Stories That Shape Us

Stories That Shape Us

God Promises a New Covenant

FIRST READING Jeremiah 36:1-8, 21-23, 27-28In the fourth year of King Jehoiakim son of Josiah of Judah, thisword came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2Take a scroll and writeon it all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel andJudah and all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days ofJosiah until today. 3It may be that when the house of Judah hears of…

God Calls Isaiah

SCRIPTURE READING Isaiah 6:1-81 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne,high and lofty, and the hem of his robe filled the temple. 2 Seraphs werein attendance above him; each had six wings: with two they covered theirfaces, and with two they covered their feet, and with two theyflew. 3 And one called to another and said,“Holy, holy, holy is…

Jonah and God’s Mercy

FIRST READINGJonah 1:1-171Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying, 2“Goat once to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for theirwickedness has come up before me.” 3But Jonah set out to flee toTarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa andfound a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid his fare and went on board, togo with…

All Saints’ Sunday

SCRIPTURE READING1 Kings 17:1-24 Elijah Predicts a Drought17 Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “Asthe Lord the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall beneither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.” 2 The word ofthe Lord came to him, saying, 3 “Go from here and turn eastward, andhide yourself by the Wadi Cherith, which is…

God’s Promise to David

SCRIPTURE READING 2 Samuel 7:1-171Now when the king was settled in his house and the Lord had givenhim rest from all his enemies around him, 2 the king said to the prophetNathan, “See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of Godstays in a tent.” 3 Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that you have inmind, for the Lord is with you.”4 But that same night the…

1 Samuel 1:9-11, 19-20; 2:1-10

SCRIPTURE READING 1 Samuel 1:9-11, 19-20; 2:1-109After they had eaten and drunk at Shiloh, Hannah rose and presentedherself before the Lord. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat besidethe doorpost of the temple of the Lord. 10She was deeply distressed andprayed to the Lord, and wept bitterly. 11She made this vow: “O Lord ofhosts, if only you will look on the misery…
  • 1
  • 2