Depending on God, Who Shows Mercy--April 1, 2017

I pray to you, God who shows mercy,

when I am tempted to leave you

because your people seem ungodly,

when I see deceit and injustice--

reliance not on right but on might--

O, remind me of your mercy.

Bring to my mind how often I fail,

of the many ways I am unjust,

deceitful, and unloving, and make

me realize we must all depend

not on our human will or exertion,

but on the mercy you show us.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 43; 149; 31; 143

Jer. 23:9-15

Rom. 9:1-18

John 6:60-71

Selected Verses

Ps. 43:1

Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause
          against an ungodly people;
from those who are deceitful and unjust
          deliver me! 

Jer. 23:10

For the land is full of adulterers;
          because of the curse the land mourns,
          and the pastures of the wilderness are dried up.
Their course has been evil,
          and their might is not right. 

Rom. 9:16

 So it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God who shows mercy.

John 6:66

Because of this many of [Jesus'] disciples turned back and no longer went about with him.