Jesus, Awaken My Soul--Jan. 30, 2022

[From Feb. 2, 2014 archive]

 

Awaken my soul, Lord Jesus, 

and give me a steadfast heart. 

I shall sing and make melody; 

I shall keep your way by doing 

justice and righteousness, so 

you may bring about what 

you have promised. 

 

You have called us 

to freedom, so that through 

love we may serve one another 

and others will know who you are. 

O Jesus, I pray you, awaken my soul.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 108; 150; 66; 23

Gen. 18:16-33

Gal. 5:13-25

Mark 8:22-30

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 108:1 

My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast; 
          I will sing and make melody. 
          Awake, my soul! 

 

Gen. 18:19 

“…No, for I have chosen [Abraham], that he may charge his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing righteousness and justice; so that the LORD may bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.”  [The LORD, on the way to Sodom] 

 

Gal. 5:13-25 

For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become slaves to one another. 

 

Mark 8:29 

[Jesus] asked [his disciples], “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Messiah.”