August 04, 2007

I. Readings
Psalms 63, 100, 122
2 Samuel 5:22-6:11
Acts 17:16-34
Mark 8:1-10

II. Selections
Psalm 100:2
Worship the LORD with gladness;
come into his presence with singing.

2 Samuel 6:5
David and all the house of Israel were dancing before the LORD with all their might, with songs and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals.

Acts 17:28
" ...For 'In him we live and move and have our being'; as even some of your own poets have said,
'For we too are his offspring.' ... "

Mark 8:6
Then [ Jesus] ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground; and he took the seven loaves, and after giving thanks he broke them and gave them to his disciples to distribute; and they distributed them to the crowd.

III. Meditation: Rejoice, give thanks, and sing

We are your offspring, and in you we live and move and have our being.
Surely it is right to rejoice and sing when we are in your presence.

David and the whole house of Israel sang and danced before you,
accompanied by lyres, harps, tambourines, castanets, and cymbals.

Following the example of Jesus, it is also right to give thanks
for what we have received from you, and for the chance to share.