Our Lamp is the Lamb--Jan. 6, 2016

Holy God, we have no need of sun or moon to give us light,

for your glory is our light, and our lamp is the Lamb.

Show us how to walk in your light,

and let the glory be to you.

Fill us with your Spirit,

working for justice

in all the world--

especially for the poor

and needy, those who have no help.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 72; 147:1-11; 100; 67

Isaiah 49:1-7

Rev. 21:22-27

Matt. 12:14-21

Selected Verses

Ps. 72:12

For [the king] delivers the needy when they call,
          the poor and those who have no helper. 

Isaiah 49:6b

"…I will give you as a light to the nations,

            that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth."

[The LORD speaking through the prophet to Israel]

Rev. 21:23-24

And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb.  The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it. 

Matt. 12:18b

"…I will put my Spirit upon [my chosen servant],

            and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.  …"

[God speaking through the prophet]