Adapted from Psalm 119

I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands. 

I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.  

Praise be to you, LORD; teach me your decrees. 

With my lips I recount all the laws that come from your mouth. 

I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches.  

I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways.  

I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word. 

For your word is a lamp for my feet, and light for my path.  

Submitted by Austin D. Hill (Psalm 119:10-16, 105, NIV, adapted for liturgical use)

Inspired by Psalm 119

Leader: May our lips pour forth praise to the Lord, for his word is a lamp to our feet and a light to our path.

People: We will seek God with all our heart, so that we will not stray from his commandments.

Leader: May God’s face shine upon his servants and teach us his statutes.

All: The earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord; may God accept our offerings of praise!

Submitted by Darren Pollock

Adapted from Psalm 119:9,11,105

“How can a young person stay on the path of purity?

By living according to your word.”

“I have hidden your word in my heart,

That I might not sin against you.”

“Your word is a lamp unto my feet,

And a light unto my path.” Almighty God, lead us through our questions today with your powerful word.

Submitted by Austin D. Hill (NIV, adapted for liturgical use)

Adapted from Luke 24:44-47a

Pastor: Jesus said, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”

All: Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.

Pastor: And Jesus said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

All: You are witnesses of these things. And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you.”

Submitted by Dustin Ray (ESV, adapted for liturgical use)