Haggai 2:1-9
OLD TESTAMENT READING Haggai 2:1-91In the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, the word ofthe Lord came by the prophet Haggai, saying: 2 “Speak now toZerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son ofJehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people, andsay: 3 Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory?How…
Obadiah
OLD TESTAMENT READING Obadiah 1:1-211Thus says the Lord God concerning Edom:We have heard a report from the Lord,and a messenger has been sent among the nations:“Rise up! Let us rise against it for battle!”2I will surely make you least among the nations;you shall be utterly despised.3 Your proud heart has deceived you,you who live in the clefts of the rock,whose dwelling…
Nahum 1:1-8
OLD TESTAMENT READING Nahum 1:1-81 An oracle concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum ofElkosh.2 A jealous and avenging God is the LORD;the LORD is avenging and wrathful;the LORD takes vengeance on his adversariesand prolongs it against his enemies.3 The LORD is slow to anger but great in power,and the LORD will by no means clear the guilty.His way is in…
Ephesians 4:1-16
NEW TESTAMENT READING Ephesians 4:1-161 I, therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk in a mannerworthy of the calling to which you have been called, 2 with all humilityand gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, 3 makingevery effort to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond ofpeace: 4 there is one body and one Spirit, just as you were…
John 16:12-15; John 20:19-23
FIRST READINGJohn 16:12-1512“I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear themnow. 13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all thetruth, for he will not speak on his own but will speak whatever he hears,and he will declare to you the things that are to come. 14 He will glorifyme because he will take what is mine and declare it to you. 15…
Colossians 1:15-23; Philippians 2:5-11
FIRST READING Colossians 1:15-2315 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation, 16 forin him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible andinvisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers—all thingshave been created through him and for him. 17 He himself is before allthings, and in him all things hold together. 18 He…
John 1:1-14; 17:20-24
FIRST READING John 1:1-141 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and theWord was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things cameinto being through him, and without him not one thing came into being.What has come into being 4 in him was life, and the life was the light ofall people. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did…
A Series on the Nicene Creed
NEW TESTAMENT READING Job 38:1-11; 40:1-51Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind:2 “Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?3 Gird up your loins like a man;I will question you, and you shall declare to me.4 “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?Tell me, if you have understanding.5 Who determined its measurements—surely you…
Holy Trinity Sunday
NEW TESTAMENT READING 1 Corinthians 15:1-1115 Now I want you to understand, brothers and sisters, the goodnews that I proclaimed to you, which you in turn received, in which alsoyou stand, 2 through which also you are being saved, if you hold firmlyto the message that I proclaimed to you—unless you have come tobelieve in vain.3 For I handed on to you as of first…
The Day of Pentecost
FIRST READING Acts 2:1-4When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in oneplace. 2And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rushof a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.3Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue restedon each of them. 4All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and beganto…