March 16
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Pray
“Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”
O God, Your will is done even without our prayers, but we
pray that it may be done among us also. Please break and hinder every evil plan
and purpose of the devil, the world, and our sinful nature, which do not want
us to hallow God’s name or let His kingdom come. Strengthen and keep us firm in
Your Word and faith until we die. Let Your good and gracious will be done.
Amen.
Pray About
For marriage and family, that husbands and wives, parents
and children live in ordered harmony according to the Word of God; for parents
who must raise children alone; for our communities and neighborhoods.
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.
Text: Ernst Christoph Homburg, 1605–81; (sts. 1–2, 5, 7): tr. Catherine Winkworth, 1827–78, alt.; (sts. 3–4, 6): tr. Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-Book, 1912, St. Louis; Tune: Das grosse Cantional, 1687, Darmstadt; Text and tune: Public domain
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Luther’s Small Catechism: The Lord's Prayer
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