What are the duties required in the second commandment?

The duties required in the second commandment are, the receiving, observing, and keeping pure and entire, all such religious worship and ordinances as God hath instituted in his word;[1] particularly prayer and thanksgiving in the name of Christ;[2] the reading, preaching, and hearing of the word;[3] the administration and receiving of the sacraments;[4] church government and discipline;[5] the ministry and maintenance thereof;[6] religious fasting;[7] swearing by the name of God,[8] and vowing unto him:[9] as also the disapproving, detesting, opposing, all false worship;[10] and, according to each one’s place and calling, removing it, and all monuments of idolatry.[11]

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Recommended for Listening IV

Four standouts in my recent sermon/lecture listening

• The Gospel in Four Simple Points (Phil Johnson)
  
• Treasuring Christ and the Call to Suffer, Part 1 and Part 2 (John Piper)
• Selina Hastings - Lady Huntingdon (Michael Haykin)
  

Petitionary Prayer: April 15

This month’s theme here at Rebecca Writes is petitionary prayer. On Tuesdays and Fridays throughout April, I’ll be posting one request I am making of God, and I’m inviting you to join me. You’ll find all the details here.

• Today I’ve prayed for youngest daughter, who is in the midst of a rigorous training program for a new job. There are many tests to pass and hours and hours of studying required and lots of forms to fill out, in addition to the eight-hour days training. Among other things, I asked that she be kept  in good health under the physical and mental pressure.
• Dorothy is praying for her church, which is moving into a new and exciting stage of it’s young life.
• Kim of Hiraeth is praying for her church, which just happens to be Dorothy’s church too.
• Carla prays that she will be salt and light to her own kids.
  
• Kim of The Upward Call is praying for the students she knows.
• Staci is praying for the Together for the Gospel Conference.
  

What are you praying for today?