There is a time to pray with the Spirit,
and also a time to pray with the mind.
Sometimes it is right to speak in secret,
but I confess that I do this far too
often,
for secrets promote gossip and slander.
You have told us, Jesus, that nothing is
covered up that will not be uncovered;
teach me, then, to say nothing about
my neighbors in their absence that
I
would not say in their presence.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 15;
147:1-11; 48; 4
Jer. 37:3-21
1 Cor. 14:13-25
Matt. 10:24-33
Selected Verses
Ps. 15:2-3
Those who walk
blamelessly, and do what is right,
and speak the truth from their heart;
and speak the truth from their heart;
who do not
slander with their tongue,
and do no evil to their friends,
nor take up a reproach against their neighbors…
and do no evil to their friends,
nor take up a reproach against their neighbors…
Jer. 37:17
Then King
Zedekiah sent for [Jeremiah], and received him. The king questioned him secretly in his house,
and said, "Is there any word from the LORD?" Jeremiah said, "There is!" Then he said, "You shall be handed over to the king of
Babylon."
1 Cor. 14:15
What should I do
then? I will pray with the spirit, but I
will pray with the mind also; I will sing praise with the spirit, but I will
sing praise with the mind also.
Matt. 10:26
"…So have
no fear of them; for nothing is covered up that will not be uncovered, and
nothing secret that will not become known.
…" [Jesus to his twelve
disciples]
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