The Congregation at Prayer: Trinity 15

The Congregation at Prayer

A guide for daily meditation and prayer

Trinity 15

Invocation

In the name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Apostle’s Creed Catechism on pg. 15, and inside back cover of LSB

Psalm Psalm 146

Daily Readings (Also found in LSB on pg. 299)

Day

Old Testament

New Testament

Sunday

2 Kings 6:1-23

Philippians 1:21-2:11

Monday

2 Kings 9:1-13

Philippians 2:12-30

Tuesday

2 Chronicles 29:1-24

Philippians 3:1-21

Wednesday

2 Chronicles 31:1-21

Philippians 4:1-23

Thursday

2 Chronicles 32:1-22

Colossians 1:1-23

Friday

2 Chronicles 33:1-25

Colossians 1:24-2:7

Saturday

2 Chronicles 34:1-4, 8-11, 14-33

Colossians 2:8-23

Catechism: The Books of the Bible – OT & NT

Hymn LSB 745 In God My Faithful God

Prayers

In Our Prayers This Week

Dorothy Berger, David Serkowski (friend of the Sorensens), Howard Thiel, Matt Kruse, Sue Barton, Hugh Hunkeler (Bev Bartel’s son-in-law, has detached retina), Cheryl Gimball (friend of Martha Plapp), Christine Stevens (Clara Higgins’ sister in law diagnosed with cancer), Ron Waldrop (Anna Willman’s uncle), Chris Nelson

Collect of the Week

O Lord, we implore You, let Your continual pity cleanse and defend Your Church; and because she cannot continue in safety without Your aid, preserve her evermore by Your help and goodness; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

Lord’s Prayer

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.

Evening Prayer

I thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that you have graciously kept me this day; and I pray that you would forgive me all my sins where I have done wrong, and graciously keep me this night. 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.

Mealtime Prayer

The eyes of all look to You, O Lord, and You give them their food at the proper time. You open your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing.

Lord God, heavenly Father, bless us and these Your gifts which we receive from Your bountiful goodness, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

Next Weekend’s Readings

Trinity 15

1 Kings 17:17–24

Psalm 30

Ephesians 3:13–21

Luke 7:11–17

A large funeral procession carrying the only son of a widow is confronted by another large procession, Jesus and His followers. Death and Life meet face to face at the gate of the city (Luke 7:11–17). Filled with compassion, Jesus comes into direct contact with our mortality in order to overcome it. He touches the coffin and speaks His creative words of life, “Young man, I say to you, arise.” Jesus does what is neither expected nor requested. For through Christ, God the Father “is able to do far more abundantly than all we ask or think” (Eph. 3:14–21). Jesus bore our death in His body that we may share in His resurrection. Even as Elijah stretched himself out three times over the Zarephath woman’s son (2 Kings 17:17–24), God stretched Himself out over us in the threefold application of His name in the baptismal water, breathing new and everlasting life into us. “To Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.”