What you want from
us, gracious God,
is steadfast love, not
pious ritual.
Christ does not want
us to speculate
about him, but to
know him.
We cannot conceive
what the Spirit
has in store; we must
live it.
Search me, God, and
know my heart;
try me, and know my
thoughts;
take away all that is
wicked in me;
lead me always in
your way.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 103; 150; 117; 139
Hosea 5:8-6:6
1 Cor. 2:6-16
Matt. 14:1-12
Selected Verses
Ps. 139:23-24
Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my thoughts.
See if there is any wicked way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.
test me and know my thoughts.
See if there is any wicked way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.
Hosea 6:6
For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice,
the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
1 Cor. 2:9-10
But, as it is written, "What no eye has seen, nor ear
heard, nor the human heart conceived, what God has prepared for those who love
him"--these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit; for the
Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.
Matt. 14:1-12
At that time Herod the ruler heard reports about Jesus; and
he said to his servants, "This is John the Baptist; he has been raised
from the dead, and for this reason these powers are at work in him."
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