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Sunday, November 9, 2025

Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost

Exodus 3:1-15 God promises Moses He will be with him.

Psalm 148 “His majesty is above earth and heaven.”

2 Thessalonians 2:1-8, 13-17 Stand firm and hold to the traditions that you were taught by us.

Luke 20:27-40 He is the God of the living.

Collect of the Day

Living God, Your almighty power is made known chiefly in showing mercy and pity. Grant us the fullness of Your grace to lay hold of Your promises and live forever in Your presence; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

 

Theme

Filled with awe and joy as he reflected on and celebrated the coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ at His birth in Bethlehem, the hymn writer Issac Watts wrote the beautiful and jubilant hymn, “Joy to the World.”  The hymn, originally a paraphrase of Psalm 98, emphasizes the joy and wonder of God’s love and grace in sending His Son, Christ Jesus to redeem and rescue humanity from sin, death, and hell. Watts, however, reminds us in the concluding verse of his hymn that God’s love and grace continue to flow through our lives day after day as He blesses us, cares for us, and provides us with all that we need for body and soul with the “wonders of His love”. Over the next three weeks we will be looking at the “wonders of His love”. This week we will look at God’s blessing to us of time.

                                       

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Martin Luther’s Morning Prayer

I thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have kept me this night from all harm and danger; and I pray that You would keep me this day also from sin and every evil, that all my doings and life may please You. For into Your hands I commend myself, my body and soul, and all things. Let Your holy angel be with me, that the evil foe may have no power over me. Amen.

Martin Luther’s Evening Prayer

I thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have graciously kept me this day; and I pray that You would forgive me all my sins where I have done wrong, and graciously keep me this night. For into Your hands I commend myself, my body and soul, and all things. Let Your holy angel be with me, that the evil foe may have no power over me. Amen.