Scripture Reading(s) Psalm 17:1-7, 15 17:1 Hear a just cause, O LORD; attend to my cry; give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit. 17:2 From you let my vindication come; let your eyes see the right. 17:3 If you try my heart, if you visit me by night, if you test me, … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) Romans 9:1-5 9:1 I am speaking the truth in Christ–I am not lying; my conscience confirms it by the Holy Spirit– 9:2 I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. 9:3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my own … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) Genesis 32:22-31 32:22 The same night he got up and took his two wives, his two maids, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 32:23 He took them and sent them across the stream, and likewise everything that he had. 32:24 Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 13:31 He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field; 13:32 it is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) James 3:13-18 Two Kinds of Wisdom 13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. 14 But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.15 Such “wisdom” … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) Genesis 30:25-36 25 After Rachel gave birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so I can go back to my own homeland. 26 Give me my wives and children, for whom I have served you, and I will be on my way. You know how much work I’ve done for … Read more