The surety with which God’s salvation will come

Collect: Proper 10[i]

O Lord, mercifully receive the prayers of your people who call upon you, and grant that they may know and understand what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to accomplish them; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen

Genesis 25:19-34 . . . Rebekah gives birth to Esau and Jacob

Psalm 119:105-112 . . . A pledge to remain faithful to God’s teachings so as to reap the rewards of faithful living.

Romans 8:1-11 . . . God’s Spirit is alive and at work in us

Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 . . . Jesus describes his ministry through the parable of the seeds and their various responses.

Carla Pratt Keyes, Pastor of Ginter Park Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Virginia, preaches the parable of the Sower from Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 in a sermon called “All Ground Is Holy.” She asks, “What if we were to trust that God has made holy all the ground – that even in this time and this place, God knows what God is doing, God’s Word is powerful, and God’s harvest is abundant?” How would that increase the harvest?