"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." (Luther's Morning Prayer)
Friday, August 2, 2024 - Day 215 (Through the Bible in a year readings for today: Psalm 70-72; Romans 4)
LORD JESUS CHRIST, BE PRESENT NOW
O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste to help me! (Psalm 71:12 ESV)
The Lord answers this prayer for us when He comes to us in His Word and Sacraments.
“O God, be not far from me.” Jesus cannot be closer to us than when He comes to us in His true body and blood in with and under the bread and wine in the Lord’s Supper.
“Make haste to help me!” You hear His answer as your pastor pronounces the absolution upon you: “Your sins are forgiven in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.”
Lord Jesus Christ, be present now;
Our hearts in true devotion bow,
Your Spirit send with light divine,
And let Your truth within us shine. Amen.
(“Lord Jesus Christ, Be Present Now,” LSB #902, stanza 1)
Pastor David Paape
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