Psalm 66:8-20 - Yet, you have brought us out to a safe place

Psalm 66:8-20

⁸   Bless our God, O peoples,let the sound of his praise be heard,⁹   who has kept us among the living,and has not let our feet slip.¹⁰  For you, O God, have tested us;you have tried us as silver is tried.¹¹  You brought us into the net;you laid burdens on our backs;¹²  you let people ride over our heads;we went through fire and through water;yet you have brought us out to a spacious place.¹³  I will come into your house with burnt offerings;I will pay you my vows,¹⁴  those that my lips utteredand my mouth promised when I was in trouble.¹⁵  I will offer to you burnt offerings of fatlings,with the smoke of the sacrifice of rams;I will make an offering of bulls and goats.                    Selah¹⁶  Come and hear, all you who fear God,and I will tell what he has done for me.¹⁷  I cried aloud to him,and he was extolled with my tongue.¹⁸  If I had cherished iniquity in my heart,the Lord would not have listened.¹⁹  But truly God has listened;he has given heed to the words of my prayer.²⁰  Blessed be God,because he has not rejected my prayeror removed his steadfast love from me.

• Light a candle to remember Christ’s presence with you.
• Sit five to fifteen minutes in silence bringing your attention to the Breath.
• What unsafe spaces have you encountered recently?
• How did God bring you out to a safe space?
• What unsafe spaces are you still encountering?
• How do you need God to bring you out to a safe space?
• Offer this prayer to God today.
• Truly God has listened before and given heed to the words of your prayer.
• God is listening today and will bring heed to the words of your prayer.
• Speak for your God is listening.
• What is your message from God?
• Give thanks to God for this time in prayer and for any new insights you have received.
• Share as you feel led in the reply box below.

Revised Common Lectionary Readings for Sunday, May 21, 2017, the Sixth Sunday of Easter (Year A)Acts 17:22-31Psalm 66:8-20 1 Peter 3:13-22John 14:15-21If you use these prayers in other groups, please give credit to author. Permission to use in not-for-profit settings (c) 2017 The Rev. Lil Smith, M.Div., DASD