Shouts of Joy to Glorify God--March 6, 2014

 Lord Jesus Christ, you glorified God

by finishing the work God gave you to do.

Help us finish the work you have given us to do,

so that, even in our small way, we too may glorify God.

Though it was in tears that we went out to sow your seed,

may we shout in joy when we return with our harvest.

Lord of our salvation, we rejoice, we exult in you.

Pray transform us to conform to your glory.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 27; 147:12-20

Hab. 3:1-18

Phil. 3:12-21

John 17:1-8

Selected Verses

Ps. 126:6

Those who go out weeping,
          bearing the seed for sowing,
shall come home with shouts of joy,
          carrying their sheaves.

Hab. 3:18

…yet I will rejoice in the LORD;

            I will exult in the God of my salvation.

Phil. 3:21

[The Lord Jesus Christ] will transform the body of our humiliation that it may be conformed to the body of his glory, by the power that also enables him to make all things subject to himself.

John 17:4

"…I glorified you on earth by finishing the work that you gave me to do.  …"  [Jesus praying]