Today's Reading | October 3, 2024
Psalm 10
Introduction Psalm 10: In yesterday’s reading (Psalm 9), the writer expressed thanks and praise for God’s help in defeating his enemies. In today’s reading, the writer asks for God’s help against the wicked. In some traditions, the two psalms are combined to set the gratitude expressed in Psalm 9 right alongside the dismay expressed in Psalm 10. While Psalm 10…
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October 10, 2022
Luke 15:1-10
God’s Word of LoveIntroductionLuke 15:1-10: In today’s reading, Jesus tells two parables, using images of a lost sheep and a lost coin, to teach about how God cares for those who are lost.Scripture ReadingThe Lost Sheep(Matthew 18.12-14)1 One day when many tax collectors and other outcasts came to listen to Jesus, 2the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law started…
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Colossians 1:15-23
God’s Renewing Word of LoveIntroductionColossians 1:15-23: Today’s reading includes a description of the person and work of Christ and concludes with Paul’s exhortation to remain faithful.Scripture ReadingThe Person and Work of Christ15 Christ is the visible likeness of the invisible God. He is the first-born Son, superior to all created things. 16For through him God created everything in heaven and…
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John 15:1-17
God’s Word of LoveIntroductionJohn 15:1-17: God’s people are sometimes described as a vineyard (see Isaiah 5:1-7; Jeremiah 2:21; Ezekiel 19:10-14; Hosea 10:1). Jesus identifies himself as the real vine and his followers as branches connected to the vine. Jesus tells his followers to remain in him so that they bear fruit that endures. Today’s reading concludes with Jesus repeating his…
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Colossians 1:1-14
God’s Renewing Word of LoveIntroductionColossians 1:1-14: Today we begin reading the Letter to the Colossians which opens with the apostle Paul’s greeting and prayer of thanksgiving. Colossae was a small inland city in Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey), about 110 miles east of the major port city of Ephesus in the Lycus River valley. Among Paul’s purposes in writing the letter…
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John 14:15-31
God’s Word of LoveIntroductionJohn 14:15-31: Jesus promises his followers that he will send the Holy Spirit to teach and guide them. Today’s reading concludes with Jesus offering his followers his own peace and his promise that he will return.Scripture ReadingThe Promise of the Holy Spirit15 “If you love me, you will obey my commandments. 16I will ask the Father, and…
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John 17:1-26
God’s Renewing Word of LoveIntroductionJohn 17:1-26: Today’s reading is a prayer often referred to as Jesus’s “High Priestly Prayer," and it appears only in John’s Gospel. After Jesus’s final discourse with his disciples, and prior to his betrayal and arrest, he addresses God in prayer. Jesus acknowledges that he has completed the work God sent him to do, and he…
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