celebration let us pause and call to mind the times we have failed to love the lead of christ to always shine brightly within our lawyers helping us to reflect his goodness and love to others and test for mercy and forgiveness oh god by whose wonderous grace we are and rich with every blessing granted us to pass from former ways to slice of life that we may be made ready for the glory of the heavenly kingdom  board jesus christ your son who lives and brings with you in the unity of the holy spirit one god forever and ever amen a reading from the book of the prophet daniel the assembly condemned suzanna to death but susanna cried about oh we turn to god you know what is hidden and are aware of all things before they come to be you know that they have testified falsely against me here i am about to die though i have done none of the things with which these wicked men have charged me the lord heard her prayer as she was being led to execution god stirred up the holy spirit of the young boy named daniel and he cried aloud i will have no part in the death of this woman all the people turned and asked him what is this you are saying he stood in their midst and continued are you such fools so children of israel to condemn a woman of israel without examination and without clear evidence returned to court for they have testified falsely against her then all the people returned in haste to daniel the elders said come sit with us and inform us since god has given you the prestige of old age but he replied separate these two far from each other that i may examine that after they were separated one from the other he called one of them and said how you have grown evil with a judge now have your past sins come to terms passing unjust sentences condemning the innocent and freeing the guilty although the lord says the innocent and the just who shall not put to death now then if you were a witness tell me under what tree you saw them together under a mastic tree he answered daniel replied your fine line has cost you your shall receive the sentence from him and split you into putting him to one side he ordered the other one to be bride danielle said to him offspring of cain and not of judah beauty has seduced to lust has subverted your conscience this is how you acted with the daughters of israel and in their fear they yielded to you but a daughter of judah did not tolerate your wicked now then tell me under what tree you surprised them together under an oak he said daniel replied your fine fine lie has cost you also your head but the angel  elders for by their own words daniel had convicted them of perjury according to the law of moses they inflicted on them the penalty they had plotted to impose on their neighbor they put them to death thus was innocent blood spared that day the word of the lord thanks be to god even though i walk in the dark valley i fear no evil for you are at my side me he refreshes my soul even though i walk in the dark valley i fear no evil for you are at my side he guides me in the right paths for his name say even though i walk in the dark valley for you are at my side with your rod in your staff that gives me courage even though i walk in the dark valley i fear no evil i see you spread the table before me jesus spoke to them again say i am the light of the world where follows me will not walk in darkness but will have the light of life so the pharisees said to him you testify on your own behalf so your testimony cannot be verified jesus answered and said to them even if i do testify on my own behalf my testimony can be verified because i know came from and where am going but you do not know where i am come from and where i'm going you judge by appearances but i do not judge anyone and even if i should judge my judgement is valid because i not alone but it is i and the father who sent me even in your lore it is written that the testimony of two men can be verified i testify on my behalf and so does the father who sent me so they said to him where is your father jesus answered you know neither me nor my father if you knew me you would know my father also he spoke these words while teaching in the treasury in the temple prophet daniel knew that the justice of god revealed veil that god would be the one who would not let her walk in darkness but have a light of faith that because of their own deviousness they would themselves be condemned but that the lord would be always with suzanna as he is with so many a good father is always with all of us as jesus testifies in the gospel this this day i am the light of the world that light that has come to bring from the darkness the newness of god's presence and love and jesus gives testimony to his words a testimony that is challenged by his piracies the proces the scribes those who are trying as we see this this last week to season to trip the lord up trying to find a charge against him so they could stop his teaching stop his preaching stop his doing the works of god and yet jesus is able to as he does many times turns the  valley of darkness but always have the light of christ before us you know the lord the shepherd is always guiding us even the mists of the difficulties and problems of our lives so santa had in the first really had the difficulty of being even those around us is sometimes which evil in difficulty the lord is always with us the justice of god his light is always within us if we look can find to feel the presence of god always with us knowing that is is true shepherd he works with know this morning let us together present to these petitions any concerns we have to our heavenly father let us first of all this state pray for our church for a pope francis our cornish mr timothy for the leaders of our you thanks lord holy father almighty and eternal god if you have given your children a sacred time for the renewing of purifying of their hearts that freed from disorder affections they may so deal with the things  friend peace in our day that by the help of your mercy we may always be free from sin and safe from all to stress as we wait the bliss of hope and coming of our savior jesus christ for the kingdom the power and the unity in accordance with your will to live in brain for ever and ever amen the peace of the lord be with you always and with your spirit let us offer each other a sign of  got a very pleasant day but a sing together number six ninety there is a whiteness in god's mercy number six ninety