God of steadfast love and mercy,
from the pit you have redeemed us.
As long as we live you satisfy us with good…
but we are not easily satisfied.
We must get grain for our sons and daughters
so that all may eat and stay alive.
We are alarmed when they fall,
even when life is still in them.
Teach us to strive for your kingdom
and to be satisfied with what you provide.
from the pit you have redeemed us.
As long as we live you satisfy us with good…
but we are not easily satisfied.
We must get grain for our sons and daughters
so that all may eat and stay alive.
We are alarmed when they fall,
even when life is still in them.
Teach us to strive for your kingdom
and to be satisfied with what you provide.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 103; 150; 117; 139
Neh. 5:1-9
Acts 20:7-12
Luke 12:22-31
Selected Verses
Ps. 103:4-5a
…who redeems your life from the Pit,
who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
who satisfies you with good as long as you live…
Neh. 5:2
For there were those who said, "With our sons and our daughters, we are many; we must get grain, so that we may eat and stay alive."
Acts 20:9-10
A young man named Eutychus, who was sitting in the window, began to sink off into a deep sleep while Paul talked still longer. Overcome by sleep, he fell to the ground three floors below and was picked up dead. But Paul went down, and bending over him took him in his arms, and said, "Do not be alarmed, for his life is in him."
Luke 12:31
"…Instead, strive for [your Father's] kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well." [Jesus to his disciples]
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