Morning Prayer and Daily Devotion for July 26th

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This Daily Devotion covers the entire New Testament in a period of two years in a Monday through Friday format, the Psalms and order of devotion follow those presented in The Treasury of Daily Prayer from Concordia Publishing House.

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice;

in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for You and watch.

My mouth is filled with Your praise,

and with Your glory all the day.

O Lord, open my lips,

and my mouth will declare Your praise.

Psalm 69:30-36

30      I will praise the name of God with a song;

I will magnify him with thanksgiving.

    31      This will please the Lord more than an ox

or a bull with horns and hoofs.

    32      When the humble see it they will be glad;

you who seek God, let your hearts revive.

    33      For the Lord hears the needy

and does not despise his own people who are prisoners.

    34      Let heaven and earth praise him,

the seas and everything that moves in them.

    35      For God will save Zion

and build up the cities of Judah,

             and people shall dwell there and possess it;

    36      the offspring of his servants shall inherit it,

and those who love his name shall dwell in it.

Revelation 11:15-12:6

The Seventh Trumpet

15 Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever.” 16 And the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God, 17 saying,

             “We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty,

who is and who was,

             for you have taken your great power

and begun to reign.

    18      The nations raged,

but your wrath came,

and the time for the dead to be judged,

             and for rewarding your servants, the prophets and saints,

and those who fear your name,

both small and great,

             and for destroying the destroyers of the earth.”

19 Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail.

The Woman and the Dragon

12 And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was pregnant and was crying out in birth pains and the agony of giving birth. And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems. His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child he might devour it. She gave birth to a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne, and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which she is to be nourished for 1,260 days.

Lord’s Prayer

Daily Prayer

Lord Jesus, You promised that when we are dragged before kings and governors for the sake of Your Name, You will give us a mouth of wisdom to bear witness to Your saving grace. Give us courage in these gray and latter days to proclaim the Gospel, even in the face of those who do not accept our testimony of You; to You be all glory, power, and might now and forever, amen.

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.