For All Who Need Refuge--July 11, 2022

[From July 16, 2018 archive]

 

Lord Jesus, you warn us to stay awake

and be prepared, lest we be barred 

from your heavenly kingdom. 

 

Yet elsewhere you make clear your 

desire that we all be included. 

 

Teach us gratitude for the refuge 

that you have provided to us, 

with generosity to others 

who need protection.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 5; 145; 82; 29

Josh. 2:1-14

Rom. 11:1-12

Matt. 25:1-13

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 5:11

But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; 
          let them ever sing for joy. 
Spread your protection over them, 
          so that those who love your name may exult in you. 

 

Josh. 2:14

The [two spies] said to [Rahab], “Our life for yours!  If you do not tell this business of ours, then we will deal kindly and faithfully with you when the LORD gives us the land.”

 

Rom. 11:12

Now if [the stumbling of Israel] means riches for the world, and if their defeat means riches for Gentiles, how much more will their full inclusion mean!

 

Matt. 25:11-13

“…Later the other bridesmaids came also, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open to us.’  But [the bridegroom] replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I do not know you.’  Keep awake therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.  …”  [Jesus, to his disciples]

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