...and yours, too.
Verse for the week: “Blessed is he whose help is
the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God.” Psalm
146.5
Prayer for the week: “Almighty, everlasting God, you
have promised us a new heaven and a new earth in which righteousness
dwells. Direct us by your Spirit, that
we may wait watchfully for the coming of your Son, and with holy lives go forth
to meet him, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen” (K.B. Ritter, Gebete für das jahr
der Kirche, 2nd ed. Kassel:
Barenreiter Verlag, 1948, p.235).
Bible reading for the day: Hebrews 9.24-28 (note:
Written in 95 AD, the letter to the Hebrews declares that Christ has ended our
repeated attempts to present God a righteousness of our own through our
sacrifices. Faith now trusts in Christ and his once for all sacrifice as our
righteousness.)
For Christ has entered, not into holy places made
with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to
appear in the presence of God on our behalf. 25 Nor
was it to offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters the
holy places every year with blood not his own, 26 for
then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world.
But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the
ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. 27 And
just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes
judgment, 28 so Christ, having been offered
once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second
time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting
for him.
Prayer (based on T.R.I.P. method*): Gracious
and almighty Father, in Christ my pride’s repeated attempts to show you what a
good boy I am are all finally put away… for He is the truth: your righteousness
for us, the unrighteous. Thank you!! Now your whole church and I are freed to
live godly lives here in the present while we eagerly await his return to save
us. In Jesus’ name I pray, amen.
Hymn: follow this
link to a beloved hymn that gives further voice to today’s conversation with
the Lord: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyavAoOlsIo&ab_channel=MartijndeGroot
“Hallowed be thy name…
What does this
mean? God’s name is certainly
holy in itself, but we ask in this prayer that we may keep it holy.
When does this happen? God’s name is hallowed whenever his Word is
taught in its truth and purity and we as children of God live in harmony with
it. Help us to do this, heavenly Father! But anyone who teaches or lives contrary to
the Word of God dishonors God’s name among us. Keep us from doing this,
heavenly Father! (from The Small
Catechism, by Martin Luther)
Benediction: Now
may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and through
grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope, comfort your hearts and strengthen
them in every good work and word. Amen. II
Thess 2.16-17
T: thanksgiving
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