Our prayer for this day will be based on the reading according to James 4: 13-5: 6, which tells us: James 4:13-17 Boasting About Tomorrow 13 Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” 14 Why, you do not even know…
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Psalm 88 1 O Lord, God of my salvation, I cry out to you by day. I come to you at night.2 Now hear my prayer; listen to my cry.3 For my life is full of troubles, and death[b] draws near.4 I am as good as dead, like a strong man with no strength left.5 They have left me among the dead, and I lie like a corpse…
The Parable of the Lost Sheep Luke 15:1-10 15 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus. 2 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” 3 Then Jesus told them this parable: 4 “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them.…
The Cost of Being a Disciple Luke 14:25-35 25 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: 26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple. 27 And whoever does not carry their cross and follow…
Joel 1:1-13 1 The word of the Lord that came to Joel son of Pethuel. An Invasion of Locusts2 Hear this, you elders; listen, all who live in the land.Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your ancestors?3 Tell it to your children, and let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation.4 What the…
Psalm 70 For the director of music. Of David. A petition. 1 Hasten, O God, to save me; come quickly, Lord, to help me. 2 May those who want to take my life be put to shame and confusion;may all who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.3 May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!” turn back because of their shame.4 But…
Luke 14:1-11 Jesus at a Pharisee’s House 14 One Sabbath, when Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee, he was being carefully watched. 2 There in front of him was a man suffering from abnormal swelling of his body. 3 Jesus asked the Pharisees and experts in the law, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or…
Matthew 18:21-22 21 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?”22 Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times. Eternal Father, let us understand your word according to your teaching.Matthew 18: 21-22, teach us and show us a…
James 1:19-20 19 My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, 20 because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires. Our words have the power to edify and tear down, the power to inspire our loved ones to do something extraordinary, but they…
1 Peter 4:10 10 God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another. Our Father, we thank you for all that you do for us and that many times, we do not notice. We thank you because you never leave us aside, you…