Lord Jesus, when you stand before us
and at our right hand, our heart is glad.
Cast out our greedy eye, our falsehoods,
cursing, jealousy, hypocrisy, ostentation,
and desire for glorification,
that we may live in hope
and rejoice in you.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 97;
147:12-20; 16; 62
1 Sam. 2:27-36
Acts 2:22-36
Luke 20:41-21:4
Selected Verses
Ps. 62:4
Their only plan
is to bring down a person of prominence.
They take pleasure in falsehood;
they bless with their mouths,
but inwardly they curse. Selah
They take pleasure in falsehood;
they bless with their mouths,
but inwardly they curse. Selah
1 Sam. 2:29
"…'Why then
look with greedy eye at my sacrifices and my offerings that I commanded, and
honor your sons more than me by fattening yourselves on the choicest parts of
every offering of my people Israel?'…"
[The LORD speaking to Eli through a man of God]
Acts 2:25b-26
"…'I saw
the Lord always before me,
for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken;
therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced;
moreover my flesh will live in hope. …' " [Peter quoting a psalm to the Israelites]
for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken;
therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced;
moreover my flesh will live in hope. …' " [Peter quoting a psalm to the Israelites]
Luke 20:45-46
In the hearing
of all the people [Jesus] said to the disciples, "Beware of the
scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love to be greeted with
respect in the marketplaces, and to have the best seats in the synagogues and
places of honor at banquets. …"
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