The Things that Are God’s--July 3, 2020

Jesus says to bless our enemies,

Lord God, not to curse them.

He tells us to give to you

the things that are yours.

But we are your children;

we give ourselves to you.

Young men and women,

old and young together,

we are yours, and we

praise you together.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 88; 148; 6; 20

Num. 24:1-13

Rom. 8:12-17

Matt. 22:15-22

Selected Verses

Ps. 148:1, 12

Praise the LORD!
Praise the LORD from the heavens;
          praise him in the heights!  …

Young men and women alike,
          old and young together!

Num. 24:10b

Balak said to Balaam, “I summoned you to curse my enemies, but instead you have blessed them these three times.  …”

Rom. 8:15b-17

When we cry, “Abba! Father!” it is that very Spirit bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ—if, in fact, we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him.

Matt. 22:20-21

Then [Jesus] said to [those who plotted to entrap him], “Whose head is this, and whose title?”  They answered, “The emperor's.”  Then he said to them, “Give therefore to the emperor the things that are the emperor's, and to God the things that are God's.”