Christ in Our Home devotions July 4 - July 10, 2016

Christ In Our Home Devotions

8th Sunday after Pentecost

The Christian loves his neighbor

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

Almighty God, we thank you for planting in us the seed of your Word.  By your Holy Spirit help us to receive it with joy and to bring forth fruits in faith and hope and love; through your Son, Jesus Christ 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 25

Refrain: To you, O Lord, I lift my soul; in you I trust, my God.

To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul;*

in you I trust, O my God.

Remember, O LORD, your great mercy and love,*

for they are from of old.

Remember not the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways;*

according to your love remember me,

for you are good, O LORD.

Refrain

Turn to me and be gracious to me,*

for I am lonely and afflicted.

Look upon my affliction and my distress*

and take away all my sins.

Guard my life and rescue me,*

for I take refuge in you.

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.  The Word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.  Alleluia. (Deuteronomy 30:14)

8. Read a Devotion or the Following Suggested Scriptures

M: Job 29-30; Acts 12

T: Job 31-32, Acts 13:1-23

W: Job 33-34, Acts 13:24-52

T: Job 35-37, Acts 14

F: Job 38-39, Acts 15:1-21

S: Job 40-42, Acts 15:22-41

S: Psalms 1-3 Acts 16:1-15 & Worship in the House of the Lord

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

10. Sing or Say the Hymn of the Week: 

348  Jesus, Jesus, Only Jesus

1  Jesus, Jesus, only Jesus Can my heartfelt longing still.

Lo, I pledge myself to Jesus, What he wills alone to will,

For my heart, which he hath filled, Ever cries, “Lord, as thou wilt.”

2  One there is for whom I’m living, Whom I love most tenderly;

Unto Jesus I am giving What in love he gave to me.

Jesus’ blood hides all my guilt—Lord, oh, lead me as thou wilt.

3  What to me may seem a treasure But displeasing is to thee—

Oh, remove such harmful pleasure; Give instead what profits me.

Let my heart by thee be stilled; Make me thine, Lord, as thou wilt.

Text: Ludämilia Elisabeth, 1640–72; tr. August Crull, 1845–1923, alt.