Time
in the Word
August
6-11 2018
Pentecost
12 -Proper 14
Collect for
Proper 14 – Gracious Father, You
blessed Son came down from heaven to be the true bread that gives life to the
world. Grant that Christ, the bread of life, may live in us and we in Him, who
loves and reigns with You and the holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Before the
study of God’s Word – Almighty God,
our heavenly Father, without Your help our labor is useless, and without Your
light our search is in vain. Invigorate our study of Your holy Word that, by
due diligence and right discernment, we may establish ourselves and others in
Your holy faith; through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
For
reconciliation – God of love, through
Your Son You have commanded us to love one another. By the guidance of Your
Word and Spirit, deliver us from impenitence and teach us the truth that we
might confess our sins, receive Your forgiveness, and be reconciled to one
another; through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
For guidance
in our calling – Lord God, You have
called Your servants to ventures of which we cannot see the ending by paths as
yet untrodden, through perils unknown. Give us faith to go out with good
courage, not knowing where we go but only that Your hand is leading us and Your
love supporting us; through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
For a right knowledge of Christ – Almighty God, whom to know is everlasting life, grant us perfectly to know Your Son, Jesus Christ, to be the way, the truth, and the life, that following His steps we may steadfastly walk in the way that leads to eternal life; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord.
For steadfast faith – Almighty God, our heavenly Father, because of Your tender love toward us sinners You have given us Your Son that, believing in Him, we might have everlasting life. Continue to grant us Your Holy Spirit that we may remain steadfast in this faith to the end and finally come to life everlasting; through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
The theme for the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost is
“Eat and Live”. The Lord’s own
people, the Jews, grumbled when Jesus told them that He is the Bread of Life
that came down from heaven. They saw Him only as a man, not the Savior who had
been promised from the very beginning in the Garden of Eden after the Fall
(Genesis 3:15). Their own expectations of God’s promised Deliverer blinded them
to the fact that He was standing before them.
Christ Jesus offers His gift of eternal salvation
to all who will receive it. He calls them, and the Father draws them to Him.
But some, because of the hardness of their hearts and the blindness of their
sin, reject the good gift that God has for them. May we ever nourish our faith
through our regular church attendance, hearing the word of God preached and
proclaimed, and receiving the body and blood of Christ.
Monday, 6
August 2018—Psalm 34:8–10; Antiphon, Psalm 145:16—The antiphon should be
familiar to us, as it is part of the prayer before a meal which Luther included
in the Catechism. The psalmist David then says to taste and see that the Lord
is good. How are we to do this? St Peter tell us that we should be like newborn
infants, longing for the pure spiritual milk. We have tasted that the Lord is
good, for we have heard His Word of forgiveness and salvation, we have eaten of
His Holy Supper, and we long for more.
Tuesday, 7
August 2018—Psalm 34:1–8—The psalm appointed for next week is one taken
from a bizarre incident in the life of David, when he pretended to be insane
before Achish, a Palestinian king in the line of Abimelech. The entire story is
recorded in 1 Samuel 21:10-15. David exhorts us to extol the Lord at all times,
for as the Lord delivered David in answer to his prayer, so He also has
delivered us from sin, death, and the devil.
Wednesday, 8
August 2018—1 Kings 19:1–8—Despite the fact that the Lord had shown that He
alone is the true God in Elijah’s showdown with the prophets of Baal, wicked
Queen Jezebel clung to her false gods and sought to kill Elijah. To escape,
Elijah fled to the wilderness near Beersheba. There, the Lord fed him with
bread. The Lord feeds us also; not through the ministrations of an angel, but
by farmers, truckers, stock-boys, and grocery-store clerks. “God gives daily
bread to everyone…we pray that He would lead us to realize this and to receive
our daily bread with thanksgiving.”
Thursday, 9
August 2018—Ephesians 4:17—5:2—In this section of our reading from the book
of Ephesians, St Paul tells us that, since we have been set free from bondage
to sin and death, we should live outwardly in way that reflects our new life in
Christ. We are to live as children of light, no longer living in the darkness
of sin. Those in the world ought to see a difference in how Christians live
versus how the rest of the world lives. As children of God, we imitate God, not
the ways of the world.
Friday, 10
August 2018—John 6:35–51—“I am the Bread of Life,” declares Jesus. The
bread that He gives is better than earthly bread, for that can only sustain the
body while we sojourn in this earthly vale of tears. The bread that Jesus
gives—the bread that Jesus is—sustains our souls for all eternity. Jesus gives
Himself for the life of the world.
Saturday, 11
August 2018— The hymn of the day is O Living Bread from Heaven (LSB 642).
This second stanza proclaims that we have been led by the Lord to His house to
receive His good gifts of forgiveness. We could not, and do not, do this on our
own, but He leads us, and then feeds us with Word and Sacrament. The ‘food’ we
receive in the Divine Service is better than the food we eat daily at our meals,
for it is food that gives eternal life.
My
Lord, You have led me
To
this most holy place.
And
with Yourself have fed me
The
treasures of Your grace;
For
You have freely given
What
earth could never buy,
The
bread of life from heaven,
That
now I shall not die.
-Lutheran Service Book #642:2
Please take note:
This year our
Wyneken School opens its doors for the 50th academic year. We review
with our students close to 130 Bible stories throughout the year. Please review
these stories and discuss them with you student throughout the week. May the
Lord bless each of our Friedheim families as we make use of God’s Sacred Word.
For Thursday
Aug, 9 – Opening Chapel
For Friday Aug. 10 – Creation Part 1 – Genesis 1:1-19
From the
Catechism – The 1st Commandment
Prayers from Lutheran
Service Book © 2006 and Lutheran Worship © 1980 Concordia Publishing House and
from Lutheran Worship © 1980 Concordia Publishing House.
Schnorr von
Carolsfeld woodcut used with permission from WELS
Lectionary Preaching Workbook Series B – John
Brokhoff © 1981 CSS Publishing, Lima, OH
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