God, I want you to guard my feet,
and not to be cut off in darkness;
I want your regard for me,
not to have you far away.
I want to act on your words,
avoiding a disastrous fall.
But just when I think this is all up to me,
you remind me that by your grace I am saved.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 96; 148; 49; 138
1 Sam. 2:1-10
Eph. 2:1-10
Matt. 7:22-27
Selected Verses
Ps. 138:6
For though the LORD is high, he regards the lowly;
but the haughty he perceives from far away.
but the haughty he perceives from far away.
1 Sam. 2:9
"[The LORD] will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness; for not by might does one prevail. …” [Hannah, praying]
Eph. 2:8-9
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God—not the result of works, so that no one may boast.
Matt. 7:26-27
“…And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its fall!” [Jesus, ending his sermon to the crowd on the mountain]
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