This week we simply pray that God’s grace may always go before us and follow after us so that we may live lives of good works (see Ephesians 2:8-10). Collect for Proper 23 (the Sunday closest to October 12), from The Book of Common Prayer. http://media.blubrry.com/sacredmeditations/sacredmeditations.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/24-Proper-23-BCP.mp3Podcast: Play in new window …
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 …
God has ordained a wonderful order in the service of angels and humans. As His holy angels always serve and worship Him in heaven, we pray that He would appoint them to help and defend us on earth. “Of the Holy Angels,” from The Book of Common Prayer. http://media.blubrry.com/sacredmeditations/sacredmeditations.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Of-the-Holy-Angels-BCP.mp3Podcast: Play …
God shows His almighty power chiefly in showing mercy and pity. So we pray that He would grant us the fullness of …
We live among earthly things that pass away, and we can become so anxious about those things. So we pray that our …
Without God, we are not able to please Him. And so we pray that He would give His Holy Spirit to us, …
God always resists the proud, but He never forsakes those who trust in His mercy. So we pray that He would grant …
God–Father, Son, and Holy Spirit–gives all good things. So we pray that He would graft into our hearts all good things: the …
Since our merciful God gathers His Church in unity by the Holy Spirit, we pray that the Church would show forth His …
God has given His Son Jesus Christ to be both a sacrifice for sin and an example of the godly life. We …
