Order of Daily Prayer for Individuals and Families
Bible Verse for the Week:
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. Psalm 119:105
Psalms for the Day:
Morning: Psalm 71
Evening: Psalm 72
Catechetical Instruction: The Table of Duties To Bishops, Pastors, and Preachers:
1 Timothy 3:2-4
1 Timothy 3:6
Titus 1:9
Scripture Readings
Bible Stories for the Family: Jesus Cleanses a Leper, Matthew 8:1-4
Additional Reading: Jonah 4
Theme for Daily Prayer:
For the preaching of the holy Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ and for the spread of His knowledge throughout the whole world; for the persecuted and the oppressed, for the sick and the dying.
Prayer for our Medical Workers: Lord God, be with the doctors and nurses and all others who minister to the needs of those who are ill. Through their wise and compassionate service, grant relief to the suffering and hope to the afflicted so that all may know of Your boundless care; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
Hymn of the Week:
Lutheran Service Book 420 Christ the Life of All the Living
Christ, the life of all the living,
Christ, the death of death our foe,
Who, Thyself for me once giving
To the darkest depths of woe:
Through Thy sufferings, death, and merit
I eternal life inherit.
Thousand, thousand thanks shall be,
Dearest Jesus, unto Thee.Thou hast suffered men to bruise Thee,
That from pain I might be free;
Falsely did Thy foes accuse Thee:
Thence I gain security;
Comfortless Thy soul did languish
Me to comfort in my anguish.
Thousand, thousand thanks shall be,
Dearest Jesus, unto Thee. vv.1, 5