A Guide for Daily Prayer and Meditation: August 4-11, 2024
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 |
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. |
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; |
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 August: LSB 645 Built on the Rock
One or more verses from the hymn of the month are sung, or another hymn may be chosen.
Verse of the Week:Â John 6:35
I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.
Daily Lectionary
 | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
Old Testament |
1 Samuel 18:10-30 |
1 Samuel 19:1-24 |
1 Samuel 20:1-23 |
1 Samuel 20:24-42 |
1 Samuel 24:1-22 |
1 Samuel 25:1-22 |
1 Samuel 25:23-44 |
1 Samuel 26:1-25 |
Psalms | 56 | 21 | 92 | 144 | 62 | 94 |
14 53 |
51 |
New Testament |
Acts 27:27-44 |
Acts 28:1-15 |
Acts 28:16-31 |
1 Cor 1:1-25 |
1 Cor 1:26-2:16 |
1 Cor 3:1-23 |
1 Cor 4:1-21 |
1 Cor 5:1-13 |
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The Lordâs Prayer: The Fourth Petition
     Give us this day our daily bread.
What does this mean?
     God certainly gives daily bread to everyone without our prayers, even to all evil people, but we pray in this petition that God would lead us to realize this and to receive our daily bread with thanksgiving.
What is meant by daily bread?
Daily bread includes everything that has to do with the support and needs of the body, such as food, drink, clothing, shoes, house, home, land, animals, money, goods, a devout husband or wife, devout children, devout workers, devout and faithful rulers, good government, good weather, peace, health, self-control, good reputation, good friends, faithful neighbors, and the like.
(Go to bottom of next page for related Bible verses and/or excerpts from Large Catechism.)
The Apostlesâ Creed is confessed â Lordâs Prayer â Prayers for Others and Ourselves (see LSB 305-318 for prayers)
In Our Prayers: Those who are suffering:Â Pastor Carlson, Dan Drinkman, Ben, Louis Gettler, Arlene Hakes, Marlys Jones, Pastor Jones, Greg Leland, Missy Lien (Thomas family friend), Lacie Miles (Chrystalâs sister-in-law), Marlene Paulson (Dianne Schroederâs sister), Arlene Potts, Michael Potts, Mark Radl, Jesse Schweisthal, Sarah Schweisthal, Kara Simmons (Pastor and Susan Thomasâ goddaughter), Marlys St. George (Pastor Jonesâ great aunt), Pastor Szedlak, Ben Thomas, Jeff Thomas
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Collect for the Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost
Merciful Father, You gave Your Son Jesus as the heavenly bread of life. Grant us faith to feast on Him in Your Word and Sacraments that we may be nourished unto life everlasting; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Prayer based on The Lordâs Prayer: The Fourth Petition
Gracious Father, You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living creature. Teach us to acknowledge You as the Lord who provides for all of our needs in body and soul and so give thanks to You for all of Your bountiful gifts; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
Morning | Close of the Day |
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.
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Excerpts from the Large Catechism on the Fourth Petition Lordâs Prayer
-Â [The devil] is sorry if anyone has a morsel of bread from God and eats it in peace. If it were in his power and our prayer (next to God) did not prevent him, we would not keep a straw in the field, a farthing in the house, yes, not even our life for an hour. This is especially true of those who have Godâs Word and would like to be Christians. (418:81)
-Â You see, in this way, God wishes to show us how He cares for us in all our need and faithfully provides also for our earthly support. He abundantly grants and preserves these things, even for the wicked and rogues. Yet, He wishes that we pray for these goods in order that we may recognize that we receive them from His hand and may feel His fatherly goodness toward us in them. For when He withdraws His hand, nothing can prosper or be maintained in the end. Indeed, we daily see this and experience it.â (418;82-83)
Daily Prayers: âAsking a Blessingâ and âReturning Thanksâ (from Small Catechism)
- We pray before and after meals that we might learn to trust in our heavenly Father as the giver of daily bread and everything that we need to support us in this body and life. Our prayers before and after meals begin with assertions (or statements of faith) from the psalms: âThe eyes of all look to You, [O Lord,] and You give them their food at the proper time. You open Your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thingâ and âGive thanks to the Lord, for He is good. His love endures forever. [He] gives food to every creatureâŠThe Lord delights in those who fear Him, who put their hope in His unfailing love.â By praying these truths from Godâs Word, we not only speak back to God what He has promised us, but we also learn to believe in these truths and trust God in the way the psalms direct us. As Godâs Word, these psalm verses minister to us and serve to strengthen our faith and reliance upon Him.
-Â Matthew 5:45, 2 Thessalonians 3:10-12, 1 Timothy 5:8, 1 Timothy 4:4-5, 1 Timothy 6:8-10, 1 Timothy 2:1-4