Holy God, you are not impressed
by those who attempt to allay their fears
by reliance on mighty armies or swift missiles;
you do not align yourself with ruthless
rulers
who go to any end to keep their power.
You call us to do nothing
from selfish ambition or conceit,
but to regard others better than ourselves,
and to look not to our own interests
but to the interests of others.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 89:1-18;
147:1-11; 1; 33
1 Kings 17:1-24
Phil. 2:1-11
Matt. 2:1-12
Selected Verses
Ps. 147:10
[The LORD's]
delight is not in the strength of the horse,
nor his pleasure in the speed of a runner…
nor his pleasure in the speed of a runner…
1 Kings 17:13-14
Elijah said to [the
widow], "Do not be afraid; go and do as you have said; but first make me a
little cake of it and bring it to me, and afterwards make something for
yourself and your son. For thus says the LORD the God of Israel: The jar
of meal will not be emptied and the jug of oil will not fail until the day that
the LORD sends rain on the earth."
Phil. 2:3-4
Do nothing from
selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as better than
yourselves. Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the
interests of others.
Matt. 2:1-3
In the time of
King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East
came to Jerusalem, asking, "Where is the child who has been born king
of the Jews? For we observed his star at
its rising, and have come to pay him homage." When King Herod heard this, he was
frightened, and all Jerusalem with him…
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