Scripture Reading(s) Psalm 145:8-9, 14-21 145:8 The LORD is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. 145:9 The LORD is good to all, and his compassion is over all that he has made. 145:14 The LORD upholds all who are falling, and raises up all who are bowed down. 145:15 The … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) Romans 9:6-15 It is not as though God’s word had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel. 7 Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham’s children. On the contrary, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.” 8 In other words, it is not the children … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) Isaiah 55:1-5 55:1 Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you that have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. 55:2 Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? … 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