Daily Scripture Reading for the
Liturgical Calendar Year
(beginning the 1st Sunday of Advent)

September 25, 2010

Text taken from the
Third Millennium Bible^® (TMB^®)
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The Lectionary According to the Christian Seasons

Ecclesiastes 11:9-10

9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, 
and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth. 
And walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; 
but know thou that for all these things, God will bring thee into judgment. 
10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh, 
for childhood and youth are vanity.

Ecclesiastes 12:1-8

1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not,
 nor the years draw nigh when thou shalt say, "I have no pleasure in them"; 
2 while neither the sun nor the light, nor the moon nor the stars be darkened, 
nor the clouds return after the rain; 
3 in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, 
and the strong men shall bow themselves, 
and the grinders cease because they are few, 
and the eyes that look out of the windows be darkened; 
4 and the doors shall be shut in the streets, 
when the sound of the grinding is low; 
and he shall rise up at the voice of a bird, 
and all the daughters of music shall be brought low; 
5 also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, 
and fears shall be in the way; 
and the almond tree shall flourish, 
and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; 
because man goeth to his long home, 
and the mourners go about the streets; 
6 or ever the silver cord be loosed, 
or the golden bowl be broken, 
or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, 
or the wheel broken at the cistern-- 
7 then shall the dust return to the earth as it was, 
and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

8 "Vanity of vanities," saith the Preacher.
 "All is vanity."

Psalm 90

1 LORD, Thou hast been our dwelling place
in all generations.
2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever Thou hadst formed the earth and the world,
even from everlasting to everlasting, Thou art God.
3 Thou turnest man to destruction, and sayest, "Return, ye children of men."
4 For a thousand years in Thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past,
and as a watch in the night.
5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood;
they are as a sleep:
in the morning they are like grass which groweth up;
6 in the morning it flourisheth and groweth up;
in the evening it is cut down and withereth.
7 For we are consumed by Thine anger,
and by Thy wrath are we troubled.
8 Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee,
our secret sins in the light of Thy countenance.
9 For all our days are passed away in Thy wrath;
we spend our years as a tale that is told.
10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten;
and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years,
yet is their strength labor and sorrow;
for it is soon cut off and we fly away.

11 Who knoweth the power of Thine anger?
Even according to the fear of Thee, so is Thy wrath.
12 So teach us to number our days,
that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

13 Return, O LORD! How long?
And let Thee repent concerning Thy servants.
14 O satisfy us early with Thy mercy,
that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
15 Make us glad according to the days wherein Thou hast afflicted us,
and the years wherein we have seen evil.
16 Let Thy work appear unto Thy servants,
and Thy glory unto their children.
17 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us,
and establish Thou the work of our hands for us--
yea, the work of our hands, establish Thou it.

Words of Worship - 2 Timothy 1:10

For the love of money is the root of all evil; and while some have coveted after it, they have erred from the faith and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. 

Luke 9:43-45

43 And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God.

But while they wondered every one at all the things which Jesus did, He said unto His disciples,

44 "Let these sayings sink down into your ears, for the Son of Man shall be delivered into the hands of men."

45 But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not; and they were afraid to ask Him about that saying.

Words of Wisdom - Ecclesiasticus 36:18-19

The belly devoureth all meats, 
yet is one meat better than another.
As the palate tasteth divers kinds of venison, 
so doth a heart of understanding false speeches.

Jesus Speaks Morals & Values - Mark 4:21-23

And He said unto them, 

"Is a candle brought to be put under a basket or under a bed, and not to be set on a candlestick? For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was anything kept secret, but that it should be revealed. If any man have ears to hear, let him hear."