Some have endured
prison, even faced death,
rather than forswear
their faith in you, O God.
.
They believed that you
would not forsake them
but rather would fulfill
your purpose for them.
I do not have that kind
of courage, dear Father,
but am amazed how much
love you have given.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 96; 148; 49; 138
Dan. 3:1-18
1 John 3:1-10
Luke 3:15-22
Selected Verses
Ps. 138:8
The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me;
your steadfast love, O LORD, endures forever.
Do not forsake the work of your hands.
your steadfast love, O LORD, endures forever.
Do not forsake the work of your hands.
Dan. 3:18
"…But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will
not serve your gods and we will not worship the golden statue that you have set
up.” [Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to
the king]
1 John 3:1
See what love the Father has given us, that we should be
called children of God; and that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that
it did not know him.
Luke 3:19-20
But Herod the ruler, who had been rebuked by [John] because
of Herodias, his brother’s wife, and because of all the evil things that Herod
had done, added to them all by shutting up John in prison.
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