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

February 19, 2012

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The Lectionary According to the Christian Seasons

Isaiah 43:16-25

16 Thus saith the LORD, who maketh a way in the sea 
and a path in the mighty waters, 
17 Who bringeth forth the chariot and horse, 
the army and the power 
(they shall lie down together, they shall not rise; 
they are extinct, they are quenched as tow): 
18 "Remember ye not the former things, 
neither consider the things of old. 
19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? 
I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. 
20 The beast of the field shall honor Me, the dragons and the owls, 
because I give waters in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My people, My chosen. 
21 This people have I formed for Myself; 
they shall show forth My praise.

22 "But thou hast not called upon Me, O Jacob; 
but thou hast been weary of Me, O Israel. 
23 Thou hast not brought Me the lambs or kids of thy burnt offerings, 
neither hast thou honored Me with thy sacrifices. 
I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, 
nor wearied thee with incense. 
24 Thou hast bought Me no sweet cane with money, 
neither hast thou filled Me with the fat of thy sacrifices. 
But thou hast made Me to serve with thy sins; 
thou hast wearied Me with thine iniquities. 

25 "I, even I, am He that blotteth out thy transgressions for Mine own sake, 
and will not remember thy sins.

Psalm 41

1 Blessed is he that considereth the poor;
the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
2 The LORD will preserve him and keep him alive, and he shallbe blessed upon the earth;
and Thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing;
Thou wilt turn him on his bed in his sickness.

4 I said, "LORD, be merciful unto me;
heal my soul, for I have sinned against Thee."
5 Mine enemies speak evil of me and say,
"When shall he die and his name perish?"
6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity;
his heart gathereth iniquity to itself, and when he goeth out, he telleth it.

7 All that hate me whisper together against me;
against me do they devise my hurt.
8 "An evil disease," they say, "cleaveth fast unto him,
and now that he lieth down, he shall rise up no more."
9 Yea, mine own familiar friend in whom I trusted, that ate of my bread,
hath lifted up his heel against me.

10 But Thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me,
and raise me up that I may requite them.
11 By this I know that Thou favorest me:
because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.
12 And as for me, Thou upholdest me in mine integrity,
and settest me before Thy face for ever.

13 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting!
Amen and Amen.

2 Corinthians 1:12-24

12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience: that we have had our discourse in the world, and more abundantly toward you, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God in simplicity and godly sincerity. 13 For we write no other things unto you than what ye read or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end, 14 as ye also have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the Day of the Lord Jesus.

15 And in this confidence, I was minded to come unto you before this, that ye might have a second benefit: 16 to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and to come again to you on my way out of Macedonia, and be sent by you on my way toward Judea. 17 When therefore I was thus minded, did I decide lightly? Or the things which I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be "yea, yea" and "nay, nay"? 18 But as God is true, our word toward you was not "yea" and "nay." 19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not "yea" and "nay," but in Him was "yea." 20 For all the promises of God in Him are "yea"; and in Him "amen" unto the glory of God by us. 21 Now He who establisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God, 22 who hath also put His seal upon us, and given us the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts.

23 Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that it was to spare you that I came not as yet unto Corinth, 24 not that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers for your joy. For by faith ye stand.

Words of Worship - Luke 4:18a

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,
because He hath anointed Me to preach the Gospel to the poor.
He hath sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
to preach deliverance to the captives, 

Mark 2:1-12

1 And again He entered into Capernaum some days later, and it was reported that He was in the house. 2 And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not even about the door; and He preached the Word unto them. 3 And they came unto Him, bringing one sick with the palsy, who was borne by four. 4 And when they could not come nigh unto Him because of the throng, they uncovered the roof where He was. And when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the one sick with the palsy lay. 5 When Jesus saw their faith, He said unto the one sick with the palsy,

"Son, thy sins are forgiven thee."

6 But there were certain of the scribes sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, 7 "Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God only?" 8 And immediately, when Jesus perceived in His spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, He said unto them,

"Why reason ye these things in your hearts: 9 whether it is easier to say to the sick with the palsy, `Thy sins are forgiven thee,' or to say, `Arise, and take up thy bed and walk'? 10 But that ye may know that the Son of Man hath power on earth to forgive sins--"

He said to the one sick with the palsy,

11 "I say unto thee, arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house."

12 And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all, insomuch that they all were amazed and glorified God, saying, "We never saw it in this fashion!"

Words of Wisdom - Proverbs 11:19 

As righteousness tendeth to life, 
so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.

Jesus Speaks Morals & Values - Matthew 23:13-14

"But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men, for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers; therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.