Sunday 13 - Year A
Psalm 13 (A fresh translation)
How long, O LORD? Will you forget me for ever?
How long will you hide your face from me?
How long must I bear the pain in my inner being
and have trouble in my heart daily?
How long will my enemy be exalted over me?
Look on me and answer me, O LORD, my God;
bring light to my eyes lest I sleep the sleep of death,
lest my enemy should say "I have prevailed over him."
and rejoice because I have been shaken
But I have trusted in your faithful and inexhaustible love;
my heart will rejoice in your salvation.
I will sing to the LORD ,
because the Lord God has dealt bountifully with me.
The theme of this portion of Genesis could be symbolised by a small pile of kindling/firewood and a length of rope. Are their stories in your congregation of God "testing and providing" which could be shared? Are there other such stories in the public domain which come to mind and which could be illustrated or headlined on the walls of the worship space?
Perhaps the simplest way to symbolise the Gospel lection this week is to place a jug of water and a cup on the worship table. Righteousness, God acting to put things right, could be expressed in draping a swathe of white cloth from the table onto the floor. (Perhaps anchor it on the table with the jug and cup.)
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HYMN SUGGESTIONS FOR SUNDAY 13 - YEAR A |
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Genesis 22:1-14 |
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| God moves in a mysterious way | TIS 126 |
AHB 54 |
| The God of Abraham praise | TIS 125 |
AHB 53 |
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Psalm 13 |
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| Be still, my soul, the Lord is on your side | TIS 123 |
AHB 49 |
| By gracious powers so wonderfully sheltered | TIS 617 |
SA 15 |
| Put all your trust in God | TIS 555 |
AHB 464 |
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Romans 6:12-23 |
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| Come, thou long-expected Jesus | TIS 272 |
AHB 200 |
| Holy Spirit, ever dwelling | TIS 410 |
AHB 323 |
| Let earth and heaven combine | TIS 305 |
AHB 229 |
| Let him to whom we now belong | TIS 563 |
AHB 146 |
| Make me a captive, Lord | TIS 604 |
AHB 528 |
| O for a heart to praise my God | TIS 568 |
AHB 476 |
| Take my life, and let it be | TIS 599 |
AHB 520 |
| You servants of God, your Master proclaim | TIS 215 |
AHB 144 |
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Matthew 10:40-42 |
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| All go to God when they are sorely place | TIS 240 |
AHB 182 |
| All the sleepy should have a place to sleep | TIS 697 |
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| Brother, sister, let me serve you | TIS 650 |
SA 14 |
| Jesus, my Lord, let me be near you | TIS 656 |
SA 54 |
| Lord Jesus, we belong to you | TIS 686 |
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| There's a spirit in the air | TIS 414 |
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| Where cross the crowded ways of life | TIS 608 |
AHB 532 |