First Sunday after Easter Week Devotional Guide (John Doberstein reprint of German Devotional book)
Theme: New Birth (Quasi Modo Geniti = As newborn babes desire the sincere milk of the Word)
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy we have been born anew to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.” 1 Peter 1:3
Psalm for the Week: 81 or 116
Sunday Lessons:
Old Testament - Genesis 32:22-32
Epistle Lesson - 1 John 5:4-12
Gospel Lesson - John 20;19-31
Weekday readings:
M. 2 Timothy 1:6-10 Ezekiel 36:22-27
T. 2 Timothy 2:1-5 Colossians 2:9-15
W. 1 Peter 1:22-25 John 5:1-14
T. 1 Timothy 1:12-17 2 Kings 5:1-14
F. 1 Peter 1:3-9 Romans 6:3-11
S. Jonah 2:1-11 1 John 2:12-17
Prayer of the Week:
Almighty and everlasting God, who through the death and resurrection of thy Son has proclaimed to us the gospel of peace; grant that by the power of his resurrection we may be born anew to a living hope, and so overcome the world; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord.. Amen.
