Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil.

Proverbs 4:27 - ESV

Stay away from evil, our Lord instructs us. He tells us that it is best to refrain from being around and/or doing evil to others or ourselves. We are to stand firm in our Lord God, believing in His salvation for His people through Jesus Christ, His only-begotten Son. If we focus on trying to do good and staying away from evil, we show ourselves to be children of God. In this Lententide, let us focus our lives on being those good children by refraining from evil and those who do it.

PRAYERS

Prayer for Tuesday

Gracious God, make all of Your children by baptism and faith good soldiers of the cross this day. Keep our eyes focused on being true examples of grace and mercy. 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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