His Time - A Free Book of Hymns as Poetry - Part 1, Psalm 119, "The Seventh Seal and the Golden Censer"

1. A Free Book of Hymns as Poetry: with Bryan Wolfmueller Part 1

Guest Rev. Bryan Wolfmueller, pastor of Hope Lutheran Church in Aurora, Colorado, talks about “My Song is Love Unknown,” his latest book of hymns as poetry and the unique way this book was born in an incredibly short amount of time. Download the PDF for free or purchase a hardcover copy at wolfmueller.co/song-love-unknown. Listen tomorrow for more of this conversation.

2. Meditation on the Day’s Psalm

Rev. Jonathan Fisk gives a meditation on the Psalm of the Day, Psalm 119:25-32.

Psalm 119:25-32

Daleth

²⁵My soul clings to the dust;
    give me life according to your word!
²⁶When I told of my ways, you answered me;
    teach me your statutes!
²⁷Make me understand the way of your precepts,
    and I will meditate on your wondrous works.
²⁸My soul melts away for sorrow;
    strengthen me according to your word!
²⁹Put false ways far from me
    and graciously teach me your law!
³⁰I have chosen the way of faithfulness;
    I set your rules before me.
³¹I cling to your testimonies, O Lord;
    let me not be put to shame!
³²I will run in the way of your commandments
    when you enlarge my heart!^[a]

Footnotes:

Psalm 119:32 Or for you set my heart free

3. Daily Lectionary

Rev. Andrew Ratcliffe from St. John Lutheran Church in Seward, Nebraska, studies Revelation 8:1-13.

4. Morning Prayer Sermonette

Today’s sermonette is given by Rev. Andrew Ratcliffe from St. John Lutheran Church in Seward, Nebraska.

"The Bible is cradle wherein Christ is laid." - Martin Luther — “The Bible is cradle wherein Christ is laid.” – Martin Luther

Revelation 8:1-13

The Seventh Seal and the Golden Censer

8 When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. ²Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. ³And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer, and he was given much incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar before the throne, ⁴and the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel. ⁵Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth, and there were peals of thunder, rumblings,^[a] flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

The Seven Trumpets

⁶Now the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to blow them.

⁷The first angel blew his trumpet, and there followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, and these were thrown upon the earth. And a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.

⁸The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood. ⁹A third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

¹⁰The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. ¹¹The name of the star is Wormwood.^[b] A third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from the water, because it had been made bitter.

¹²The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of their light might be darkened, and a third of the day might be kept from shining, and likewise a third of the night.

¹³Then I looked, and I heard an eagle crying with a loud voice as it flew directly overhead, “Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, at the blasts of the other trumpets that the three angels are about to blow!”