Johann Starck has exhorted us on how the believing Christian prays to God to sanctify the heart. Now he leads us in praying to the Holy Spirit for our sanctification. Source: Starck’s Prayer-Book, by Johann Starck (translated and edited by W. H. T. Dau, 1921), pages 178-179. http://media.blubrry.com/sacredmeditations/sacredmeditations.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/JSPB006-Sanctify-the-Heart-2.mp3Podcast: Play in …
In his Prayer Book, Johann Starck cites Hebrews 12:14–“Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord”–and then explains how “The Believing Christian Prays God to Sanctify His Heart.” Source: Starck’s Prayer-Book, by Johann Starck (translated and edited by W. H. T. …
In today’s meditation, we hear from Johann Arndt on “Two Kinds of Human Love.” Here Pastor Arndt contrasts the clean, pure love given by God over against the false, tarnished love of self-serving. Source: Devotions and Prayers of Johann Arndt, selected and translated by John Joseph Stoudt, pages 42-43 (Meditation …
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 looks to John 5, the pool by the sheep market, as a picture of the healing that Baptism gives us …
“Baptism is a Holy Washing.” That’s how Johann Gerhard introduces his Meditation XVII as he proclaims the benefits of Baptism. Here’s what …
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 …
Today we continue with Johann Gerhard’s Meditation IX, “Loving God Alone.” In this installment, Gerhard leads us to ponder how God’s love …
