Monday’s Verse:
From Galatians 5:1 ESV
“For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.”
As the hymns of Reformation Sunday give way to the start of the new week, the promise remains: Christ has set us free.
How quickly we get pulled back into the concerns of our sinful hearts. Am I doing enough? Have I served God well? Am I good enough? Even serving can be a sin if it's an attempt to gain something from God.
So today we can say that Jesus Christ died and rose for you. You don't have to earn his forgiveness or prove that you've lived your life well. He has paid the price so that we can know that we are forgiven through his grace.
"Stand firm.” By believing that he will stand by His word. Not that you have to keep trying to do better for God.
Today we will love our neighbor. Loving them because we know that we have been loved by God through Christ. We are not working to become God’s children; we are working as his children.
Today’s Prayers
Lord Jesus, we know that we take Your gifts and turn them into worries. So help us to believe in Your word and stop worrying about what we are doing wrong. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.
Apostles’ Creed:
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth.
And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell. The third day He rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
The Lord’s Prayer:
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven; give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen.
Luther’s Morning Prayer:
I thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have kept me this night from all harm and danger; and I pray that You would keep me this day also from sin and every evil, that all my doings and life may please You. For into Your hands, I commend myself, my body and soul, and all things. Let Your holy angel be with me, that the evil foe may have no power over me. Amen.
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