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response reading 11
Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer-- it does not rise from deceitful lips.
May my vindication come from you; may your eyes see what is right.
Though you probe my heart and examine me at night, though you test me, you will find nothing; I have resolved that my mouth will not sin.
As for the deeds of men-- by the word of your lips I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.
My steps have held to your paths; my feet have not slipped.
I call on you, O God, for you will answer me; give ear to me and hear my prayer.
Show the wonder of your great love, you who save by your right hand those who take refuge in you from their foes.


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.


1 Samuel 30:11-25
11 They found an Egyptian in a field and brought him to David. They gave him water to drink and food to eat-
12 part of a cake of pressed figs and two cakes of raisins. He ate and was revived, for he had not eaten any food or drunk any water for three days and three nights.
13 David asked him, "To whom do you belong, and where do you come from?" He said, "I am an Egyptian, the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me when I became ill three days ago.
14 We raided the Negev of the Kerethites and the territory belonging to Judah and the Negev of Caleb. And we burned Ziklag."
15 David asked him, "Can you lead me down to this raiding party?" He answered, "Swear to me before God that you will not kill me or hand me over to my master, and I will take you down to them."
16 He led David down, and there they were, scattered over the countryside, eating, drinking and reveling because of the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from Judah.
17 David fought them from dusk until the evening of the next day, and none of them got away, except four hundred young men who rode off on camels and fled.
18 David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.
19 Nothing was missing: young or old, boy or girl, plunder or anything else they had taken. David brought everything back.
20 He took all the flocks and herds, and his men drove them ahead of the other livestock, saying, "This is David's plunder."
21 Then David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him and who were left behind at the Besor Ravine. They came out to meet David and the people with him. As David and his men approached, he greeted them.
22 But all the evil men and troublemakers among David's followers said, "Because they did not go out with us, we will not share with them the plunder we recovered. However, each man may take his wife and children and go."
23 David replied, "No, my brothers, you must not do that with what the LORD has given us. He has protected us and handed over to us the forces that came against us.
24 Who will listen to what you say? The share of the man who stayed with the supplies is to be the same as that of him who went down to the battle. All will share alike."
25 David made this a statute and ordinance for Israel from that day to this.

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.