Theme of the Day: Hiding Treasure In The Trash
This week we see how our Father makes the treasures of his house available to any and all. He places them in the last place we’d expect—the trash. In God’s family, the things the world prizes and pursues are counted as worthless. Conversely, what the world rejects and discards is considered priceless and worth pursuing.
The best example of this is Jesus Christ himself. The Father sent his greatest treasure—God the Son—to earth. And many considered Jesus to be a trash that needed to be taken out. . . a troublemaker that needed to be killed. In truth, Christ is the precious cornerstone that God used to build his house, the one with the open door.
Luke 20:9-19
Isaiah 43:16-21
Philippians 3:4b-14
Psalm 73A
573 – Jesus, Your Blood and Righteousness
571 – O God, O Lord of Heaven and Earth
717 – What Is the World to Me
807 – All Depends on Our Possessing
645 – One Thing’s Needful
Prayer of the Day: Almighty God, by your great goodness, mercifully look upon your people that we may be governed and preserved evermore in body and soul; through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Gospel Acclamation: The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.