Sunday Evening Dec. 20th, Katharina von Bora Luther Lord God, You blessed your teacher Martin Luther with a good wife. As a good wife is greater than riches, I give you thanks for the good wives and their families of my church. Bless their labors and quiet their cares. Make them faithful and true, and open the eyes of their children and husbands to appreciate them. Amen. Our Father…
Monday Morning Dec. 21st, St. Thomas Your servant was remembered for his doubts, and I have mine. I have not seen Thee and yet I would believe. Bless me, doubts and all, with faith. Amen. Our Father…
Monday Evening Lord God, your servant taught that we are unhappy because we desire too little and because our hopes are too small. Give me a heart for full desires. Contentment with my whole life. Charity with everyone I know. Peace for the world. Joy to all mankind. Leave no one and nothing out. Extend your kingdom to all corners of my life and all corners of the world and fill my heart with a desire to see this all. Amen. Our Father…
Tuesday Morning There are many fears and anxieties which cloud this time of year. Some are honest cares of this world and others are vain vanities. Help me to attend to cares, but to put aside vanities so that my live will be meaningful and worthy of the grace given me. Amen. Our Father…
Tuesday Evening Father, You give different gifts to all your children. You have given me my intellect, more than some and less then others. Give me contentment with my gift, and the spirit to use it to its fullest. Keep me from pride over those who have less, or bitterness with those who have more. Amen. Our Father…
Wednesday Morning You drew your people of old through the Red Sea and the river Jordan, yet they forgot your mighty works. In baptism You wrought mighty salvation by your grace in the water and the word. Let me not forget this, but live always in the truth of my baptism. Amen. Our Father…
Wednesday Evening Creator of all, while the world around me sleep in winter, yet you are at work preparing new life in the spring. Let me not think that when I cannot see You, You are not working. Give me trust in your hidden work and secret hands. Amen. Our Father…
Thursday Morning, Comforter, there are many at this time who are filled with memories of sorrow and loneliness. For them, You have promised a family. For those whose melancholy is great, give a greater mercy, and teach me to mourn with those who mourn. Amen. Our Father…
Thursday Evening Christmas Eve Lord and God, by coming into the world as one of us, You have done a wondrous thing. In this, You have begun to redeem the world. Though tis a a thing to wondrous for me, let the awe of Christmas fill my heart with faith. Amen. Our Father…
Friday Morning Christmas Day Lord, today is a quiet day in which the world little remembers your incarnation. Amid all the fills the world, remind me of your hidden work. Far from the eyes of the world, You have made a beginning for my salvation, and my hope is in Thee. Amen. Our Father…
Fridays Evening The day is cold, but your love is warm. Open my eyes to see your many blessings: a warm home, food, and clothing. Give me honest contentment for they riches, which are so much more than others have. Amen. Our Father…
Saturdays Morning Dec. 26th St Stephen Lord, today we remember the first deacon, Stephen and his death for the witness of your church. In all the decorations, bright music, and holiday joy, let me not forget the cost of such laughter and the tear that I did not weep. Help me to see victory and joy, even in death, as the death of your saints is blessed in your sight. Amen. Our Father…
Saturday Evening Lord God, in your birth you were worshipped by shepherds, hated by Herod. The poor praise You, and the powerful seek your place. I have so much more than a shepherd. And my many possessions do not help me to seek you. But make me poor in spirit, so that I may see and seek You aright. Amen. Our Father…
Sunday Morning Today is the third day of Christmas, and your love has not failed me, though I often forget it. In remembrance of You, take from me what distracts and confuses. Give me a heart singly dependent on Thee, that in worshipping You, I may have my heart’s desire. Amen. Our Father…
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