New Wine, Even if I Burst--Jan. 13, 2017

Christ Jesus, our Lord,

I am like an old wineskin;

but fill me with new wine,

even if it makes me burst.

I have lost my way;

guide me on a new road,

one I have not known.

Restore to me the joy

of your salvation, God,

and sustain in me

a willing spirit,

that, with boldness

and confidence,

I may, through faith,

have access to you.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 51; 148; 142; 65

Isa. 42:1-17

Eph. 3:1-13

Mark 2:13-22

Selected Verses

Ps. 51:12

Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
          and sustain in me a willing spirit.

Isa. 42:16a

I will lead the blind
          by a road they do not know,
by paths they have not known
          I will guide them. 

Eph. 3:11-12

This was in accordance with the eternal purpose that he has carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have access to God in boldness and confidence through faith in him. 

Mark 2:22

"…And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost, and so are the skins; but one puts new wine into fresh wineskins."  [Jesus to his critics]

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