Time in the Word
The People
of God
Easter 5
May 8-13, 2017
Easter 5 begins to look forward to and prepare us for the
ascension and Pentecost. In the Gospel, Jesus prepares the disciples for His
departure. In Lesson 1 we see the ascended Jesus standing at the right hand of
God. Because of the resurrection and ascension, we are God’s people offering
spiritual sacrifices. The focus of the Lesson is on God’s people. Psalm 31
relates to Stephen’s martyrdom. The Prayer concerns God’s people who love God’s
commands and desire God’s promises. The Hymn deals with the Gospel, Jesus as
the way.
A Daytime
Collect for Eastertide Almighty
God the Father, through Your only-begotten Son Jesus Christ You have overcome
death and opened the gate of everlasting life to us. Grant that we, who
celebrate with joy the day of our Lord’s resurrection, may be raised from the
death of sin by Your life-giving Spirit.
Collect for Easter 5
- O God, You make the minds of Your
faithful to be of one will. Grant that we may love what You have commanded and
desire what You promise, that among the many changes of this world our hearts
may be fixed where true joys are found; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our
Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and
forever. Amen.
A
Prayer for an Answer to Prayer
– Almighty God, since You have granted us the favor to call on You with one
accord and have promised that where two or three are gathered together in Your
name You are in the midst of them, fulfill now the prayers of Your people
granting us in this world knowledge of Your truth and in the world to come life
everlasting.
For Industry
– Lord Jesus Christ, as once You shared
in human toil and thus hallowed the work of our hands, prosper those who
maintain the industries of this land, give them a right regard for their
labors, granting them a just reward for their toil and joy in serving You and
supplying our needs.
An
Evening Collect for Eastertide Abide with us, Lord, for it is toward evening, and the day
is far spent. Abide with us and with Your whole Church. Abide with us in the
end of the day, in the end of our life, in the end of the world. Abide with us
with Your grace and goodness, with Your Holy Word and sacrament, with Your
strength and blessing. Abide with us when the night of affliction and
temptation comes upon us, the night of fear and despair when death shall come.
Abide with us and with all the faithful through time and eternity.
Monday, May 8, 2017 – Psalm 146 - The
Antiphon for next Sunday’s Introit is taken from Vs.2, “I will praise the Lord all my life, I will
sing praise to My God as long as I live.” This Psalm is an encouragement to
trust in the Lord. The is the first of five Hallelujah Psalms which closes out
the book of Psalms. Having walked with the Savior observing His Passion during
Lent we now rejoice in the forgiveness of sins, life and salvation which is our
through the cross and empty tomb.
Tuesday, May 9, 2017 – Acts 6:1-9, 7:2a, 51-60
– God’s people believe the gospel.
The apostolic church has problems of growth. The ministry is too busy and the
spiritual functions are being neglected. Members are complaining about their
being neglected. What church would not like to have a problem like that, such
as lack of parking space on a Sunday morning, insufficient seating space for
Sunday morning service, or crowded Sunday school rooms? Why was this church
growing? What will make any church grow? “The word of God increased and the
number of disciples multiplied” (v. 7).
Wednesday, May 10, 2017 –1 Peter 2:2-10 – God’s
people are a chosen, holy people. As living stones in a spiritual house,
Christians are God’s people. Peter’s letter is considered a sermon to
newly-baptized people. As newborn children, they now need spiritual milk until
they grow into maturity. The new Christians are likened to living stones in a
spiritual house with Jesus as the cornerstone holding them together. Again,
they are likened to a spiritual priesthood (priesthood of believers) which
offer spiritual sacrifices. These Christians are the new Israel
Thursday, May 11, 2017 – John 14:1-14
– God’s people come to God only
through Jesus. This is the beginning of Jesus’ “farewell discourses” that
continue through chapter 17. The disciples are not to be troubled because he is
going to prepare a place which is large enough for all. Moreover, he is the
only way to the Father. To know and see Jesus is to know and see the Father. It
is essential that the disciples know and believe in him and the Father. If they
do, they will do greater things than Jesus did and their prayers, offered in
His name, will be answered.
Friday, May 12, 2017 – Psalm 31 – This
Psalm is a prayer when confronted by a conspiracy so powerful and open that all
David’s friends abandoned him. According to Luke 23:46, Jesus applied verse 5
to His own circumstance. Those who share in His sufferings at the hands of
anti-Christian forces are encouraged to hear and use this psalm in light of
what Jesus has endured for us.
Saturday, May 13, 2017 – John
6:32-35 – is the inspiration for the hymn “At the Lambs High Feast we Sing“{LSB
633}. The manna, which came from heaven
was from God. The Father still “gives” the true bread from heaven, which is
life through His Son Jesus Christ. Who is this bread of heaven? Jesus answers
for us in Vs. 35 “I am” the bread of heaven.
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LUTHERAN HYMNAL © 1940 Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, MO
LUTHERAN
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LUTHERAN SEVICE BOOK © 2006 Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis,
MO
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