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Isaiah 1:1-9

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"The Lord hath spoken." Q.uite so. But it

was the fact that Isaiah took time to listen and

to obey that made him the great saint that he was.

Not only did God speak in the long ago, but he

speaks in the here and now. "It is the Eternal

speaking" is Moffatt's translation. Even now God

is speaking to you and me. He speaks through His

word, through conscience, through the Holy Spirit,

through human need, through our own heart-hunger.s.

If we listen, His voice will become clearer and our

lives richer day by day~

Brant us to pray in chiidlike faith. nSpeak

Lord, for Thy servant heareth."Amen.

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MOTHER'S DAYIsaiah 66: 1-13

!fAs one whom his mother comforteth,

so will I comfort you.r It is well to

remember that the mere fact that a woman gives

birth to a child does not of necessity trans-

form her into a saint. There are mothers

who are cheap and selfish and who continue

to be so in spite of the clinging arms of

little children. Yet motherhood at its

best is a'be~utiful sbmethiftgl In fact it

is something so beautiful that when God

seeks to make clear His own eagerness to

comfort, the best that He can say for Himself

is that His touch upon our hearts is as

healing as that of a mother.

We thank Thee, Lord, for saintly

mothers "whose eyes are homes of

silent prayer."

Amen

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THE NE1N .AND OLDIsaiah 43: 10-19

"Remember ye not ••• the things of old.

Behold I will do a new thing." Of course we are

not to forget the past altogether. Let us thank

God for those radiant yesterdays in which we can

stroll now and then as in a garden. But while

we are not completely to forget the past, we are

certainly not to think of it so .constantly that

we shall seek to move in and live there. J am

thinking of one now whose religious experience

is largely a memory. Blessed is the man who has

a memory. Blessed is the man who pas new and

authentic tidings of what God is doing for him

in the here and now. It is not what Christ was

to us yesterday that supremely matters, but what

He is today.

Help us to realize, 0 Lord, that-Thy

mercies are new every morning.

.Amen.

THE LIFTED VOICEIsaiah 40: 1-11

"Lift up thy voice with strength." That

means something far finer than to yell. A loud

voice is not necessa~ily a strong voice. In fact,

loudness is often a smokescreen behind which we

seek to hide our weakness and cowardice, or if

we are ministers, our lack of preparation. It is

often sasier to shriek than to think. To lift

the voic~ with strength is to speak with convic-

tion, a fonviction born of a vital experience.

When the people were not able to resist the

spirit and the wisdom with which Stephen spoke,

he was lifting up his voice with strength.

Father, grant us so to live with-Thee

that our voices will have convincing

powers.Amen.

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. INSTRUC TING GODIsaiah 40: 12-19

(Moffatt)

"Whoever was called in to give Him counsel."

Well, nobody was really invited, but Quite a few

have volunteered. Some of these talk as if some

lesser god had made the world and had messed it

up. But often we are best at instructing God

in our own formal prayers. At an hour of national

crisis recentIi, a brother proposing to lead in

prayer gave all his time to telling the Lord how

wonderful we Americans are and what ne ought to,~

do about it. There was no hint of humility,

no hint of "nevertheless not my will but Thine be

done." Such counseling is not prayer.

Father, save us from the deadly sin of

self-sufficiency.Amen.

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VlORTm.ESS WORSHIPIsaiah 1: 10-17

"To what purpose?" This question is addressed

to those engaged in acts of worship. They were

thronging the temple. They were offering sacrifices.

They were lifting their hands in prayer in a

thoroughly orthodox fashion. Yet their worship was

not only worthless, but a positive offense to God.

Vfuy so? It was because they failed to see that

worship to be of value must be an act of obedience

and not an effort to bribe God. When we beg our

Lord for the privilege of pleasing ourselves

without displeasing Him, our prayers are worse than

futile.

Help us, Father, to worship Thee acceptably

by the surrender to Thee of ourselves •

.Amen.

SIN SELF-DESTRUCTIVEIsaiah 1: 21-31

(Mofratt)

"strong men sha 11 become like tow, and their

idols like a spark, and they shall burn together."

Sin has a way of destroying itself. The lusts of

the lustful man soon burn themselves out. The

thirst of the drunkard at last destroys itself.

But that is not the whole story, while sin destroys

itself ~t also destroys th€ sinner. This is true

both for the individual and for the group. The

nation that is a beast of prey may destroy other

nations, but it will certainly end by destroying

itself.

Teach us, 0 Lord, to hate sin somewha t

as ~hou dost hate it.Amen.

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be l.t' a ••,t our.h. 'bretore, ;.io.':.heOIall .... boa.UDal. '0 'boa.' lDth.Lozt4~

GraD' u. )9athu, to alac with the

P..1II1a'• ., aoul ahaU _II. Jlu boaa'

.111 the~••

f,

-De l10A 'hall ..,- .tJ'_ lib' the oz.­

III tA.,o."~.'lloaan4'tb"ox 0.. MoOM

frl...... U .....8.~.. 'But' _. '_, .e 8Zpeo'

the'110.'.O'haas_ .b1. '41." attU"t.h1araah1oD'

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h.', :re.aia1.. the' ._ k1D.4 r of 110n 1iJla' he. 1. ...,.

DO ox .lll' .... 1DYl.' hla to aha... , ..., of

.':ro. ia"ua.' .-.M,,-., huM. aasM:ta: ..,

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o\b....

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hope Ul4 'he battle t. a "" •• _.U.~..

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1. • ...:_. Ialpt lui.... laMa to •• WOI'U or hi.'

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to b. ..... b11ebtln8 4Jloupt. 2heM 'hAr". 81.,.

'bMJl'1tbo••• .taa.... been wlUiq to 'talte ·r."her

th.'81 ·:re»b J'ather thaD to ftl'101hBut

1t 1. otir pJll ile.. to _ie. tlller oho!.oe. ..

0 •• liv. OUMlft. to the taak ot' ohaaS1D8 ......t.

laW ••I'I". iW.k1D8 withGM, _ 08D alp to

... the wiU.ne.a _4 the .000tUI platO•• ube.... 11a4 __D4t.he •••-' jac••Jol0. aD4 blo...

•• • 1'0•••

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that "'••, be •• 1'1..... ot watu. 1D •

"7 pl••••

,,':

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the 1.... 101. Z' •••• ' _11 bo, title tU.,rao.a

... .,' tno*l" OhI'J..... PJl..eJl.~ 11OY.. '1' a••

tor i ,. \bUd, ..'u••MuM. IN' ''';'lta lOudu.... -:; . ,I.. 'Ut•• apel'1ac'bI la BOl....Bal' ,DOW.' ;. ~ '. I

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fJlG. too, % 1....4 that 'h1_ al"

lout I10t tb., an 10 t, but b•••u••i

th., u ... JiOllow. 8uoh wa. the ahoutlDa of

~h8 pelOpl•••• Ill'. "8 hi. t1eetlq Yloto",

at 0.-.1•. '.'l'al~, .,..Jd.D.,lt 1. the .llea'

tOl'o., that U~IUOIl8. Or"rl", DeYU thuA.J11 t

but It hoU. the u1Y••• to••thU'.

Gr.' UI,' 'athel'. the .1.... to U.'uI

to \be yolo. aaall a84 still. --.

"

"lIoab th. 18 lett to wail ~or Moab."

Wh, 80, I, won4erl Perhlpa Moab haA 80 11.,..4

tor hi.uta that when t~uble. 0...· tbere \'II'S_...-t;:-.

~bod, ala. to weep torhla. It ... ft~o10. with

th•••, who l'eJoloe au4 ....p .ith tho•• -ho W••P.

tuD .ha oe bitt.r 4111 ooa8, •• aHDOt.llbll

, to ...p alou. :But lJ',,, aDt ouael... ott tJroa

. Deuon-.•• ot othe:r., then one a.,l'.W 111re17

be ~rua· 'u·. a8 to:r lIoa,....thllt •• uelet....

••cap to~ou..lft••

JIelpua .' J.o1'4. .0 to 81.,.. to $ ••

.., bl48,that lIheth... aUUhlu u

ahatow.o.. , •• ahallnot 'be alone.

AID.eD..

-At ...11l1 • i '.ne. iuul go.. 1>1 '-"'111.­

At tiJo.' 11e08 W8 ...... ta:r ·too .UJm1 r ..41q

ot thlDP.J., 4••pot. who up••" the .o~14 40

hev. ;•••, or p•••1D8. !.b., 0"ttl••' to~ leDS.

PeJih••••• tid It h81'd·.t t1Jaea to b.1.1eY. that

the .IlMk '-111, r.aU, 1rlherit the ear&&. BUt It

oucat Dot ·tO~:be h••4 to ... thilt tn.~are nO, P1D& to get. 1t...1D "••tn,lDs otllen,

the, u •.,. a.SVol th_el"••• At eYenia. thaI

MI' M • '-"I', wt .ith the .III01'D1111 tJae, an

w••~ ,.... Mrt1, '&ba' a. t1Jull

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Ul4 JuaU•••

7

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8!'O41. ~ _.t1ae.;.s... 'bQ'tb MIl, ad Da'lou.

Ba' Be 81••,. aalt•• 1n left, al.ex- 1Jl ..... ,. - , .

•~.r•. !U:,.•••t "3o~', ot ~ur .11trwlDg 1e •

1'••111\, of ... 0111'1 1.,....n.. en4 .lD.. I'aln I'\" ~on. the. ~.a f18., ~.t,..1'01hl 004 ••.,.. 1n

OUl' ta.... to tell us 11' are hea'," 1a the w1'0111',,!M'·;!': ;;,'.> ~ .'4'";;. .-:~t~ ::,;::

41l'eaUoD. ".As_i• • d agaIn .G04 uJ,t•• us th:rouph

natural 1n. 1Ihat...ow we ~..p .hetheZ' 1004

01' nU. aa.. ·..... turll to Bla, Be heal, ua

DOt 80 __ rot 'our paiD .bloh 1. oD.11 • .,.pt_.but. ot ou lin whloh ,le the .U .

we tlllDk Th Lo.4, t_ 'he 30' til••

10 otta WI thl'ouP pain.

OD WOBLIXaa1ah 191 2:)-2'

(G004...... I.lth)

·n•••a4 'be IUP' ., people, .114 Asalri.

the \to:tkot ..., luI-'., .114 Xar••l lAY lDJ:&er1teDoo.··

What .a1'0Gal .1810D toll' ,.. tar-ott utI Ih1a

PNph.~ h:ea,J-Mllze4· that all' people. bHona te

004~' Be ,hu'!'..li••' t'llrthezt tha' M. 0_ Zane1

oauo't'Mble...4 unl•••· the paSO uatlo.u8haH

t.I bl"a1D8. Iaol.'lon hal a1....,. Hen aezt

\0 lIlPd••l'b.1.. It is abaolutely ImpOellbl. to....

IJl Ol'lttz to.. 0111' nation to be 8ate •• muat ...

to It tha' tIl1. otheJ' utiOD ahar. 1D tJ1at lalft­

t181l,.

8ft._, ua 8.1 our 1..4.Jl8. Jat~r. to •••

'hat DO other ..tl0D ea. be .at. WllO.I

w. hay. • ut., wor14.

".., lOU looll:e4 DO~ to B1a." bt 1••

• ommen bl_..... Bar. ar. p.ople 1. • "••p.r••

pllllht. the, JcJ.q b7 -VI 1mo1lJ1 4..1••

to -.,. 'h."lna. 11&, the, 82'. tail1Jl&

beG... the1.Y. to"80tt.ea thes.z aupHlIG MaOU1'O_

ta. mp', 004. thu the1 w" pu'Uq 800811'

·OD ,he wI'ODla,ll.-bl.. ., ••• -~od.D8 OD

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uye"al.....n.,... bUt __, .oult MY.....

• t 011.08 _,.. wl.. .114 __nub1p)7.

Allen.

.·0 lA... ao1l an ., Go4.· "'., Y81u.

'u,. OIl • uwe1p1tl••D8t tor UJ wh_ ....

ol.la l' •• OU OR. Ihl. 1s .•preal, Vue

in the' r ..1a 01 'he .piritual. Lu'heJ' 18 rish"

18 .ttlnalqtha' exp.1'1ILeatal reUl10n Is 111 the

p.1'8Oa81 pHllOUAa.. I a", be abl. '0 .., .1\b

OODYlotl..tba,-the 1.01'4 1• .,Ihephu4,-thea the

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Or..' U8 to ••, at We lDDMat. -ion,thoaut ., Go4."

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otr all r.....• t.b1.'1. 1a4M4 • n41aat

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to .tt, • luk,bo••_ I ad.r\OOk .uoJ1 • , ••,

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bl ....niDa ,$0 tb.e apeUe.tot • po'" 'luadlla­

ohle1'· .. w. 0"- .0. Be .'MOQ OU '.ubl••t M;1 i

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Ilean••

'I. tbAak •••, 78th... th.t .. oe br1D8

to aM our aonoll 1a the t.l'th'that thou

w111 e1ther 41'1 0_ 'ear. or Ida. th••

1nto ~...1••Allea.

. \

" -:ho~.11' keep h1a 1a pert... ,Pe••••

who•• 111114 1. ata," OD th..." P.de.' pea.e.

fhat -ou4. l1ke • bl. 01'4.. tor ... who 1. to

11•• 1a •••14 1111e OV•• , BeN. I won4.Zl t ellA

%Mia ... b,J th1. ooanotloD' I' ••• bolD., I

.. ,ut••un, ot h1a owa aperla.e.JIla •••

a'-".a'•• 4a1 .d he 11y.4 M. Uta 1J:L tU

thiok ot tb1qa. But. knew the .ear.t of p.....

DIal bl .., .. ha4 leuu4 to .WI hi. II1.a4 BOt

OB hi. ol"waa"ano... DOt em hiMel" not on Jda

t.~•• ·but on hi. 004. 1)o1DI 'hi., he esp.leu••

• p••• that p•••e4 all WUl.ntu41J18.

letha, w. tApk a .. '-bat • MU.ot

!III PI'..... 'u1aJlU ou t ...., ••

.on11l8 bQ1.h.. the nl_'.

....a.

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1, la ••'loa. ., 1. hun.Ill... Be 1. la

a.'10D on IOU Mhalt all4 alu. !Itt 1.kDoo1d.Da

.t .th. aeol' ot>••~l heart. Be 1. otf.,iq .,

..,• ." .II8D 81, be,,'. Go4 1. 1. aotloB .1th1Jl .

1118 .h...h....lda. to _0 1t • l1orlO\&1'ohvG,b

111thout '»0'0" blesa18h. Be 1. in aotloa al••

1a m. nM41q 1102114, nttud.q '0 '.611100\11'....

till .. hal won the vlotOJtl' But til. ts-agec11 1.

that 10 -D1 ••• nothll11 ot what Be 1. 40111&_

'1'0 auh. 004 •••u .1t.her not to en.t at all or

to .. little bett.. than • riddling Nero who

1 oolt. OD while hi. 1M)J'14 b\U'D& to a.hea•

.. thaDk DM, "aUl_, that •••• ave

the, ftou aJllt ooa'hIltl, lD I.Uon e.behalf ot ..817 ohi14, ot '1'11U.

AIDe.

A REFUGE OF .LIESIsaiah 28: 14-17

"The hail shall sweep away the refuge of

lies." Certainly. In fact such a refuge has a

~ay of falling down of itself. The other day a

lovely neighbor of mine dropped an iron on her

foot. But denying the reality of pain, she did

nothing ab.out it. 'She found, however, that while

her remedy was a real cure for an imaginary wound,

it was only an imaginary cure for one that was

real. Thus she ended by calling a physician. We,

too, are wounded in a far sorer fashion. Our

one hope, therefore, is in the Great Physician.

To turn elsewhere is to trust in a refuge of lies.

We thank Thee, our Father, that everyone

of us may sing with the Psalmist, "I will

say of the Lord He is my refuge."iunen.

._-~..~

-:\""..1).

,

, ... wAc) bell•••••all, DOt De lIGule4. II

'ala .111. 'be tbe .... "IUU.... of oU...'WUi'••

lut .. ;~.A1q oan.o..'1 '''.he 1MB who.. talm. . ~

•• ~talle4t".D 80 no~lD8 OaD, wo~rl b.la WAO••

tdU ho14. tl_. ~a1th an. .teu ala,l, 0"'"11•• in ,he .... h••rt at the 8_ u.. As

another put. 1 t, "lear Dooked • fj t.tw doo~. .81til

.ent .to 8IlSw.r ad found nobodl ther.... 1tt

th• ..-to••, you are tortur.d b1 tear IOUX' 1'-"41

le not t9 ••ek to oon,u_ lOur tear bl tOl'o.. In­

a.a"· f1x IOU t.l th 1D G04 and your teare .111

v8Dlall Ub mi... befor. the 8WU"ue.

Belp Uf Lord. 80 to trust t.bat •• aball,

not be atrial.

...J.

SIlOam 'IB1f~8Isaiab )0: ,1-11

~ ,~" .1("tI.,.. 1I8to U uooth thlD.-.- ••"

people l~a,lJIOtith.'oompl1MJl_,tblD8.aU4

to· 'thea. 8040 we. '..aZ'lbodl liba ~ ba

o_puMn'...a1aoath.' 1.''U o.'.,..,elboa,OUIJI' to be •••al' '0 oo.eu. eo.. 80.. .,••

• ,.jk1••, '-be YUl 'housh' 01 Hao:rt1q to the

a••••t••• ;ua .p" \(»'''' _JIM ani bad. lu'

_ •• ,are \W••Ja.eD. we t.M OUl' plt7.101aa to'l

'.111118 uthe '1'U'll abOut ou.alY......~_

tbat tftU '.''''es1d •• l'alD 1D4 a••tA. '!hue'

U. ,s.... too, 1t .a 0'. aa. t when •••aloo_

....D _plea••at t:ruth hea the lipa of tbo••

••e41118 our .'iritual health.

OJran' UB, Lore!. to :rebUke ,1d. th t81Uler­

ne... IIDc! to be :rebue. w1thO'It ·re.nt-

Mat.

/ ./

~ ... ahal1 hear • 1I01'd M1dDd the.,..,lq,th1ala the ••,."D1v1MSuld". 1. •

t.tor axpeI8_.. 'lb...l. aure11 • Xin4l1 1.1_..' . . . ~·~·"t'.'

that l ..a.thO,.. 1tho a1'. "w1Ulq 'to 'be 184. Go4

guil••sin .....7.. SoMtllle. Be gu14... 01 lUI

1T4£V Yol••, ...t1ae8 by 81e w0J'4 ~ bl tJ1e

.4.1o.ot • :..1.'11 h1.~. At othut ••• Be

..... to 8Q1hbl epeD1ng a doo~ tor Wl ~ bl

oloa1q.... 80. aU who a»erieao. tlJd,4amo.

.1'. ooaao1ou ot 1t at the ,s..... But otMa ••th... look b.oIt tIl., U. hwable4 Del sla4ct....

lal tMooadQtilon that God has le4.

lid» u, r.t." to .o1alowl.... a .. 1a

811 ,..,. that thou _,••, c11r••' ov

path.

. I

j

IWf \fflO GIVE LIDIsaiah )2: 1-8

"A lUU,l.hall be...... Illy•• • t •••• 1a ~

U, pJ,ao•• • eat. '-\ltltul TOO.tioRI Hot all

.. an llU"bat•. !hen an ... who bl thet.

",e., pns8DO.... to with... ·Ul6 bllpt the tre.

flo...s of the heart. But ther. are other.,

theDk God, who ha.,.. the oP»081te ette.t. 1'heae

bJleek the 4roqht ot th. heart and .et ita ti.lda

to 1'1OW8r1111_ Bow Gan .e ola1a this ",ocation ••

OUl'" 0WJl' "1eaJ'D the anaw81' tra. thellp. ot

1••WI I "Xt an, 1'18I1 tbJ.l'.t let~ CQII8 to .. .&4

blU. lie that beUeveth OD Me••••oqt of his

S..aer 11t. shall tlow r1",ere of Uval .e'ter."

Bel, u. OUl' :ra~_~. to reoel"'8 tl'oa !bee

that "••, hay. _th1Da to 11.,.. to

o~••• ...

MBN mo 81lE1tTEBIsaiah )2: 1-14

"A ....11 be, ••,'....the "4ow'ot • PM'~oot 1a •.•••, 1aJl4." 'tie 1. • ••Mit u.e.

M t.~ •• the .,. aaD ... i. onlJ" aD M»', .8.te

ot ...n4.IIo, ,od. 18 e' oo."a., • t ••,.a"ou.",an 1IJlo••••tel'aupplJ 1. ........ h_

out ,. ho' lilt ooPp••, • b1eo4l au·1a wcmadS..

aD 04 .••••,1,.. with 8J'Z'OW•.ot tin_. JIG»_ 1. alMa'

Pn.. .,.. thi. o••la. tbl. ana' .ook with 1'.h.allq a1la4ow" whel" tir.4 and tonun4 MIl t1Al

no-I..._to. 1"". A MD aha11 be like the.,

elltP ·'be pod. What JIl8Jl? '!he _n Ohrist Ja•••

tOl'oa.~ But this prlvl1e88 Is not tor B1a oDlJ.

but tor aU who by suneDder beooM 11ke 1I1ra.

10.4 ' ••us, crant us 80 to .har. !tilu'Uhthat _, too, 1JJlJ1 be 1n eo_

..au. as the au4o. of 8 great rook

in a .ear, lana.

. 'j

-by11. per•• aU DO .-n b. oaUal

li."al.- Well. the, 1......lA. ·111* OUWn, .

!eP. olt,•• 11,•• fl_ ....tl, ud .b•

.bad oJleoka to tu•• aenoa1..tloaal iDa'l_.

tl_ "ptl.t, • Kathocllat. ant aDO""". at. .

~••, aooe»'" w1\A tJaaaJra. !.be lQua........A041.'",Un.. V.U oheoke wltll thanlr.'. 'IAe, thu

.. ."tuna to bolli'•• the r ••peetabl11t, of • uattle()

-JaloJl 1. a. oao. a ,Paz-adq and IlL en.., t.o .v.,

value tOJ! Whioh tU·.Chuah stanets.

laT. ua, 1.074, tzaOll oall1Jlg the dle

l1b8~81. eTen ~o.r a prioe.

Amen.

-Theur.ot ot 1'18b'eo1l"8. wlU be »e•••••81__..... act 1'... He 1'e1.'" .. ..u. ad

.tte.t_ PMo~ 1.... 8Oal, dpteowm.e••• na4

thIIt 1.'. '0 1'. theeton" AU ~. soal '

.b11.1~~ tU· Jload 1••he_ rut111',. thl.

11 Vue .'htOI' 'he 1n41fS.4ua1 .4 t••,,, ..11.

IttJ'Jlen 11 ao p..O,•••••w \he wl0b4,"f"."-11I, .... b,.. Ie • un .'lI.r 111'11 h1uelt. Bow MIl

.he:''tlat pUoe' ".u t1n4 l' Dot b1 ..*1q I.,

.... ••, bU" bl ••ttiq ript w1Waf ~lgb"

,.ltf1l oot. a.'Y1ug tone '.b18, »_••• w111 tollow ••

Da'anU, •• day follows night.

Orant us the 1118408. our Jlather. to

••ete tirs' ~ 'J[1DSdca aDd righteousne"s•

.&mea.

STRIVING ~ITH GOD(Isaiah 45: 1-10

"Woe unto him that striveth with his

Maker." How does this strife COIne about? It

comes through our refusal to do the will of

God. He constantly seeks to give us His wealth,

but we cling to our own want. He seeks to

share with us His beauty, but we prefer our own

ugliness. Vfhy is the sea so restless? It is

being played upon by two'worlds 0 When it

would rest in the muddy arms of earth, the

heights call to it. When it would respond

to this upward call, the earth says, "stay

vd th m.e. il VIe are like that troubled sea till

we find rest by surrender to God.

We thank The e, Lord, for a love that

will never let us go and will never

let us off ~

Amen.

-woe WlU h1a 1aIul' ablY.',tl ..lth hi.

, 1faireJ.... ,Bow 40•• t.b1tl _~tnf. eo.', .bout? X,

- 0... ~up ou "ttlad '0 40 'JW, .,11 ot

. Qecl. - .. 00......11 ...a " 8l••.,uaBla"'lth.

~••••Uq to 00 0_ want. ... ",~ ~

Im_'" ...,.. WI 81. beaut" but •• Pftlt.... ~••­

Ddlu••';- ., 1. the .,. 80 ••aU_tl, 11. ~ .. ,. -

bttba pJ.a:D4 upoa b, ,....1U. ...n 1\

wowl' ...tta 'h. au44.r ... of ••1'~~ t •• , . I

AIleb'.·..,.l to 1". When 1t would. l'upoJl4.~- '.:r,

·to .w. ujw.~ oall. th••arth ..,.,. ·S'"wltb M.!II .. are 11k. tbat tftUbl.4... 'till

we. t1D4 Qat bl aur". to Go4. '

- ,

.e thenk Thee. JAra, tor a loft tha'

11111 BeYer let lUI -10 eDd .111 D.e'f'er

let ua ott.

.....Il.

RD.8AYQIAlah 4'. '20-2'

-Be I. sPeel.- lalfttloJl, that 1s

lO~thlD8 tor whlGh ".1'Ib04, .t hi. be.,4••pll loDP. IlO1l ou. w. be s.vd'" 08llJ1O'

do 110 bl1ook1q to Gu••l.....,.. __ we

... to PNI .. fix OUl' ."_tioD. OD GUnel•••

Z'ath.. thaa OD 004, •• noel•• _a ham. thaa

help. ...•.08llJlO' be ..... bl looJdDSto -.he

oh_on o,itot. BU,le. Aa a.\be2' has

h1D".«, the. Bible Ie 11b • '.l••oop.1D Uua'

l' 1. 'JlO' .lapl, ,. b.l... a., .'''-oush­...... an tUl us.oh ' ••'117 ot _ .. It we tlat

aa1..t1o~ lIUa 1D It''.1' hUll111'" .... look ,.

08 Led an4 to B1a alone. KOH other Oall

•••• ut.

01.. WI, 0 !.or., to look to ••

to481 aDa .11 the 481. tor .al....tiOD.

AIIeJl.

JB A iIVBIJ••lah·48, 12-18

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ot .oae ofth. moe', b••utltu1.t1'_ that "'I'••118 1'. A11.en .a, to t.b' .... . At t1ae. th1.

ab... 1'•••1...,4 .uoh alnuaCSut .PpU•• of..t. that 1t oY,rt1owea 1t. baD..t otJ14.

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pa".b1BcIth. 4z-ou'h __ 1IlOJt, b,.u'lf.U1 it

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platto_ Of • popU1U pul»it. It lanot '!sa'41ttu1Dl lO-a1. th.t oount. but the 0"-11 .tl..,e

thet U.. Hot of the 8081&.

7ath.r, help u to pr., tna OUl'

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40_..AIrI8a.

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.lie the t e.ob loar of bread aen-_ h1a w.b11.. 1.

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loa",.. ~t ha4 IlOt00c1T81U at aU'.....~,

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that th., hRenot touct.

We tha.k IJ.'hee. J.orct. tha t thou d08t

••tl.t, the louciDc aou.

AIIea.

"the hill. shaU br•• torth•••1Dto

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with thea. !he ••'Z1 billa burat.11!tto 80Dg. , ',-!:

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thi.....to!J.4_ to be 1th1.per1qhu 4..

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take. on OU aooa tha' w. ... tl'Oll wltbla

ua _. 110..14 •• •••• '10 haT. a slaet hMn 1.

to •••• 81" wor14.

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have ..4. thea MOJ'. 1I1a~ aa4 88~8••bl••.

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people who .el'. hornb11 Z'.l1&lous" .~

lhut.e. ot whOll J... _poke .as Roh a un.

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of our 1,01'4 1_ DO' the 1I1ok...... of 'Ae .uk••

btl\ 'he q11D.... ot a o.nun kill. ot .81a.

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our alooa Oh...e4 to l1e•••

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.seat' to our. PJ-8,.. b.o.uae ".. hlrrl· 1I1rme4.

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tha' "e _, haYe lMMez- 111 pra,.I'•

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to 1ib1~ Be .e'. 81. haa4 ,but 11. powe!' 1.

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pup...,"Q' u.,o_not _.t•• ~Jla" PVPff".

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ooa w111 lIOea ble.. 10.- wOl'k "'Oad the

0.-11.1"." ba,.r· 0" aaa 4oe8 rele••e the

pow.'otGact upon a cteflB1te Pedo••81tuat10•• ' It 18 .adD8, th.retore, that

the. ee .ot.. latero..80I'••

• elp ua, .Lad, to let our pr&,.I'•

• 1•• 11ke a fouata1D 48, aD4 nleb'

both ~.I' ourael.,.•• _4 tho•• that

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, .-hal•• to~ plAbtl•••••• • fhat 1.

e .-ban...., atboli oup' t. " wlUi..,

to uk.. .. all Jmow peo,lt uoa..pl.alJltl.e• • I • .

1a toa. u4p1alAtlYe in ..t th., ~,. .,...'\ • l

DONal. .01,. 1a a -.s.u. 80 loII8 uTili""aoJlool" \b•••ely•• In .up1aluSq :-.. -.,

laoth ~·u. "look a ))1' l1Q • PalJh aula

pla1.'s:..... 1. a wl.ked hablt. It 1. DO' ,.:tN<

.. allOJl •• .t.:tOl'tuu •• 1t le ant,uglta1a.\' . . , '

!ho•• nu.p11t, 0811"- ot,.... th.~r ,la1aU.,..

n••• t~l)1·a1... it t,h., 81'8 .1111.. to 1'.,.,.What ab1•••1q that would be both tu tho••

who wh1u anel tho•• who haTe to liT.w1th

thea.

s..... us. Lord, tzroa th.'usuu.. ~oClllP1a1D1q. IDet.a.II8, our 11p.

an. our 11ft. be b••utitul with

pm•••..Me.

-a., ahall 'bt oalled 1;~ ot rlpt-

eouu...... -atut, 0" Qt 10 • 1.

~tt."'. ~au1aUoa. X 110 !H

PH.' 'I. WI1DC ua Got 'lID 111'h

o.u.n;t.1JI:. like 1...... .

118 ua ' plaDW" 'Il. le4.aPWW••th.,' ...Jl,f; 18'. 4&1.* pupO....lD o.

~.whu. •• 0'.. "'.f. "UN, •• 1.

De......·'.'. ad4, eo" put ,ou. th....

.. 'Juhlk: .,.., 0 'athu, tha, the

••••et 'ot 118 _, be 11.. .' stu4,

o.tplutect .b, the Lorc1.

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p J'e.a1q, t1oll' Ifhel 414 DOt a.1' 1&

4.,••t h1u but ill clal. ot a!3ac1011. !hi'.

,\18••1011 8 bon of »ala. til.·paill ot 8D elaP"l

Id'e...t. the pab also ot ....zo1.. ttl... 1I1••u4

ut' bUlle4.

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.......4 1:»1 D1 b••ut,. bIlt it 'Ull.

wl.4oa 18 not panW ua••,. OV

A.e. any. u lAW 'b7 •.,.l••Uaa .......IIIe••

GOD'S READINESSIsaiah 66: 1-6

(Moffatt)

"Ready was I to answer men who never

asked me. n Here is God all eagerness to hear

their prayers as He is to hear ours. So what?

For multitudes just nothing at all. Why?

Because they, as we:, refuse to pray. This is

God's constant heartache. He is ever ready

to forgive, but so often ~e refuse to accept

His forgiveness. Thus do we disappoint our

Lord.

Help us, our Father, in the realization

of Thy infinite eagerness to give, to

be humble enough to receive.

Amen.