Good Treasure in Our Hearts--April 25, 2013

 Blessed be God most awesome;

you give power and strength to your people.

We were buried with Christ in baptism

and raised with him through faith in your power.

O God, turn our mourning into joy;

comfort us, and give us gladness for sorrow;

and out of your good treasure

in our hearts, may we produce good.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 47; 147:12-20; 68; 113

Jer. 31:1-14

Col. 2:8-23

Luke 6:39-49

Selected Verses

Ps. 68:35

Awesome is God in his sanctuary,
          the God of Israel;
          he gives power and strength to his people.

Blessed be God!

Jer. 31:13b

 I will turn their mourning into joy,
          I will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow.

Col. 2:12

…when you were buried with [Christ] in baptism, you were also raised with him through faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead.

Luke 6:45

"…The good person out of the good treasure of the heart produces good, and the evil person out of evil treasure produces evil; for it is out of the abundance of the heart that the mouth speaks.  …"  [Jesus to his disciples]