Our heavenly Father warns us against rejecting His Son and His authority over heaven and earth. We pray Him to preserve us from rejecting Jesus that we may receive His kingdom and bear the fruits that He produces in us. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in Lutheran Service …
Jesus’ Transfiguration reveals God’s will to restore us to His image. We pray for faith to hear and trust God’s beloved Son, because He alone manifests the glory intended for us. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in Lutheran Service Book, pages 299-304 or Treasury of Daily Prayer.) http://media.blubrry.com/sacredmeditations/sacredmeditations.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/1024-Matthew17-1-13.mp3Podcast: …
Our heavenly Father, Almighty God, desires all people to be saved and come to the knowledge of His only truth. We pray for steadfast faith in Jesus Christ, the only mediator, that we may lead a quiet and godly life. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in Lutheran Service …
Our heavenly Father works in us for His good pleasure, and thus calls us to live out our salvation with fear and …
Our heavenly Father has created heaven and earth and everything in them. We that He would strengthen us in our various vocations. …
Jesus Christ stretched out His arms of love on the cross so that everyone may come within His saving embrace. So we …
Johann Gerhard continues pondering how Holy Baptism brings us spiritual healing and makes us temples of the Holy Spirit. Source: Sacred Meditations …
In meditating on the benefits of Baptism, Johann Gerhard draws from the Red Sea of Exodus 14 and the crystal sea of …
Johann Gerhard has contrasted our love for God with our love for other things—created things and even ourselves. In this fifth and …
Johann Gerhard has contrasted loving God over against loving created things (Part 1). He has reminded us that created things cannot love …
