Tag: Lutheran blog posts
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How Can I Not Be Afraid?
“Do not fear, Zion; do not let your hands hang limp. The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing” (Zephaniah 3:16-17). As a child, I often thought that…
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How to Wait Patiently
“Listen, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will fulfill the good promises that I have spoken to the house of Israel and concerning the house of Judah. In those days and at that time, I will cause a righteous Branch to grow up from David’s line. He will establish justice and righteousness on…
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An Invitation to Sing
This post is part of the series, Songs of Thanksgiving. Find the whole series here. Thanksgiving—being thankful and grateful for the undeserved blessings God lavishly pours out on us—isn’t merely reflexive and passive. It’s active and expressed in so many different ways. But that isn’t how many people in our world understand thankfulness. We say we’re thankful…
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Deliver Us From Evil
This post is a continuation of the series, “Meditations on the Lord’s Prayer.” You can find the whole series here. “In conclusion, we pray in this petition that our Father in heaven would deliver us from every evil that threatens body and soul, property and reputation, and finally when our last hour comes, grant us…
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Lead Us Not Into Temptation
This post is a continuation of the series, “Meditations on the Lord’s Prayer.” You can find the whole series here. “God surely tempts no one to sin, but we pray in this petition that God would guard and keep us, so that the devil, the world, and our flesh may not deceive us or lead…
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Give Us Today Our Daily Bread
This is a continuation of the series, Meditations on the Lord’s Prayer. You can read the first post here. “God surely gives daily bread without our asking, even to all the wicked, but we pray in this petition that he would lead us to realize this and to receive our daily bread with thanksgiving. Daily…
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Your Kingdom Come
This is a continuation of the series, “Meditations on the Lord’s Prayer.” Click here to read the introductory post. “God’s kingdom certainly comes by itself even without our prayer, but we pray in this petition that it may also come to us. God’s kingdom comes when our heavenly Father gives his Holy Spirit, so that…
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Our Father in Heaven
This post is a continuation of the series, “Meditations on the Lord’s Prayer.” Click here to read the introductory post. “With these words, God tenderly invites us to believe that he is our true Father and that we are his true children, so that we may pray to him as boldly and confidently as dear…