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Good Evening, Lord!
Words of Comfort
[O God, you
are] like a hiding place from the wind, a shelter from the storm, like streams
of water in a dry place, like the shade of a great rock in a weary land. (Isa.
32:2 ESV)
Prayer of Confession
In Your
name, O crucified Lord Jesus Christ, I end this day. You suffered the
all-painful death on the trunk of the holy cross as the true, patient,
sacrificial Lamb for me. You have bought my freedom from all sins, death, the
devil, and hell through Your rose-colored blood. Rule my heart by Your Holy
Spirit, refreshing it with the heavenly dew of Your grace. Preserve me with
Your divine love and hide me – body and soul – in Your holy wounds. Wash me
clean of all my sins, maintain me in every good work, and lead me out of the
vale of tears that is this world into eternal joy and glory, O faithful Savior,
Jesus Christ, my only solace, hope, and life. Amen.[1]
Catechism Reflections
The Fourth Petition of the Lord’s Prayer
Give us
this day our daily bread.
What does this mean?
God
certainly gives daily bread to everyone without our prayers, even to all evil
people, but we pray in this petition that God would lead us to realize this and
to receive our daily bread with thanksgiving.
What is meant by daily bread?
Daily bread
includes everything that has to do with the support and needs of the body, such
as food, drink, clothing, shoes, house, home, land, animals, money, goods, a
devout husband or wife, devout children, devout workers, devout and faithful
rulers, good government, good weather, peace, health, self-control, good
reputation, good friends, faithful neighbors, and the like.
Questions for Meditation
What does
this reading teach you?
What does
this reading lead you to be thankful for?
What
behavior, thought, or attitude does this reading challenge? What sin does it
lead you to confess?
How might
you pray for God to have a richer impact on your life through this reading?
Petitions of the Lord’s Prayer
“And lead
us not into temptation.”
Father in
heaven, You tempt no one. Please guard and keep us so that the devil, the
world, and our sinful nature may not deceive us or mislead us into false
belief, despair, and other great shame and vice. Although we are attacked by
these things, we pray that we may finally overcome them and win the victory
through Jesus, our Savior and Lord. Amen.
Verse of Benediction
The grace
of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy
Spirit be with you all. (2 Cor. 13:14 ESV)
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