Our Lord Jesus teaches us two great commandments: first, to love God with every fiber of our being, and second, to love our neighbor as ourselves (see Matthew 22:34-40). In today’s meditation, Johann Arndt explores how we love from a pure heart. Source: Devotions and Prayers of Johann Arndt, selected …
Only by God’s gift we can offer Him true and laudable service. So we pray that our gracious God may grant us to run without stumbling toward His heavenly promises. Collect for Proper 26 (the Sunday closest to November 2), from The Book of Common Prayer. http://media.blubrry.com/sacredmeditations/sacredmeditations.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/27-Proper-26-BCP.mp3Podcast: Play in new …
God has knit together His elect people into one communion in the mystical body of His Son Jesus Christ. We pray that He would give us grace to follow His blessed saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those unspeakable joys of His eternal kingdom. …
We pray that God would increase in us His gifts of faith, hope, and charity (love), and that we may love what …
In a previous meditation, Johann Starck led us in acknowledging the constant goodness of God (Listen here.). In today’s meditation, we pray …
God, our merciful Creator, satisfies the needs of every living creature. So we pray that He would make us thankful for His …
In His earthly life, our Lord Jesus Christ shared our toil and hallowed our labor. We pray that He would be present …
In previous meditations, Johann Gerhard has exhorted us to cultivate true humility. How so? First, by pondering our condition as human beings, …
True humility comes, first, from considering our human condition and, second, by pondering the example of Jesus Himself (Part 1). Like a …
Johann Gerhard has encouraged us to cultivate true humility, first, by considering our lowly condition as human beings and, second, by considering …
