Humble Our Hearts before You--May 4, 2017

O God, you give the desolate a home to live in,

and you lead out the prisoners to prosperity,

but the rebellious live in a parched land.

Even though we know that if we ask

anything according to your will,

you will hear us, we often

work all night in vain.

Humble our hearts

before you.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 47; 147:12-20; 68; 113

Dan. 5:13-30

1 John 5:13-21

Luke 5:1-11    

Selected Verses

Ps. 68:6

 God gives the desolate a home to live in;
          he leads out the prisoners to prosperity,
          but the rebellious live in a parched land.

Dan. 5:22-23a

"…And you, Belshazzar his son, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this!  You have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven!  …"[Daniel, when called to read the writing on the wall] 

1 John 5:14

And this is the boldness we have in [the Son of God], that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 

Luke 5:5

Simon answered [Jesus], "Master, we have worked all night long but have caught nothing.  Yet if you say so, I will let down the nets."