You Have Given Your Son--Dec. 31, 2017

Let the floods clap their hands

and the hills sing together for joy,

for you, O God, have given your son.

He grew and became strong, filled

with wisdom, and your favor

was upon him.

May we who worship him

 give our lives to you and to him.

 As long as we live, fill us with the

knowledge of your will for us,

in all spiritual wisdom and

 understanding.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 98; 150; 45; 96

1 Sam. 1:1-2, 7b-28

Col. 1:9-20

Luke 2:22-40

Selected Verses

Ps. 98:8-9a

Let the floods clap their hands;
          let the hills sing together for joy
at the presence of the LORD, for he is coming
          to judge the earth. 

1 Sam. 1:28

"…Therefore I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he lives, he is given to the LORD."  [Hannah, upon delivering her son Samuel to Eli.]

Col. 1:9

For this reason, since the day we heard it, we have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of God's will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding…

Luke 2:40

The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon him.