Call to Worship
One: In all our traveling,
All: may your footsteps guide us.
One: In our journeying to work and returning,
All: may your footsteps guide us.
One: Within our homes and families,
All: may your footsteps guide us.
One: In our leisure time together,
All: may your footsteps guide us.
One: In difficult situations and conflict,
All: may your footsteps guide us.
One: As we stumble on the way,
All: may your footsteps guide us.
One: In the travelling of our faith,
All: may your footsteps guide us.
One: As we place our trust in you,
All: may your footsteps guide us.
One: In all our traveling, Lord, may it be your footsteps in which we place our feet. Amen.
Prayer of Renewal
Lord, you are our shepherd. Watch over us, we pray, as we travel the unknown roads of life. Strengthen us when our hearts begin to faint, our will grows weak, and our spirit becomes lonely. O Divine Comforter, encourage us when our journey gets rough and grant us the wisdom and insight to prosper in your light when darkness hides our way. Amen.
Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11
4 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted[a]by the devil. 2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.3 The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” 4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God. 5 Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. 6 “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written: “‘He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.” 7 Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.” 8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. 9 “All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.” 10 Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.” 11 Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.