Blessed--July 26, 2020

You have blessed us, O God, our God.

The earth has yielded its increase.

You have given us land

which we have not worked,

cities that we have not built,

food to eat we have not grown,

teachers whom we have not paid,

a sabbath day we take for granted,

and the Son of Man, lord of sabbath,

in whose name we give you thanks.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 67; 150; 46; 93

Josh. 24:1-15

Acts 28:23-31

Mark 2:23-28

Selected Verses

Ps. 67:6-7

The earth has yielded its increase;
God, our God, has blessed us.

Josh. 24:13

“…I gave you a land on which you had not labored, and towns that you had not built, and you live in them; you eat the fruit of vineyards and oliveyards that you did not plant.  …”  [The LORD, speaking through Joshua, to Israel.]

Acts 28:30-31

[Paul] lived [in Rome] two whole years at his own expense and welcomed all who came to him, proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness and without hindrance.

Mark 2:27

Then [Jesus] said to [his critics], “The sabbath was made for humankind, and not humankind for the sabbath; so the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath.”