Remembered in Our Low Estate--April 28, 2013

 God our Father, steadfast love enduring forever,

you have remembered us in our low estate,

and you have given us our Lord Jesus Christ,

who is like a hiding place from the wind,

a covert from the tempest, or streams

of water in a dry place; shade of

a great rock in a weary land.

He has called us and taught us,

comforted and strengthened our hearts,

and given us eternal comfort and good hope.

In his name we ask you, make us strong

 in every good work and word.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 93; 150; 136; 117

Isa. 32:1-8

2 Thess. 2:13-17

Matt. 7:7-14

Selected Verses

Ps. 36:23

It is [the LORD] who remembered us in our low estate,
          for his steadfast love endures forever…

Isa. 32:2

Each [prince] will be like a hiding place from the wind,
          a covert from the tempest,
like streams of water in a dry place,
          like the shade of a great rock in a weary land.

2 Thess. 2:16-17

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and through grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope, comfort your hearts and strengthen them in every good work and word.

Matt. 7:11

"…If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him!  …"  [Jesus seated on the mountain, talking to the crowds]