Learning the Faith by Heart

Speaking, Praying, and Singing God’s Word Together  

The Week of August 23 – August 30

Preparing for the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Hymn of the Week: Hail, Thou Once Despised Jesus (531)

GLCA Learn by Heart Hymn: The Gifts Christ Freely Gives (602:3)

GLCA Catechism Memory: Review Lord’s Prayer

Bible Verse Memory: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” – John 3:16

Monday: Catechism Bible Story – Matthew 7:24-27

What was the difference between the house built by the wise builder and the house built by the foolish builder? What do you think Jesus means when He talks about a sandy base? What do you think Jesus means when He talks about the rock? – LCMS School Ministry: Rooted in Christ Chapel Talks, pg. 16

Tuesday: Jeremiah 15:15–21

In these verses, Jeremiah is hanging on by a thread after his preaching has been constantly ignored and he has suffered persecution and rejection. How does God respond to his troubled soul?

Wednesday: Holy Gospel – Matthew 16:21–28

After St. Peter confessed that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God, our Lord began to show his disciples that he must go and suffer and die on the cross (Matt 16:21). Upon hearing this “theology of the cross,” Simon Peter stumbled into a satanic “theology of glory.” But the glory of God is revealed in the Passion and cross of His incarnate Son. What are some ways we stumble into a “theology of glory”?

Thursday: Commemoration of St. Monica, Mother of Augustine (LSB 862:3)

St. Monica, mother of St. Augustine, was a native of North Africa and lived from about AD 333 to 387. She has ever been regarded as an inspiring example of a godly mother who persists in prayer. She spent her life seeking the spiritual welfare of others, above all her husband, her children, and her friends. Her son spent much of his early life not believing in Jesus, and St. Monica never stopped praying that the Holy Spirit would bring him to repentance and faith in Christ. Do you know someone who doesn’t believe in Jesus? How can St. Monica serve as an example?

Friday: Epistle – Romans 12:9–21

The Christian life is a discipleship of self-sacrificing love. Since Christ Jesus has reconciled us to God, we “live peaceably with all” (Rom. 12:18). Read vs. 12. What does the certainty of Jesus’ cross and resurrection bring to us?

The Order of Meditation and Prayer

The sign of the cross + may be made by all in remembrance of their Baptism 

Invocation 

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Apostles’ Creed 

            I believe in God the Father Almighty…

Bible Verse Memory

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” – John 3:16

Bible Reading for the Day (From Upcoming Readings for Sun, Portals of Prayer, or other Daily meditation)

            This is the Word of the Lord. 

            Thanks be to God. 

Hymn of the Week

Hail, Thou Once Despised Jesus (531)

Catechism

Family Prayers 

For___________________, let us pray to the Lord.

Lord, have mercy.  

Lord’s Prayer 

Taught by our Lord and trusting in His promises, we are bold to pray:

Our Father, who art in heaven…