43, 490, 071020


response reading 43. Psalm 99.
The LORD reigns, let the nations tremble;
he sits enthroned between the cherubim, let the earth shake.
Great is the LORD in Zion; he is exalted over all the nations.
Let them praise your great and awesome name-- he is holy.
The King is mighty, he loves justice-- you have established equity;
in Jacob you have done what is just and right.
Exalt the LORD our God and worship at his footstool;
he is holy.
Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel was among those who called on his name;
they called on the LORD and he answered them.
He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud;
they kept his statutes and the decrees he gave them.
O LORD our God, you answered them;
you were to Israel a forgiving God, though you punished their misdeeds.
Exalt the LORD our God and worship at his holy mountain,
for the LORD our God is holy.

hymnal 490
1 There’s a dream that I dream, of my Savior divine, And I know that my dream will come true;
At the morn, in the night, comes the vision of light, With a promise eternally new.
O this wonderful dream is a secret of grace, And I would this secret you knew;
For I dream that at last I shall look on His face, And I know that my dream will come true.
2 There is sweet compensation for heartache and loss In the hope that is given to me;
I shall quickly forget how the road was beset, When the King in His beauty I see. 
O this wonderful dream is a secret of grace, And I would this secret you knew;
For I dream that at last I shall look on His face, And I know that my dream will come true.
3 It will still be my stay when the fashion's of earth In the mist are dissolving away;
For the passage of death will be only a breath— But a breath, and my dream will come true. 
O this wonderful dream is a secret of grace, And I would this secret you knew;
For I dream that at last I shall look on His face, And I know that my dream will come true.


Judges 7:10-20
10 If you are afraid to attack, go down to the camp with your servant Purah
11 and listen to what they are saying. Afterward, you will be encouraged to attack the camp." So he and Purah his servant went down to the outposts of the camp.
12 The Midianites, the Amalekites and all the other eastern peoples had settled in the valley, thick as locusts. Their camels could no more be counted than the sand on the seashore.
13 Gideon arrived just as a man was telling a friend his dream. "I had a dream," he was saying. "A round loaf of barley bread came tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent with such force that the tent overturned and collapsed."
14 His friend responded, "This can be nothing other than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God has given the Midianites and the whole camp into his hands."
15 When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he worshiped God. He returned to the camp of Israel and called out, "Get up! The LORD has given the Midianite camp into your hands."
16 Dividing the three hundred men into three companies, he placed trumpets and empty jars in the hands of all of them, with torches inside.
17 "Watch me," he told them. "Follow my lead. When I get to the edge of the camp, do exactly as I do.
18 When I and all who are with me blow our trumpets, then from all around the camp blow yours and shout, 'For the LORD and for Gideon.' "
19 Gideon and the hundred men with him reached the edge of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after they had changed the guard. They blew their trumpets and broke the jars that were in their hands.
20 The three companies blew the trumpets and smashed the jars. Grasping the torches in their left hands and holding in their right hands the trumpets they were to blow, they shouted, "A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!"



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.