Kyle Olson 0:08
Welcome to Elmhurst CRC's daily dose of the Word of God. It's Wednesday, May 17, and Sunday is coming. This is Kyle Olson, and I'll be reading from The Voice translation of Psalm 67. For the worship leader, a song accompanied by strings.
Kyle Olson 0:32
May God pour his grace and blessings into us and turn his face to shine his light on us. So all those on earth will learn to follow your way and see your saving power come to redeem all nations. May all people live to praise you, our True God; may all come to praise you. May all nations celebrate together, singing joy-filled songs of praise to you because you judge the people fairly and give guidance to all the nations of the earth. May the people praise you with their whole hearts, O God; may every man, woman, and child on the earth praise you. The land has supplied a bountiful harvest, and the true God, our God, has poured out his blessings to us all. God is the source of our blessings; may every corner of the earth respect and revere him.
Kyle Olson 1:36
Let's pray. Lord, thank you for your word. Thank you for your blessings. Thank you for your bountiful harvest. I know for many of us, Lord, this is a crazy time of year - And with everything in the news, in our communities, everything in the world beyond us - It's a little bit too much to take. And so when we hear that you pour your grace and blessings into us, we thank you that you are in total control of it all. We don't know how, we don't know why. We don't know what's going to happen next, but yet we still pray and we thank you for your sovereign grace. This week (especially in worship on Sunday) as we look across the globe, and we celebrate, rejoice, singing together and praising your name - hopefully we get to see just a little glimpse of your kingdom coming into fruition and we feel a little bit of your face turning to shine your light on us. May we continue to reflect that light every day. In your name, Amen.