Monday, June 29, 2026

If you are new to our Mid-Week Worship devotional, learn more about it here.

This week’s devotional comes from the book of Psalms.

Songs used in the Mid-Week Worship devotional are added each week to a Spotify playlist.
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Time of Preparation

Begin by taking inventory of your surroundings. Are things in your vicinity conducive to a time of personal worship? Are there any changes or adjustments (turning off tech, making yourself comfortable) you need to make before you begin?

When you are ready, take a moment to sit in silence and prepare your heart for worship. Ask God to clear away any distractions that might keep you from being truly present in this moment. Take a few moments to breathe in and out, asking God to still your heart and mind.

SONG OF PREPARATION: Come Let Us Worship and Bow Down (from Psalm 95, lyrics here)

Encounter With God

In this first movement, we simply seek to see God for who He is: the One worthy of worship.

”The Lord reigns, let the nations tremble;
he sits enthroned between the cherubim,
let the earth shake.

Great is the Lord in Zion;
he is exalted over all the nations.

Let them praise your great and awesome name—he is holy.”
—Psalm 99:1-3 (NIV)

In the Psalms we often find language that describes God in ways that can almost seem frightening—he is the one before whom the nations tremble, he is the one who is exalted over all the nations, who is enthroned in the heavens. This is a truth that we should never lose sight of—the mightiness and awesome majesty of God are are core part of his being, and they are what drive us to our knees in worship.

But even as we acknowledge the holy, awesome transcendence of God, it provides us another touchstone for worship—gratitude that the transcendent One has become immanent in Christ. The God of all creation, who flings galaxies into space, has drawn near to us. What an absolute wonder. What a remarkable truth.

SONG OF ENCOUNTER: Everlasting God (lyrics here)

Confession

In this second movement, we simply see ourselves for who we are: people who need God.

“Have mercy upon me, O God,
According to Your lovingkindness;
According to the multitude of Your tender mercies,
Blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
And cleanse me from my sin.”
—Psalm 51:1-2 (NKJV)

Psalm 51 is one of the most powerful examples of repentance in all of Scripture. It is one of those passages that can become so familiar that if we’re not careful it can lose its impact. Take some intentional time to pray this psalm, either through the song below or through your own personal reading.

Breathe in God’s invitation to bring your sin and struggles to Him. Remind yourself that his invitation is not rooted in shame, but inexhaustible love.

SONG OF CONFESSION: Psalm 51 (lyrics here)

Assurance

In this third movement, we receive the good news of the gospel: we are forgiven.

“As far as the east is from the west, so far he removes our transgressions from us.”
—Psalm 103:12 (NRSV)

Let this verse from Psalm 103 serve as a breath prayer for the next few moments.

Breathe in as you reflect on the words “As far as the east is from the west.”

Breathe out as you reflect on the words, “So far he removes our transgressions from us.”

Repeat this breath prayer as often as you need for the words to sink in deep. This is not a discernable distance—east is as far from west as can possibly be. This is the measurement of God’s great mercy.

Commission

In this final movement, we are encouraged and equipped for the work God would have us do.

“Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name;
make known among the nations what he has done.
Sing to him, sing praise to him;
tell of all his wonderful acts.
Glory in his holy name;
let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
Look to the Lord and his strength;
seek his face always.
—Psalm 105:1-4 (NIV)

These few verses from Psalm 105 are deep and rich with a sense of who we’re called to be and what we’re called to do. We are people of worship, who praise God’s name. We are people of witness, who make known what he has done. We are people of praise who sing to him, we are people of testimony who tell of all his wonderful acts.

We do this as a way of glorifying in his name, all of it springs from hearts of rejoicing. And we must never forget that the strength to live this life of praise and witness comes from the Lord alone, from seeking his face and his strength.

Four verses, yet they contain a profound description of our call. Spend some time meditating on these words before you listen to our final song.

SONG OF COMMISSION: How Can I Keep From Singing (lyrics here)

Benediction

“The Lord shall preserve your going out and your coming in
from this time forth, and even forevermore.”
—Psalm 121:8 (NKJV)

Monday, June 15, 2026

If you are new to our Mid-Week Worship devotional, learn more about it here.

For this week’s devotional, we will be guided by this week’s texts from the Revised Common Lectionary.

Songs used in the Mid-Week Worship devotional are added each week to a Spotify playlist.
You can follow it here.

Time of Preparation

Begin by taking inventory of your surroundings. Are things in your vicinity conducive to a time of personal worship? Are there any changes or adjustments (turning off tech, making yourself comfortable) you need to make before you begin?

When you are ready, take a moment to sit in silence and prepare your heart for worship. Ask God to clear away any distractions that might keep you from being truly present in this moment. Take a few moments to breathe in and out, asking God to still your heart and mind.

BREATH PRAYER OF PREPARATION (from Psalm 63):

(breathe in) O God, you are my God
(breathe out) Earnestly I seek You

Encounter With God

In this first movement, we simply seek to see God for who He is: the One worthy of worship.

“Sing to the LORD; praise the LORD! For he has delivered the life of the needy
from the hands of evildoers.”
—Jeremiah 20:13

The greatness of God is experienced in his power to set us free. Let’s begin our time of worship by praising God for his deliverance and care. We rehearse the goodness of God by remembering how he has acted on our behalf in Jesus Christ.

SONG OF ENCOUNTER: House of the Lord (lyrics here)

Confession

In this second movement, we simply see ourselves for who we are: people who need God.

“So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.”
—Romans 6:11 (NRSV)

Take a moment in silence to breathe in God’s invitation to bring your sin and struggles to Him. Remind yourself that his invitation is not rooted in shame, but inexhaustible love.

SONG OF CONFESSION: Lord Have Mercy (lyrics here)

Assurance

In this third movement, we receive the good news of the gospel: we are forgiven.

“For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call on you.”
—Psalm 86:5 (NRSV)

Augustine of Hippo wrote, “Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again.” Spend some time reflecting on these words and how God has “found” you out of his goodness and love.

SONG OF ASSURANCE: When All Thy Mercies (lyrics here)

Commission

In this final movement, we are encouraged and equipped for the work God would have us do.

“Do you not know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death
Therefore we were buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.”
—Romans 6:3-4 (NRSV)

There is a practice, old as the church itself, of beginning each day by touching water and recalling who you are. Not who you were. Who you are.

The reformers were fierce advocates of it. When Luther was plagued by doubt or assailed by accusation - whether from his own conscience or elsewhere - his answer was not to summon more willpower or better arguments. He would declare, simply: Baptizatus sum. I have been baptised.

Remembering our baptismal identity is powerful because it reminds us who we are, and whose we are.

We live in an age of identity confusion - not just culturally, but spiritually. We are endlessly encouraged to construct ourselves: to curate, define, and perform who we are. The gospel cuts clean against this. Our deepest identity is not something we build. It is something we receive. We are marked, claimed, and named - not by our own achievements, but by the triune God who met us at the water.

REMEMBERING YOUR BAPTISM

Take some time today to remember your baptism, or if you have not been baptized, take this time to contemplate its meaning as something you may wish to embrace in your own life. Here is a simple, three-step practice for remembering your baptism which you may want to build into your devotional life from time to time. It is an intentional, tactile act that holds no sacramental power or significance. It serves as a simple reminder of a significant act.

Preparation

Find a quiet place. Still yourself. Take a few slow, unhurried breaths.

When you are ready, move to wherever there is water - a bowl, a basin, a sink. Let the ordinary-ness of it be part of the point. Grace comes to us through common, physical things.

Remembrance

Dip your fingers into the water, or let it run over your hands.

As you do, speak these words aloud, or hold them quietly in your heart:

In my baptism, we are claimed.
Not because we are ready.
Not because we are worthy.
But because God, in his mercy, chooses to meet us and call us His own
In water, in word, in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Closing

Dry your hands slowly and deliberately.

As you do, remember that the water does not stay - but what it signified does. You carry your baptism with you. Into the ordinary day. Into the difficult conversation. Into the moment of doubt. Into whatever each moment holds.

Go, knowing whose you are.

Benediction

“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”
—Romans 15:13 (NIV)

Monday, June 8, 2026

If you are new to our Mid-Week Worship devotional, learn more about it here.

For this week’s devotional, we will be guided by this week’s texts from the Revised Common Lectionary.

Songs used in the Mid-Week Worship devotional are added each week to a Spotify playlist.
You can follow it here.

Time of Preparation

Begin by taking inventory of your surroundings. Are things in your vicinity conducive to a time of personal worship? Are there any changes or adjustments (turning off tech, making yourself comfortable) you need to make before you begin?

This week we are taking an extended time of silence and prepare our hearts for worship. Being still before God is not something we rush through. As you listen to the instrumental song below, give yourself the space to simply sit and breathe. As you do, ask God to clear away any distractions that might keep you from being truly present in this moment. Allow these moments for God to still your heart and mind.

SONG OF PREPARATION: Light in the Stillness (no lyrics)

Encounter With God

In this first movement, we simply seek to see God for who He is: the One worthy of worship.

“Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.
Worship the Lord with gladness;
come before him with joyful songs.
Know that the Lord is God.
It is he who made us, and we are his,
we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with praise;
Give thanks to him and praise his name.
For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;
His faithfulness continues through all generations.
—Psalm 100 (NIV)

SONG OF ENCOUNTER: Great is They Faithfulness (lyrics here)

Confession

In this second movement, we simply see ourselves for who we are: people who need God.

“I love the Lord, for he heard my voice;
He heard my cry for mercy.
—Psalm 116:1 (NRSV)

Take a moment in silence to breathe in God’s invitation to bring your sin and struggles to Him. Remind yourself that his invitation is not rooted in shame, but inexhaustible love.

Afterwards, spend some time contemplating this prayer of confession adopted from Augustine.

Lord, our hearts are restless until they rest in you. Teach me first what I need most — whether to call on you before I know you, or to know you before I can call on you. For how can I call on one I do not know? And yet I have turned away from you. I have not listened for your voice. I have looked everywhere for rest except in you.

I do not come to you because I have found my way back. I come because you have stirred something in me that will not be quiet. So let me seek you with longing, and long for you in my seeking. Let me find you by loving, and learn to love you in the finding.

Have mercy on me — not because I deserve to be heard, but because you are the kind of God who hears. Amen.

Assurance

In this third movement, we receive the good news of the gospel: we are forgiven.

“Therefore, since we have been justified through faith,
we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace
in which we now stand.”
—Romans 5:1-2 (NIV)

SONG OF ASSURANCE: His Mercy is More (lyrics here)

Commission

In this final movement, we are encouraged and equipped for the work God would have us do.

“Not only this, but we also rejoice in sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance, character, and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.”
—Romans 5:3-5 (NET)

There is a kind of hope that is really just optimism in disguise — cheerful when the sun is out, nowhere to be found when the storms come. In Romans 5, Paul is talking about something else entirely.

The hope he describes doesn't arrive by skipping suffering. It arrives through it, and not in one step but three. Suffering produces perseverance: the slow, unglamorous work of not giving up. Perseverance produces character: the kind of person you can only become by being tested. And character produces hope.

Most of us would have preferred the shortcut. But shortcuts produce a different kind of person — someone who believes in good outcomes without having been shaped by the journey to reach them.

There’s a popular sermon illustration about a man who sees a newly-transformed butterfly struggling to emerge from its cocoon. The process was slow and painful to observe — the creature straining against the narrow opening for hours. Eventually, unable to bear watching any longer, the man took a small pair of scissors and carefully snipped the cocoon open. The butterfly emerged easily.

But something was wrong. Its wings were small and shrivelled, its body swollen. It would never fly. What the man didn't know was that the hard journey through the narrow opening is what forces fluid from the butterfly's body into its wings. The very struggle he had removed was the thing that would have made flight possible.

Whatever we’re facing in our life right now, we have to trust that God is using it to form us, to mold us more in the image of Jesus. And that journey is the journey of redemption and hope.

SONG OF COMMISSION: O Lord My Rock and My Redeemer (lyrics here)

Benediction

May the love of the Father enfold us,
the wisdom of the Son enlighten us,
the fire of the Spirit inflame us;
and may the blessing of the triune God rest on us,
and abide with us,
now and evermore.
—Unknown

Monday, June 1, 2026

If you are new to our Mid-Week Worship devotional, learn more about it here.

For this week’s devotional, we will be guided by this week’s texts from the Revised Common Lectionary.

Songs used in the Mid-Week Worship devotional are added each week to a Spotify playlist.
You can follow it here.

Time of Preparation

Begin by taking inventory of your surroundings. Are things in your vicinity conducive to a time of personal worship? Are there any changes or adjustments (turning off tech, making yourself comfortable) you need to make before you begin?

When you are ready, take a moment to sit in silence and prepare your heart for worship. Ask God to clear away any distractions that might keep you from being truly present in this moment. Take a few moments to breathe in and out, asking God to still your heart and mind.

A Prayer of St. Augustine

Look upon us, O Lord, and let all the darkness of our souls vanish before the beams of Thy brightness. Fill us with holy love, and open to us the treasures of Thy wisdom. All our desire is known unto Thee, therefore perfect what Thou hast begun, and what Thy Spirit has awakened us to ask in prayer. We seek Thy face, turn Thy face unto us and show us Thy Glory. Then shall our longing be satisfied, and our peace shall be perfect. Amen.

Encounter With God

In this first movement, we simply seek to see God for who He is: the One worthy of worship.

“Sing joyfully to the Lord, you righteous;
it is fitting for the upright to praise him.

Praise the Lord with the harp;
make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.

Sing to him a new song;
play skillfully, and shout for joy.

For the word of the Lord is right and true;
he is faithful in all he does.

The Lord loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is full of his unfailing love.”
—Psalm 33:1-5 (NIV)

SONG OF ENCOUNTER: Goodness of God (lyrics here)

Confession

In this second movement, we simply see ourselves for who we are: people who need God.

“And as he sat at dinner in the house, many tax-collectors and sinners came and were sitting with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, ‘Why does your teacher eat with tax-collectors and sinners?’ But when he heard this, he said, ‘Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. Go and learn what this means, “I desire mercy, not sacrifice.” For I have come to call not the righteous but sinners.’”
—Matthew 9:10-13 (NRSV)

Take a moment in silence to breathe in God’s invitation to bring your sin and struggles to Him.
Sit with the truth that this is not about shame or guilt, but about God’s desire for us to be whole.
As you are ready, be honest with Him in prayer about your need.

SONG OF CONFESSION: Lord I Need You (lyrics here)

Assurance

In this third movement, we receive the good news of the gospel: we are forgiven.

“Oh, that we might know the Lord!
Let us press on to know him.
He will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn
or the coming of rains in early spring.”
—Hosea 6:3 (NLT)

Sometimes it is too easy for us to doubt the goodness and grace of God. Even as we bring our sin and brokenness to him, we struggle with our own shame and self-condemnation which can create a sort of “spiritual blindness” in us. In that blindness we fail to see the truth of God’s mercy, and we project that condemnation back onto God, assuming he is angry and slow to forgive.

Spend some time reflecting on Hosea’s promise that God will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn. As confident as we can be that the sun will rise tomorrow, that’s how confident we can be that God’s forgiveness is real. Spend a few moments in silent reflection on the sureness of his mercy and grace.

“Oh, that we might know the Lord! Let us press on to know him.”

Commission

In this final movement, we are encouraged and equipped for the work God would have us do.

“Now the Lord said to Abram, ‘Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’

So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.”
—Genesis 12:1-4 (NRSV)

The call of God to Abram is specific, but it contains quite a bit of uncertainty. Abram and his extended family are told to leave their homeland of Haran and go on a journey, but they aren’t told exactly where. All God promises is that he will show them.

Obedience to God’s call is not always a guarantee of clarity in every moment. As part of our own growth we are asked to trust him even when the way forward is not entirely certain. Trust is the order not just of the day, but of every day.

There’s a story told about a new pastor in a large, rural parish who got confused trying to find a church member’s farm for a pastoral visit. He thought he had the long and complicated directions firmly in his head, but he ended up hopelessly lost. The second time he drove to the farm, the farmer himself was in the passenger seat giving each needed direction: “Turn here. Go straight for two miles. Take a right here.” The pastor didn’t need the full set of directions, he just needed the presence of the farmer guiding him along each step of the journey.

May we have that same level of attentiveness to God’s Spirt as he guides us. We may not have every step in the journey mapped out, but we have something better—the living presence of the One who knows the way.

SONG OF COMMISSION: Our God Will Go Before Us (lyrics here)

Benediction

““The Lord bless you and keep you;
the Lord make his face shine on you
and be gracious to you;
the Lord turn his face toward you
and give you peace.”’
—Numbers 6:24-26 (NIV)

Monday, May 25, 2026

For our first Mid-Week Worship entry, we will be guided by the call of Isaiah which gives us the pattern of worship noted in our introductory page.

Songs used in the Mid-Week Worship devotional are added each week to a Spotify playlist.
You can follow it here.

Time of Preparation

Begin by taking inventory of your surroundings. Are things in your vicinity conducive to a time of personal worship? Are there any changes or adjustments (turning off tech, making yourself comfortable) you need to make before you begin?

When you are ready, take a moment to sit in silence and prepare your heart for worship. Ask God to clear away any distractions that might keep you from being truly present in this moment. Take a few moments to breathe in and out, asking God to still your heart and mind.

SONG OF PREPARATION: Prepare Him Room (lyrics here)

Encounter With God

In this first movement, we simply seek to see God for who He is: the One worthy of worship.

“In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him were seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. And they were calling to one another:

‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty;
    the whole earth is full of his glory.’

At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.”
—Isaiah 6:1-4 (NIV)

SONG OF ENCOUNTER: Holy Forever (lyrics here)

Confession

In this second movement, we simply see ourselves for who we are: people who need God.

“‘Woe to me!’ I cried. ‘I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.’”
—Isaiah 6:5 (NIV)

Take a moment in silence to breathe in God’s invitation to bring your sin and struggles to Him.
Sit with the truth that this is not about shame or guilt, but about God’s desire for us to be whole.
As you are ready, be honest with Him in prayer about your need.

A Prayer of St. Ambrose (339-397 A.D.)

O Lord, who hast mercy upon all,
take away from me my sins,
and mercifully kindle in me
the fire of thy Holy Spirit.
Take away from me the heart of stone,
and give me a heart of flesh,
a heart to love and adore Thee,
a heart to delight in Thee,
to follow and enjoy Thee, for Christ's sake, Amen.

Assurance

In this third movement, we receive the good news of the gospel: we are forgiven.

“Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. With it he touched my mouth and said, ‘See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.’
—Isaiah 6:6-7 (NIV)

One prayer practice that can be a powerful way of resting in the knowledge of God’s grace and forgiveness is called “Breath Prayer.” A breath prayer is a short, contemplative prayer — typically just a phrase or two — designed to be silently prayed in rhythm with a single breath in and out. Often using Scripture and rooted in ancient Christian practice, it can be returned to throughout the day as a way of centering the heart in God's presence.

Spend a few moments praying this adaptation of Colossians 1:14 as a breath prayer. Breathe in as you reflect on the first line, breathe out as you reflect on the second:

In You we have redemption
The forgiveness of sins

Commission

In this final movement, we are encouraged and equipped for the work God would have us do.

“Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, ‘Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?’

And I said, ‘Here am I. Send me!’

He said, ‘Go and tell this people:

Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
    be ever seeing, but never perceiving.
Make the heart of this people calloused;
    make their ears dull
    and close their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
    hear with their ears,
    understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed.’”
—Isaiah 6:8-10 (NIV)

The word given to Isaiah to share with God’s people is heartbreaking. How sad it would be to “be ever hearing, but never understanding,” yet that is the situation he is facing. Isaiah is given a profoundly difficult message to share, yet even here there is a word of hope, a reminder of God’s desire for healing.

Isaiah 6 gives us two ends of a listening spectrum: Isaiah hears God’s call and obeys, but the people to whom he is sent are not listening. Their hearts are hardened and their ears are dull. As we reflect on God’s word for today, will we hear the invitation to listen? Will we respond as Isaiah did?

David Crowder’s song “Come and Listen” is often used as a call to worship, inviting God’s people into His presence. But it can also serve as a word of commission, reflecting the message we, like Isaiah, are called to share with the world: “Let me tell you what He has done for me.” As you listen, offer yourself to God as an ambassador of His healing message.

SONG OF COMMISSION: Come and Listen (lyrics here)

Benediction

“To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy— to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.”
—Jude 1:24-25 (NIV)

Welcome to Mid-Week Worship

“I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple.”—Isaiah 6:1 (NIV)

Sunday to Monday.

It can be one of the most frustrating and difficult transitions to make as a follower of Christ—to go from the joy of worship on a Sunday to the “everyday-ness” of Monday. When we’re gathered for praise, fellowship, and learning we can feel like the disciples on the Mount of Transfiguration, asking Jesus if we can just pitch our tents and stay there forever.

But we can’t.

Christ calls us down from the mountain into the world he came to serve, the world he died and rose again to save. But that doesn’t mean our posture of worship changes. Yes, the location changes. The context changes. The circumstances are different. But we are still called to be people of worship, regardless of the day or our surroundings. The Apostle Paul made that clear when he wrote:

“So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.”
—1 Corinthians 10:31 (NIV)

This new resource from Abiding Way Ministries is meant to help facilitate a posture of worship on those days when we may not be in God’s house, but we are still invited into His presence. It’s a simple offering of songs, Scripture, and prayer for you to use in your time, as you are able, for an opportunity to stop and fix your eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith.

The pattern we’ll be following on this page will be the same each week, and it’s based on the pattern of worship we find in Isaiah 6 as the prophet is called into the presence of God to receive his calling. It’s a fourfold pattern that many churches throughout history have adapted for their own corporate services.

Here it is in a nutshell:

The Four-Part Movement of Worship in Isaiah 6

1. Encounter with God ("We See Who God Is")

Isaiah sees the Lord seated on his throne, high and lifted up, with seraphim crying "Holy, holy, holy." The worship begins with God revealing himself — his majesty, his transcendence, his glory. This is the call to worship: reminding people they're entering the presence of a holy God.

2. Confession ("We See Who We Are")

Isaiah's immediate response is "Woe is me! I am undone — a man of unclean lips." Standing before true holiness, he sees his own sinfulness clearly. Confession is an important part of our worship experience, as we seek to be honest with God about our struggles and sin as we prepare ourselves to hear and respond to God’s Word.

3. Assurance / Cleansing ("We Are Forgiven")

The seraph touches Isaiah's lips with a coal from the altar: "Your guilt is taken away, your sin atoned for." As we are honest before God we are open to receive the good news of the gospel: our sins have been forgiven. This prepares our hearts to receive what God has for us.

4. Commission / Sending ("We Are Sent")

God asks "Whom shall I send?" and Isaiah responds "Here am I, send me." As a people welcomed into God’s presence, cleansed and forgiven, we are then equipped and sent into the world. In a Sunday service this would correspond to the sermon and the call to response. For Isaiah it was specific to his call as a prophet, but for us it can be any message God desires us to hear on a given day.

For our purposes on this page, we will utilise various resources: worship songs, ancient prayers, readings from the Revised Common Lectionary, and moments of reflection that will follow this four-fold pattern. Some songs, prayers, or responses may be repeated from time to time, but the desire will be to offer new and fresh worship opportunities for you each week.

You’re invited to use this resource however you see fit: you may wish to revisit the entire devotional each day, or perhaps you would rather focus on one section a day, turning your week into an extended reflection on how we are formed in worship. There is no “right” way to do it. This is simply a tool designed to offer resources to help you worship on that journey from Monday back to Sunday.

May it be a blessing to you!

Jack