Christ in Our Home devotions Oct 3 - Oct 9, 2016

Christ In Our Home Devotions

21st Sunday after Pentecost

Live a life of thanksgiving

1. Make the sign of the cross over yourself and say:

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

2. Pray Luther’s Morning or Evening 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. Keep me this day also from sin and every evil, that all my doings and life may please you. Into your hands I commend my body and soul and all things. Let your holy angel be with me, that the wicked foe may have no power over me. Amen.

I thank you, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, your dear Son, that you have graciously kept me this day. Forgive me all my sins, and graciously keep me this night. Into your hands I commend my body and soul and all things. Let your holy angel be with me, that the wicked foe may have no power over me. Amen.

3. Pray the Lord’s Prayer:

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and forever. Amen.

4. Pray the Prayer of the Week

Grant, O merciful Lord, to your faithful people pardon and peace that they may be cleansed from all their sins and serve you with a quiet mind; through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

5. Say the Apostles’ Creed:

     I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth.

     I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From there he will come to judge the living and the dead.

     I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

6. Pray the Psalm of the Week: Psalm 111

Refrain: Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things.

Great are the works of the LORD;*

they are pondered by all who delight in them.

Glorious and majestic are his deeds,*

and his righteousness endures forever.

He has caused his wonders to be remembered;*

the LORD is gracious and compassionate.

Refrain

The works of his hands are faithful and just;*

all his precepts are trustworthy.

He provided redemption for his people;*

he ordained his covenant forever.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom;*

all who follow his precepts have good understanding.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son*

and to the Holy Spirit,

as it was in the beginning,*

is now, and will be forever. Amen.

Refrain

7. Say the Verse of the Week:

Alleluia. This is the Lord, we trusted in him; let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation. Alleluia. (Isaiah 25:9b)

8. Read a Devotion or the Following Suggested Scriptures

M: Isaiah 27-28 Ephesians 5

T: Isaiah 29-30; Ephesians 6

W: Isaiah 31-33; Philippians 1

T: Isaiah 34-36; Philippians 2

F: Isaiah 37-38; Philippians 3

S: Isaiah 39-40; Philippians 4

S: Isaiah 41-42; Colossian1 & Worship in the House of the Lord

9. Prayer of JOY: Jesus; Others; and Yourself

10. Sing or Say the Hymn of the Week: 

520  Your Hand, O Lord, in Days of Old

1  Your hand, O Lord, in days of old Was strong to heal and save;

It triumphed o’er disease and death, All darkness and the grave.

To you they came, the blind, the dumb, The paralyzed and lame,

The lepers in their misery, The sick with fevered frame.

2 Your touch then, Lord, brought life and health,

Gave speech and strength and sight;

And youth renewed and frenzy calmed Revealed you, Lord of light.

And now, O Lord, be near to bless, Almighty as before,

In crowded street, by beds of pain, As by Gennes’ret’s shore.

Text: Edward H. Plumptre, 1821–91, alt.