Daily Prayers for July 19
On July 19, 1848, the first Women’s Rights Convention was held in Seneca Falls, New York, sparking a women’s movement that challenged both the church and the world with the good news that in -Jesus Christ, there is neither male nor female.
O Lord, let my soul rise up to meet you
as the day rises to meet the sun.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
Come, let us sing to the Lord : let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation.
Song “The Kingdom of God”
Sing and rejoice, O daughters of Zion : sing a new song of freedom.
Psalm 98:6 – 10
Sing to the Lord with the harp : with the harp and the voice of song.
With trumpets and the sound of the horn : shout with joy before the King, the Lord.
Let the sea make a noise and all that is in it : the lands and those who dwell therein.
Let the rivers clap their hands : and let the hills ring out with joy before the Lord, when he comes to judge the earth.
In righteous-ness shall he judge the world : and the -peoples with equity.
Sing and rejoice, O daughters of Zion : sing a new song of freedom.
Judges 16:15 – 31 Acts 22:17 – 29
Sing and rejoice, O daughters of Zion : sing a new song of freedom.
African-American abolitionist and women’s rights advocate Sojourner Truth said, “I have plowed and planted and gathered into barns, and no man could head me — and ain’t I a woman? I have born’d five childrun and seen ’em mos’ all sold off into slavery, and when I cried out with mother’s grief, none but -Jesus heard — and ain’t I a woman? . . . Den dat little man is back dar, he say women can’t have as much rights as man, ’cause Christ warn’t a woman. Whar did your Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with him!”
Prayers for Others
Our Father
Creator God, you made us in your image. Male and female, you created us. We give thanks that you use us, women and men, to bear your image to the world. Open our eyes to see you where we have failed to see you before. Amen.
May the peace of the Lord Christ go with you : wherever he may send you;
may he guide you through the wilderness : protect you through the storm;
may he bring you home rejoicing : at the wonders he has shown you;
may he bring you home rejoicing : once again into our doors.
