The Fifth Commandment
Invocation
Text/Memory
You shall not murder.
What does this mean? We should fear and love God so that we do not hurt or harm our neighbor in his body, but help and support him in every physical need.
Devotional Thought
Petition
What kinds of things do people need to take care of their
physical lives? Clothes? Shoes? Food? Do they need education to have a good
life? Do people need money to pay their bills? Do they need fair systems to
succeed? One of the things we can pray for is for God to give people what they
need. It might sound something like: “O God, there are a lot of people getting
hurt and harmed in our world. Help everyone to have the things they need to
live this life. Where I can, use me to help others. In Jesus’s name. 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.
Blessing
The grace of our Lord + Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us all. Amen.
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