Mount Calvary Lutheran Church at Prayer
A Guide for Daily Meditation and Prayer for the Whole Congregation
For the Seventh Sunday after Trinity
July 23, 2023 through July 30, 2023
***What the Bible Says About MIRACLES — Miracles are works of God that reveal God’s power and that God is at work among us. But miracles are not simply acts of God which deviate from the normal activities of the universe. God is at work everywhere in the world of nature and in human life. The wind, rain, and lightning are miracles of God. It is a miracle that He bides His time and judges right, that He accomplishes His purposes, and checks our enemies. When God brings forth food from the earth and makes it to strengthen man’s heart so that he can think, write, love, and pray, then we are apt to call this a purely natural thing because God allows this to happen from year to year before our very eyes. In reality, this natural process is just as much a miracle of His power as when our Lord gave bread to the people in the wilderness. Most of God’s work He does constantly and daily. We describe this by saying that these are the laws of nature. But occasionally God does something unique which he does not otherwise do. Then we are confronted with events which we cannot explain that are not among the usual events of life. The most unusual event of history is the coming of Jesus Christ. Such things occurred through Him which normally do not occur because in Him dwelt all the fullness of God. These things have been told so that we may believe that Jesus is the Christ, and that by believing, we may have life in His name. –adapted from Swedish Lutheran pastor Bo Giertz’ “Preaching from the Whole Bible”
The Order of Meditation and Prayer
Pray and confess out loud as much from the order and meditation and prayer as you are able, or as your family size and ages dictate. Learn by heart the verse, catechism, and hymn of the week.
Theme: Jesus Feeds Gentiles in the Desert
Invocation
In the name of the Father, and of the + Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Apostles Creed
Psalm of the Week — Psalm 33:1-11
Verse of the Week —John 11:25-26a, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die.”
The Catechism of the Week: Table of Duties – To Wives
Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. (Ephesians. 5:22) They were submissive to their own husbands, like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her master. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear. (1 Peter 3:5-6)
Daily Bible Readings (Optional 2nd Reading)
Monday Ezekiel 6 Psalm 42-43
Tuesday Ezekiel 7 Psalm 44
Wednesday Ezekiel 8 Psalm 45-46
Thursday Ezekiel 9 Psalm 47-48
Friday Ezekiel 10 Psalm 49
Saturday Look ahead to Sunday’s Readings (Hymns: 497, 658, 644 & 745, 585)
Jeremiah 23:16-29; Psalm 26; Romans 8:12-17; Matthew 7:15-23
Prayers for the Week
Collect for Trinity 7
O God, whose never-failing providence orders all things both in heaven and earth, we humbly implore You to put away from us all hurtful things and to give us those things that are profitable for us; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
Daily Themes for Prayer
