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  LUTHER'S EVENING PRAYER
  by Martin Luther
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Summary: This sermon emphasizes the importance of expressing gratitude,
confessing sins, and seeking protection and care from God's grace.

Topics: "Evening Prayer", "Spiritual Protection"
Scripture References: 1 John 1:9

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Martin Luther's evening prayer expresses gratitude to God for protection
through Jesus Christ, seeking forgiveness for sins and asking for
continued grace and protection throughout the night. Luther entrusts
himself, body, soul, and possessions, into God's care, requesting the
presence of holy angels to guard against the enemy's influence.

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Luther's Evening Prayer

From:

Luther's Little Instruction Book

(The Small Catechism of Martin Luther)

Appendix 1: Devotions

Translated by Robert E. Smith

July 11, 1994

My Heavenly Father, I thank You, through Jesus Christ, Your

beloved Son, that You have protected me, by Your grace. Forgive, I

pray, all my sins and the evil I have done. Protect me, by Your

grace, tonight. I put myself in your care, body and soul and all

that I have. Let Your holy angels be with me, so that the evil

enemy will not gain power over me. Amen.

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