Thursday’s Verse:
From Psalm 21:13 ESV
“Be exalted, O LORD, in your strength! We will sing and praise your power.”
Sometimes it feels like we have just enough strength to get through our day. With all our responsibilities and concerns, and while trying to pray, we think we need to be strong and have a good hold on God.
The psalmist points us to where our strength should come from. "Be exalted, O LORD, in your strength!" It's not about us being strong and holding on to God, but Him holding on to us.
God shows us his strength in salvation through Jesus Christ on the cross. A weak place to find strength, but our Lord took on our sins and sacrificed himself for us. When He rose from the dead, He showed that we don't have to worry about sin and death. We don't need to be strong to be saved.
We sing because through Christ we have been given that gift. We can sing with weak voices if that's all we have. God doesn't expect us to be strong when we come to Him in His word and sacrament. He is giving us Himself.
Today’s Prayers
O Lord, when we are weak, turn our eyes to your mercy. Hold us to your word and allow us to sing to you. 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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