O Father and God of all comfort, through your word and Holy Spirit grant us a firm, glad, and grateful faith. By it may we easily overcome this and every trial, and at length realize that what your dear Son Jesus Christ himself says is true: "But take courage; I have conquered the world" (John 16:33). Amen.—Martin Luther, Luther's Prayers (ed. Herbert F. Brokering; Augsberg: Minneapolis, 1994), 85.
Crumbs fallen from the table of the King—from his Word, his workmen, and his world.
Thursday, June 28, 2012
O God, Grant Firm, Glad, and Grateful Faith
A Lutheran prayer for a robust faith:
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