God gave grace to His apostle Andrew to follow the call of His Son Jesus and bring his brother with him. We pray Him to give us grace to follow Jesus without delay and to bring those near us into His gracious presence. Saint Andrew (November 30), from The Book …
With the season of Advent, the Church begins a new church year. For this first week of Advent, we pray that God would give us grace to cast away the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. First Sunday of Advent, from The Book of Common Prayer. …
This Advent prayer comes from a well-known hymn with a lilting tune, “Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates.” Its final stanza offers this wonderful prayer to our gracious Redeemer, Jesus Christ. See Lutheran Service Book, 341, stanza 5. http://media.blubrry.com/sacredmeditations/sacredmeditations.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ADV4-Redeemer-Come-and-Open-Wide.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS …
In this hymn text as a prayer, we bid our precious Ransom, our coming King Jesus, to come and give us hope …
Just as Thomas had his questions about the risen Lord Jesus (see John 20:24-29), we may also have our questions. We pray …
In this fourth week of Advent we ask our Almighty God to purify our conscience by His daily visitation. Fourth Sunday of …
The great Advent hymns we love to sing also make excellent prayers. Here is stanza 1 of “Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus.” See …
In this Advent season we have meditated on the coming of Christ in the flesh. In this prayer, from Johann Starck, we …
During Advent we meditate on our Coming King who comes to save us sinners. Johann Starck, in his Prayer Book, leads us …
In this holy season of Advent, we meditate on the coming Christ Jesus in the flesh for our benefit. Here we join …
