Sacred Meditations

In this hymn by Eliza Alderson, we exalt our Lord Jesus Christ for sacrificing Himself for us, and then we pray that He would help us sacrifice ourselves for our neighbor. Here’s verse 2 of “Lord of Glory, You Have Bought Us.” Source: Lutheran Service Book 851:2.

Johann Starck has exhorted us on why we need God to govern and guide us. In this meditation, Starck leads us in actually praying for God to guide us in His way. Source: Starck’s Prayer-Book, by Johann Starck (translated and edited by W. H. T. Dau, 1921), pages 181-82.

We pray that our gracious Lord would grant us to know what things to do and, by His grace, have the ability to accomplish them. Collect for Proper 10 (the Sunday closest to July 13), from The Book of Common Prayer.

In this hymn by Eliza Alderson, we exalt our Lord Jesus Christ for sacrificing Himself for us, and then we pray that He would help us sacrifice ourselves for our neighbor. Here’s verse 1 of “Lord of Glory, You Have Bought Us.” Source: Lutheran Service Book 851:1.

In His Word, God teaches us to pray: “Teach me Your way, O Lord, that I may walk in Your truth; unite my heart to fear Your name” (Psalm 86:11). If we want to walk in God’s way, God Himself must govern and guide us. Here Johann Starck exhorts us …

Since God has taught us His commandments–to love Him and our neighbor–we pray that He would grant us His Holy Spirit, so that we may be devoted to Him and to one another. Collect for Proper 9 (the Sunday closest to July 6), from The Book of Common Prayer.

Since God shows His handiwork in heaven and on earth, we pray that He would deliver us in our vocations from the service of self alone so that we may serve Him and our neighbor to His glory. “For Vocation in Daily Work,” from The Book of Common Prayer.

Johann Starck has exhorted us on how the believing Christian prays to God to sanctify the heart. Now he leads us in praying to the Holy Spirit for our sanctification. Source: Starck’s Prayer-Book, by Johann Starck (translated and edited by W. H. T. Dau, 1921), pages 178-179.

God has built His Church on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets, with Christ Jesus as the cornerstone. We pray that we may be joined together by their teaching. Collect for Proper 8 (the Sunday closest to June 29), from The Book of Common Prayer.

On June 29 the Church remembers the martyrdom of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. We pray that our gracious God would instruct His Church by their teaching and example, that we may stand firm upon the one foundation who is Jesus Christ Himself. Saint Peter and Saint Paul (June 29), …