Vocabulary for Lesson 13 (Vocab Quiz 3.1)

Write each bold word in the Vocabulary section of your notebook with room for a 2-3 line definition.

prayer
To call upon God, asking for His help and blessing, according to the promises of His Word. To call upon God on behalf of others, the church, those in authority, and the world, as He has instructed us to do. To speak back to God the Word He has spoken to us in the words of a psalm, a hymn, the creeds, the liturgy, or the catechism.
disciple
A believer in Jesus who trusts in His Word. This term also names the Christian a follower, catechumen, or student of Jesus.
invocation
To call upon the name of God, as in the Divine Service, before prayers, or at other times of danger, need, or thanksgiving.
holy lives
Lives that are sanctified or cleansed by the Word of God.
to profane
To treat the name of God like dirt by teaching false doctrine or living contrary to the Word of God. To use something in an unholy, dirty way, or in a way that God did not intend it to be used.
salutation
The proclamation in the Divine Service in which the pastor pronounces the blessing that the Lord be received by the baptized through the hearing of His Word and the reception of His Sacrament, and the baptized confess that the Spirit of the Lord is with the pastor as he ministers to them in Christ's stead. This proclamation confesses faith in the Lord's promises: "Lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age" (Matthew 28:20) and “Where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them" (Matthew 18:20).
collect
This type of prayer usually follows a formal structure that contains five standard elements: the address, the Gospel foundation for the prayer, the petition or request itself, the benefit of the answered prayer, and the trinitarian termination. In the Divine Service, this prayer "collects" the central thought of the Sunday or Feast in a single petition that is grounded in the promises of God in Christ.
The Prayer of the Church
The central prayer in the Divine Service in which the baptized people of God give thanks for all His gifts and pray, according to the promises of God's Word, for the church, the nations, those in need, the parish, and other concerns.
priesthood
The word that describes the baptized people of God as those who live as "priests" for one another in the various vocations to which God has called them. They listen to the Word of God, they pray, they confess, they teach, and they offer the sacrifices of love to their neighbor and a "broken and contrite heart" to God.
the kingdom of God
The reign of Christ, through the Spirit, in the hearts and lives of His people.
vice
A sinful habit or action that continually enslaves a person.