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 68
Evening: Psalm 69
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: The Wise Man Builds His House on the Rock, Matthew 7:15-29
Additional Reading: Jonah 3
Theme for Daily Prayer:
For the church and her pastors; for teachers, deaconesses, and other church workers, for missionaries and for all who serve the Church; for fruitful and salutary use of the blessed Sacrament of Christ’s body and blood.
Prayer for our Government: Eternal Lord, ruler of all, graciously regard those who have been set in positions of authority among us that, guided by Your Spirit, they may be high in purpose, wise in counsel, firm in good resolution, and unwavering in duty, that under them we may be governed quietly and peaceably; 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.Heartless scoffers did surround Thee,
Treating Thee with shameful scorn
And with piercing thorns they crowned Thee.
All disgrace, Thou, Lord, hast borne,
That as Thine Thou mightest own me
And with heav’nly glory crown me.
Thousand, thousand thanks shall be,
Dearest Jesus, unto Thee.
vv. 1,4