Rescue into the Kingdom--Jan. 7, 2014

 God, you have led me a long way over many years,

led me through many a wilderness.

Was it to humble me?

I fear I have failed the test, for you

know what is in my heart and that I am not humble.

Still I know that when you are in the midst of a city,

it shall not be moved unless you move it,

and that you are our helper.

From you the true Bread who gives us life;

you rescue us into the kingdom of your beloved Son.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 46; 146; 27; 93

Deut. 8:1-3

Col. 1:1-14

John 6:30-33, 48-51

Selected Verses

Ps. 46:5

God is in the midst of the city; it shall not be moved;
          God will help it when the morning dawns.

Deut. 8:2

Remember the long way that the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commandments.

Col. 1:13-14

[The Father] has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

John 6:33

"…For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."  [Jesus to the crowd that had followed him]