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

April 23, 2008

Text taken from the
Third Millennium Bible^® (TMB^®)
(New Authorized Version^TM NAV^TM)

The Lectionary According to the Christian Seasons

Acts 15:1-6

1 And certain men who came down from Judea taught the brethren and said, "Unless ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved." 2 When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas and certain others of them should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question. 3 And being sent on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles; and they caused great joy unto all the brethren. 4 And when they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the church and by the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.

5 But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees who believed, saying that it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the Law of Moses. 6 And the apostles and the elders came together to consider this matter.

Psalm 122

1 I was glad when they said unto me, "Let us go into the house of the LORD." 
2 Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.

3 Jerusalem is built as a city that is united together, 
4 whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, according to the testimony of Israel to give thanks unto the name of the LORD. 
5 For there are set thrones of judgment, 
the thrones of the house of David. 

6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: 
"They shall prosper that love thee. 
7 Peace be within thy walls 
and prosperity within thy palaces." 
8 For my brethren and companions' sakes I will now say, "Peace be within thee." 
9 Because of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek thy good.

Words of Worship - John 15:4a, 5b

"Abide in Me, and I in you. 
He that abideth in Me and I in Him, the same bringeth forth much fruit, for without Me ye can do nothing.

John 15:1-8

1 "I am the true vine, and My Father is the husbandman. 2 Every branch in Me that beareth not fruit He taketh away; and every branch that beareth fruit, He purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. 3 Now ye are clean through the Word which I have spoken unto you.

4 "Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abide in the vine, no more can ye, unless ye abide in Me.

5 "I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abideth in Me and I in Him, the same bringeth forth much fruit, for without Me ye can do nothing. 6 If a man abide not in Me, he is cast forth as a branch and is withered; and men gather them and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If ye abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 8 Herein is My Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be My disciples.

Words of Wisdom - Proverbs 16:3

Commit thy works unto the LORD, 
and thy thoughts shall be established.

Jesus Speaks Morals & Values - Luke 11:2-4
         (see UniversalJesusSpeaks.info for more information)

 "When ye pray, say:
Our Father who art in Heaven,
hallowed be Thy name.
Thy Kingdom come.
Thy will be done, as in Heaven, so on earth.
Give us day by day our daily bread.
And forgive us our sins,
for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil."