Like a Grain of Wheat--April 11, 2017

Lord Jesus Christ, our Savior,

all things are subject to you.

Your words are a joy, the delight of our hearts.

Like a grain of wheat that falls to the earth,

transform the body of our humiliation;

conform it to the body of your glory,

and in you we shall bear much fruit.

Lord, empower us to depart from evil

and do good, to seek peace and pursue it.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 34; 146; 25; 91

Jer. 15:10-21

Phil. 3:15-21

John 12:20-26

       

Selected Verses

Ps. 34:14

Depart from evil, and do good;
          seek peace, and pursue it.

Jer. 15:16a

Your words were found, and I ate them,
          and your words became to me a joy
          and the delight of my heart…

Phil. 3:21

[Our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,] will transform the body of our humiliation so that it may be conformed to the body of his glory, by the power that also enables him to make all things subject to himself.

John 12:24

"…Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.  …"  [Jesus to Andrew and Philip]