You Keep Your Oath, God--Feb. 15, 2013

[From Feb. 26, 2009 archive]

Faithful God, we have seen your goodness;

here in the land of the living, we have seen it.

You have redeemed us from the house of slavery,

and with a mighty hand you have brought us out.

You have given us testimony to your love

as it has been expressed in your Son Jesus.

Forgive us when we profess to know you

even as—by our actions—we deny you.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 22; 148; 105; 130

Deut. 7:12-16

Titus 2:1-15

John 1:35-42

Selected Verses

Psalm 27:13

I believe that I shall see the goodness of the LORD

            in the land of the living.

Deuteronomy 7:8

It was because the LORD loved you and kept the oath that he swore to your ancestors, that the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

Titus 1:16a

[The corrupt and unbelieving] profess to know God, but they deny him by their actions.

John 1:34

“…And I myself have seen and have testified that this is the Son of God.”  [John the Baptist]