June 6: Morning Devotion

Pastor Tritten · June 6: Morning Devotion

I Am Baptized

Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, ²⁶ that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, ²⁷ so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. (Eph. 5:25-27 ESV)

Make the sign of the cross as you say, “In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.”

A Morning Prayer

Lord Jesus, on Saturday morning You rested in the tomb, the painful work of our redemption completed on the cross, and You awaited Your glorious resurrection on Sunday morning. Please give us rest today; rest from anger, rest from fear, rest from condescension, rest from all of the ways we judge one another. Please fill us with peace and compassion that rests on you as our creator and redeemer. Fill us with your Spirit who comforts and guides, even as he calls all people to faith in you. Let me be influenced today by you, your love, your truth, your mercy, your justice, and your forgiveness. Amen.

I Believe …

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

And 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 sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence 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.

Bible Reading – Psalm 7

A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning the words of Cush, a Benjaminite.

7 O Lord my God, in you do I take refuge;
save me from all my pursuers and deliver me,
²lest like a lion they tear my soul apart,
rending it in pieces, with none to deliver.

³O Lord my God, if I have done this,
    if there is wrong in my hands,
⁴if I have repaid my friend with evil
    or plundered my enemy without cause,
⁵let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it,
    and let him trample my life to the ground
    and lay my glory in the dust. Selah

⁶Arise, O Lord, in your anger;
    lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies;
    awake for me; you have appointed a judgment.
⁷Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about you;
    over it return on high.

⁸The Lord judges the peoples;
    judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness
    and according to the integrity that is in me.
⁹Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
    and may you establish the righteous—
you who test the minds and hearts,
    O righteous God!
¹⁰My shield is with God,
    who saves the upright in heart.
¹¹God is a righteous judge,
    and a God who feels indignation every day.

¹²If a man does not repent, God will whet his sword;
    he has bent and readied his bow;
¹³he has prepared for him his deadly weapons,
    making his arrows fiery shafts.
¹⁴Behold, the wicked man conceives evil
    and is pregnant with mischief
    and gives birth to lies.
¹⁵He makes a pit, digging it out,
    and falls into the hole that he has made.
¹⁶His mischief returns upon his own head,
    and on his own skull his violence descends.

¹⁷I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness,
and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High.[1]

Question for Meditation

What does this reading teach you about Jesus, what He said and did, or what He wants His followers to believe? What does it teach you about God’s love and forgiveness?

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

The Seventh Petition: “But deliver us from evil.”

Dear Father, please rescue us from every evil of body and soul, possessions and reputation, and finally, when our last hour comes, give us a blessed end, and graciously take us from this valley of sorrow to heaven, where we will live eternally with You, and with Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, One God, now and forever. Amen.

Prayer

Pray for your church, the pastor, and the staff.

Pray for the needs of your fellow church members – parents, children, youth, the elderly, the ill, and the dying.

Benediction

Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, ²¹ equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. (Heb. 13:20-21 ESV)

Special Announcement

Tomorrow, June 7, 5-5:30 there will be an online Prayer Service for Peace, Justice, Healing, and Revival. Watch for an email if you on our email service, and our Facebook Page – Gloria Dei Lutheran Church – Hudson, Ohio – for links to the service.

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