One Thing Leads to Another--Nov. 17, 2018

[From Nov. 18, 2006 archive]

Make us faithful in the smallest things,

honest even in what seems trivial,

that we may be faithful and

honest in much.

Let our thanks to you

be from our whole heart,

for you are a refuge for your people;

and help us to show mercy,

that we may obtain yours.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 56; 149; 118; 111

Joel 3:9-17

James 2:1-13

Luke 16:10-18

Selected Verses

Ps. 111:1

Praise the LORD!
     I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart,
          in the company of the upright, in the congregation. 

Joel 3:16

The LORD roars from Zion,
     and utters his voice from Jerusalem,
     and the heavens and the earth shake.
But the LORD is a refuge for his people,
     a stronghold for the people of Israel.

James 2:13

For judgment will be without mercy to anyone who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.

Luke 16:10

"Whoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and whoever is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much.  …"  [Jesus, to his disciples]