This Week’s Morning Prayer Readings
Read and review the following Bible stories for each day…
Mon., October 8- The Golden Calf–Exodus 32- selective verses
Tues. October 9–The Spies –Number 13-14-selective verses
Wed. October 10– Chapel Day
Thurs. October 11-Entrance into Cana-Duet.34-Joshua 3 selective verses
Fri. –October 12-1st Conquest-Joshua 6- selective verses
From the Small Catechism – 1st Article & Meaning
Prayer to resist the love of money: Almighty God, heavenly Father, You have called us to be Your children and heirs of Your gracious promises in Christ Jesus. Grant us Your Holy Spirit that we may forsake all covetous desires and the inordinate love of riches. Deliver us from the pursuit of passing things that we may seek the kingdom of Your Son
Prayer for the proper use of wealth: Almighty God, all that we possess is from Your loving hand. Give us grace that we may honor You with all we own, always remembering the account we must one day give to Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
Prayer for grace to love and serve God: O God, through the grace of Your Holy Spirit You pour the gifts of love into the hearts of Your faithful people. Grant Your servants health both of mind and body that they may love You with their whole heart and with their whole strength perform those things that are pleasing to You; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
Prayer for agriculture: Almighty God, You bless the earth to make it fruitful, bringing forth in abundance whatever is needed for the support of our lives. Prosper the work of farmers and all those who labor to bring food to our table. Grant them seasonable weather that they may gather in the fruits of the earth in abundance and proclaim Your goodness with thanksgiving; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
The theme for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost is The Root of Evil.
You will sometimes hear a person say ‘Money is the root of all evil.’ Usually
it is said in a judgmental tone, used to condemn another. But such a one
doesn’t quote Scripture correctly, for the Bible does not say that money
is the root of all evil, but ‘the love of money is the root of all
evil.’ (1 Timothy
6:10 )
All of next Sunday’s readings exhort us not to depart from the Lord, but
to remain faithful to Him. Oftentimes, not only the cares of this world, but
the things of this world divert our attention from the Lord.
The sin of the rich young man in next Sunday’s Gospel reading was not
that he had great riches, but that those riches were the most important thing
to him. A Christian who is wealthy need not be ashamed of his wealth, for it is
a gift from God, but he must not let his wealth rule him. He must realize that
he is but a steward of the gifts God gives, and must use those gifts in a
manner pleasing to God.
Monday, 8 October 2018—Psalm 112:3–6 ;
Antiphon, Psalm
112:1 —Sunday’s
Introit tells of the blessedness of the man who fears the Lord and delights in His commandments. This man delights especially in the First
Commandment, You shall have no
other gods. He fears, loves, and
trusts in God above all things, especially earthly things. Thus, he is truly
wealthy, for he possesses wealth that is far greater than material things; he
has the righteousness of God that comes by faith.
Tuesday, 9 October 2018—Psalm 90:12–17 —Psalm 90 is a psalm
written by Moses, and is a great comfort in times of sadness. It starts out
with a confession that the Lord abides with us always: Lord, you have been
our dwelling place in all generations. Verses 12–17 are a prayer for
the continuation of God’s favor, and the wish that He would carry out His work
of salvation and bless His people’s undertakings to that end.
Wednesday, 10 October 2018—Amos 5:6–7 , 10–15 —The
prophet Amos lamented over the Israelites, who had turned their back on the Lord. Here the Lord exhorts the people through His prophet: Seek the Lord and live. He judges them for
delighting in material things—houses of hewn stone and pleasant vineyards—but
taking advantage of the poor and afflicting the righteous. Again they are
exhorted, Seek good and not evil, that you may live.
Thursday, 11 October 2018—Hebrews 3:12–19 —This
portion of our reading through the book of Hebrews also contains an
exhortation, that the hearers not be like the Israelites of old, who rebelled
against God. No person, on his own, can fully withstand temptation. But God has
given us His Word and Sacraments to keep us strong in the faith, and He also
provides what our Confessions call the mutual conversation and consolation
of brethren (SA III, IV). Therefore, we Christians exhort one
another, that none of us may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
Friday, 12 October 2018—Mark 10:17–22 —The rich
young man was off in his thinking from the very start, when he asked, What
must I do to inherit eternal life? Inheriting eternal life is not a matter
of our doing; it is a gift of grace. Jesus tried to show the man that he could
not earn his salvation, by directing him to the commandments. Yet, the young
man persisted in his self-righteousness by proclaiming that he had kept them
all from his youth.
Still, Jesus looked on him with love and
compassion, as a wayward sheep. He directs the man to the First Commandment, by
asking him to give up all he had. This young man loved the things of the world
more than the things of God, and so he went away sorrowful.
How can any person enter the Kingdom of God?
Not on his own merits, for with man it is impossible…but all things are
possible with God.
Saturday, 13 October 2015—Sunday’s hymn of the day, Thee Will I
Love, My Strength, My Tower (LSB 694) is a hymn of resolute
determination to love God above all things, not of our own selves, but
prayerfully asking, Permit me nevermore to stray (v. 4).
Collect for Pentecost 21— Enlighten
our minds, O God, by the Spirit who
proceeds from You, that, as Your Son has promised, we my be led into all truth.
.
Collect for Proper 23 – Lord Jesus Christ, whose grace always
precedes and follows us, help us to forsake all trust in earthly gain and to
find in Your our heavenly treasure; for You live and reigns with the Father
rand the Holy Spirit, One God, now and forever. Amen
Prayers from Lutheran Service Book © 2006 Concordia Publishing House.
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