[From June 16, 2016 archive]
Lord Jesus, you are the good shepherd
who would rescue every lost sheep;
rescue me from this wickedness--
from speaking ill of good people,
and from failing to apply to myself
what I advocate for others to follow.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 97; 147:12-20;
16; 62
Num. 12:1-16
Rom. 2:12-24
Matt. 18:10-20
Selected Verses
Ps. 97:10
The LORD loves
those who hate evil;
he guards
the lives of his faithful;
he
rescues them from the hand of the wicked.
Num.
12:1
While they were at Hazeroth, Miriam
and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married
(for he had indeed married a Cushite woman)…
Rom.
2:21a
…you, then, that teach others, will
you not teach yourself?
Matt.
18:12
"…What do you think? If a shepherd has a hundred sheep, and one of
them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go
in search of the one that went astray? …" [Jesus to his disciples]
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