Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America

Rogation Tuesday

Posted on May 24, 2022 by Pastor Dulas under Devotions
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Scripture: Romans 8:24-28 (NKJV)
8:24 For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance.
26 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 27 Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
Devotion
We continue in the week of Rogate, and this is our second day of Rogation. Recall from yesterday that the words “Rogate” and “Rogation” come from the Latin word rogare, which means “to ask.” We ask God to remember His grace toward us because of Christ, to protect us from calamities, and to bless and protect the fruits of the earth. In our prayers to God the Father, we are blessed to know that the persons of the Trinity are always interceding for us. St. Paul tells us in our text today that the Holy Spirit is making intercession for us, and Hebrews 7:25 says, “Therefore He [Jesus] is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.”
In our times of suffering, we have hope; in our human weaknesses, we have the Holy Spirit’s help. In all of our circumstances, we have the assurance that God is working all these things out for our good. All this encourages us to pray, as Luther says in the Catechism, “as dear children ask their dear father.” Since we are reconciled by Christ to God the Father, we are bold to pray in Jesus’ name, with His intercession and the intercession of the Holy Spirit on our behalf, as well!
Prayer: O God, from Whom all good things do come: Grant to us Thy humble servants, that by Thy holy inspiration we may think those things that be right and by Thy merciful guiding may perform the same; through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever One God, world without end. Amen.
Collect for Rogationtide
Grant, we beseech Thee, O almighty God, that we, who in our affliction put our trust in Thy mercy, may ever be defended by Thy protection against all adversity, Through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thy Holy Ghost, ever One God, world without end. Amen.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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