God of steadfast love,
can bad come out of good,
or good issue forth from bad?
Our object of worship can become a snare;
a stone rejected can become a cornerstone.
An insignificant town was the home of
the most important man who ever lived.
O God, we hope in you
and in your power to redeem.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 116; 147:12-20; 26; 130
Judg. 8:22-35
Acts 4:1-12
John 1:43-51
Selected Verses
Ps. 130:7
O Israel, hope in the LORD!
For with the LORD there is steadfast love,
and with him is great power to redeem.
Judg. 8:27
Gideon made an ephod of [the booty] and put it in his town, in Ophrah; and all Israel prostituted themselves to it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and to his family.
Acts 4:11
“…This Jesus is ‘the stone that was rejected by you, the builders; it has become the cornerstone.’ …” [Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, to the rulers and elders]
John 1:46
Nathanael said to [Philip], “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”
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