To Boast only in Christ--Mar. 31, 2015

O Jesus, you said if a grain of wheat

is to bear much fruit, first it must

fall into the earth and must die.

If I am to utter what is precious

and not what is worthless, dear Lord,

it will be because you supply the words.

Transform the body of my humiliation;

conform it to the body of your glory,

that my soul may boast only in you.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 34; 146; 25; 91

Jer. 15:10-21

Phil. 3:15-21

John 12:20-26

Selected Verses

Ps. 34:2

My soul makes its boast in the LORD;
          let the humble hear and be glad. 

Jer. 15:19

Therefore, thus says the LORD:
If you turn back, I will take you back,
          and you shall stand before me.
If you utter what is precious, and not what is worthless,
          you shall serve as my mouth. 

 It is they who will turn to you,
          not you who will turn to them. 

Phil. 3:21

[The Lord Jesus Christ] will transform the body of our humiliation so that it may be conformed to the body of his glory, by the power that also enables him to make all things subject to himself.

John 12:24

"…Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.  …"  [Jesus to Andrew and Philip upon hearing that Greeks wanted to see him]