Deliver Us from Our Fears--Nov. 20, 2017

[From Nov. 18, 2013 archive]

Mighty God,

we are told that both

the heaven and the earth will

flee from before your great throne;

yet we know that you are good to all,

that your compassion is over

all you have made.

Jesus touched

his disciples and told

them to get up and to not be

afraid; may we feel his hand

upon us, to deliver us

from our fears.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 57; 145; 85; 47

Ezra 7:27-28, 8:21-36

Rev. 20:7-15

Matt. 17:1-13

Selected Verses

Ps. 145:9

The Lord is good to all,
          and his compassion is over all that he has made.

Ezra 8:31

Then we left the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem; the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from ambushes along the way.

Rev. 20:11

Then I saw a great white throne and the one who sat on it; the earth and the heaven fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.

Matt. 17:7

But Jesus came and touched [Peter, James, and John], saying, "Get up and do not be afraid."