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Sunday scripture for Sept. 25, 2022 Psalm 91 Assurance of God’s Protection 1 You who live in the shelter of the Most High,     who abide in the shadow of the Almighty,[a] 2 will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress;     my God, in whom I trust.” 3 For he will deliver you from the snare of the hunter     and from the deadly pestilence; 4 he will cover you with his pinions,     and under his wings you will find refuge;     his faithfulness is a…

Sunday scripture for Sept. 18, 2022 Psalm 79 A psalm of Asaph. 1 O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance;     they have defiled your holy temple,     they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble. 2 They have left the dead bodies of your servants     as food for the birds of the sky,     the flesh of your own people for the animals of the wild. 3 They have poured out blood like water     all around Jerusalem,     and there is no one to bury the dead. 4 We are…

Sunday scripture for September 11, 2022 Psalm 14 For the director of music. Of David. 1 The fool[a] says in his heart,    “There is no God.”They are corrupt, their deeds are vile;    there is no one who does good. 2 The Lord looks down from heaven    on all mankindto see if there are any who understand,    any who seek God.3 All have turned away, all have become corrupt;    there is no one who does good,    not even one. 4 Do all these evildoers know nothing? They devour my people as though eating bread;    they never call…

Sunday scripture for Sept. 4, 2022 Psalm 139 For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. 1 You have searched me, Lord,     and you know me. 2 You know when I sit and when I rise;     you perceive my thoughts from afar. 3 You discern my going out and my lying down;     you are familiar with all my ways. 4 Before a word is on my tongue     you, Lord, know it completely. 5 You hem me in behind and before,     and you lay your hand upon me. 6 Such knowledge is…

Sunday scripture for Aug. 28, 2022 Psalm 81 For the director of music. According to gittith.[b] Of Asaph. 1 Sing for joy to God our strength;     shout aloud to the God of Jacob! 2 Begin the music, strike the timbrel,     play the melodious harp and lyre. 3 Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon,     and when the moon is full, on the day of our festival; 4 this is a decree for Israel,     an ordinance of the God of Jacob. 5 When God went out against Egypt,     he…

Sunday scripture for Aug. 21, 2022 Psalm 71 1 In you, Lord, I have taken refuge;     let me never be put to shame. 2 In your righteousness, rescue me and deliver me;     turn your ear to me and save me. 3 Be my rock of refuge,     to which I can always go; give the command to save me,     for you are my rock and my fortress. 4 Deliver me, my God, from the hand of the wicked,     from the grasp of those who are evil and cruel.…

Sunday Scripture for August 14, 2022 Psalm 8 For the director of music. According to gittith.[b] A psalm of David. 1 Lord, our Lord,     how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory     in the heavens. 2 Through the praise of children and infants     you have established a stronghold against your enemies,     to silence the foe and the avenger. 3 When I consider your heavens,     the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars,     which you have set in place, 4 what is…

Scripture for Sunday, August 7, 2022 Psalm 50 A psalm of Asaph. 1 The Mighty One, God, the Lord,     speaks and summons the earth     from the rising of the sun to where it sets. 2 From Zion, perfect in beauty,     God shines forth. 3 Our God comes     and will not be silent; a fire devours before him,     and around him a tempest rages. 4 He summons the heavens above,     and the earth, that he may judge his people: 5 “Gather to me this consecrated people,     who made a covenant with me…

Scripture for Sunday, July 31, 2022 Psalm 107 1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;     his love endures forever. 2 Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story—     those he redeemed from the hand of the foe, 3 those he gathered from the lands,     from east and west, from north and south.[a] 4 Some wandered in desert wastelands,     finding no way to a city where they could settle. 5 They were hungry and thirsty,     and their lives ebbed away. 6 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,     and he delivered them…

Scripture for Sunday, July 24, 2022 Psalm 85 For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm. 1 You, Lord, showed favor to your land;     you restored the fortunes of Jacob. 2 You forgave the iniquity of your people     and covered all their sins.[b] 3 You set aside all your wrath     and turned from your fierce anger. 4 Restore us again, God our Savior,     and put away your displeasure toward us. 5 Will you be angry with us forever?     Will you prolong your anger through all generations?…

Sunday scripture for July 10, 2022 Psalm 82 A psalm of Asaph. 1 God presides in the great assembly;     he renders judgment among the “gods”: 2 “How long will you defend the unjust     and show partiality to the wicked? 3 Defend the weak and the fatherless;     uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. 4 Rescue the weak and the needy;     deliver them from the hand of the wicked. 5 “The ‘gods’ know nothing, they understand nothing.     They walk about in darkness;     all the foundations of the earth…

Scripture Readings for June 26, 2022 John 4:16-26 16 He said to her, “Go, call your husband and come here.” 17 The woman answered and said to Him, “I have no husband.” Jesus *said to her, “You have correctly said, ‘I have no husband’; 18 for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; this which you have said is true.” 19 The woman *said to Him, “Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and yet you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place…