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

March 21, 2010

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The Lectionary According to the Christian Seasons

Isaiah 43:16-21

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.

Psalm 126

1 When the LORD returned the captives to Zion, 
we were like them that dream. 
2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing.
Then said they among the heathen, "The LORD hath done great things for them." 
3 The LORD hath done great things for us, 
whereof we are glad. 

4 Turn back our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the South. 
5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 
6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, 
shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

Philippians 3:1-16

1 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you indeed is not grievous to me, but it is a safeguard for you. 2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the Concision. 3 For we are the Circumcision who worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh-- 4 though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath grounds to trust in the flesh, I have more: 5 circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; according to the law, a Pharisee; 6 concerning zeal, persecuting the church; as to the righteousness before the law, blameless. 7 But what things were gain to me, those I counted as loss for Christ. 8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things and count them but dung, that I may win Christ 9 and be found in Him, not having mine own righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith, 10 that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death, 11 that if by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.

12 It is not as though I had already attained it, nor were already perfect; but I follow after, that I may apprehend that for which Christ Jesus also apprehended me. 13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended it, but this one thing I do: forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Let us therefore, as many as would be perfect, be thus minded; and if in anything ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. 16 Nevertheless, however much we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.

Words of Worship - Joel 2:12-13

"Therefore also now," saith the LORD, "turn ye even to Me with all your heart,
and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning."
And rend your heart, and not your garments,
and turn unto the LORD your God;
for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness,
and repenteth of the evil.

John 8:1-11

1 Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives. 2 And early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people came unto Him; and He sat down and taught them. 3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto Him a woman taken in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst, 4 they said unto Him, "Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. 5 Now Moses in the law commanded us that such should be stoned but what sayest thou?" 6 This they said testing Him, that they might have cause to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and with His finger wrote on the ground, as though He heard them not. 7 So when they continued asking Him, He lifted Himself up and said unto them,

"He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her."

8 And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. 9 And they who heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the eldest even unto the last, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing in the midst. 10 When Jesus had lifted Himself up and saw none but the woman, He said unto her,

"Woman, where are those thine accusers? Hath no man condemned thee?"

11 She said, "No man, Lord." And Jesus said unto her,

"Neither do I condemn thee; go, and sin no more."

Words of Wisdom - Ecclesiastes 6:7

All the labor of man is for his mouth, 
and yet the appetite is not filled.

Jesus Speaks Morals & Values - Mark 4:3-8, 13-20
         (see UniversalJesusSpeaks.info for more information)

"Hearken! Behold, there went out a sower to sow. And it came to pass as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. And some fell on stony ground where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth. But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. And other fell on good ground; and it yielded fruit that sprang up and increased and brought forth: some thirty, and some sixty, and some a hundredfold." 

"Know you not this parable? And how then will ye know all parables? The sower soweth the Word. And these are they by the wayside, where the Word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately and taketh away the Word that was sown in their hearts. And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground who, when they have heard the Word, immediately receive it with gladness; but they have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time. Afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the Word's sake, immediately they are offended. And these are they which are sown among thorns, such as hear the Word, but the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the Word, and it becometh unfruitful. And these are they which are sown on good ground, such as hear the Word and receive it and bring forth fruit: some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred."