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response reading 80. 2 Corinthians 4.
But we have this treasure in jars of clay
to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.
We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed;
perplexed, but not in despair;
persecuted, but not abandoned; 
struck down, but not destroyed.
We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, 
so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, 
so that his life may be revealed in our mortal body.


hymnal 423
1 Sins of years are washed away, Blackest stains become as snow,
Darkest night is chang'd to-day, When you to the Fountain go.
I'm believing and receiving, while I to the fountain go,
And my heart the waves are cleansing whiter than the driven snow.
2 Doubts and fears are borne along On the current's ceaseless flow,
Sorrow changes into song, When you to the Fountain go.
I'm believing and receiving, while I to the fountain go,
And my heart the waves are cleansing whiter than the driven snow.
3 East and wealth become as dross, Worthless, earth's delight and show,
All your boast is in the Cross, When you to the Fountain go.
I'm believing and receiving, while I to the fountain go,
And my heart the waves are cleansing whiter than the driven snow.
4 Selfishness is lost in love, Love for Him whose love you know,
All your treasure is above, When you to the Fountain go.
I'm believing and receiving, while I to the fountain go,
And my heart the waves are cleansing whiter than the driven snow.


Judges 13:2-18
2 A certain man of Zorah, named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, had a wife who was sterile and remained childless.
3 The angel of the LORD appeared to her and said, "You are sterile and childless, but you are going to conceive and have a son.
4 Now see to it that you drink no wine or other fermented drink and that you do not eat anything unclean,
and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hands of the Philistines.5 because you will conceive and give birth to a son. No razor may be used on his head, because the boy is to be a Nazirite, set apart to God from birth, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hands of the Philistines."
6 Then the woman went to her husband and told him, "A man of God came to me. He looked like an angel of God, very awesome. I didn't ask him where he came from, and he didn't tell me his name.
7 But he said to me, 'You will conceive and give birth to a son. Now then, drink no wine or other fermented drink and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite of God from birth until the day of his death.' "
8 Then Manoah prayed to the LORD : "O LORD, I beg you, let the man of God you sent to us come again to teach us how to bring up the boy who is to be born."
9 God heard Manoah, and the angel of God came again to the woman while she was out in the field; but her husband Manoah was not with her.
10 The woman hurried to tell her husband, "He's here! The man who appeared to me the other day!"
11 Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he came to the man, he said, "Are you the one who talked to my wife?" "I am," he said.
12 So Manoah asked him, "When your words are fulfilled, what is to be the rule for the boy's life and work?"
13 The angel of the LORD answered, "Your wife must do all that I have told her.
14 She must not eat anything that comes from the grapevine, nor drink any wine or other fermented drink nor eat anything unclean. She must do everything I have commanded her."
15 Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, "We would like you to stay until we prepare a young goat for you."
16 The angel of the LORD replied, "Even though you detain me, I will not eat any of your food. But if you prepare a burnt offering, offer it to the LORD." (Manoah did not realize that it was the angel of the LORD.)
17 Then Manoah inquired of the angel of the LORD, "What is your name, so that we may honor you when your word comes true?"
18 He replied, "Why do you ask my name? It is beyond understanding. "


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.