Our devotion for this week comes from Bread for the Day, Daily Bible Readings and Prayers.

Psalm 67:1-7  May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, Selah  ² that your way may be known upon earth, your saving power among all nations.  ³ Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you.  ⁴ Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth. Selah  ⁵ Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you.  ⁶ The earth has yielded its increase; God, our God, has blessed us.  ⁷ May God continue to bless us; let all the ends of the earth revere him.

Isaiah 45:20-25  ²⁰ Assemble yourselves and come together, draw near, you survivors of the nations! They have no knowledge -- those who carry about their wooden idols, and keep on praying to a god that cannot save.  ²¹ Declare and present your case; let them take counsel together! Who told this long ago? Who declared it of old? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other god besides me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is no one besides me.  ²² Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.  ²³ By myself I have sworn, from my mouth has gone forth in righteousness a word that shall not return: "To me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear."  ²⁴ Only in the LORD, it shall be said of me, are righteousness and strength; all who were incensed against him shall come to him and be ashamed.  ²⁵ In the LORD all the offspring of Israel shall triumph and glory.

Revelation 15:1-4  Then I saw another portent in heaven, great and amazing: seven angels with seven plagues, which are the last, for with them the wrath of God is ended.  ² And I saw what appeared to be a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name, standing beside the sea of glass with harps of God in their hands.  ³ And they sing the song of Moses, the servant¹ of God, and the song of the Lamb: "Great and amazing are your deeds, Lord God the Almighty! Just and true are your ways, King of the nations!^{2  4} Lord, who will not fear and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before you, for your judgments have been revealed."

If you have a hymnbook handy, check out the words to Praise to the Lord, the Almighty

A prayer for the week: 

Loving God, you are gracious to us and you do bless us!  May we sing continually for joy, for you have made your way known to us, most especially in your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we pray.  Amen.

In our prayers this week:  Ann, Robert, Charles, and Scott

God’s Peace,