Sacred Meditations

God’s wisdom and knowledge are so deep and His judgments and ways unsearchable. We pray that He would grant His people to live sacrificial, holy and acceptable lives, faithful to Him and loving one another. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in Lutheran Service Book, pages 299-304 or Treasury …

Solely by His grace, God always preserves a remnant of people faithful to Him, in all times and places. We thank and praise Him for grafting us into His Son, the true Vine, and we pray Him to restore those who have drifted away from Him. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” …

God grants faith by the hearing of his Word and He saves everyone who calls on His name. We pray that we may hold His Word sacred and gladly hear and learn it, so that we may believe with the heart and confess His saving name. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” …

God, our merciful Father, is the potter and we are the clay; He creates and directs us by His merciful will. We pray for faith in His lovingkindness that we may live as His redeemed people and rejoice in serving Him in our vocations. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary …

God has mercy on whom He has mercy, and He has compassion on whom He has compassion. We pray Him to comfort us with His eternal election through the death and resurrection of His Son. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in Lutheran Service Book, pages 299-304 or Treasury …

Jesus Christ is the light of the world. We pray that we, His people, may be illumined by His Word and Sacraments so that we may shine with the radiance of Christ’s glory that He may be known, worshiped, and followed by all people. Second Sunday after the Epiphany, from …

God did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up for us all and graciously gives us all things. We pray that when we endure tribulation, distress, persecution and other trials, He would grant us the sure and certain hope that nothing can separate us from His love. Source: …

God inspired Simon Peter to confess Jesus as the Son of the Living God (see Matthew 16:13-20). We pray Him to keep His Church steadfast upon the rock of this confession of faith. Confession of Saint Peter (January 18), from The Book of Common Prayer.

By His Holy Spirit, our heavenly Father has set us free from the law of sin and death through His Son, Jesus Christ. We give Him our gratefulness and praise, and we pray that He would lead us to walk not according to the flesh by according to His Spirit. …

God gives us His good and wise Law to show us the way of righteousness. We pray Him to grant us repentance when we transgress His Law and bring us to life through the body of His Son Jesus Christ. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in Lutheran Service …