Prayers from the CatechismDeliver us from evil...Our Father in heaven, deliver us, we pray, from all manner of evil, whether it touch our body or soul, property or good name, and at last, when the hour of death shall come, grant us a blessed end and graciously take us from this vale of sorrow to yourself in heaven, through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord. Amen.

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Death and deliverance...

Gospel FridaysMark 14:32-38Then they came to a place named Gethsemane, and he told his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” He took Peter, James, and John with him, and he began to be deeply distressed and troubled. He said to them, “I am deeply grieved to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake.” He went a little farther, fell to the ground, and prayed that if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. And he said, “Abba, Father! All things are possible for you. Take this cup away from me. Nevertheless, not what I will, but what you will.” Then he came and found them sleeping. He said to Peter, “Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn’t you stay awake one hour? Stay awake and pray so that you won’t enter into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”O God, who tempts no one to sin, we pray to you so to guard and keep us, that the devil, the world, and our own flesh may not deceive us, nor lead us into error, unbelief, despair, and other great and shameful sins, and that though we be thus tempted, we may finally prevail and gain victory, through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord. Amen.

Keep watch ye slumbering fleshly things...

Theology ThursdaysJames 1:12-16Blessed is the one who endures trials, because when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.No one undergoing a trial should say, “I am being tempted by God,” since God is not tempted by evil, and he himself doesn’t tempt anyone. But each person is tempted when he is drawn away and enticed by his own evil desire. Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is fully grown, it gives birth to death.Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters.O God, who tempts no one to sin, we pray to you so to guard and keep us, that the devil, the world, and our own flesh may not deceive us, nor lead us into error, unbelief, despair, and other great and shameful sins, and that though we be thus tempted, we may finally prevail and gain victory, through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord. Amen.

I made me do it...

Psalm for the weekPsalm 5Listen to my words, Lord;consider my sighing.Pay attention to the sound of my cry,my King and my God,for I pray to you.In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice;in the morning I plead my case to you and watch expectantly.For you are not a God who delights in wickedness;evil cannot dwell with you.The boastful cannot stand in your sight;you hate all evildoers.You destroy those who tell lies;the Lord abhors violent and treacherous people.But I enter your houseby the abundance of your faithful love;I bow down toward your holy templein reverential awe of you.Lord, lead me in your righteousnessbecause of my adversaries;make your way straight before me.For there is nothing reliable in what they say;destruction is within them;their throat is an open grave;they flatter with their tongues.Punish them, God;let them fall by their own schemes.Drive them out because of their many crimes,for they rebel against you.But let all who take refuge in you rejoice;let them shout for joy forever.May you shelter them,and may those who love your name boast about you.For you, Lord, bless the righteous one;you surround him with favor like a shield.O God, who tempts no one to sin, we pray to you so to guard and keep us, that the devil, the world, and our own flesh may not deceive us, nor lead us into error, unbelief, despair, and other great and shameful sins, and that though we be thus tempted, we may finally prevail and gain victory, through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord. Amen.

Consider my sighing...

Tuesdays in the Old TestamentDaniel 5:17-24Then Daniel answered the king, “You may keep your gifts and give your rewards to someone else; however, I will read the inscription for the king and make the interpretation known to him. Your Majesty, the Most High God gave sovereignty, greatness, glory, and majesty to your predecessor Nebuchadnezzar. Because of the greatness he gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages were terrified and fearful of him. He killed anyone he wanted and kept alive anyone he wanted; he exalted anyone he wanted and humbled anyone he wanted. But when his heart was exalted and his spirit became arrogant, he was deposed from his royal throne and his glory was taken from him. He was driven away from people, his mind was like an animal’s, he lived with the wild donkeys, he was fed grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with dew from the sky until he acknowledged that the Most High God is ruler over human kingdoms and sets anyone he wants over them.“But you his successor, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this. Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of the heavens. The vessels from his house were brought to you, and as you and your nobles, wives, and concubines drank wine from them, you praised the gods made of silver and gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or understand. But you have not glorified the God who holds your life-breath in his hand and who controls the whole course of your life. Therefore, he sent the hand, and this writing was inscribed.O God, who tempts no one to sin, we pray to you so to guard and keep us, that the devil, the world, and our own flesh may not deceive us, nor lead us into error, unbelief, despair, and other great and shameful sins, and that though we be thus tempted, we may finally prevail and gain victory, through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord. Amen.

Life-breath and life...

Prayers from the CatechismLead us not into temptation...O God, who tempts no one to sin, we pray to you so to guard and keep us, that the devil, the world, and our own flesh may not deceive us, nor lead us into error, unbelief, despair, and other great and shameful sins, and that though we be thus tempted, we may finally prevail and gain victory, through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord. Amen.

Lead us not into temptation...

Sermon for Reformation & Confirmation Sunday - October 31, 2021Psalm 32 & John 8:31-36

Embrace the suck...

Gospel FridaysJohn 8:31-36Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you continue in my word, you really are my disciples. You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”“We are descendants of Abraham,” they answered him, “and we have never been enslaved to anyone. How can you say, ‘You will become free’?”Jesus responded, “Truly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin. A slave does not remain in the household forever, but a son does remain forever. So if the Son sets you free, you really will be free.We pray to you, our Father in heaven, that you would not regard our sins, nor deny our requests on account of them; for we are not worthy of anything that we ask, and have not earned it. Grant us all through grace, though we daily commit many sins and deserve chastisement alone. Help us also on our part to forgive and readily to do good to those who sin against us; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Free means free...

Theology ThursdaysRomans 3:21-28But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, attested by the Law and the Prophets. The righteousness of God is through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe, since there is no distinction. For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God; they are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. God presented him as the mercy seat by his blood, through faith, to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his restraint God passed over the sins previously committed. God presented him to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so that he would be just and justify the one who has faith in Jesus.Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By one of works? No, on the contrary, by a law of faith. For we conclude that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.We pray to you, our Father in heaven, that you would not regard our sins, nor deny our requests on account of them; for we are not worthy of anything that we ask, and have not earned it. Grant us all through grace, though we daily commit many sins and deserve chastisement alone. Help us also on our part to forgive and readily to do good to those who sin against us; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Doing what we are supposed to do...

Psalm for the WeekPsalm 32How joyful is the onewhose transgression is forgiven,whose sin is covered!How joyful is a person whomthe Lord does not charge with iniquityand in whose spirit is no deceit!When I kept silent, my bones became brittlefrom my groaning all day long.For day and night your hand was heavy on me;my strength was drainedas in the summer’s heat.Then I acknowledged my sin to youand did not conceal my iniquity.I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”and you forgave the guilt of my sin.Therefore let everyone who is faithful pray to you immediately.When great floodwaters come,they will not reach him.You are my hiding place;you protect me from trouble.You surround me with joyful shouts of deliverance.I will instruct you and show you the way to go;with my eye on you, I will give counsel.Do not be like a horse or mule,without understanding,that must be controlled with bit and bridleor else it will not come near you.Many pains come to the wicked,but the one who trusts in the Lordwill have faithful love surrounding him.Be glad in the Lord and rejoice,you righteous ones;shout for joy,all you upright in heart.We pray to you, our Father in heaven, that you would not regard our sins, nor deny our requests on account of them; for we are not worthy of anything that we ask, and have not earned it. Grant us all through grace, though we daily commit many sins and deserve chastisement alone. Help us also on our part to forgive and readily to do good to those who sin against us; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Covered and loved...

Tuesdays in the Old Testament2 Chronicles 6:36-39When they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin—and you are angry with themand hand them over to the enemy,and their captors deport themto a distant or nearby country,and when they come to their sensesin the land where they were deportedand repent and petition you in their captors’ land,saying, “We have sinned and done wrong;we have been wicked,”and when they return to you with all their mind and all their heartin the land of their captivity where they were taken captive,and when they pray in the direction of their landthat you gave their ancestors,and the city you have chosen,and toward the temple I have built for your name,may you hear their prayer and petitions in heaven,your dwelling place,and uphold their cause.May you forgive your peoplewho sinned against you.We pray to you, our Father in heaven, that you would not regard our sins, nor deny our requests on account of them; for we are not worthy of anything that we ask, and have not earned it. Grant us all through grace, though we daily commit many sins and deserve chastisement alone. Help us also on our part to forgive and readily to do good to those who sin against us; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

O Lord, hear our prayer...

Prayer from the CatechismFifth Petition - Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us...We pray to you, our Father in heaven, that you would not regard our sins, nor deny our requests on account of them; for we are not worthy of anything that we ask, and have not earned it. Grant us all through grace, though we daily commit many sins and deserve chastisement alone. Help us also on our part to forgive and readily to do good to those who sin against us; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Forgive us Lord as we forgive...

Sermon for the 21st Sunday after Trinity - Exodus 16:13-21; Matthew 6:25-34

The Bread of Life never goes stale...

Gospel FridaysMatthew 6:25-34“Therefore I tell you: Don’t worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothing? Consider the birds of the sky: They don’t sow or reap or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you worth more than they? Can any of you add one moment to his life span by worrying? And why do you worry about clothes? Observe how the wildflowers of the field grow: They don’t labor or spin thread. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was adorned like one of these. If that’s how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and thrown into the furnace tomorrow, won’t he do much more for you—you of little faith? So don’t worry, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’ For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you. Therefore don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.O God, who gives daily bread without our prayer, even to all the wicked, we pray that you would give us to acknowledge your benefits, and enable us to receive our daily bread with thanksgiving, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Food and worries for today...

Theology ThursdaysTitus 3:1-7Remind them to submit to rulers and authorities, to obey, to be ready for every good work, to slander no one, to avoid fighting, and to be kind, always showing gentleness to all people. For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved by various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, detesting one another.But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love for mankind appeared, he saved us—not by works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy—through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit. He poured out his Spirit on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior so that, having been justified by his grace, we may become heirs with the hope of eternal life.O God, who gives daily bread without our prayer, even to all the wicked, we pray that you would give us to acknowledge your benefits, and enable us to receive our daily bread with thanksgiving, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Love for all mankind...

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