Morning Prayer & Daily Devotion January 14th

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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 32:1-7

Blessed Are the Forgiven

32 A Maskil of David.

          Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven,

whose sin is covered.

          Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity,

and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

          For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away

through my groaning all day long.

          For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;

my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah

          I acknowledged my sin to you,

and I did not cover my iniquity;

             I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”

and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

          Therefore let everyone who is godly

offer prayer to you at a time when you may be found;

             surely in the rush of great waters,

they shall not reach him.

          You are a hiding place for me;

you preserve me from trouble;

you surround me with shouts of deliverance. Selah

I Corinthians 16:1-11

The Collection for the Saints

16 Now concerning the collection for the saints: as I directed the churches of Galatia, so you also are to do. On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come. And when I arrive, I will send those whom you accredit by letter to carry your gift to Jerusalem. If it seems advisable that I should go also, they will accompany me.

Plans for Travel

I will visit you after passing through Macedonia, for I intend to pass through Macedonia, and perhaps I will stay with you or even spend the winter, so that you may help me on my journey, wherever I go. For I do not want to see you now just in passing. I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits. But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost, for a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.

10 When Timothy comes, see that you put him at ease among you, for he is doing the work of the Lord, as I am. 11 So let no one despise him. Help him on his way in peace, that he may return to me, for I am expecting him with the brothers.

Lord’s Prayer

Daily Prayer

O Lord, blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven,

whose sin is covered keep. In Your steadfast love You provided for our salvation through the life, death, and resurrection of Your Son. We pray that You would keep Your family the Church continually in the true faith that, relying on the hope of Your heavenly grace, we may ever be defended by Your mighty power, through Jesus Christ, our Lord, 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.