The Sunday of Christian Prayer (05/26)
JOIN US FOR ASCENSION DAY-We will have an Ascension Service and School Closing Service on Thursday, May 30that 6:30 pm. Please take notice and mark your calendars that there will NOT be a Divine Service on Wednesday, May 29th.
Within the liturgy for each Lord’s day, we receive the Word of God through uniquely appointed readings, psalms, hymns, and prayers. This week we will pray the Divine Service Setting One (audio of this liturgy). The following guide will help you to prepare to hear and sing the Propers, i.e. the varied texts and hymns for this week.
The Father Answers Our Prayers Because of Jesus
“Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you” (John 16:23). To pray in Jesus' name is to pray as one who has been baptized. For it is in the water that He put His name upon you, claiming you as His own, making you a son of God with access to the Father. By His incarnation and crucifixion, our Lord Jesus broke through the barrier of sin which separated us from God, opening a portal to the Father. To pray in Jesus' name is to pray with faith in Him as the one Mediator between God and men, who gave Himself a ransom for all (1 Tim. 2:1–6). Like Moses in the wilderness, Jesus is our go-between and intercessor before the throne of heaven. He was lifted up for us on the cross that we might be saved and restored to fellowship with the Father (Num. 21:4–9). Looking into this perfect teaching of liberty (James 1:22–27) we pray with boldness and confidence as dear children of God.
Collect of the Day: O God, the giver of all that is good, by Your holy inspiration grant that we may think those things that are right and by Your merciful guiding accomplish them; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Readings:
Old Testament: Num. 21:4-9
Epistle: 1 Tim. 2:1-6
Holy Gospel: John 16:23-30
Hymns:
773 Hear us, Father, when we pray Morgenglanz der Ewigkeit Video
766 Our Father, who from heaven above Vater unser Video
663 Rise, my soul, to watch and pray Straf mich nicht Video
716 I walk in danger all the way Der lieben Sonne Licht und Pracht Video
655 Lord, keep us steadfast in Your Word Erhalt, uns, Herr Video