Sacred Meditations

With today’s New Testament reading of 2 Corinthians 6 we pray stanzas 2 and 4 of the hymn “Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty” (Lutheran Service Book, 901). Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in Lutheran Service Book, pages 299-304 or Treasury of Daily Prayer.)

God made His Son, who knew no sin, to be sin for us, that in Him we might be righteous before Him. We pray Him for good courage to proclaim and bear witness to the new creation and the reconciliation that He has accomplished through Jesus Christ. Source: “Sacred Meditations …

Our heavenly Father gives us the light of knowing His glory in the face of Jesus Christ His Son. In our many and various afflictions, we pray that we may look to His promises of life and salvation that we may ever proclaim His Son’s victory over sin and death. …

With today’s reading of 2 Corinthians 3 we pray stanzas 1 and 4 of the hymn “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling” (Lutheran Service Book, 700). Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in Lutheran Service Book, pages 299-304 or Treasury of Daily Prayer.)

God calls us to repent of our sinful condition and our many sins. We pray Him to grant sufficient to the men He calls to serve as pastors, to grant them sufficiency to proclaim His Law and Gospel, and to lead all of His children to hear His Word, confess …

Today we remember and thank our Lord for His apostle Bartholomew (Matthew 10:3; also called Nathanael, see John 1:43-51) and pray that His Church may love what he believed and preach what he taught. Saint Bartholomew (August 24), from The Book of Common Prayer.

God makes us holy in His Son and gives us His Holy Spirit as a guarantee of His faithfulness. We pray that, as He has comforted us in the affliction of our sinfulness, He would lead us to endure our sufferings and bestow comfort on those who endure any affliction. …

Since our merciful God gathers His Church in unity by the Holy Spirit, we pray that the Church would show forth His power among all peoples. Collect for Proper 16 (the Sunday closest to August 24), from The Book of Common Prayer.

God is love and He has manifested His love by sending His Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. We pray Him make us patient and kind, to guard us against envy, boasting, arrogance, and rudeness, and to lead us to rejoice in the truth of His Word. …

With today’s reading of 1 Corinthians 12:14-31 we pray stanzas 1, 3 and 4 of the hymn “I Love Your Kingdom Lord” (Lutheran Service Book 651:1, 3-4). Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in Lutheran Service Book, pages 299-304 or Treasury of Daily Prayer.)