Praying the Psalms with Luther

READ: Ezekiel 36 Psalm 87 Hebrews 8:1-13

The 87th Psalm is a prophecy of the Holy Christian Church, that it shall be a city as wide as the earth, and in it shall be born Ethiopians, Egyptians, and other tongues and lands. This shall all happen through the Gospel, which shall preach the marvelous things of God, namely, the knowledge of God, how one may come to God, be freed from sin, and be saved from death through the salvific work of Jesus Christ.

PRAY: Thanks be to You, our Heavenly Father, because You have called us into the Church of Your Son, Jesus Christ, and have begotten us again unto a lively hope through the Gospel. Keep us steadfast in the faith, that we may remain living stones in this Your spiritual temple to our last day, and cause us always to rejoice over Your salvation. Amen.