A Great Tempest Is Stirring--April 10, 2019

How good it is to sing praises to you, O God;

you are gracious, and a song of praise is fitting.

You gave us Jesus, who came that we may have life,

and have it more abundantly.

All day you hold out your hands to us,

but we are a disobedient and contrary people.

From nation to nation disaster is spreading,

while a great tempest is stirring.

We pray for the earth.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 5; 147:1-11; 27; 51

Jer. 25:30-38

Rom. 10:14-21

John 10:1-18

Selected Verses

Ps. 147:1

Praise the LORD!
          How good it is to sing praises to our God;
          for he is gracious, and a song of praise is fitting. 

Jer. 25:32

Thus says the LORD of hosts:
See, disaster is spreading from nation to nation,
          and a great tempest is stirring
          from the farthest parts of the earth! 

Rom. 10:21

But of Israel [Isaiah] says, "All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people."

John 10:10

"…The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy.  I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.  …"  [Jesus, to his critics]