Glad in Our Maker--April 6, 2013

 We will be glad in our Maker,

singing praises to your name

as we dance to tambourine--

O God, yours is our melody.

You are a refuge to the poor

and to the needy in distress;

a shelter from the rainstorm,

shade to keep away the heat.

Though we have been in pain,

now in you our hearts rejoice;

O, let no one in rage imagine

they could take away our joy.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 92; 149; 23; 114

Isa. 25:1-9

Acts 4:13-31

John 16:16-33

Selected Verses

Ps. 149:2-3

Let Israel be glad in its Maker;
          let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.  

Let them praise his name with dancing,
          making melody to him with tambourine and lyre.

 Isa. 25:4a-c

 For you have been a refuge to the poor,
          a refuge to the needy in their distress,
          a shelter from the rainstorm and a shade from the heat.

Acts 4:25

"…it is you who said by the Holy Spirit through our ancestor David, your servant:
     ‘Why did the Gentiles rage,
          and the peoples imagine vain things?  …' " 

[Prayer by the friends of Peter and John]

John 16:22

"…So you have pain now; but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.  …"  [Jesus to his eleven disciples]