[From May 12, 2015 archive]
Rid us of all sordidness and wickedness,
that with meekness we may welcome your
implanted word--the power to save our
souls.
Sometimes you let people ride over our
heads,
God, and we go through fire and through
water,
but then you bring us out to a spacious
place,
a place where we know that you are with
us.
You humble us and test us, even bring us
to the time of trial, but in the end
you do us good, dear Lord.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 98; 146; 66;
116
Deut. 8:11-20
James 1:16-27
Luke 11:1-13
Selected Verses
Ps. 66:12
…you let people ride over our heads;
we went through fire and through water;
yet you have brought us out to a spacious place.
we went through fire and through water;
yet you have brought us out to a spacious place.
Deut. 8:15b-16
[The LORD your God] made water flow for you from flint rock, and
fed you in the wilderness with manna that your ancestors did not know, to
humble you and to test you, and in the end to do you good.
James 1:21
Therefore rid yourselves of all sordidness and rank growth of
wickedness, and welcome with meekness the implanted word that has the power to
save your souls.
Luke 11:4
"…And forgive us our sins,
for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us.
And do not bring us to the time of trial.”
for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us.
And do not bring us to the time of trial.”
[Jesus, teaching his
disciples to pray]
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