Our Lord Jesus Christ has destroyed death and brought life and immortality to light. Now that we have been raised with Him, we pray that we may abide in His presence and rejoice in the hope of His eternal glory. Tuesday in Easter Week, from The Book of Common Prayer. …
God has made us His children through baptism into the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. We pray that, as we have put away the old life of sin, we may be renewed in the spirit of our minds and live in righteousness and holiness. “For All Baptized Christians,” from …
Johann Gerhard looks to John 5, the pool by the sheep market, as a picture of the healing that Baptism gives us from our malady of sin. Source: Sacred Meditations by Johann Gerhard, pages 94-95. http://media.blubrry.com/sacredmeditations/sacredmeditations.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/JGSM005-The-Benefits-of-Baptism-2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More
After exhorting Christians to pray for temporal, spiritual, and eternal blessings, Johann Starck leads us in praying for the spiritual blessings. Source: …
In his True Christianity, Johann Arndt explores what it means to be a “true Christian.” Source: Devotions and Prayers of Johann Arndt, …
