Lord Jesus, you were
filled with the power of the Spirit;
give us your Spirit,
that we may abide in you
even as you abide in us.
Then we will have joy
in our hearts; then
light will dawn for us--
but those are not the
reasons we pray for your Spirit.
And it is not that we expect
the joy and light to make us
righteous, atoning for
our sins by showing
mercy to the oppressed.
If we have your Spirit,
all those good things
and more will happen,
but not because our
obedience will have atoned for our sins.
You have already atoned
for them! How can we do other
than to respond in
gratitude by striving to obey
your commandments?
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 97; 145; 124; 115
Dan. 4:19-27
1 John 3:19-4:6
Luke 4:14-30
Selected Verses
Ps. 97:11
Light dawns for the righteous,
and joy for the upright in heart.
and joy for the upright in heart.
Dan. 4:27
"…Therefore, O king, may my counsel be acceptable to
you: atone for your sins with righteousness, and your iniquities with mercy to
the oppressed, so that your prosperity may be prolonged.” [Daniel to Nebuchadnezzar]
1 John 3:24
All who obey his commandments abide in him, and he abides in
them. And by this we know that he abides
in us, by the Spirit that he has given us.
Luke 4:14
Then Jesus, filled with the power of the Spirit, returned to
Galilee, and a report about him spread through all the surrounding
country.
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