Thirsting for God--Feb. 6, 2021

Our souls thirst for you, O God; 

we live in a dry and weary land,

here there is no spiritual water.

 

You offer prayer to everyone, 

and prayer is what we need—

much comes when we  pray.

 

Help us live by your Spirit;

and guide us by your Spirit;

teach us the joy of praying.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 63; 149; 125; 90

Isa. 56:1-8

Gal. 5:25-6:10

Mark 9:14-29

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 63:1

O God, you are my God, I seek you,
          my soul thirsts for you;
my flesh faints for you,
          as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.

 

Isa. 56:7

…these [foreigners] I will bring to my holy mountain,
          and make them joyful in my house of prayer;
their burnt offerings and their sacrifices
          will be accepted on my altar;
for my house shall be called a house of prayer
          for all peoples.

 

Gal. 5:25

If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit.

 

Mark 9:29

[Jesus] said to [his disciples], “This kind [of spirit] can come out only through prayer.”