Praise for All You Have Spoken--Oct. 29, 2013

 You speak to us in many ways.

You speak to us through Jesus' parables

and the prophets who spoke in your name;

for some chosen few a door opens in heaven

and you speak to them directly.

God Most High, we thank you

for all you have spoken to us,

and we praise your name.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 12; 146; 36; 7

Ezra 5:1-17

Rev. 4:1-11

Matt. 13:1-9

Selected Verses

Ps. 7:17

 I will give to the LORD the thanks due to his righteousness,
          and sing praise to the name of the LORD, the Most High.

Ezra 5:1

Now the prophets, Haggai and Zechariah son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem, in the name of the God of Israel who was over them.

Rev. 4:1

After this I looked, and there in heaven a door stood open!  And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this."

Matt. 13:2-3a

Such great crowds gathered around [Jesus] that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach.  And he told them many things in parables…