Good or Evil Treasure--Oct. 8, 2012

 Give us good treasure in our hearts

that we may produce good;

for if we have evil treasure

there, our lives will produce evil.

If our hearts burn within us, and all night our anger smolders,

then in the morning it will blaze up like a flaming fire.

God, in the evening pray help us maintain our courage,

that in the morning we may plead our case to you, and watch.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 5; 145; 82; 29

Hosea 6:7-7:7

Acts 22:30-23:11

Luke 6:39-49

 

Selected Verses

Ps. 5:3

O LORD, in the morning you hear my voice;
          in the morning I plead my case to you, and watch.

Hosea 7:6

For [Samaria's people] are kindled like an oven, their heart burns within them; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.

Acts 23:11

That night the Lord stood near [Paul] and said, "Keep up your courage!  For just as you have testified for me in Jerusalem, so you must bear witness also in Rome."

Luke 6:45

"… The good person out of the good treasure of the heart produces good, and the evil person out of evil treasure produces evil; for it is out of the abundance of the heart that the mouth speaks.  …"  [Jesus to the crowds after he came down from the mountain]