The Power of Christ's Indestructible Life--May 31, 2017

O God Most High,

what a blessing you have given us in Jesus!

Replace my heart of stone with a heart of flesh,

that with my whole heart, I may sing praise to him

and give thanks for the power of his indestructible life.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 99; 147:1-11; 9; 118

Ezek. 11:14-25

Heb. 7:14-25

Luke 10:17-24

           

Selected Verses

Ps. 9:1-2

I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart;
          I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.
I will be glad and exult in you;
          I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

Ezek. 11:19

I will give them one heart, and put a new spirit within them; I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh…

Heb. 7:16

…one who has become a priest, not through a legal requirement concerning physical descent, but through the power of an indestructible life. 

Luke 10:23-24

Then turning to the disciples, Jesus said to them privately, "Blessed are the eyes that see what you see!  For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, but did not see it, and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it."