Shout to God with loud songs of joy!
2 For the Lord, the Most High, is to be feared,
a great king over all the earth.” Psalm 47.1-2
Prayer for the week: Dear heavenly Father, preserve your beloved, rebellious children from loving
the sound of our own words. Each day, keep the promise of my baptism: pluck me
from the soil of myself and plant me by the stream of living water who is
Christ crucified and raised for our forgiveness, life, and salvation; through
the same, Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
Bible reading for the day: Psalm 1
Blessed is the man
who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in the way of sinners,
nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
2 but his delight is in the law of
the Lord,
and on his law he meditates day and night.
3 He is like a tree
planted by streams of water
that yields its fruit in its season,
and its leaf does not wither.
In all that he does, he prospers.
4 The wicked are not so,
but are like chaff that the wind drives away.
5 Therefore the
wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
6 for the Lord knows the way of the
righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.
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=WUfLZNtAtjA&ab_channel=DisciplesNetChurch
“Thy kingdom come…”
What does this mean?
God’s kingdom comes indeed without our praying for it, but we ask in
this petition that it may come also to us.
When does this happen? God’s kingdom comes when our heavenly Father
gives us his Holy Spirit, so that by his grace we believe his holy Word and
live a godly life on earth now and in heaven forever. (from The Small
Catechism, Martin Luther)
Benediction: For the Lord takes pleasure
in his people;
he adorns the humble with salvation. Psalm 149.4
*This is now
our congregation’s 99th year in the Word. In 2025, we are reading
from Genesis to Revelation, with a few interludes along the way.
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