Your Will, My Delight--Dec. 3, 2018

[From Nov. 29, 2010 archive]

Lord Jesus,

Make me delight to do your will;

place your law within my heart.

For the oppressed, may I seek justice;

may I work to defend those who

have no one to plead for them.

Your word inspired by the Holy Spirit

let me receive with joy; and Jesus, may

I never forget your authority over my life.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 122, 145, 40, 67

Isa. 1:10-20

1 Thess. 1:1-10

Luke 20:1-8

Selected Verses

Ps. 40:7-8

Then I said, “Here I am;

            in the scroll of the book it is written of me.

I delight to do your will, O my God;

            your law is within my heart.”

Isa. 1:16-17

Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;

            remove the evil of your doings

            from before my eyes;

cease to do evil,

learn to do good;

seek justice,

            rescue the oppressed,

defend the orphan,

            plead for the widow.

1 Thess. 1:6-7

And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for in spite of persecution you received the word with joy inspired by the Holy Spirit, so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.

Luke 20:1-2

One day, as [Jesus] was teaching the people in the temple and telling the good news, the chief priests and the scribes came with the elders and said to him, “Tell us, by what authority are you doing these things?  Who is it who gave you this authority?”

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