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response reading 47. psalm 105
Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done.
Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts.
Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always.
Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,
O descendants of Abraham his servant, O sons of Jacob, his chosen ones.
He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
He remembers his covenant forever, the word he commanded, for a thousand generations,
the covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac.
He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
"To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion you will inherit."


hymnal 325
1 Living for Jesus, oh, what peace! Rivers of pleasure never cease,
Trials may come, yet I'll not fear. Living for Jesus, He is near.
Help me to serve Thee more and more. Help me to praise Thee over and over;
Live in Thy presence day by day, never to turn from Thee away.
2 Living for Jesus, oh, what rest! Pleasing my Savior, I am blest.
Only to live for Him alone, doing His will till life is done!
Help me to serve Thee more and more. Help me to praise Thee over nad over;
Live in Thy presence day by day, never to turn from Thee away.
3 Living for Jesus, everywhere, all of my burdens He doth bear.
Friends may forsake me; he'll be true, trusting in Him He'll guide me through.
Help me to serve Thee more and more. Help me to praise Thee over nad over;
Live in Thy presence day by day, never to turn from Thee away.
4 Living for Jesus, till at last into His glory I have passed;
There to behold Him on His throne, hear from His lips, "My child, well done!"
Help me to serve Thee more and more. Help me to praise Thee over nad over;
Live in Thy presence day by day, never to turn from Thee away.


Judges 2:10-18
10 After that whole generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation grew up, who knew neither the LORD nor what he had done for Israel.
11 Then the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD and served the Baals.
12 They forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of Egypt. They followed and worshiped various gods of the peoples around them. They provoked the LORD to anger
13 because they forsook him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.
14 In his anger against Israel the LORD handed them over to raiders who plundered them. He sold them to their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.
15 Whenever Israel went out to fight, the hand of the LORD was against them to defeat them, just as he had sworn to them. They were in great distress.
16 Then the LORD raised up judges, who saved them out of the hands of these raiders.
17 Yet they would not listen to their judges but prostituted themselves to other gods and worshiped them. Unlike their fathers, they quickly turned from the way in which their fathers had walked, the way of obedience to the LORD's commands.
18 Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for them, he was with the judge and saved them out of the hands of their enemies as long as the judge lived; for the LORD had compassion on them as they groaned under those who oppressed and afflicted 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.