Today's Reading | October 22, 2024
Isaiah 59:1–21
Introduction Isaiah 59:1–21: Today’s reading begins with the prophet providing a catalog of the people’s sins. The people confess their sin, and the LORD prepares to rescue them. Today’s Key Verse: Isaiah 59:21a [The LORD says]: “I make a covenant with you: I have given you my power and my teachings to be yours forever.” Reading 59 Don't think that the Lord is…
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October 10, 2022
John 9:1-12
God’s Renewing Word of HopeIntroductionJohn 9:1-12: Today’s reading begins with a conversation between Jesus and his disciples, prompted by their seeing a man who had been born physically blind. At the time of Jesus, some believed that a person who was blind was being punished by God for sinning, or for the sin of one’s parents. Jesus rejects the connection…
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Mark 16:1-20
God’s Word of Mercy and ForgivenessIntroductionMark 16:1-20: Mark’s account of Jesus’s resurrection is often referred to as an empty tomb story because of the way it ends at verse 8, with the empty tomb being proof of Jesus’s resurrection. It is believed that the additional ending (verses 9-20) was added in the late second or early third century A.D. In…
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Psalm 43
God’s Renewing Word of HopeIntroductionPsalm 43: Today’s reading continues the reading from yesterday (Psalm 42). It begins with the writer’s plea for deliverance from enemies and those who are evil and concludes with an affirmation of trust in God.Scripture ReadingThe Prayer of Someone in Exile(Continuation of Psalm 42)1O God, declare me innocent,and defend my cause against the ungodly;deliver me from…
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Mark 15:42-47
God’s Word of Mercy and ForgivenessIntroductionMark 15:42-47: Joseph of Arimathea approaches Pilate and asks to remove the body of Jesus from the cross. He arranges to have Jesus buried in a tomb. Two women watch and see where Jesus’s body is placed.Scripture ReadingThe Burial of Jesus(Matthew 27.57-61; Luke 23.50-56; John 19.38-42)42-43It was toward evening when Joseph of Arimathea arrived. He…
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Psalm 42
God’s Renewing Word of HopeIntroductionPsalm 42: This psalm opens Book Two of the Psalter. Book Two, which concludes with Psalm 72, provides words of hope for a community facing exile. In today’s reading, the writer seeks to overcome the feeling of being alienated from God and expresses trust in God as savior.Scripture ReadingBOOK TWO(Psalms 42–72)The Prayer of Someone in Exile1As…
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Mark 15:1-41
God’s Word of Mercy and ForgivenessIntroductionMark 15:1-41: Jesus is questioned by Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea. Jesus is sentenced to death, and he is tortured and mocked and nailed to a cross. At noon the sky turns dark; and three hours later, Jesus calls out to God and dies.Scripture ReadingJesus before Pilate(Matthew 27.1,2,11-14; Luke 23.1-5; John 18.28-38)1Early in the…
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