In Fullness of Joy--Dec. 7, 2012

Lord Jesus, you show us the path of life;

In your presence we find fullness

of joy, from your right hand

pleasures forevermore. 

You show us how to live to please God,

more and more to live in you.

You show us how to live

and how to give.

Not out of our abundance are we to give,

but out of all we have to live on;

and we must not grind the

face of the poor.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 102; 148; 130; 16

Isa. 3:1-4:1

1 Thess. 4:1-12

Luke 20:41-21:4

Selected Verses

Ps. 16:11

You show me the path of life.

            In your presence there is fullness of joy;
            in your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Isa. 3:15

What do you mean by crushing my people,
            by grinding the face of the poor? says the Lord GOD of hosts.

1 Thess. 4:1

Finally, brothers and sisters, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus that, as you learned from us how you ought to live and to please God (as, in fact, you are doing), you should do so more and more.

Luke 21:3-4

[Jesus] said, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them; for all of them have contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on."