August 28, 2006

I. Readings
Psalms 47, 57, 85
Job 4:1, 5:1-11, 17-21, 26-27
Acts 9:19b-31
John 6:52-59

II. Selections
Psalm 85:8
Let me hear what God the LORD will speak,
for he will speak peace to his people,
to his faithful, to those who turn to him in their hearts.

Job 5:27
You shall come to your grave in ripe old age,
as a shock of grain comes up to the threshing floor in its season.

Acts 9:31
Meanwhile the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and was built up. Living in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.

John 6:58
" ...This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bead will live forever." [ Jesus]

III. Meditation: Speak peace to your people

Let us hear what you will speak,
for you will speak peace
to your people, to your faithful,
to those who turn to you in their hearts.

Feed us with the bread that comes down from heaven,
for those who eat this bread will live forever,
(even if they come to their grave in ripe old age,
as a shock of grain comes up to the threshing floor in its season).

Grant peace to your church, and build it up-
as we hear what you will speak,
find comfort in the Holy Spirit,
and turn to you in our hearts.