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 …
In this meditation, Johann Arndt helps us ponder “True Faith” and its benefits. Source: Devotions and Prayers of Johann Arndt, selected and translated by John Joseph Stoudt, pages 14-15 (Meditation from Arndt’s True Christianity and prayer from Arndt’s The Garden of Paradise). http://media.blubrry.com/sacredmeditations/sacredmeditations.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/JADP004-True-Faith.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple …
Our God is always more ready to hear than we are to pray, and to give more than we desire or deserve. We pray that He would pour out upon us His abundant mercy, forgive us those things which frighten our conscience, and give us the good things that we …
We live among earthly things that pass away, and we can become so anxious about those things. So we pray that our …
We cannot even exist without our Lord Jesus Christ! Therefore, we pray that He would grant us the spirit to think and …
God protects all who trust in Him. Therefore, we pray that He would increase His mercy upon us so that we may …
God knows our needs as well as our weaknesses; therefore we ask Him to have compassion on us and give us those …
We ask our gracious God to guide us both in what we think and in what we do. Collect for Proper 5 …
Since God orders all things in heaven and on earth, we pray that He would give us what is good and profitable …
We pray that our gracious Lord would peaceably govern the course of this world so that the Church live and serve in …
