Verse for the week: He will not break a bruised reed or quench a smoldering wick. Matthew 12.20
Prayer for the week: “Lord God, heavenly Father, you
desire not the death of sinners, but rather that we should turn from sin and
live. Mercifully turn away the punishment of our iniquities and, that we may be
edified, grant us your Spirit and your power; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.” (K.B. Ritter, Gebete fur das jahr der Kirche, 2nd ed.
Kassel: Barenreiter Verlag, 1948, p. 197).
Bible reading for the day: Romans 14.1-12 (Forthrightly, Paul
addresses the reality that some are weak in faith and some are strong… and each
of us will give an account of ourselves to God.)
1As for the one who is weak in faith,
welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. 2 One
person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only
vegetables. 3 Let not the one who eats despise the
one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the
one who eats, for God has welcomed him. 4 Who are
you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master
that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to
make him stand.
5 One person esteems one
day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one
should be fully convinced in his own mind. 6 The
one who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. The one who eats,
eats in honor of the Lord, since he gives thanks to God, while the one who
abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God. 7 For none
of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. 8 For
if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So
then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's. 9 For
to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord
both of the dead and of the living.
10 Why do you pass judgment
on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For we will all
stand before the judgment seat of God; 11 for
it is written,
“As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me,
and every tongue shall confess to God.”
12 So then each of us
will give an account of himself to God.
Prayer (based on the TRIP* method): Gracious
and almighty Father, thank you for choosing me to be among the elect who belong
to you in Christ. In light of the day when I will give account of myself to
you, overrule now all my petty judgments and scorekeeping. Subject all things –
my eating and observing, what I am free for and bound to – subject me to Christ…
that I and my brothers and sisters may live under our rightful Master in true
freedom and encouragement for one another. In Jesus’ name I pray, amen.
Hymn: follow this link to hymn that gives further
voice to today’s conversation with the Lord: https://www.google.com/search?q=forgive+our+sins+as+we+forgive&rlz=1C1GCEU_enUS909US909&oq=Forgiv&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j0i131i433i512j69i57j0i131i433i512l2j69i61l3.5936j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:19127e28,vid:HixCQUirJxg,st:0
“Hallowed be thy name…”
What does this mean?
God's name is indeed holy in itself, but we pray in this
petition that it may be kept holy also among us.
How is this done?
God's name is hallowed when his Word is taught in its truth
and purity and we, as God's children live in harmony with it. Grant this to us,
dear Father in heaven! But whoever teaches and lives in ways other than what
God's Word teaches dishonors the name of God among us. Prevent us from doing
this, heavenly Father! (from The
Small Catechism, by Martin Luther ©Reclaim Resources, Sola Publishing,
2011)
Benediction: And after you have suffered for a
little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal
glory in Christ, will himself restore, support, strengthen, and establish you
this day. To him be the power forever
and ever. Amen. (1 Pet 5:10)
R: regret (repentance)
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