Awake Our Souls--Nov, 19, 2018

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Our minds are hard to change, dear Lord.

We know what we want to believe,

and we believe it no matter what.

If the facts are written in letters

so large a runner could read them,

we still refuse to pay any attention;

a person risen from the dead could

not convince us we are wrong.

O God, whatever it takes,

awake our souls.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 57; 145; 85; 47

Hab. 2:1-4, 9-20

James 2:14-26

Luke 16:19-31

Selected Verses

Ps. 57:7b-8

 I will sing and make melody. 

          Awake, my soul!
Awake, O harp and lyre!
          I will awake the dawn. 

Hab. 2:2

Then the LORD answered me and said:
Write the vision;
     make it plain on tablets,
     so that a runner may read it. 

James 2:22

You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was brought to completion by the works. 

Luke 16:30-31

"'… [The rich man] said, 'No, father Abraham; but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'  He said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.'"  [Jesus, ending the parable of the rich man and Lazarus]