A Guide for Daily Prayer and Meditation: September 28 - October 5, 2025
Pray and confess out loud as much as you are able or based on your family size and ages. (Alternative orders in LSB pp295-8)
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The sign of the cross + may be made by all in remembrance of their baptism.
In the name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
| Morning | Close of the Day |
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In the morning, O Lord, You hear my voice; In the morning I prepare a sacrifice for You and watch |
The Lord Almighty grant us a quiet night and peace at the last. Amen. |
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My mouth is filled with Your praise, And with Your glory all the day. |
It is good to give thanks to the Lord, To sing praise to Your name, O Most High; |
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O Lord, open my lips, And my mouth will declare Your praise. |
To herald Your love in the morning; Your truth at the close of the day. |
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
Hymn of the Month for September LSB 922 Go, My Children, With My Blessing
Hymn of the Month for October LSB 743 Jesus, Priceless Treasure
One or more verses from the hymn of the month are sung, or another hymn may be chosen.
Verse of the Week: Luke 16:31
If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.
Daily Lectionary
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday | |
| Old Testament |
Deut 1:1-18 |
Deut 1:19-36 |
Deut 1:37-2:15 |
Deut 2:16-37 |
Deut 3:1-29 |
Deut 4:1-20 |
Deut 4:21-40 |
Deut 5:1-21 |
| Psalms | 145 |
19:7-14 34 |
119:161-168; 63 |
130 51 |
3 2 |
119:9-16 125 |
80 | 86 |
| New Testament |
Matthew 5:1-20 |
Matthew 5:21-48 |
Matthew 6:1-15 |
Matthew 6:16-34 |
Matthew 7:1-12 |
Matthew 7:13-29 |
Matthew 8:1-17 |
Matthew 8:18-34 |
The Second Article of the Creed, Part 2: …suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried.
What does this mean?
I believe that Jesus Christ…is my Lord, who has redeemed me, a lost and condemned person, purchased and won me from all sins, from death, and from the power of the devil; not with gold or silver, but with His holy, precious blood and with His innocent suffering and death…
In Our Prayers: Those who are suffering: Bob (Linda Hull’s brother), Gabby Arnquist (Lyn Brace’s sister’s granddaughter), Vicki Bellore, Fred Burkart (Tiffany Drinkman’s father), Anita Dommer, Lois Eichinger, Louis Gettler, Harold & Joan Grunwald (Susan’s parents), Linda Hull, Marlys Jones, Jahyden Justice (Linda Murillo’s grandson), Pastor Jones, Rick Lahner (Carter’s grandfather), Greg Leland, Missy Lien (Thomas family friend), Lacie Miles (Chrystal’s sister-in-law), Marilyn Norton (Rev Norton’s wife), Marlene Paulson (Dianne Schroeder’s sister), Kathy Peterson, Doris Post, Matthew Potts, Mark Radl, Pastor Szedlak, Jeff Thomas (Pastor’s brother), Ethel Vance
Collect for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
O God, You are the strength of all who trust in You, and without Your aid we can do no good thing. Grant us the help of Your grace that we may please You in both will and deed; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Prayer based on the Second Article of the Creed Part 2[1]
Lord Jesus Christ, begotten of the Father from eternity, and also true man, born of the Virgin Mary, I give You thanks that You have become my Brother. Give me the confidence and boldness to confess You as my Lord and so live and die within Your loving care; for You live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
| Morning | Close of the Day |
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Almighty God, merciful Father, who created and completed all things, on this day when the work of our calling begins anew, we implore You to create its beginning, direct its continuance, and bless its end, that our doings may be preserved from sin, our life sanctified, and our work be well pleasing to you; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. I thank you my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that 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 |
Visit our dwellings, O Lord, and in Your great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night; for the love of Your only Son, our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. 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. |
Let us bless the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Excerpts from the Large Catechism on the Second Article of the Creed, Part 2
When we had been created by God the Father and had received from Him all kinds of good, the devil came and led us into disobedience, sin, death, and all evil. So we fell under God’s wrath and displeasure and were doomed to eternal damnation, just as we had merited and deserved. There was no counsel, help, or comfort until this only and eternal Son of God—in His immeasurable goodness—had compassion upon our misery and wretchedness. He came from heaven to help us. So those tyrants and jailers are all expelled now. In their place has come Jesus Christ, Lord of life, righteousness, every blessing, and salvation. He has delivered us poor, lost people from hell’s jaws, has won us, has made us free, and has brought us again into the Father’s favor and grace. He has taken us as His own property under His shelter and protection so that He may govern us by His righteousness, wisdom, power, life, and blessedness. (401-402:28-30)
Bible Verses for Meditation on the Second Article of the Creed, Part 2:
-The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” John 1:29
-You were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. 1 Peter 1:18-19
-Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”). Galatians 3:13
-He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. 1 John 2:2
-…in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation…For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 2 Corinthians 5:19, 21
-Isaiah 52:13-53:12; Romans 3:21-26
[1] Luther’s Small Catechism with Explanation. St. Louis: Concordia, 2017.