[From June 15, 2016
archive]
Lord Jesus, only you know how often it is
that I am more like chaff the wind blows
away
than I am like trees planted by streams
of water.
How I am jealous for my own sake or for
others,
how I judge others, or want to be
greatest,
all the while like a stranger to you.
Lord, put your Spirit in me.
Lectionary Readings
Ps.
89:1-18; 147:1-11; 1; 33
Numb.
11:24-35
Rom.
1:28-2:11
Matt.
18:1-9
Selected Verses
Ps.89:4
The wicked are not [like trees planted by streams of water],
The wicked are not [like trees planted by streams of water],
but
are like chaff that the wind drives away.
Num.
11:29
But Moses said to him, "Are you
jealous for my sake? Would that all the
Lord's people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit on
them!"
Rom.
2:1
Therefore you have no excuse,
whoever you are, when you judge others; for in passing judgment on another you
condemn yourself, because you, the judge, are doing the very same things.
Matt.
18:1
At that time the disciples came to
Jesus and asked, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?"
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