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

July 3, 2008

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

The Lectionary According to the Christian Seasons

Ephesians 2:19-22 

19 Now therefore, ye are strangers and foreigners no more, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God. 20 Ye are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, 21 in whom all the building, fitly framed together, groweth unto a holy temple in the Lord, 22 in Whom ye also are built together for a habitation of God through the Spirit.

Psalm 117

1 O praise the LORD, all ye nations!
Praise Him, all ye people!
2 For His merciful kindness is great toward us, and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever.
Praise ye the LORD!

Words of Worship - John 20:29

Jesus said unto him,

"Thomas, because thou hast seen Me, thou hast believed. Blessed are they that have not seen and yet have believed."

John 20:24-31

24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 The other disciples therefore said unto him, "We have seen the Lord." But he said unto them, "Unless I shall see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into His side, I will not believe."

26 And after eight days the disciples were again within, and Thomas was with them. Then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in their midst and said,

"Peace be unto you."

27 Then said He to Thomas,

"Reach hither thy finger and behold My hands, and reach hither thy hand and thrust it into My side: and be not faithless, but believing."

28 And Thomas answered and said unto Him, "My Lord and my God!" 29 Jesus said unto him,

"Thomas, because thou hast seen Me, thou hast believed. Blessed are they that have not seen and yet have believed."

30 And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book. 31 But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing, ye might have life through His name.

Words of Wisdom - Ecclesiasticus 29:9

Help the poor for the commandment's sake, 
and turn him not away because of his poverty.

Jesus Speaks Morals & Values - Matthew 5:30
         (see UniversalJesusSpeaks.info for more information)

And if thy right hand cause thee to fall, cut it off and cast it from thee; for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.