From Psalm 73 we learn to pray, “My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever” (Psalm 73:26, ESV). Johann Starck exhorts us to recognize that God alone is our highest good. Source: Starck’s Prayer-Book, by Johann Starck (translated and …
Just as Thomas had his questions about the risen Lord Jesus (see John 20:24-29), we may also have our questions. We pray God to grant us so perfectly and without doubt to believe in Jesus Christ, our Lord and God. Saint Thomas (December 21), from The Book of Common Prayer. …
On this Thanksgiving Day we thank our gracious heavenly Father for the fruits of the earth and those who harvest them. We ask Him to make us faithful stewards of His bounty, so that we may provide for our necessities and help those who are in need. Thanksgiving Day, from …
God is always more ready to hear than we are to pray, and to give more than we desire or deserve. We …
We live among earthly things that pass away, and we can become so anxious about those things. So we pray that our …
True peace of soul comes only in Jesus Christ–not in earthly riches, nor in pleasure, nor in worldly honors. And what does …
Johann Gerhard said, “The mind that rests in the Lord is at peace.” (Listen here.) We cannot find true peace of soul …
In yesterday’s meditation (listen here), we heard from Johann Gerhard that only Jesus Christ can satisfy and fully meet the soul’s immortal …
Johann Gerhard begins Meditation #32 of his Sacred Meditations by saying, “The mind that rests in the Lord is at peace.” Perhaps …
With today’s New Testament reading of 2 Corinthians 6 we pray stanzas 2 and 4 of the hymn “Open Now Thy Gates …
