A Faith Like Abraham's--June 21, 2016

Teach us your way, O God,

that we may walk in your truth;

give us an undivided heart

to revere your name;

grant us faith like Abraham's,

that we may overcome sin;

for whether we are first or last,

we struggle with it.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 123; 146; 30; 86

Num. 16:20-35

Rom. 4:1-12

Matt. 19:23-30

       

Selected Verses

Ps. 86:11

Teach me your way, O LORD,
          that I may walk in your truth;
          give me an undivided heart to revere your name. 

Num. 16:22

[Moses and Aaron] fell on their faces, and said, "O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one person sin and you become angry with the whole congregation?"

Rom. 4:11b-12

The purpose was to make [Abraham] the ancestor of all who believe without being circumcised and who thus have righteousness reckoned to them, and likewise the ancestor of the circumcised who are not only circumcised but who also follow the example of the faith that our ancestor Abraham had before he was circumcised.

Matt. 19:30

"…But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.  …"  [Jesus to his disciples]