We clap our hands, shouting to you
with loud songs of joy, O God,
for you have loved us
with an everlasting love.
When we were dead in trespasses,
you forgave us and made us alive,
together with Christ.
Teach us to dig deep
and lay our foundation on him,
that we may build lives pleasing to you.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 47; 147:12-20;
68; 113
Jer. 31:1-14
Col. 2:8-23
Luke 6:39-49
Selected Verses
Ps. 47:1
Clap your hands,
all you peoples;
shout to God with loud songs of joy.
shout to God with loud songs of joy.
Jer. 31:3b
I have
loved you with an everlasting love;
therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.
therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.
Col. 2:13
And when you
were dead in trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you
alive together with [Christ], when he forgave us all our trespasses…
Luke 6:48
"…That one
is like a man building a house, who dug deeply and laid the foundation on rock;
when a flood arose, the river burst against that house but could not shake it,
because it had been well built. …" [Jesus to the crowds]
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