To Lose even One Is not Your Will--June 14, 2015

Almighty God, King of the nations--

great and amazing are your deeds;

just and true are your ways.

As a mother has compassion for her

child, so you have compassion

for those who fear you.

You freed your people from the burdens

of Egypt and delivered them from

slavery; it is not your will that

one child should be lost.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 103; 150; 117; 139

Exod. 6:2-13; 7:1-6

Rev. 15:1-8

Matt. 18:1-14

Selected Verses

Ps. 103:13

 As a father has compassion for his children,
          so the LORD has compassion for those who fear him. 

Exod. 6:6a

"…Say therefore to the Israelites, 'I am the LORD, and I will free you from the burdens of the Egyptians and deliver you from slavery to them.  …'"  [The LORD to Moses]

Rev. 15:3

And [those standing by the sea of glass] sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb: "Great and amazing are your deeds, Lord God the Almighty! Just and true are your ways, King of the nations!  …"

Matt. 18:14

"…So it is not the will of your Father in heaven that one of these little ones should be lost."  [Jesus to his disciples]