Throw Down the Power of the Accuser--June 6, 2021

[From June 9, 2013 archive]

 

Lord Jesus, they brought you the lame,

the maimed, the blind, the mute.

They put them at your feet;

and you cured them all.

 

Will you cure me of 

my stubborn ways?

 

If you are with me, 

I will fear no evil;

 

in the darkest valley

you will throw down 

the power of the accuser.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 108; 150; 66; 23

Deut. 29:16-29

Rev. 12:1-12

Matt. 15:29-39

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 23:4

Even though I walk through the darkest valley, 
          I fear no evil; 
for you are with me; 
          your rod and your staff — 
          they comfort me.

 

Deut. 29:19

All who hear the words of this oath and bless themselves, thinking in their hearts, "We are safe even though we go our own stubborn ways" (thus bringing disaster on moist and dry alike)…

 

Rev. 12:10

Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, proclaiming, "Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Messiah, for the accuser of our comrades has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God.  …"

 

Matt. 15:30

Great crowds came to [Jesus], bringing with them the lame, the maimed, the blind, the mute, and many others. They put them at his feet, and he cured them…