3rd Sunday after Easter (Easter 4)
Jubilate Sunday Week Devotional Guide (John Doberstein reprint of German Devotional book)
The Theme is “The New Creation”
“If any one is in Christ , he is a new creation; the old has passed away, behold , the new has come.” 2 Corinthians 5:17
Psalm for the week: Psalm 66
Sunday Lectionary Lessons:
Old Testament Lesson: Isaiah 40:26-31
Epistle Lesson: 1 Peter 2:11-20
Gospel Lesson: John 16:16-21
Texts for reflection during the week
M. Ephesians 4:17-24 Job 38:1-11
T. Ephesians 4:25-32 Job 42:1-1-
W. 1 John 4:7-14 Isaiah 65:17-19, 23 - 25
T. Acts 17:22-33 Colossians 1:15-18
F. 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 Romans 8:18-23
S. Romans 1:18-25 Revelation 21:1-65
Prayer of the week
“O Lord God Almighty, who dost every year renew the face of the earth and whose will it is to renew the world fallen into sin and death; grant unto us, we beseech thee, thats we may discern in the Son the dawning of the true life and in him share in this new creation, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen”