MORNING PRAYER: September 15, 2026

 Here is the recorded service of Morning Prayer for Ancient Paths Church of the Nazarene for Tuesday, September 15, 2026.  The service uses John Wesley's conservative revision of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer (which he named The Sunday Service of the Methodists in North America).

A written copy of the British version of the service can be found, here.

MORNING PRAYER: SEPTEMBER 8, 2026

 Here is a video of the recorded service of Morning Prayer for September 8 for Ancient Paths Church of the Nazarene.

The Morning Prayer text can be downloaded, here, under "Daily Office: Daily Morning Prayer".

God: The Sole End and Source Of Our Being

Currently, during the Daily Office, I am singing my way through Wesley Hymns, a great little hymnal put together by Ken Bible.  -  In fact, over the years, I have made this little hymnal a Christmas gift to musicians in the churches where I have served.  -  During today's Morning prayer, I sang a wonderful little song by Charles Wesley entitled "O My All-sufficient God," and read a brief excerpt from John Wesley's A Plain Account of Christian Perfection.  The two go hand in hand (which is probably why Ken Bible put them together in the hymnal!).

I am reproducing them, here, praying that they will be a blessing to you:

O My All-sufficient God

O my all-sufficient God,
Thou know'st my heart's desire;
Be this only thing bestowed;
I nothing else require,
Nothing else in earth or skies,
Not through all eternity;
Heav'n itself could not suffice:
I seek not Thine, but Thee.
-  (Charles Wesley)

     One design you are to pursue to the end of time, the enjoyment of God in time and in eternity.  

     Desire other things so far as they tend to this; love the creature, as it leads to the Creator.  But in 

     every step you take, be this the glorious point that terminates your view.  Let every affection, and 

     thought, and word, and action, be subordinate to this.  Whatever you desire or fear, whatever you 

     seek or shun, whatever you think, or speak, or do, be it in order to your happiness in God, the sole 

     end, as well as source, of your being.  -  From John Wesley's A Plain Account of Christian 

     Perfection.

A Prayer To Be Prayed By Those in the Wesleyan Tradition

 Here is my most recent YouTube video.  It introduces a prayer that I think is a great prayer for anyone in the Wesleyan/Methodist tradition to pray.  I would especially encourage those who are a part of the Wesleyan-Anglican Society to take this prayer up during the Daily Office.

Almighty God, in a time of great need you raised up your servants John and Charles Wesley, and by your Spirit inspired them to kindle a flame of sacred love which leaped and ran, an inextinguishable blaze.  Grant, we ask you, that all those whose hearts have been warmed at these altar fires, being continually refreshed by your grace, may be so devoted to the increase of scriptural holiness throughout the land that in this our time of great need, your will may fully and effectively be done on earth as it is in heave; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

(My YouTube channel can be found, here.)

Taking Up the Daily Office for Lent

The Constitution of the Wesleyan-Anglican Society encourages members of the Society to pray the Daily Office of Morning and Evening Prayer, as well as to pray the Litany on Wednesdays and Fridays. 

I have made this a habit for years and find it to be an important part of my spiritual life.  Though there have been occasions when I have been able to pray the Daily Office in a group, usually this is something that I do alone.  -  And yet, I am keenly aware that I am not alone.  Rather, I am joined by sisters and brothers around the world and throughout time, from various traditions within the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church. 

Over the years, I have prayed using various versions of the Book of Common Prayer including the 1662, the 1928, the 1979, the ACNA version, and Wesley's The Sunday Service.  This latter one is the version that I have most often used.  -  A link to each of these BCP versions can be found on the sidebar of this blog.

We are now in the beginning days of Lent.  If the praying of the Daily Office is not a current practice for you, I want to encourage you to take it up during this Lenten season.  -  Perhaps you will find it to be as spiritually profitable as I have, as you join in the prayers of the People of God around the world and throughout history!

Morning Prayer on Facebook Live

Following the lead of a few colleagues on Facebook, I am going to try something new! 

Tomorrow morning (Friday, Oct. 28), at 9:00 AM (Eastern Time), I will be leading the office of Morning Prayer on Facebook Live!  -  Or at least I'm going to attempt to.

I plan to use John Wesley's conservative revision of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, known as The Sunday Service of the Methodists in North America.

If you do not have a copy of The Sunday Service, you should be able to follow along with the 1662 BCP.  Or, there is a link on the sidebar for The Sunday Service.  The link is to the British version, which is nearly identical.  The only time I think you will find a difference is toward the end, when we get to the prayers for the government.  -  We won't be praying for the Queen. (Though you can if you want!)

I hope you will look me up an Facebook and join me in Morning Prayer!