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

September 3, 2010

Text taken from the
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The Lectionary According to the Christian Seasons

1 Corinthians 4:1-7

1 Let a man so account us as the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2 Moreover it is required in stewards that a man be found faithful. 3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you, or by man's judgment. Yea, I judge not mine own self. 4 For I know nothing by myself, yet am I not hereby justified; but He that judgeth me is the Lord. 5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall every man have praise of God. 

6 And these things, brethren, I have in a sense transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes, that ye may learn through us not to regard men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another. 7 For who maketh thee to differ from another? And what hast thou that thou did not receive? Now if thou did receive it, why dost thou glory as if thou had not been given it? 

Psalm 37:1-6, 27-40

1 Fret not thyself because of evildoers,
neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass,
and wither as the green herb.

3 Trust in the LORD and do good;
so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
4 Delight thyself also in the LORD,
and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

5 Commit thy way unto the LORD;
trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass.
6 And He shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light,
and thy judgment as the noonday.

27 Depart from evil and do good,
and dwell for evermore.
28 For the LORD loveth judgment,
and forsaketh not His saints;
they are preserved for ever,
but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
29 The righteous shall inherit the land,
and dwell therein for ever.

30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom,
and his tongue talketh of judgment.
31 The law of his God is in his heart;
none of his steps shall slide.

32 The wicked watcheth the righteous,
and seeketh to slay him.
33 But the LORD will not leave him in his hand,
nor condemn him when he is judged.

34 Wait on the LORD and keep His way, and He shall exalt thee to inherit the land;
when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

35 I have seen the wicked in great power,
and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
36 Yet he passed away, and lo, he was no more;
yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

37 Mark the perfect man and behold the upright,
for the end of that man is peace.
38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together;
the end of the wicked shall be cut off.

39 But the salvation of the righteous is in the LORD;
He is their strength in the time of trouble.
40 And the LORD shall help them and deliver them;
He shall deliver them from the wicked and save them, because they trust in Him.

Words of Worship - John 8:12

Then spoke Jesus again unto them, saying,

"I am the Light of the world. He that followeth Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life."

Luke 5:27-39

27 And after these things He went forth and saw a publican named Levi, sitting in the customhouse, and He said unto him,

"Follow Me."

28 And he left all, rose up, and followed Him.

29 And Levi made Him a great feast in his own house, and there was a great company of publicans and of others who sat down with them. 30 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against His disciples, saying, "Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?" 31 And Jesus answering said unto them,

"They that are whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. 32 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."

33 And they said unto Him, "Why do the disciples of John fast often and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees, but thine eat and drink?" 34 And He said unto them,

"Can ye make the attendants of the bridechamber fast while the bridegroom is with them? 35 But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days."

36 And He spoke also a parable unto them:

"No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; otherwise, both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old. 37 And no man putteth new wine into old wineskins; else the new wine will burst the wineskins and be spilled, and the wineskins shall perish. 38 But new wine must be put into new wineskins, and both are preserved. 39 No man also, having drunk old wine, straightway desireth new; for he saith, `The old is better.'"

Words of Wisdom - Proverbs 25:27

It is not good to eat much honey;
so also for men to search after their own glory is not glory.

Jesus Speaks Morals & Values - Matthew 18:4-6
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Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven. And whoso shall receive one such little child in My name, receiveth Me. But whoso shall cause one of these little ones who believe in Me to fall, it were better for him that a millstone were hung about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.