Give us strength like the strong man
who runs his course with joy;
give us strength like the paralytic
who, after Jesus healed him,
picked up his mat
and walked.
Give us strength like the soldiers
who saved Paul from attack
and being torn to pieces;
but not strength like the soldiers
who destroyed all of Jericho
(except for Rahab and
her family), all its
people, even
its animals.
who runs his course with joy;
give us strength like the paralytic
who, after Jesus healed him,
picked up his mat
and walked.
Give us strength like the soldiers
who saved Paul from attack
and being torn to pieces;
but not strength like the soldiers
who destroyed all of Jericho
(except for Rahab and
her family), all its
people, even
its animals.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 19; 150; 81; 113
Josh. 6:15-27
Acts 22:30-23:11
Mark 2:1-12
Selected Verses
Ps. 19:4c-5
In the heavens he has set a tent for the sun,
which comes out like a bridegroom from his wedding canopy,
and like a strong man runs its course with joy.
Josh. 6:21
Then [the people of Israel] devoted to destruction by the edge of the sword all in the city, both men and women, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys.
Acts 23:10
When the dissension became violent, the tribune, fearing that [the quarreling Pharisees and Sadducees] would tear Paul to pieces, ordered the soldiers to go down, take him by force, and bring him into the barracks.
Mark 2:12
And [the paralytic whom Jesus told to stand up] stood up, and immediately took the mat and went out before all of them; so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, "We have never seen anything like this!"
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