Sacred Meditations

Jesus Christ bought us with the price of His precious blood, making our bodies temples of His Holy Spirit. We pray Him to wash us, make us holy, and make us right with Him, that we may live at peace with one another and flee sexual immorality. Source: “Sacred Meditations …

Our heavenly Father creates us in His image, male and female He creates us. We pray Him to forgive the waywardness of everyone entrapped in sexual sins and to grant grace to His redeemed people to lead sexually chaste and decent lives. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in …

With today’s reading of 1 Corinthians, chapter 4, we pray stanzas 1 and 2 of the hymn, “God of the Prophets, Bless the Prophets’ Sons” (Lutheran Service Book 682:1-2). Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in Lutheran Service Book, pages 299-304 or Treasury of Daily Prayer.)

God builds His household the Church on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone. We pray Him to grant humility to all pastors, that they may proclaim not human wisdom, but only the wisdom of Christ crucified and risen for sinners. Source: “Sacred Meditations …

We cannot exist without our Lord Jesus Christ! Therefore, we pray that He would grant us the spirit to think and do what is right and be enabled to live according to His will. Collect for Proper 14 (the Sunday closest to August 10), from The Book of Common Prayer.

God gave His Son to be our wisdom, righteousness, sanctification and redemption. We pray Him to grant His Holy Spirit to receive, believe and proclaim Christ and Him crucified. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in Lutheran Service Book, pages 299-304 or Treasury of Daily Prayer.)

Our gracious, faithful God reveals His wisdom through the message of Christ crucified for sinners. We pray Him to grant repentance to His Church for party spirit and for following human wisdom over His Word. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in Lutheran Service Book, pages 299-304 or Treasury …

The apostle Paul proclaimed God’s kingdom and the teaching of His Son with boldness and without hindrance. We pray our heavenly Father to grant His Church–both pastors and people–the same boldness to proclaim His mighty deeds of salvation. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in Lutheran Service Book, pages …

Much of the Christian Church celebrates the Transfiguration of Our Lord on this day, August 6. Today we pray that, since our Lord Jesus Christ has been transfigured, we may be delivered from the “disquietude”–the uneasiness, worry, anxiety–of this world and may by faith behold the King in His beauty. …

Jesus healed many with frail and diseased bodies. As He granted healing through His servant Paul, we pray Him to bless all doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in Lutheran Service Book, pages 299-304 or Treasury of Daily Prayer.)