Focusing on God - It’s Not Easy
My eyes are ever toward the Lord, for he will pluck my feet out of the net.
Psalm 25:15 - ESV
Keeping our eyes on God is hard, especially with our sins present before us throughout our day. There are so many times in my day when I would love to do something “not proper.” Those urges are sometimes too hard to handle. But for some reason, I don’t do them. Why? God is pulling me from the sinful cries of my body and focusing me on Him, my Lord and Savior. This is what all of us struggle with in our lives. So in this season of Lent, let us all give thanks to our God above, who sent us His Son, Jesus Christ, to save us, and His Holy Spirit, who is ever present before us and guides us to live our Christian lives.
PRAYERS
Keep in Your Prayers:
That the wildfires in Texas be snuffed out.
For the ending of all wars around our world.
Prayer for Thursday:
Grant me, dear Father, the patience to trust in Your promises to me and all believers. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen.
Luther’s Morning Prayer:
I thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You 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.. Amen.
Apostles’ Creed:
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth.
And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell. The third day He rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
The Lord’s Prayer:
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven; give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen.
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