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DEVOTION THEME OF THE WEEK : 
SUBMISSION TO THE LORD OF COMPASSION
The Lord gives us a multitude of promises throughout the Scriptures.
Yet they all hang on the promise of the sending of His Son.
All the promises of life, forgiveness, righteousness, perfection, holiness, immortality;
all these things rely on Jesus becoming flesh for us, suffering for us, dying for us, and rising for us.
All this hinges on God taking human form and taking on our sins so that we
would be declared to be the righteousness of God.

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​​​BLESS YOURSELF WITH THE HOLY CROSS AND SAY : 
In the name of the Father
and of the Son
​and of the Holy Spirit.

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SAY THE 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.


PRAY 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 u s 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.


PRAY THE MORNING OR EVENING PRAYER :​
Morning :
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.
Evening :
​I thank you, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have graciously kept me this day;
and I pray that You would forgive me all my sins where I have done wrong, and graciously keep me this night.
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. 


PRAY THE PSALM OF THE WEEK :
PSALM 47 : 1 - 2 , 3 , 6 - 8 
Oh, clap your hands, all you / peoples!*                  
Shout to God with the voice of / triumph!
For the Lord Most High is / awesome;*                    
He is a great King over / all the earth.        
He will subdue the peoples / under us,*                  
and the nations un - / der our feet.             
Sing praises to God, sing / praises!*                         
Sing praises to our King, sing / praises!    
For God is the King of / all the earth;*                      
sing praises with under- / standing.          
God reigns over the / nations;*                                 
God sits on His / holy throne                     

   
SAY TOGETHER THE VERSE OF THE WEEK :
ROMANS 6 : 23
“For the wages of sin is death,
but the free gift of God is eternal life
in Christ Jesus our Lord.”


SCRIPTURE: GOD IN THE LIKENESS OF MEN
FRIDAY AUGUST 5, 2022
ACTS 14 : 8 - 23
The people at Lystra seemed content to listen to Paul
when they believed him to be a god come into the flesh,
but once they realize that he was just a man they,
spurned by the Jews, stoned him and dragged him from the city.
The Lord does not send us gods in the flesh to preach to us,
but rather He sends to us men
to preach to us regarding the One God,
Who has come in the flesh in Jesus.
The Greeks weren’t entirely off
to think God had come into the flesh.
What they needed to know is that this had happened,
only once, in the Son of God, Jesus.
And especially they, and us,
need to know that the reason He’s in the flesh
​is to crucify our sin in that body that we would be alive in Him.
Lord, thank You for coming in the flesh to save me.
Amen.


PRAY THE PRAYER OF THE WEEK :
O God, whose never-failing providence orders all things both in heaven and earth,
we humbly implore You to put away from us all hurtful things
and give to us those things that be profitable for us;
through Jesus Christ,
Your Son, our Lord.
Amen.


PRAYER FOR OURSELVES AND OTHERS

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SING OR SAY THE HYMN OF THE WEEK :
ALL DEPENDS ON OUR POSSESSING