150 Quotes to Celebrate 150 Years of God’s Unchanging Grace in Christ
“Recognizing that both the flesh and the devil incessantly attempt to derail the practice of prayer, Luther counsels the barber out of his own experience: ‘When I feel that I have become cool and joyless in prayer because of other tasks and thoughts (for the flesh and the devil always impede or obstruct prayer), I take my little psalter, hurry to my room, or, if it be the day and hour for it, to the church where a congregation is assembled and, as time permits, I say quietly to myself and word-for-word the Ten Commandments, the Creed, and, if I have time, some words of Christ or of Paul, or some psalms, just as a child might do.’Luther sees this verbal meditation as kindling the heart for prayer.” (Pless, Praying Luther’s Small Catechism, p. 10, CPH, 2016).
Service of Celebration on June 24, 2018 @ 2pm
Meal and Fellowship to follow.