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The Spirit of the Lord
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me:
because the Lord has annointed me
to bring good tidings to the afflicted
The Lord has sent me to bind up the broken-hearted
to proclaim liberty for the captives,
and release for those in prison.
To comfort all who mourn:
to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes,
the oil of gladness instead of mourning:
a garment of splendour for the heavy heart.
They shall be called trees of righteousness:
planted for the glory of the Lord.
Therefore I will greatly rejoice in the Lord:
my soul shall exalt in my God.
For God has robed me with Salvation as a garment:
and clothed me with integrity as a cloak.
For as the earth brings forth its shoots:
and as a garden causes the seeds to spring up.
so the Lord will cause righteousness and praise:
to spring forth before all the nations.
Amen.
Old Testament Reading - Blessing or Curse - You Choose!
15“Look, today I have set before you life and death, depending on whether you obey or disobey. 16I have commanded you today to love the Lord your God and to follow his paths and to keep his laws, so that you will live and become a great nation, and so that the Lord your God will bless you and the land you are about to possess. 17But if your hearts turn away and you won’t listen—if you are drawn away to worship other gods — 18 then I declare to you this day that you shall surely perish; you will not have a long, good life in the land you are going in to possess.
19“I call heaven and earth to witness against you that today I have set before you life or death, blessing or curse. Oh, that you would choose life; that you and your children might live! 20Choose to love the Lord your God and to obey him and to cling to him, for he is your life and the length of your days. You will then be able to live safely in the land the Lord promised your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
. . . . .Deuteronomy 30:15-20Collect
God, our Creator
yours is the morning and yours is the evening.
Let Christ the son of righteousness
shine forever in our hearts
and draw us to that light
where you live in radiant glory
We ask this for the sake of Jesus Christ our Redeemer.
Amen.
