Deliver Me from Stumbling--Dec. 26, 2018

Today I stumbled badly,

and I very nearly fell, Lord,

face down onto the pavement. 

Thank you, God, for delivering my feet

from stumbling--from stumbling physically. 

Every day I stumble spiritually;

pray deliver me from that, too.

Help me remember and be grateful,

not only to you for your forgiveness,

but also for kindness shown by others,

and for their forbearance and forgiveness

of my offenses. Help me pray for them, too.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 116; 147:1-11; 119:1-24; 27

2 Chron. 24:17-22

Acts 6:1-7

Acts 7:59-8:8

Selected Verses

Ps. 116:8

For you have delivered my soul from death,
          my eyes from tears,
          my feet from stumbling. 

2 Chron. 24:22a

King Joash did not remember the kindness that Jehoiada, Zechariah’s father, had shown him, but killed his son. 

Acts 6:6

They had these men stand before the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.

Acts 7:59-60

While they were stoning Stephen, he prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”  Then he knelt down and cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.”