God, we know not when
you will call us--
even in the
wilderness you come--
or how you plan to
use us.
Righteousness looks
down;
then may faithfulness
spring up.
Grant us courage to
speak without fear.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 57; 145; 85; 47
Esth. 4:4-17
Acts 18:1-11
Luke 1:1-4, 3:1-14
Selected Verses
Ps. 85:11
Faithfulness will spring up from the ground,
and righteousness will look down from the sky.
and righteousness will look down from the sky.
Esth. 4:14
"…For if you keep silence at such a time as this,
relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another quarter, but you and
your father's family will perish. Who
knows? Perhaps you have come to royal
dignity for just such a time as this." [Mordecai's message to
Esther]
Acts 18:9-10
One night the Lord said to Paul in a vision, "Do not be
afraid, but speak and do not be silent; for I am with you, and no one will lay
a hand on you to harm you, for there are many in this city who are my
people."
Luke 3:2
…during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word
of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness.
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