FORMATION SERIES · VOLUME V
Ecclesia Gloriosa
Crowned to Reign, Ordained to Shine
Arise, shine;
For your light has come!
And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you.
Isaiah 60:1 (NKJV)
Forthcoming
At one Table, people with different stories receive the same bread. Christ gathers them into the Father’s royal household and sends them with His Name upon their lips. Ecclesia Gloriosa looks towards a Church whose shared life makes His goodness visible and whose praise carries His gospel into the world.
This thirty-one-day journey of Scripture, reflection and prayer explores our calling as a royal priesthood under Jesus Christ. Communion nourishes reconciliation; thanksgiving opens into generosity; the Spirit gives gifts for service and courage for witness. Every member has a place in the life Christ is forming among us.
Isaiah summons Zion to arise as the Lord’s glory dawns upon her. Revelation carries that promise towards the holy city, illuminated by God and the Lamb, where the nations walk in its light. This hope draws the Church into worship and faithful witness today, as Christ forms a people who make His goodness known together.
READ Isaiah 60:1–3; Revelation 21:23–26 (NKJV)
Isaiah 60:1–3 NKJV
1 Arise, shine;
For your light has come!
And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you.
2 For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth,
And deep darkness the people;
But the Lord will arise over you,
And His glory will be seen upon you.
3 The Gentiles shall come to your light,
And kings to the brightness of your rising.
Revelation 21:23–26 NKJV
23 The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light.
24 And the nations of those who are saved shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it.
25 Its gates shall not be shut at all by day (there shall be no night there).
26 And they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Bring your longing for the Church and the people entrusted to its care. Look towards a household growing in holiness and joy, welcoming others into Christ’s life and carrying His blessing towards the nations. His coming glory gives us a hope to inhabit and proclaim.
31 days of Scripture, reflection and prayer
When this volume becomes available, read with your own congregation in mind. Bring its people and neighbours before the Father, and consider how thanksgiving, reconciliation and witness can take visible shape among you.