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

September 5, 2010

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The Lectionary According to the Christian Seasons

Wisdom of Solomon 9:13-18

13 "For what man is he that can know the counsel of God?
Or who can think what the will of the Lord is?
14 For the thoughts of mortal men are miserable,
and our devices are but uncertain.
15 For the corruptible body presseth down the soul,
and the earthy tabernacle weigheth down the mind that museth upon many things.
16 And hardly do we guess aright at things that are upon earth, and with labor do we find the things that are before us;
but the things that are in heaven, who hath searched out?
17 And Thy counsel, who hath known,
except Thou give wisdom and send Thy holy Spirit from above?
18 For so the ways of them that lived on the earth were reformed,
and men were taught the things that are pleasing unto Thee, and were saved through wisdom."

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.

Philemon 1-20

1 Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, 

Unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellow laborer, 2 and to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in thy house: 

3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 

4 I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers, 5 having heard of thy love and faith which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus and toward all saints, 6 that the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus. 7 For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the hearts of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.

8 Therefore, though I might be bold enough in Christ to enjoin thee to do that which is befitting, 9 yet for love's sake rather I beseech thee, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ. 10 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds. 11 In time past he was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me. 12 I am sending him back. Thou therefore receive him, who is mine own heart. 13 I would have retained him with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the Gospel; 14 but without thy mind would I do nothing, that thy goodness should not be, as it were, of necessity but willingly. 

15 For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him back for ever-- 16 not now as a servant, but more than a servant: as a brother beloved, especially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord. 

17 If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself. 18 If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee aught, put that on mine account. 19 I, Paul, have written this with mine own hand: I will repay it; albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides. 20 Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord; refresh my soul in the Lord. 

Words of Worship - Psalm 119:135

Make Thy face to shine upon Thy servant, and teach me Thy statutes. 

Luke 14:25-35

25 And there went great multitudes with Him, and He turned and said unto them,

26 "If any man come to Me and hate not his father and mother, and wife and children, and brethren and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple. 27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. 28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? 29 Lest it may happen, after he hath laid the foundation and is not able to finish it, all who behold it begin to mock him, 30 saying, `This man began to build and was not able to finish.' 31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand? 32 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an envoy and desireth conditions of peace. 33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be My disciple.

34 "Salt is good; but if the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be seasoned? 35 It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear."

Words of Wisdom - Wisdom of Solomon 15:1-3

But Thou, O God, art gracious and true, 
long-suffering, and in mercy ordering all things. 
For if we sin we are Thine, knowing Thy power; 
but we will not sin, knowing that we are accounted Thine. 
For to know Thee is perfect righteousness; 
yea, to know Thy power is the root of immortality.

Jesus Speaks Morals & Values - Matthew 18:9        

And if thine eye cause thee to fall, pluck it out and cast it from thee; it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes, to be cast into hell fire.