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

July 23, 2010

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

Jeremiah 3:11-19 

11 And the LORD said unto me, "The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah. 12 Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say: 

"`Return, thou backsliding Israel,' saith the LORD, 
`and I will not cause Mine anger to fall upon you; 
for I am merciful,' saith the LORD, 
`and I will not keep anger for ever. 
13 Only acknowledge thine iniquity: 
that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, 
and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, 
and ye have not obeyed My voice,' saith the LORD. 
14 `Turn, O backsliding children,' saith the LORD, `for I am married unto you; 
and I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion. 
15 And I will give you pastors according to Mine heart, 
who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.' 

16 "And it shall come to pass when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days," saith the LORD, "they shall say no more, `The ark of the covenant of the LORD.' Neither shall it come to mind, neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it, neither shall that be done any more. 17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem the Throne of the LORD, and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem; neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart. 18 In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers. 19 "But I said, `How shall I put thee among the children and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations?' And I said, `Thou shalt call Me "My Father," and shalt not turn away from Me.'

Jeremiah 31:10-14

10 "Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, 
`He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him as a shepherd doth his flock.' 
11 For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, 
and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he. 
12 Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD--
for wheat and for wine and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd; 
and their soul shall be as a watered garden, 
and they shall not sorrow any more at all. 
13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together; 
for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them and make them rejoice from their sorrow. 
14 And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, 
and My people shall be satisfied with My goodness," saith the LORD.

Words of Worship - Luke 8:15

But that on the good ground are they that, in an honest and good heart, having heard the Word, keep it and bring forth fruit with patience.

Matthew 13:18-23

18 "Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower: 19 When any one heareth the Word of the Kingdom and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he that received seed by the wayside. 20 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the Word and at once with joy receiveth it; 21 yet hath he not root in himself, but endureth for a while. For when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the Word, by and by he loses faith. 22 He also that received the seed among the thorns is he that heareth the Word; and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the Word, and he becometh unfruitful. 23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the Word and understandeth it; who also beareth fruit and bringeth forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty."

Words of Wisdom - Proverbs 22:29

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? 
He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before men of low estate.

Jesus Speaks Morals & Values - Matthew 6:19-21
         (see UniversalJesusSpeaks.info for more information)

"Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in Heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.