Happy Are Those Who Trust in God--March 24, 2019

O Lord God of hosts,

happy are all who trust in you.

When we trust in you, there is no need

to be greedy for unjust gain, or to deal falsely.

Trusting in you, we know that we were bought

for a price--a terrible price--and that our body

is a temple for your Holy Spirit within us,

and so we glorify you in our body.

Happy are we when we trust

in you, and we want to

tell it to others.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 84; 150; 42; 32

Jer. 6:9-15

1 Cor. 6:12-20

Mark 5:1-20

Selected Verses

Ps. 84:12

O LORD of hosts,
          happy is everyone who trusts in you.

Jer. 6:13

For from the least to the greatest of them,
          everyone is greedy for unjust gain;
          and from prophet to priest,
          everyone deals falsely. 

1 Cor. 6:19-20

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God, and that you are not your own?  For you were bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body.

Mark 5:19

But Jesus refused, and said to him, "Go home to your friends, and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and what mercy he has shown you."