67, 204, Deut 4:1-9

response 67. proverbs 3
Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gains understanding,
for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold.
She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her.
Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace.
She is a tree of life to those who embrace her; those who lay hold of her will be blessed.
By wisdom the LORD laid the earth's foundations, by understanding he set the heavens in place;
by his knowledge the deeps were divided, and the clouds let drop the dew.
My son, preserve sound judgment and discernment, do not let them out of your sight;
for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being snared.


Hymnal 204
1 Those who hear and do the Word of the master ever, build a house on solid rock,
to be shaken never, when the rains, the floods appall, all the tempests' fury
Cannot shake it, standing tall, on the rock, securely.
Build we well, build to last, buidl our house together, on the Rock of Ages, fast, build to stand forever
2 Those who hear and do not do, In the words delighting, build a house on shifting sand,
Ruin swift inviting, when the rains, and floods appall, as the blows fall faster,
Built on sand, the house must fall. In comlete disaster,
Build we well, build to last, buidl our house together, on the Rock of Ages, fast, build to stand forever
3 No one lives but builds a house, hgih or low our station, builds on Christ the Rock, or else
Sand, without foundation, Christ will come and judge us each after our endeavor
Rock or sand, to fall or stand, stand or fall forever.
Build we well, build to last, buidl our house together, on the Rock of Ages, fast, build to stand forever


Deut 4:1-9
1 Hear now, O Israel, the decrees and laws I am about to teach you. Follow them so that you may live and may go in and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
2 Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the LORD your God that I give you.
3 You saw with your own eyes what the LORD did at Baal Peor. The LORD your God destroyed from among you everyone who followed the Baal of Peor,
4 but all of you who held fast to the LORD your God are still alive today.
5 See, I have taught you decrees and laws as the LORD my God commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land you are entering to take possession of it.
6 Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding to the nations, who will hear about all these decrees and say, "Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people."
7 What other nation is so great as to have their gods near them the way the LORD our God is near us whenever we pray to him?
8 And what other nation is so great as to have such righteous decrees and laws as this body of laws I am setting before you today?
9 Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them.


Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come, your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread,
and forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors,
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.
For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. amen.