I. Readings
Psalms 65, 91, 125
Micah 3:9-4:5
Revelation 8:1-13
Luke 10:17-24
II. Selections
Psalm 91:1-2
You who live in the shelter of the Most High,
who abide in the shadow of the Almighty,
will say to the LORD, "My refuge and my fortress;
my God, in whom I trust."
Micah 3:11
Its rulers give judgment for a bribe,
its priests teach for a price,
its prophets give oracles for money;
yet they lean upon the LORD and say,
"Surely the LORD is with us!
No harm shall come upon us."
Revelation 8:1
When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
Luke 10:17-18
The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, in your name even the demons submit to us!" He said to them, "I watched Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightning. ... "
III. Meditation: We trust in you.
God Most High, we trust in you.
We trust in you to shelter us.
You are refuge and fortress
as we abide in your shadow.
Protect us.
Protect us from the evil that surrounds,
and from our own sinful thoughts-
from supposing we can lean upon you
to shield us and hold us harmless from
our dishonest ways.
Protect us also from impatience
as we wait for demons to submit,
for Satan to crash down like lightning;
sometimes there is a silence in heaven
before you act.
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