raise myself up from this bed of sleep, to adore my God, and to labor for the salvation of my soul. O may I rise on the last day unto eternal life. Amen.

Repeated Stanzas (Tropars) to the Holy Trinity & Thrice Holy (Trisagion)

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

Having risen from sleep we worship You, O Good One, and we sing with the angels and the living creatures (the seraphim and the cherubim), a hymn to You: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord, the all-powerful God, who was and is and is coming!” (Revelation 4:8)

The Jesus Prayer

O Lord Jesus (Yeshua) Christ (the Messiah), Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.

Lord, Have Mercy (Kyrie Eleison)

Lord, have mercy, Christ (the Messiah) have mercy, Lord have mercy. (Luke 18:13)

I am nothing without you. I can’t do anything apart from you. I have no goodness of my own. I need you. I want you. I am desperate for you every moment of every day. Whatever I face today, whether poverty or plenty, in any situation: I can do all things through Christ (the Messiah) who strengthens me. (Philippians 4:13)

You created my innermost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. (Psalm 139:13;16) You care for me. I am precious to You, made in Your image with honor. (Matthew 6:26; Psalms 8:4-5) You love me. (Romans 5:8; 1 John 4:9-10)

Morning Sacrifice – stand facing east toward Jerusalem and the future Temple (burn incense, light a candle, ring a bell, or sound a trumpet/shofar; have wine/juice and cracker/matzo ready)

Hear (Shema)

Listen and obey, Israel! The Lord is our God, The Lord alone! So love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Tell them to your children over and over again. Talk about them all the time, whether you’re at home or walking along the road or going to bed at night, or getting up in the morning. Write down copies and tie them to your wrists and foreheads to help you obey them. Write these laws on the door frames of your homes and on your town gates… I command you to love others as much as you love yourself. I am the Lord. (Deut. 6:4-9; Lev. 19:18; Luke 10:27 CEV)

The Lord’s Prayer – Expanded

Forgive all our debts in that year of Jubilee; Wipe our crimes clean against Your Majesty; Heal the sick, set the prisoners free; The punishment of death, throw into the fiery sea

Sacrificial Gift (Korbanot)

Master of the Worlds, You commanded Israel to bring the daily offering at its appointed time; and have the priests perform their service, and the Levites to sing and play music on the platform. And now, because of Your covenant discipline, the Holy Temple is destroyed, and the daily offering discontinued; we have neither a priest at his service, nor a Levite on his platform, nor an Israelite at his station.

Think of my prayer as sweet-smelling incense, and think of my lifted hands as an evening (or morning) sacrifice. (Psalm 141:2 CEV)

Restore the service to the inner sanctuary of your Temple, and receive in love and with favor both the fire-offerings of Israel and their prayers.

Please be willing, Lord, to help the city of Zion and to rebuild its walls. Then you will be pleased with the proper sacrifices, and we will offer bulls on your altar once again. (Psalm 51:18-19)

The Great Thanksgiving (Eucharist)

All glory be unto You, Almighty God, our Father in heaven, for You, of Your tender mercy, did give your only Son Jesus (Yeshua) the Messiah to suffer death on the cross for our redemption; who made there by His one oblation of himself once offered, a full, perfect, and sufficient sacrifice, oblation, and satisfaction, for the sins of the whole world; and did institute, and in his holy Gospel command us to continue, a perpetual memory of his precious death and sacrifice, until His coming again. Amen.

Confession of Sin & Absolution

Let us bow and humbly confess our sins to Almighty God:

Most merciful God,
we confess that we have sinned against you
in thought, word, and deed,
by what we have done, and by what we have left undone.
We have not loved you with our whole heart;
we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.
We are truly sorry and we humbly repent.
For the sake of your Son Jesus (Yeshua) the Messiah,
have mercy on us and forgive us;
that we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways,
to the glory of your Name. Amen.

Take a moment to confess individual sins that come to mind.

Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who in his great mercy has promised forgiveness of sins to all those who sincerely repent and with true faith turn to him, have mercy upon us, pardon and deliver us from all your sins, confirm and strengthen us in all goodness, and bring us to everlasting life; through Jesus (Yeshua) the Messiah our Lord. Amen.

We hear the words of our Lord, “Your sins are forgiven. Go: and sin no more.”

Blessing over the Wine (raise the cup and recite)

We bless You, O Lord our God, King of the universe, Who creates the fruit of the vine. As we drink let us be filled with the knowledge of your sacrifice that our deeds may imitate the One who offers forgiveness through His blood; Who has given us the Way to deliverance from the wrath to come in Jesus (Yeshua) the Messiah. Amen.

Blessing over the Bread (raise the bread or cracker and break)

We bless You, O Lord our God, King of the universe, Who brings forth bread from the earth. We give you thanks, our Father, for the life and knowledge which You made known to us through Your Son Jesus (Yeshua). Yours is the glory forever and ever. As this broken bread was scattered upon the mountains (as seed) and gathered together as one bundle of wheat, so may Your assembly be gathered together from the ends of the earth into Your kingdom. For Yours is the glory and the power through Jesus (Yeshua) the Messiah forever and ever. Amen. (Didache)

Song of the Bible

Lament for Saul & Jonathan

Israel, your famous hero lies dead on the hills, and your mighty warriors have fallen!
Don’t tell it in Gath or spread the news on the streets of Ashkelon.
The godless Philistine women will be happy and jump for joy.

Don’t let dew or rain fall on the hills of Gilboa. Don’t let its fields grow offerings for God.
There the warriors’ shields were smeared with mud, and Saul’s own shield was left unpolished.

The arrows of Jonathan struck, and warriors died. The sword of Saul cut the enemy apart.

It was easy to love Saul and Jonathan.
Together in life, together in death, they were faster than eagles and stronger than lions.

Women of Israel, cry for Saul. He brought you fine red cloth and jewelry made of gold.
Our warriors have fallen in the heat of battle, and Jonathan lies dead on the hills of Gilboa.

Jonathan, I miss you most! I loved you like a brother.
You were truly loyal to me, more faithful than a wife to her husband.

Our warriors have fallen, and their weapons are destroyed. (2 Samuel 1:17-27 CEV)

Scripture Reading

Torah Portion – follow the daily Torah portion for the week.

Out of Zion shall come forth the Torah (Law), and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. Blessed are You, Lord our God, who gave the Torah (Law) to His people Israel in holiness.

Scripture Prayer – Consecration

I pray to you, Lord! Please listen when I pray and hurry to help me. Think of my prayer as sweet-smelling incense, and think of my lifted hands as an evening sacrifice. Help me to guard my words whenever I say something. Don’t let me want to do evil or waste my time doing wrong with wicked people. Don’t let me even taste the good things they offer. (Ps 141:1–4 CEV)

Pray this scripture for yourself and specific names of others.

Reverence for God

May it be Your will LORD, my God, and the God of my fathers, to implant Your love and fear of You in my heart and in the heart of all Israel, Your people, to fear Your Great, Mighty and Awesome Name with all our heart and with all our soul, for You are great and Your Name is awesome. Selah. Amen.

Prayer for Protection

O Lord, Lover of men, and by Your loving-kindness I strive to do Your work today, and I ask You: help us at all times, in everything, and deliver us from every evil grief and distress of heart, and every attack of the devil, surround us by Your holy angels, that we may be guarded and guided, and lead me into Your eternal Kingdom. For You are my Creator, the Giver and Provider of everything good, and all my hope is in You, and to You I send up glory, now and forever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.

Come, Creator Spirit (Veni Creator Spiritus)

Come, Holy Spirit, Creator come, from your bright heavenly throne! Come, take possession of our souls, and make them all your own. Far from us drive our hellish foe, true peace unto us bring, and through all perils guide us safe beneath your sacred wing. Through you may we the Father know, through you the eternal Son and you the Spirit of them both, three times blessed, three in One.

Benediction

Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus (Yeshua) our Lord. His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires. (2 Peter 1:2-4)

Noon

{Morning} {Evening}

Scripture Reading

Read a Psalm and a Proverb, Ecclesiastes, or Song of Solomon

Help us to Follow

Jesus (Yeshua) said: ‘Whoever would become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. The one who endures to the end will be saved.

Saviour, we hear your call. Help us to follow.

Jesus (Yeshua) said: ‘Whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant.’

Saviour, we hear your call. Help us to follow.

Jesus (Yeshua) said: ‘Unless you change and become humble like little children, you can never enter the kingdom of heaven.’

Saviour, we hear your call. Help us to follow.

Jesus (Yeshua) said: ‘Happy are the humble; they will receive what God has promised.’

Saviour, we hear your call. Help us to follow.

Jesus (Yeshua) said: ‘Be merciful as your Father is merciful; love your enemies and do good to them.’

Saviour, we hear your call. Help us to follow.

Jesus (Yeshua) said: ‘Love one another, as I love you; there is no greater love than this, to lay down your life for your friends.’

Saviour, we hear your call. Help us to follow.

Jesus (Yeshua) said: ‘Go to people everywhere and make them my disciples, and I will be with you always, to the end of the age.’

Saviour, we hear your call. Help us to follow.

Fruit of the Spirit

Come, Holy Spirit. We pray that your fruit would be in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.

Scripture Prayer – Mission

Ask the Lord in charge of the harvest to send out workers to bring it in. (Matt. 9:38 CEV)

Pray this scripture for yourself and specific names of others.

Creed

I believe (trust) in one God, the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible.

I believe in (obey) one Lord, Jesus (Yeshua) the Messiah,
the Only Begotten Son of God, born of the Father before all ages.
God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God,
begotten, not made, being of one essence with the Father;
through him all things were made.
For us men and for our salvation (from the wrath to come), he came down from heaven,
and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the virgin Mary, and became man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate,
he suffered death and was buried, and rose again on the third day
in accordance with the Scriptures.
He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead
and his kingdom will have no end.

I believe (trust) in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets.I believe in (acknowledge) one, holy, universal and apostolic assembly. (the coming Commonwealth of Israel)
I confess one baptism (of repentance) for the forgiveness of sins
and I wait for the resurrection of the dead
and the life of the world to come. Amen.

Evening

{Morning} {Noon}

Afternoon Sacrifice – stand facing east toward Jerusalem and the future Temple (burn incense, light a candle, ring a bell, or sound a trumpet/shofar)

Hear (Shema)

Standing Prayer (Amidah) – 5th Prayer

Bring us back, O our father, to your Instruction; draw us near, O our King, to your service; and cause us to return to you in perfect repentance.

Blessed are you, O Lord, who delights in repentance.

Sacrificial Gift (Korbanot)

Think of my prayer as sweet-smelling incense, and think of my lifted hands as an evening (or morning) sacrifice. (Psalm 141:2 CEV)

Restore the service to the inner sanctuary of your Temple, and receive in love and with favor both the fire-offerings of Israel and their prayers.

Please be willing, Lord, to help the city of Zion and to rebuild its walls. Then you will be pleased with the proper sacrifices, and we will offer bulls on your altar once again. (Psalm 51:18-19)

The Great Thanksgiving (Eucharist)

Baptism Questions (Remembering your baptism: you may want to dip your hand or fingers in a bowl of water and recite these again)

Do you renounce Satan and all the spiritual forces of wickedness that rebel against God?

I renounce them

Do you renounce the evil powers of this world which corrupt and destroy the creatures of God?

I renounce them

Do renounce all sinful desires that draw you from the love of God, and that are deserving of the coming wrath of God?

I renounce them

Do you put your whole trust in the mercy and forgiveness of God shown to you through the sacrifice of the Messiah?

I do

Do you promise to be loyal to Him no matter what may come, whether persecution or death?

I do

Do you promise to follow and obey Him as your Lord, the coming King of Israel, who will reward and resurrect your body on that Day to live on the restored earth?

I do

We thank you, Almighty God, for the gift of water. Over it the Holy Spirit moved in the beginning of creation. Through it you led the children of Israel out of their bondage in Egypt into the land of promise. In it Your Son Jesus (Yeshua) received the baptism of John and was anointed by the Holy Spirit as the Messiah, to lead us, through his death and resurrection, from the bondage of sin into everlasting life.

We thank you, Father, for the water of baptism. In it we are buried with the Messiah in His death. By it we will share in His bodily resurrection, and will be reborn by the Holy Spirit. We receive now a deposit of the powers of that coming age. Therefore in joyful obedience to Your Son, we bring into His fellowship those who come to HIm in faith, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

Now set apart this water, we pray, by the power of the Holy Spirit, that those who are cleansed from sin may continue forever unto the risen life of Jesus (Yeshua) the Messiah our Savior. Amen.

Song of the Bible

Beatitudes

God favors those people who depend only on him. They belong to the kingdom from heaven!

God favors those people who grieve. They will be comforted!

God favors those people who are humble. The earth will belong to them!

God favors those people who want everyone to be treated right more than to eat or drink. They will be given what they want!

God favors those people who are merciful. They will be treated with mercy!

God favors those people whose hearts are pure. They will see him!

God favors those people who make peace. They will be called his children!

God favors those people who are treated badly for doing and speaking His truth. They belong to the kingdom from heaven!

God will favor you when people insult you, mistreat you, and tell all kinds of evil lies about you because of me.

Be happy and excited! Your reward is in heaven. People did these same things to the prophets who lived long ago. (Matthew 5:3-12)

Scripture Reading

Historical Books or Prophets & Messianic Writings – see Bible Reading Plan

Prayer – Leaders

O Lord, grant to all kings and rulers health, peace, concord, and stability, that they may administer the government you have given them without failure. For you, O heavenly Master, King of the Ages, give the sons of men glory and honor and authority over all things that are on the earth. Lord, direct their counsel according to what is good and pleasing in your sight, that administering the authority you have given them, in peace and gentleness, with godliness, they may obtain your favor. You alone are able to do these things, and things far greater than these for us. We praise you, through the High Priest and Guardian of our souls, Jesus (Yeshua) Christ (the Messiah); through him be glory and majesty to you, both now and for all generations, forever and ever. Amen. (1st Clement)

Pray this scripture for Governmental or any other leaders by name.

Fulfill Your Word in these Last Days

Blessed are You, Lord our God and God of the fathers, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, the God and Father of our Lord Jesus (Yeshua) the Messiah, the God who fulfills Your word in these days.