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

July 29, 2008

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

Jeremiah 14:17-22

17 "Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them: 

`Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease; 
for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow. 
18 If I go forth into the field, then behold, the slain with the sword! And if I enter into the city, then behold, them that are sick with famine! 
Yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.'" 

19 Hast Thou utterly rejected Judah? 
Hath Thy soul loathed Zion? 
Why hast Thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? 
We looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold, trouble! 
20 We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness and the iniquity of our fathers; 
for we have sinned against Thee. 
21 Do not abhor us, for Thy name's sake; do not disgrace the throne of Thy glory; 
remember, break not Thy covenant with us. 
22 Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain?
Or can the heavens give showers? 
Art not Thou He, O LORD our God? 
Therefore we will wait upon Thee, for Thou hast made all these things.

1 O God, the heathen have come into Thine inheritance; 
Thy holy temple have they defiled, they have laid Jerusalem in heaps. 
2 The dead bodies of Thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heavens, 
the flesh of Thy saints unto the beasts of the earth. 
3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem, 
and there was none to bury them. 
4 We have become a reproach to our neighbors, 
a scorn and derision to them that are round about us. 

5 How long, LORD? Wilt Thou be angry for ever? 
Shall Thy jealousy burn like fire? 
6 Pour out Thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known Thee, 
and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon Thy name; 
7 for they have devoured Jacob 
and laid waste his dwelling place.

8 O remember not former iniquities against us; 
let Thy tender mercies go speedily before us, for we are brought very low. 
9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Thy name; 
and deliver us and purge away our sins, for Thy name's sake. 
10 Why should the heathen say, "Where is their God?" 
Let Him be known among the heathen in our sight by the avenging of the blood of Thy servants which is shed. 

11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before Thee; 
according to the greatness of Thy power, preserve Thou those that are appointed to die. 
12 And render unto the bosom of our neighbors 
sevenfold their reproach wherewith they have reproached Thee, O Lord. 
13 So we Thy people and the sheep of Thy pasture, will give Thee thanks for ever; 
we will show forth Thy praise to all generations.

Words of Worship - John 8:12b

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

John 11:17-27

17 Then when Jesus came, He found that he had lain in the grave four days already. 18 Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about two miles away, 19 and many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary to comfort them concerning their brother. 20 Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met Him; but Mary sat still in the house. 21 Then Martha said unto Jesus, "Lord, if Thou hadst been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But I know that even now, whatsoever Thou wilt ask of God, God will give it Thee." 23 Jesus said unto her,

"Thy brother shall rise again."

24 Martha said unto Him, "I know that he shall rise again at the resurrection on the Last Day." 25 Jesus said unto her,

"I am the resurrection and the Life. He that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live; 26 and whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die. Believest thou this?"

27 She said unto Him, "Yea, Lord, I believe that Thou art the Christ, the Son of God, who should come into the world."

Words of Wisdom - 

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