The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost

OT: Leviticus 19:9-18
OTA: Joshua 1:1-9
CL: Galatians 2:15-3:14
NTA: 1 John 4:7-21
G: Matthew 22:34-46
GA: Matthew 5:17-20
Ps: Psalm 143:1-12

July 17^th

Collect of the Day:

O God, You have commanded us to love You above all things and our neighbors as ourselves.  Grant us the Spirit to think and do what is pleasing in Your sight, that our faith in You may never waver and our love for one another may not falter; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

Theme for the Week          Sola Fide (Faith Alone)

Verse of the Week:              Galatians 3:11

Daily Bible Reading List:

Mon:  Joshua 1:1-9 Tues:  Leviticus 19:9-18     Wed:  Matthew 22:34-46

Thurs:            Galatians 2:15-3:14           Fri:  1 John 4:7-21

Catechism Reading:

The Third Article: Sanctification

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.

What does this mean?

I believe that I cannot by my own reason or strength

believe in Jesus Christ, my Lord, or come to Him;

but the Holy Spirit has called me by the Gospel,

enlightened me with His gifts,

sanctified and kept me in the true faith.

In the same way He calls, gathers, enlightens, and sanctifies

the whole Christian church on earth,

and keeps it with Jesus Christ in the one true faith.

In this Christian church He daily and richly forgives all my sins

and the sins of all believers.

On the Last Day He will raise me and all the dead,

and give eternal life to me and all believers in Christ.

This is most certainly true.