The Battle is Yours, Jesus--July 13, 2019

 Draw near me Lord Jesus, and proclaim your good news;

the battle is yours--I repent of trying to hinder you.

Let me bless you as long as I live; I will lift

up my hands and call on your name.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 63; 149; 125; 90

1 Sam. 17:31-49

Acts 11:1-18

Mark 1:14-28

Selected Verses

Ps. 63:4

So I will bless you as long as I live;
          I will lift up my hands and call on your name.

1 Sam. 17:47

“…and that all this assembly may know that the LORD does not save by sword and spear; for the battle is the LORD’s and he will give you into our hand.”  [David, to the Philistine giant]

Acts 11:17

“…If then God gave [the Gentiles] the same gift that he gave us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could hinder God?”  [Peter, to the circumcised believers in Jerusalem]

Mark 1:14-15

Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news.”