Tag: Lutheran blog posts
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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…
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Does God Really Want to Hear All My Problems?
“Call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me” (Psalm 50:15). I’m ashamed to admit that I don’t often do a very good job of calling on God in times of trouble. Going to him with my problems is often an afterthought or last resort when all…
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Run Confidently
“I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me…
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Where Does Thankfulness Start?
“As Jesus looked up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. ‘Truly I tell you,’ he said, ‘this poor widow has put in more than all the others. All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth;…