We Rejoice in You, Lord Jesus--Jan. 19, 2015

We rejoice in you, Lord Jesus, and we

give thanks to your holy name.

You called those whom you wanted;

they came to you, followed you.

We believe that you have called us, too.

You have swept our transgressions

away like a cloud, our sins like a mist;

you call us to return, redeemed.

Help us grow up in every way into you,

for you are the head from whom

your whole body promotes the body's

growth, building itself up in love.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 135; 145; 97; 112

Isa. 44:6-8, 21-23

Eph. 4:1-16

Mark 3:7-19a

Selected Verses

Ps. 97:12

Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous,
          and give thanks to his holy name!

Isa. 44:22

 I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud,
          and your sins like mist;
return to me, for I have redeemed you.

Eph. 4:15-16

But speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by every ligament with which it is equipped, as each part is working properly, promotes the body’s growth in building itself up in love.

Mark 3:13

[Jesus] went up the mountain and called to him those whom he wanted, and they came to him.