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05/29/2026

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD!
Psalm 118:26

The Liturgy of Salvation

The chanting of Psalm 118 was a significant part of Jewish worship in Jesus’ day. The people prayed, “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD!”

The most significant day for praying Psalm 118 was Passover. As the Passover lambs were being sacrificed at the temple, the people were privileged to join the priests in chanting “Save now.” “Save now” is the meaning of the Hebrew word hosanna. At the slaying of the Passover lambs, the Jews were chanting, in chorus, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”

When Jesus rode the donkey into Jerusalem on the Sunday before Passover, the people chanted the familiar words: “Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” Perhaps it was due to the festive joy of Passover week. Or perhaps some of the Jews were making a connection between Jesus and the Passover lamb.

The church now appropriately incorporates these words into the Communion liturgy. As sinners, we chant, “Hosanna”—that is, “save now.” And as Jesus comes to us with His cross-centered salvation, riding, so to speak, on the donkey of bread and wine, we appropriately chant, “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.”
Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! In Jesus’ name.
Amen.
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05/27/2026

He made the storm be still, and the waves of the sea were hushed.
Psalm 107:29

Jesus, Ruler of Wind and Wave

When I was in grade school, we learned the hymn “God Bless Our Native Land.” In the first stanza, we pray, “When the wild tempests rave, Ruler of wind and wave, do Thou our country save by Thy great might” (LSB 965:1). People know there is one ruler of wind and wave: God. Psalm 107:29 presents this reality, that only God can make the storm be still and hush the waves.

In our reading, we observe Jesus stilling the storm and hushing the waves. The apostles rightly ask, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?” (Mark 4:41). He has to be God, for only God rules the wind and the waves!

Figuratively, our lives are tossed by wind and waves. We have wind and waves such as disease, personal problems, mental anguish, family issues, and death. All of these winds and waves are the result of sin. Jesus went to the cross to still the wind and waves of sin and the misery sin causes. Right now, we realize by faith that these winds and waves are under His control, and when He returns, the winds and waves of sin and all its consequences will be stilled forever.
Lord Jesus, enable us to believe the wind and waves are under Your control and will ultimately be stilled forever. In Your name.
Amen.

05/25/2026

Once for all I have sworn by My holiness; I will not lie to David. His offspring shall endure forever.
Psalm 89:35–36

David’s Merciful “Son”

So frequently had God predicted the coming Christ to be the “offspring” (seed) of David that at the time of Jesus, people commonly referred to the coming Christ as the Son of David. Appropriately, the man who was blind twice called out to Jesus, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” (Luke 18:38, 39). Likewise, the Canaanite woman whose daughter was possessed cried to Jesus, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David” (Matthew 15:22). By crying out “Son of David,” both the Jewish blind man and the Gentile Canaanite woman confessed Jesus to be the promised Christ. Not only did these two confess Jesus to be the Christ, but they also believed He gave mercy, that He wanted to help the helpless.

So how merciful is the Son of David? Jesus rode into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, and the people cried out, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” (Matthew 21:15). Hosanna means “save now,” and that is precisely what the Son of David was in the process of doing: saving. That Friday, He would go to the cross and, in His great mercy, pay for mankind’s sins.

Now, in worship when we cry out “O Christ, Thou Lamb of God, have mercy upon us,” the merciful Son of David hears and extends His blood-bought mercy to every penitent.
Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer. In Jesus’ name.
Amen.
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05/22/2026

May all kings fall down before Him, all nations serve Him!
Psalm 72:11

All Kings Bow Before Him

Of the coming Christ, the psalmist prays, “May all kings fall down before Him” (72:11). The psalmist is here praying that even the greatest people on earth—kings—would recognize who the Christ is and thus bow in worship before Him, as the Wise Men did. In our reading, we observe how the ruthless King Herod pretended to want to bow before the newborn king, but really, he wanted the opposite—he wanted the Christ to be murdered. Thirty years later, King Herod’s son—who, like his father, was self-serving—mocked Jesus as He stood before him (Luke 23:6–12). This second King Herod did not bow before Jesus and certainly contributed to His death. Rulers of the earth had Jesus crucified, but God used this for our salvation.

Ultimately, all will bow before Jesus. When these unbelieving kings died, they shamefully bowed before Christ as their judge. To bow before Christ in this life is to trust in His salvation, and those who trust in Him as Savior have forgiveness and eternal life. Indeed, ultimately all—including kings—will bow before the Savior, whether in shame on Judgment Day or honorably in this life.
Heavenly Father, send us Your Spirit that we may continually bow before Christ as our Savior. In His name. Amen.
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05/20/2026

Yet for Your sake we are killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.
Psalm 44:22

As Sheep to Be Slaughtered?

In one of the most comforting and encouraging sections of Scripture, Paul quotes Psalm 44:22, which strangely informs us that we are constantly being killed and we are like sheep appointed for the slaughter. The psalmist here reminds us that God appears to be continually rejecting His people in their tribulation, distress, persecution, and the like.

Paul experienced such agonies, and so have Christians through the centuries. We may feel like sheep being slaughtered. When we experience such sin-caused miseries, Paul reminds us that we are neither being condemned by God nor being separated from God’s love. We know this because, in our place, the Son of God was led like a lamb to the slaughter (Isaiah 53:7). And since He died for our sins, nothing can separate us from God’s love. And because we are cleansed in Christ’s blood-bought forgiveness, we cannot be condemned.
Lord Jesus Christ, we praise You that You were led as a lamb to be slaughtered for our salvation. So when we seem to be lambs led to the slaughter, help us to believe we are more than conquerors, because nothing can separate us from Your self-sacrificing love.
Amen.
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05/18/2026

Be not afraid when a man becomes rich, when the glory of his house increases. For when he dies he will carry nothing away; his glory will not go down after him.
Psalm 49:16–17

Earthly Rich or Rich Toward God?

In today’s reading from Luke 12, Jesus tells a parable about a rich man. A key word in the parable is the word all. The rich man says to himself, “I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain” (v. 18). He would share his wealth neither for God’s work nor for the needs of his fellow man. This man kept all earthly treasure for himself, for he was not rich toward God. Someone is rich toward God when he trusts in his Savior, who, “though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you by His poverty might become rich” (2 Corinthians 8:9). As the owner of the universe, Jesus was the richest of the rich, but for mankind’s sake, He became so impoverished He gave up all—even His life. Trusting in this sacrifice on the cross, we become rich toward God, possessing the gifts of forgiveness and life eternal. And when we are rich toward God, then we, like our Savior, share our earthly wealth both for God’s work and for the needs of our fellow man.
Lord Jesus, even as You gave all for us, give us generosity to share “our” earthly wealth.
Amen.
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05/15/2026

Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
Psalm 32:1

Blessed in the Light of Forgiveness

God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all” (1 John 1:5). This verse describes how God is pure, having no darkness of sin. He does not deceive or lie; He is consistent with the demands He places on His creation; His love is perfect; He never tempts man or spirit to do evil.

But John’s first epistle also informs us that if we say we have not sinned, we not only lie but are also calling God a liar. Every human being is on a path of darkness—yet this epistle says we can walk in the light! How we can walk in light is further explained in verse 7, wherein the apostle describes how “the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.” Then, we are informed that Jesus “is the propitiation [atoning sacrifice] for . . . the sins of the whole world” (2:2). Simply put, we who are on sin’s path of darkness are given the blessed light of forgiveness. We are forgiven before God because Jesus is the atoning sacrifice, and in our Baptism, the blood of that atoning sacrifice cleanses us from all sin. This is a most profound blessing—we have the light of forgiveness!
Jesus, we praise You for creating and distributing forgiveness so we now can walk in light.
Amen.
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05/13/2026

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
Psalm 23:6

Dwelling in God’s House

Your dwelling place is the specific place in which you live. Jesus says that in His “Father’s house are many rooms” (John 14:2). The Greek word for “dwelling place” or “abode,” which is sometimes translated as “room,” is derived from the word for “remain.” Jesus is saying that in His Father’s house are many dwelling places—places where people get to remain, to dwell.

Some people in this life have ample food and clothing, good health, and a comfortable place in which to live. Of course, they want to dwell (stay) in such a place. Such things are blessings from God, yet because of sin, they won’t last. Each of us will lose our health, and someday we will cease to dwell in this world—we will die. This fallen world cannot be our dwelling place.

Jesus told us that He would go to prepare a dwelling place for us (John 14:3). He did this by dying on the cross and rising from the dead, thus taking away the sin and death that prevent us from dwelling in God’s house forever. Now that our Shepherd has died and risen, we know we shall dwell—remain—in the house of the Lord forever!
Thank You, Jesus, for preparing our eternal dwelling place by Your death and resurrection.
Amen.
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05/08/2026

He asked life of You; You gave it to him, length of days forever and ever.
Psalm 21:4

He Shall Reign Forever and Ever!

Prominent Jewish rabbis considered all of Psalm 21 to be about the coming Christ, but emphatically so the first six verses. Not only does the psalmist call the coming Christ “king,” but he illustrates this kingship by explaining how God “set a crown of fine gold upon his head” (Psalm 21:3). This great king asked God to give him life, and God gave to him “length of days forever and ever” (v. 4). Who else could this be referencing except the resurrected Christ, who, given life from the grave, “shall reign forever and ever” (Revelation 11:15)!

We find great comfort in the fact that Christ’s life endures forever and ever, for this is precisely what He has come to give us! Being fallen creatures under the curse of death and seeing the world around us under this same curse, we find it difficult—yes, impossible—to get our minds around living forever and ever. Yet this is precisely Christ’s gift to us. Not only will we live forever and ever, but we will have eternal, loving care that will likewise extend beyond our wildest imagination. For we will have ruling over us the most caring king—Jesus—who will provide for our every need forever and ever.
Jesus, we thank You for the astounding gift of life forever and ever.
Amen.
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05/06/2026

They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one.
Psalm 14:3

There Is None Who Does Good

The first verse of Psalm 14 presents the foolishness of denying God’s existence. In that verse, the Holy Spirit states, “The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God.’ ” Failure to believe in God’s existence is truly foolish.

As we continue reading the psalm, we observe God looking from heaven to see if there are any who understand and seek Him. The answer shocks us: “They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one” (Psalm 14:3). We are tempted to think, “What about me, God; aren’t I pretty good?” Paul uses Psalm 14 to answer this question: “No one does good.” And then Paul emphatically adds, along with the psalmist, “Not even one” (Romans 3:12).

In his failure to do good, the psalmist longs for deliverance: “Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!” (Psalm 14:7). Indeed, what the psalmist longed for has come! In Jesus, God has restored the fortunes of His people, giving them the gift of righteousness—even though there is none who does good! Thus it is that believers in Jesus, though not good in and of themselves, are in Christ called “the generation of the righteous” (Psalm 14:5).
Lord Jesus, we praise You that in Your cross and empty tomb, You declare us righteous.
Amen.
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05/04/2026

But we see Him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.
Hebrews 2:9

The New Adam

Psalm 8 describes how Adam—though seemingly insignificant when compared to the heavens—was made a little lower than the angels and was privileged by God to have dominion over the creatures of this world.

Tragically, Adam fell from God’s ways, and so now in Adam all struggle and in Adam all die. Do you struggle? Will you die? You know the answers!

But then God promised and sent His Son. This Son became the new Adam, humbling Himself so that even though He is the eternal Son, He, like us, was made a little lower than the angels. However, this new Adam did not fall from God’s ways. Instead, He brought to humanity the new breath of God’s grace. To do this, He had to enter both our struggle and our suffering of death. He thus tasted death for everyone, that whoever believes in Him would have eternal life and, ultimately, live on a new earth in which the perfect dominion of man is restored.
Praise to You, O Son of God, for by absorbing our sin and death on the cross, You created the way to the eternal creation.
Amen.
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