God Most High, Our God--Oct. 1, 2016

O God Most High, you are our God,

we seek you, our soul thirsts for you,

but our pride testifies against us,

and we stumble in our guilt.

We fail to listen to one

another, shout epithets,

but to the ungrateful

and the wicked, you

are kind. Remind us,

we are all your children;

help us love our enemies;

help us do good, and lend,

and expect nothing in return,

O God Most High, our God.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 63; 149; 125; 90

Hosea 5:1-7

Acts 22:17-29

Luke 6:27-38

           

Selected Verses

Ps. 63:1

 O God, you are my God, I seek you,
          my soul thirsts for you;
my flesh faints for you,
          as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. 

Hosea 5:5

Israel's pride testifies against him; Ephraim stumbles in his guilt; Judah also stumbles with them.

Acts 22:22-23

Up to this point [the protestors] listened to [Paul], but then they shouted, "Away with such a fellow from the earth!  For he should not be allowed to live."  And while they were shouting, throwing off their cloaks, and tossing dust into the air…

Luke 6:35

But love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return.  Your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.