Praise to God Most High--May 10, 2014

God Most High, it is good to give you thanks,

to sing praises to your name, to declare

your steadfast love in the morning,

your faithfulness at night.

We have no need to make you a sanctuary

so that you may dwell among us,

for you have given us Christ

to dwell in us richly.

We join the great crowds who follow Jesus

to teach and to admonish one another

and with gratitude in our hearts

to sing our praise to you.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 92; 149; 23; 114

Exod. 25:1-22  

Col. 3:1-17

Matt. 4:18-25

Selected Verses

Ps. 92:1-2

It is good to give thanks to the LORD,
          to sing praises to your name, O Most High;    

to declare your steadfast love in the morning,
          and your faithfulness by night…

Exod. 25:8

And have them make me a sanctuary, so that I may dwell among them.  [The LORD to Moses]

Col. 3:16

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God. 

Matt. 4:25

And great crowds followed [Jesus] from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.