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 66
Evening: Psalm 67, Psalm 70
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 is the Narrow Way,-Matthew 7:1-14
Additional Reading: Jonah 2
Theme for Daily Prayer:
For marriage anf family, that husbands and wives, parents and children live in ordered harmony according to the Word of God; for parents who must raise children alone, for our communities and neighborhoods.
Prayer for Industry and Commerce: Lord Jesus Christ, as once You shared in our human toil and thus hallowed the work of our hands, bless and prosper those who maintain the industries and service sectors, along will all who toil and labor to bring food from the earth to our tables. Give them a right regard for their labors, and grant them a just reward for their work that they may find joy in serving You and in supplying our needs; for you live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. 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 born the smiting only
That my wounds might all be whole;
Thou hast suffered, sad and lonely,
Rest to give my weary soul;
Yea, the curse of God enduring,
Blessing unto me securing.
Thousand, thousand thanks shall be,
Dearest Jesus, unto Thee.
vv. 1,3