What love you have given us, O God,
that we should be called your children!
It was not your purpose that we should
erect golden statues in our own honor,
or to claim to be more important than
we really are, but that we love and
serve one another, thereby
serving Jesus.
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. 3:4-5
…the herald
proclaimed aloud, "You are commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages, that
when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, drum, and entire
musical ensemble, you are to fall down and worship the golden statue that King
Nebuchadnezzar has set up. …"
1 John 3:1a
See what love
the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and that is
what we are.
Luke 3:15-16a
As the people
were filled with expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts
concerning John, whether he might be the Messiah, John answered all of them
by saying, “I baptize you with water; but one who is more powerful than I is
coming; I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandals. …"
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