Our Deliverer--July 16, 2022

[From July 18, 2020 archive]

 

God, our Deliverer,

 

We know what it is like 

to be shut up inside and out.

 

We understand how it feels when

the sheep of the flock are scattered.

 

But even though we walk in trouble,

help us remember to honor you.

 

Preserve us in hard times; 

stretch out your hand.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 104; 149; 138; 98

Josh. 6:1-14

Rom. 13:1-7

Matt. 26:26-35

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 138:7

Though I walk in the midst of trouble,
          you preserve me against the wrath of my enemies;
you stretch out your hand,
          and your right hand delivers me.

 

Josh. 6:1

Now Jericho was shut up inside and out because of the Israelites; no one came out and no one went in. 

 

Rom. 13:7

Pay to all what is due them—taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.

 

Matt. 26:31

Then Jesus said to [his disciples], “You will all become deserters because of me this night; for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’ …”