To Receive Mercy and Find Grace--March 26, 2016

Lord Jesus Christ, our rock and fortress,

to you we lift up our hands and our hearts.

Help us examine our ways and return to you.

With boldness we approach the throne 

of grace, that we may receive mercy and 

find grace to help in time of need. 

For your name's sake lead us and guide us,

for if you are in us, though the body is dead

because of sin, the Spirit is life because 

of righteousness.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 43; 149; 31; 143

Lam. 3:37-58

Heb. 4:1-16

Rom. 8:1-11

Selected Verses

Ps. 31:3

You are indeed my rock and my fortress;

      for your name's sake lead me and guide me…

Lam. 3:40-41

Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the LORD.  Let us lift up our hearts as well as our hands to God in heaven.

Heb. 4:16

Let us therefore approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Rom. 8:10

But if Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness.