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response reading 73. Isaiah 65
Behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth.
The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
But be glad and rejoice forever
in what I will create,
for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people a joy.
I will rejoice over Jerusalem and take delight in my people;
the sound of weeping and of crying will be heard in it no more.
The wolf and the lamb will feed together,
and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but dust will be the serpent's food.
They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain," says the LORD.


hymnal 461
1 "Are ye able," said the Master, "To be crucified with me?"
"Yea," the sturdy dreamers answered, "To the death we follow Thee."
Lord, we are able. Our spirits are Thine. Remold them, make us, like Thee, divine.
Thy guiding radiance above us shall be a beacon to God, to love, and loyalty.
2 Are ye able to remember, When a thief lifts up his eyes,
That his pardoned soul is worthy Of a place in paradise?
Lord, we are able. Our spirits are Thine. Remold them, make us, like Thee, divine.
Thy guiding radiance above us shall be a beacon to God, to love, and loyalty.
3 Are ye able when the shadows Close around you with the sod,
To believe that spirit triumphs, To commend your soul to God?
Lord, we are able. Our spirits are Thine. Remold them, make us, like Thee, divine.
Thy guiding radiance above us shall be a beacon to God, to love, and loyalty.
4 Are ye able? Still the Master Whispers down eternity,
And heroic spirits answer, Now as then in Galilee.
Lord, we are able. Our spirits are Thine. Remold them, make us, like Thee, divine.
Thy guiding radiance above us shall be a beacon to God, to love, and loyalty.



1 Samuel 13:5-15
5 The Philistines assembled to fight Israel, with three thousand chariots, six thousand charioteers, and soldiers as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Micmash, east of Beth Aven.
6 When the men of Israel saw that their situation was critical and that their army was hard pressed, they hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in pits and cisterns.
7 Some Hebrews even crossed the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. Saul remained at Gilgal, and all the troops with him were quaking with fear.
8 He waited seven days, the time set by Samuel; but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and Saul's men began to scatter.
9 So he said, "Bring me the burnt offering and the fellowship offerings. " And Saul offered up the burnt offering.
10 Just as he finished making the offering, Samuel arrived, and Saul went out to greet him.
11 "What have you done?" asked Samuel. Saul replied, "When I saw that the men were scattering, and that you did not come at the set time, and that the Philistines were assembling at Micmash,
12 I thought, 'Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the LORD's favor.' So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering."
13 "You acted foolishly," Samuel said. "You have not kept the command the LORD your God gave you; if you had, he would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.
14 But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought out a man after his own heart and appointed him leader of his people, because you have not kept the LORD's command."
15 Then Samuel left Gilgal and went up to Gibeah in Benjamin, and Saul counted the men who were with him. They numbered about six hundred.


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.