Give Me an Undivided Heart--Jan. 22, 2013

 Teach me your way, O God;

and I will walk in your truth.

Give me an undivided heart,

and I will revere your name.

When I am deluded and go astray,

I cannot see the fraud in my hand,

but live in the futility of my mind.

Jesus, I pray, come enter the house

of the strong man who lives in me;

tie him up and teach me your way.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 123; 146; 30; 86

Isa. 44:9-20

Eph. 4:17-32

Mark 3:19b-35

Selected Verses

Ps. 86:11

Teach me your way, O LORD,
          that I may walk in your truth;
          give me an undivided heart to revere your name.

Isa. 44:20

[The maker of idols] feeds on ashes; a deluded mind has led him astray, and he cannot save himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a fraud?”

Eph. 4:17

Now this I affirm and insist on in the Lord: you must no longer live as the Gentiles live, in the futility of their minds.

Mark 3:27

"…But no one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his property without first tying up the strong man; then indeed the house can be plundered.  …"  [Jesus to the scribes who accused him of being in league with Satan]