Ready to Help Us when the Morning Dawns--Jan. 10, 2015

You are in the midst of our city, O God,

ready to help us when the morning dawns;

ready to be sought out even by those who do

not seek you: "Here I am, here I am," you say,

ready to give as much as we want, ready to give

even to people who do not call on your name.

Wake us up, dear God, we whose works

 are far from perfect in your sight;

wake us up, and strengthen

what remains, even if

on the point of  

death.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 46; 149; 27; 93

Isa. 65:1-9

Rev. 3:1-6

John 6:1-14

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. 

Isa. 65:1

I was ready to be sought out by those who did not ask,
     to be found by those who did not seek me.
I said, "Here I am, here I am",
     to a nation that did not call on my name. 

Rev. 3:2

Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is on the point of death, for I have not found your works perfect in the sight of my God. 

John 6:11

Then Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated; so also the fish, as much as they wanted.