A prayer
before we study the Word – Almighty God, our heavenly Father, without
Your help our labor is useless, and without Your light our search is in vain.
Invigorate the study of Your holy Word that, by due diligence and right
discernment, we may establish ourselves and others in Your holy faith.
Psalm 29—The key verse of this psalm is verse 3, “The Voice of the Lord is over the waters;
the God of glory thunders, the Lord thunders over the mighty waters.” In the thunderstorm, sometimes frightening,
suggestive of terrifying cataclysms at the end of the world. Yet not today.
That voice is reserved for the final last day of the Lord’s visitation. Today
we hear the Father speak, “And a voice
came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.”
-Mark 1:11
The Voice of God is the theme for Psalm 29 which
blends with the theme for this coming Sunday that the Voice of the Father was
heard by the Savior. Today we listen to the voice of Jesus through the hearing
of the Gospel.
Collect for
Psalm 29: Lord our king, your voice sounds over the waters as you reign above the
flood. Help us, who are born again by water and the Holy Spirit, to praise your
wonderful deeds in your holy temple; through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.[1]
[1] Collect for Psalm 29, For All the Saints, A Prayer book for and by the Church © 1995 The American Lutheran Publicity Bureau, Delhi, NY
[2] A prayer before the study of the Word and For blessing on the Word, Lutheran Service Book © 2996 Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis
"Baptism" image copyright © Ed Riojas, Higher Things
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