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Each month, we will put up a new devotional set for your use. Use it in your daily devotions for yourself, or with your family and friends. We pray that these devotions will be to your benefit.
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| 1st Week of April (Palm Sunday) | Psalm 36:5-10 | I Corinthians 1:18-25 | Matthew 26:14-25 | I Corinthians 11:17-32 | Psalm 22:1-11 | Luke 23:50-56 |
| The Prayer: Almighty God, graciously behold this, Your Family, for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be betrayed, to be given into the hands of sinners, and to suffer death on the cross; who now lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. AMEN The Hymn Verse: Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted TLH #153 Stricken, smitten, and afflicted, See him dying on the tree! This is Christ, by man rejected; Here, my soul, your Savior see. He’s the long expected prophet, David’s son, yet David’s Lord. Proofs I see sufficient of it: He’s the true and faithful Word. |
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| 2nd Week of April (Easter Week) | Luke 24:13-49 | Job 19:23-27 | Revelation 5:6-10 | Matthew 28: 11-15 | Revelation 18:1-10 | Mark 16: 9-20 |
| The Prayer: Almighty God the Father, through Your only Begotten Son Jesus Christ you have overcome death and opened the gate of everlasting life to us. Grant that we, who celebrate with joy the day of our Lord's resurrection, may be raised from the death of sin by your life-giving Spirit; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. AMEN The Hymn Verse: At the Lamb's High Feast LW #126 At the Lamb’s high feast we sing, Praise to our victorious king, Who has washed us in the tide Flowing from his pierced side. ALLELUIA! |
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| 3rd Week of April (2nd Sunday in Easter) | Isaiah 10:20-27 | Revelation 19:11-16 | Matthew 9:18-26 | Hosea 14:1-7 | Revelation 20:11-15 | Matthew 20:29-34 |
| The Prayer: Grant, Almighty God, that we who have celebrated the mystery of the Lord's resurrection may by the help of Your Grace bring forth the fruits of it in our lives; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. AMEN The Hymn Verse: Christ the Lord is Risen Today TLH #193 "Christ the Lord is risen today!" All on earth with angels say; Raise your joys and triumphs high; Sing, ye heavens; and earth, reply. |
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| 4th Week of April (3rd Sunday of Easter) | Isaiah 25:1-5 | Acts 18:1-11 | John 16:16-24 | Exodus 14:1-18 | 2 Timothy 4:9-18 | Mark 3:7-12 |
| The Prayer: O Almighty and eternal God, now that you have assured us of the completion of our redemption through the resurrection of our Lord Jesus, give us the will and zeal to show in our lives what we profess with our lips. Through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. AMEN The Hymn Verse: My Hope is Built on Nothing Less TLH #370 My hope is built on nothing less Than Jesus’ blood and righteous; No merit of my own I claim But wholly lean on Jesus’ name. On Christ, the solid rock, I stand; All other ground is sinking sand. |
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| 5th Week of April (4th Sunday of Easter) | Exodus 14:19-25 | I John 2:18-25 | John 21: 15-19 | 2 Kings 20:1-11 | Philippians 4:21-23 | Mark 3:7-12 |
| The Prayer: Almighty God, merciful Father, since You have wakened from death the Shepherd of Your Sheep, grant us Your Holy Spirit that we may know the voice of our Shepherd and follow Him that sin and death may never take us out of Your Hand; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. AMEN The Hymn Verse: Crown Him With Many Crowns TLH #341 Crown Him with many crowns, The Lamb upon His throne; Hark how the heavenly anthem drowns All music but its own. Awake, my soul, and sing Of Him who died for thee And hail Him as thy matchless King Through all eternity. |
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