Lord, more than forty
years in the wilderness you
have led me; but I did not follow.
You have tested me, and I have failed.
You humbled me; I could
not keep your commandments.
I hungered for you, and you have
fed me when I could not feed myself.
I still seek your face; do not hide from me;
now more than ever I need your glorious power.
Prepare me to endure with patience, joyfully
giving thanks to you, O living bread from heaven.
years in the wilderness you
have led me; but I did not follow.
You have tested me, and I have failed.
You humbled me; I could
not keep your commandments.
I hungered for you, and you have
fed me when I could not feed myself.
I still seek your face; do not hide from me;
now more than ever I need your glorious power.
Prepare me to endure with patience, joyfully
giving thanks to you, O living bread from heaven.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 97; 149; 27; 114
Deut. 8:1-3
Col. 1:1-14
John 6:30-33, 48-51
Selected Verses
Ps. 27:8-9a
“Come,” my heart says, “seek his face!”
Your face, LORD, do I seek.
Do not hide your face from me.
Deut. 8:1-3
Remember the long way that the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commandments.
Col. 1:11-12a
May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power, and may you be prepared to endure everything with patience, while joyfully giving thanks to the Father…
John 6:51a
"…I am the living bread that came down from heaven. …" [Jesus to his skeptics]
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