March 14 - Lenten Devotion

March 14

Read

Matthew 25–26

Pray

“Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name.”

Father in Heaven, we thank You for Your tender invitation to believe that You are our true Father and we are Your true children. Make us bold and confident to ask You these petitions as our Lord Jesus teaches us. We confess that Your name is holy in and of itself. We ask that You would help us treat it as such and that it would be honored and kept holy by us. Let your Word be taught in truth and purity, and help us, Your children, to live our lives according to it; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord. Amen.

Pray About

For faith to live in the promises of Holy Baptism; for one’s calling and daily work; for the unemployed; for the salvation and well-being of our neighbors; for schools, colleges, and seminaries; for good government and for peace.

Sing

Christ, the Life of All the Living – LSB 420

 


5       Thou hast suffered men to bruise Thee,

    That from pain I might be free;
Falsely did Thy foes accuse Thee:
    Thence I gain security;
Comfortless Thy soul did languish
Me to comfort in my anguish.
    Thousand, thousand thanks shall be,
    Dearest Jesus, unto Thee.

6       Thou hast suffered great affliction
    And hast borne it patiently,
Even death by crucifixion,
    Fully to atone for me;
Thou didst choose to be tormented
That my doom should be prevented.
    Thousand, thousand thanks shall be,
    Dearest Jesus, unto Thee.

7       Then, for all that wrought my pardon,
    For Thy sorrows deep and sore,
For Thine anguish in the Garden,
    I will thank Thee evermore,
Thank Thee for Thy groaning, sighing,
For Thy bleeding and Thy dying,
    For that last triumphant cry,
    And shall praise Thee, Lord, on high.

Read

Luther’s Small Catechism: The Ten Commandments

Pray the Lord’s Prayer

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