In the Day of Trouble--Jan. 4, 2013

In the day of trouble you answered Jacob.

Protect us, too, in our days of trouble,

for everywhere is oppression and poverty,

warfare and killing, hatred and selfishness. 

We find no holy ground upon which to stand.

But though we have been a long time with you,

O Jesus, we still do not recognize your power.

We forget your servants who forgo privilege

and share ill-treatment with your people.

Protect them, who try to protect the needy.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 20; 148; 93; 97

Exod. 3:1-5

Heb. 11:23-31

John 14:6-14

Selected Verses

Ps. 20:1

 The LORD answer you in the day of trouble!
          The name of the God of Jacob protect you!

Exod. 3:1-5

Then [God] said [to Moses], “Come no closer! Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.”

Heb. 11:24

By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called a son of Pharaoh’s daughter, choosing rather to share ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.

John 14:9a

Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me?  …"