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Sunday’s scripture for February 13, 2022 Psalm 34 Of David. When he pretended to be insane before Abimelek, who drove him away, and he left. 1 I will extol the Lord at all times;     his praise will always be on my lips. 2 I will glory in the Lord;     let the afflicted hear and rejoice. 3 Glorify the Lord with me;     let us exalt his name together. 4 I sought the Lord, and he answered me;     he delivered me from all my fears. 5 Those who look to him are radiant;     their faces are never covered…

Sunday Scripture readings for Feb. 6, 2022 Psalm 40 For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. 1 I waited patiently for the Lord;     he turned to me and heard my cry. 2 He lifted me out of the slimy pit,     out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock     and gave me a firm place to stand. 3 He put a new song in my mouth,     a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the Lord     and put their…

Sunday scripture readings for January 30, 2022 Psalm 42 For the director of music. A maskil of the Sons of Korah. 1 As the deer pants for streams of water,     so my soul pants for you, my God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.     When can I go and meet with God? 3 My tears have been my food     day and night, while people say to me all day long,     “Where is your God?” 4 These things I remember     as I pour out my soul: how I…

Sunday Scripture readings for January 23, 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…

Sunday’s Scripture Readings for Jan. 16, 2022 Psalm 36:5-10 5 Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens,     your faithfulness to the skies. 6 Your righteousness is like the highest mountains,     your justice like the great deep.     You, Lord, preserve both people and animals. 7 How priceless is your unfailing love, O God!     People take refuge in the shadow of your wings. 8 They feast on the abundance of your house;     you give them drink from your river of delights. 9 For with you is the fountain of life;     in your…

Scripture readings for December 26, 2021 Luke 2:41-52 The Boy Jesus at the Temple 41 Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the Festival of the Passover. 42 When he was twelve years old, they went up to the festival, according to the custom. 43 After the festival was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it. 44 Thinking he was in their company, they traveled on for a day. Then they began looking…

Scripture reading for Sunday, December 12, 2021 Luke 1: 39 – 45 Mary Visits Elizabeth 39 At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, 40 where she entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth. 41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. 42 In a loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! 43 But why am I so favored, that…

Bible scripture for Sunday, November 28, 2021 Psalm 48 A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah. 1 Great is the Lord, and most worthy of praise,     in the city of our God, his holy mountain. 2 Beautiful in its loftiness,     the joy of the whole earth, like the heights of Zaphon is Mount Zion,     the city of the Great King. 3 God is in her citadels;     he has shown himself to be her fortress. 4 When the kings joined forces,     when they advanced together, 5 they saw her…

Bible scripture for Sunday, November 21, 2021 Isaiah 9:1-7 9 Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future he will honor Galilee of the nations, by the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan— 2 The people walking in darkness     have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness     a light has dawned. 3 You have…

Bible Scriptures for Sunday, November 14, 2021 Amos 1:1-2, 5:14-15, 21-24 1 The words of Amos, one of the shepherds of Tekoa—the vision he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel. 2 He said: “The Lord roars from Zion     and thunders from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds dry up,     and the top of Carmel withers.” 14 Seek good, not evil,     that you may live. Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you,…