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PRAYER TEAM
Pray for Us Calendar
HOLY BAPTISM — OCTOBER 1–15 Water and Word wash us into Christ’s death and resurrection. “Baptism … now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ” (1 Peter 3:21). We daily remember our Baptism through repentance and forgiveness in the cross of Christ. Through our Baptism, we are brought into the Church, the Body of Christ. As we pray, we rejoice in God’s gift of Baptism and continue to rejoice in the gifts of forgiveness, the Holy Spirit and eternal life granted to us in Word and Sacrament.
Remember God’s gift of Baptism as you pray:
1. Thank God for His gifts of Word and Sacrament, that through these means God freely gives His grace to sinners by faith.
2. Thank God for the gift of Baptism, that His Word works through the water to join us to Christ’s death and resurrection.
3. Thank God for the gift of Baptism, that His Word combines with the water to deliver forgiveness and eternal life.
4. Rejoice that the Holy Spirit gives faith and sustains us in the faith.
5. Thank God for the gift of Baptism for adults, that those who are instructed in the faith and who were not baptized as children may receive the gift of forgiveness and life in the waters of Baptism.
6. for parents, that they might faithfully raise their children in the fear and admonition of the Lord, teaching them His Word and bringing them to the Sacrament.
7. for sponsors, that they might faithfully work with parents to teach the faith to the baptized.
8. for all the baptized, that in daily repentance all might cling to God’s promises of forgiveness and eternal life in Christ.
9. for all the baptized, that they might daily cling to their Baptism and hope in Christ alone.
10. for all the baptized, that the Spirit would keep the Church strong in persecution.
11. for all the baptized, that they witness to all about the death and resurrection of Jesus.
12. for all who are not baptized, that the Spirit would draw them to Christ in faith.
13. Thank God for the Baptism of Jesus, that He took on our sins to suffer in our stead.
14. Thank God for calling you to be His adopted child and heir of eternal life.
15. That Christ would return quickly, that the Church might dwell with Him in righteousness, holiness and blessedness.
THE LORD’S SUPPER — OCTOBER 16–31
Bread and wine, body and blood feed us with the food that endures to eternal life. Christ gives His body and blood to His body the Church. Those who have faith in the words, “given and shed for you” receive what those words promise, the forgiveness of sins.
Remember God’s gift of the Sacrament of the Altar as you pray:
16. Thank God for the Sacrament of the Altar, that it is the true body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ under the bread and wine.
17. Rejoice that in the Sacrament forgiveness of sins, life and salvation are given.
18. That God would grant us faith in His Word, that we worthily receive the Sacrament and live in repentance.
19. Thank God for daily bread, even the bread of life that we receive in the Sacrament.
20. for preparation before receiving the Sacrament, that all might receive it trusting in the Words of Christ.
21. Thank God for the Church and the Office of the Holy Ministry.
22. for the unity of the Church, that schisms might cease, and all might be united in the true faith.
23. that we, who are many, may see ourselves as the one Body of Christ.
24. for the Church, that she remains faithful to the truth of God’s Word.
25. for the LCMS, that we might believe, teach and confess all things according to God’s will.
26. with thanksgiving that God continues to strengthen us through His Word and Sacraments.
27. for those who do not belong to the Church, that God would call all to faith.
28. for the sustenance of the Sacrament of the Altar, that God would grant faith unto eternal life.
29. that after receiving Communion, all would amend their sinful lives by the power of the Holy Spirit.
30. that God would keep all Christians from being led astray by false teachings, and instead bring them to a deeper knowledge of Him.
31. for the endurance of faith until Christ returns.
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