May 06, 2007

I. Readings
Psalms 93, 117, 136
Isaiah 32:1-8
2 Thessalonians 2:13-17
Matthew 7:7-14

II. Selections
Psalm 93:1c-2
[ The LORD] has established the world; it shall never be moved;
your throne is established from of old;
you are from everlasting.

Isaiah 32:6
For fools speak folly,
and their minds plot iniquity;
to practice ungodliness,
to utter error concerning the LORD,
to leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied,
and to deprive the thirsty of drink.

2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and through grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope, comfort your hearts and strengthen them in every good work and word.

Matthew 7:11
If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

III. Meditation: How much more than we

Everlasting God, you have established the world,
and you give good things to those who ask you.
Save us from foolishness, from speaking folly,
from plotting iniquity; from all ungodliness,
from neglecting the hungry and the thirsty.
In Jesus Christ you have given us hope;
comfort our hearts; strengthen them
in every good work and word.