Merciful God, you showed your glory to our fallen race by sending your Son to confound the powers of death. Call us forth from sin’s dark tomb, and break the bonds which hold us, that we may believe and proclaim him who is the cause of our freedom and the source of our life; who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
You may wish to pray Psalm 1.
Jeremiah 25:30-38; Romans 10:14-21;
John 10:1-18
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
