Daily Bible Readings, Friday, March 17, 2023

 Opening Prayer: 

Eternal God, your kingdom has broken  into our troubled world through the life, death, and resurrection of your Son. Help us to hear your Word and obey it, so that we become instruments of your redeeming love; through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

Amen

You may wish to pray Psalm 51, a penitential psalm.

READINGS: 

  Jeremiah 11:1-8, 14-17; Romans 6:1-11; John 8:33-47

LORD'S PRAYER

APOSTLES' CREED

Martin Luther's Morning Prayer:

I thank you, heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ your dear Son,

that you have kept me this night from all harm and danger.

I ask you to keep me this day, also, from sin and every evil,

that my thoughts, words, and deeds may serve and please you.

Into your hands I commend my body and soul and all things.

Let your angel be with me,

that the evil one have no power over me. Amen

OR - 

Martin Luther's Evening Prayer

I thank you, heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ your dear Son,

that you have graciously kept me this day.

I ask you to forgive me my sins and the wrong I have done,

and graciously to keep me this night.

Into your hands I commend my body and soul and all things.

Let your angel be with me,

that the evil one have no power over me. Amen