To Serve, as You Came to Serve--Dec. 9, 2016

Lord Jesus Christ, show me the path of life,

for in your presence there is fullness of joy;

in your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Forfend that I should weary you with complaints,

forgetting that your love and grace hold eternal comfort.

Strengthen me in every good work and word,

that I may serve you and others,

even as you came

to serve.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 102; 148; 130; 16

Isa. 7:10-25

2 Thess. 2:13-3:5

Luke 22:14-30

           

Selected Verses

Ps. 16:11

You show me the path of life.
          In your presence there is fullness of joy;
          in your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Isa. 7:13

Then Isaiah said: "Hear then, O house of David!  Is it too little for you to weary mortals, that you weary my God also?

2 Thess. 2:16-17

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and through grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope, comfort your hearts and strengthen them in every good work and word.

Luke 22:27

"…For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves?  Is it not the one at the table?  But I am among you as one who serves.  …"  [Jesus to his disciples]