2019-10 Lectionary Slides
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2019-10-06
2019-10-06
1 How lonely lies Jerusalem, once so full of people! Once honoured by the world, she is now like a widow; The noblest of cities has fallen into slavery.
2 All night long she cries; tears run down her cheeks. Of all her former friends, not one is left to comfort her. Her allies have betrayed her and all are now against her.
3 Judah’s people are helpless slaves, forced away from home. They live in other lands, with no place to call their own— Surrounded by enemies, with no way to escape.
4 No one comes to the Temple now to worship on the holy days. The young women who sang there suffer, and the priests can only groan. The city gates stand empty, and Zion is in agony.
5 Her enemies succeeded; they hold her in their power. The Lord has made her suffer for all her many sins; Her children have been captured and taken away.
6 The splendour of Jerusalem is a thing of the past. Her leaders are like deer that are weak from hunger, Whose strength is almost gone as they flee from the hunters.
19 The thought of my pain, my homelessness, is bitter poison;
20 I think of it constantly and my spirit is depressed.
21 Yet hope returns when I remember this one thing:
22 The Lord’s unfailing love and mercy still continue,
23 Fresh as the morning, as sure as the sunrise.
24 The Lord is all I have, and so I put my hope in him.
25 The Lord is good to everyone who trusts in him,
26 So it is best for us to wait in patience—to wait for him to save us-
1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat down; there we wept when we remembered Zion.
2 On the willows near by we hung up our harps.
3 Those who captured us told us to sing; they told us to entertain them: “Sing us a song about Zion.”
4 How can we sing a song to the Lord in a foreign land?
5 May I never be able to play the harp again if I forget you, Jerusalem!
6 May I never be able to sing again if I do not remember you, if I do not think of you as my greatest joy!
7 Remember, Lord, what the Edomites did the day Jerusalem was captured. Remember how they kept saying, “Tear it down to the ground!”
8 Babylon, you will be destroyed. Happy are those who pay you back for what you have done to us-
9 who take your babies and smash them against a rock.
1 Don’t be worried on account of the wicked; don’t be jealous of those who do wrong.
2 They will soon disappear like grass that dries up; they will die like plants that wither.
3 Trust in the Lord and do good; live in the land and be safe.
4 Seek your happiness in the Lord, and he will give you your heart’s desire.
5 Give yourself to the Lord; trust in him, and he will help you;
6 he will make your righteousness shine like the noonday sun.
7 Be patient and wait for the Lord to act; don’t be worried about those who prosper or those who succeed in their evil plans.
8 Don’t give in to worry or anger; it only leads to trouble.
9 Those who trust in the Lord will possess the land, but the wicked will be driven out.
1 This is the message that the Lord revealed to the prophet Habakkuk.
2 O Lord, how long must I call for help before you listen, before you save us from violence?
3 Why do you make me see such trouble? How can you endure to look on such wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are all round me, and there is fighting and quarrelling everywhere.
4 The law is weak and useless, and justice is never done. Evil people get the better of the righteous, and so justice is perverted.
1 I will climb my watchtower and wait to see what the Lord will tell me to say and what answer he will give to my complaint.
2 The Lord gave me this answer: “Write down clearly on clay tablets what I reveal to you, so that it can be read at a glance.
3 Put it in writing, because it is not yet time for it to come true. But the time is coming quickly, and what I show you will come true. It may seem slow in coming, but wait for it; it will certainly take place, and it will not be delayed.
4 And this is the message: ‘Those who are evil will not survive, but those who are righteous will live because they are faithful to God.’ ”
1 From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will, sent to proclaim the promised life which we have in union with Christ Jesus-
2 To Timothy, my dear son: May God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord give you grace, mercy, and peace.
3 I give thanks to God, whom I serve with a clear conscience, as my ancestors did. I thank him as I remember you always in my prayers night and day.
4 I remember your tears, and I want to see you very much, so that I may be filled with joy.
5 I remember the sincere faith you have, the kind of faith that your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice also had. I am sure that you have it also.
6 For this reason I remind you to keep alive the gift that God gave you when I laid my hands on you.
7 For the Spirit that God has given us does not make us timid; instead, his Spirit fills us with power, love, and self-control.
8 Do not be ashamed, then, of witnessing for our Lord; nor be ashamed of me, a prisoner for Christ’s sake. Instead, take your part in suffering for the Good News, as God gives you the strength to do it.
9 He saved us and called us to be his own people, not because of what we have done, but because of his own purpose and grace. He gave us this grace by means of Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,
10 but now it has been revealed to us through the coming of our Saviour, Christ Jesus. He has ended the power of death and through the gospel has revealed immortal life.
11 God has appointed me as an apostle and teacher to proclaim the Good News,
12 and it is for this reason that I suffer these things. But I am still full of confidence, because I know whom I have trusted, and I am sure that he is able to keep safe until that Day what he has entrusted to me.
13 Hold firmly to the true words that I taught you, as the example for you to follow, and remain in the faith and love that are ours in union with Christ Jesus.
14 Through the power of the Holy Spirit, who lives in us, keep the good things that have been entrusted to you.
5 The apostles said to the Lord, “Make our faith greater.”
6 The Lord answered, “If you had faith as big as a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Pull yourself up by the roots and plant yourself in the sea!’ and it would obey you.
7 “Suppose one of you has a servant who is ploughing or looking after the sheep. When he comes in from the field, do you tell him to hurry and eat his meal?
8 Of course not! Instead, you say to him, ‘Get my supper ready, then put on your apron and wait on me while I eat and drink; after that you may have your meal.’
9 The servant does not deserve thanks for obeying orders, does he?
10 It is the same with you; when you have done all you have been told to do, say, ‘We are ordinary servants; we have only done our duty.’ ”
2019-10-13
2019-10-13
1 I wrote a letter to the priests, the prophets, the leaders of the people, and to all the others whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken away as prisoners from Jerusalem to Babylonia.
4 “The Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says to all those people whom he allowed Nebuchadnezzar to take away as prisoners from Jerusalem to Babylonia:
5 ‘Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what you grow in them.
6 Marry and have children. Then let your children get married, so that they also may have children. You must increase in numbers and not decrease.
7 Work for the good of the cities where I have made you go as prisoners. Pray to me on their behalf, because if they are prosperous, you will be prosperous too.
1 Praise God with shouts of joy, all people!
2 Sing to the glory of his name; offer him glorious praise!
3 Say to God, “How wonderful are the things you do! Your power is so great that your enemies bow down in fear before you.
4 Everyone on earth worships you; they sing praises to you, they sing praises to your name.”
5 Come and see what God has done, his wonderful acts for mankind.
6 He changed the sea into dry land; our ancestors crossed the river on foot. There we rejoiced because of what he did.
7 He rules for ever by his might and keeps his eyes on the nations. Let no rebels rise against him.
8 Praise our God, all nations; let your praise be heard.
9 He has kept us alive and has not allowed us to fall.
10 You have put us to the test, God; as silver is purified by fire so you have tested us.
11 You let us fall into a trap and placed heavy burdens on our backs.
12 You let our enemies trample over us; we went through fire and flood, but now you have brought us to a place of safety.
1 Naaman, the commander of the Syrian army, was highly respected and esteemed by the king of Syria, because through Naaman the Lord had given victory to the Syrian forces. He was a great soldier, but he suffered from a dreaded skin disease.
2 In one of their raids against Israel, the Syrians had carried off a little Israelite girl, who became a servant of Naaman’s wife.
3 One day she said to her mistress, “I wish that my master could go to the prophet who lives in Samaria! He would cure him of his disease.”
7 When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes in dismay and exclaimed, “How can the king of Syria expect me to cure this man? Does he think that I am God, with the power of life and death? It’s plain that he is trying to start a quarrel with me!”
8 When the prophet Elisha heard what had happened, he sent word to the king: “Why are you so upset? Send the man to me, and I’ll show him that there is a prophet in Israel!”
9 So Naaman went with his horses and chariot, and stopped at the entrance to Elisha’s house.
10 Elisha sent a servant out to tell him to go and wash himself seven times in the River Jordan, and he would be completely cured of his disease.
11 But Naaman left in a rage, saying, “I thought that he would at least come out to me, pray to the Lord his God, wave his hand over the diseased spot, and cure me!
12 Besides, aren’t the rivers Abana and Pharpar, back in Damascus, better than any river in Israel? I could have washed in them and been cured!”
13 His servants went up to him and said, “Sir, if the prophet had told you to do something difficult, you would have done it. Now why can’t you just wash yourself, as he said, and be cured?”
14 So Naaman went down to the Jordan, dipped himself in it seven times, as Elisha had instructed, and he was completely cured. His flesh became firm and healthy, like that of a child.
15 He returned to Elisha with all his men and said, “Now I know that there is no god but the God of Israel; so please, sir, accept a gift from me.”
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1 Praise the Lord! With all my heart I will thank the Lord in the assembly of his people.
2 How wonderful are the things the Lord does! All who are delighted with them want to understand them.
3 All he does is full of honour and majesty; his righteousness is eternal.
4 The Lord does not let us forget his wonderful actions; he is kind and merciful.
5 He provides food for those who honour him; he never forgets his covenant.
6 He has shown his power to his people by giving them the lands of foreigners.
7 In all he does he is faithful and just; all his commands are dependable.
8 They last for all time; they were given in truth and righteousness.
9 He set his people free and made an eternal covenant with them. Holy and mighty is he!
10 The way to become wise is to honour the Lord; he gives sound judgement to all who obey his commands. He is to be praised for ever.
8 Remember Jesus Christ, who was raised from death, who was a descendant of David, as is taught in the Good News I preach.
9 Because I preach the Good News, I suffer and I am even chained like a criminal. But the word of God is not in chains,
10 and so I endure everything for the sake of God’s chosen people, in order that they too may obtain the salvation that comes through Christ Jesus and brings eternal glory.
11 This is a true saying: “If we have died with him, we shall also live with him.
12 If we continue to endure, we shall also rule with him. If we deny him, he also will deny us.
13 If we are not faithful, he remains faithful, because he cannot be false to himself.”
14 Remind your people of this, and give them a solemn warning in God’s presence not to fight over words. It does no good, but only ruins the people who listen.
15 Do your best to win full approval in God’s sight, as a worker who is not ashamed of his work, one who correctly teaches the message of God’s truth.
11 As Jesus made his way to Jerusalem, he went along the border between Samaria and Galilee.
12 He was going into a village when he was met by ten men suffering from a dreaded skin disease. They stood at a distance
13 and shouted, “Jesus! Master! Take pity on us!”
14 Jesus saw them and said to them, “Go and let the priests examine you.” On the way they were made clean.
15 When one of them saw that he was healed, he came back, praising God in a loud voice.
16 He threw himself to the ground at Jesus’ feet and thanked him. The man was a Samaritan.
17 Jesus said, “There were ten men who were healed; where are the other nine?
18 Why is this foreigner the only one who came back to give thanks to God?”
19 And Jesus said to him, “Get up and go; your faith has made you well.”
2019-10-20
2019-10-20
27 “I, the Lord, say that the time is coming when I will fill the land of Israel and Judah with people and animals.
28 And just as I took care to uproot, to pull down, to overthrow, to destroy, and to demolish them, so I will take care to plant them and to build them up.
29 When that time comes, people will no longer say, ‘The parents ate the sour grapes, But the children got the sour taste.’
30 Instead, all those who eat sour grapes will have their own teeth set on edge; and they will all die because of their own sin.”
31 The Lord says, “The time is coming when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah.
32 It will not be like the old covenant that I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand and led them out of Egypt. Although I was like a husband to them, they did not keep that covenant.
33 The new covenant that I will make with the people of Israel will be this: I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
34 None of them will have to teach his fellow-citizen to know the Lord, because all will know me, from the least to the greatest. I will forgive their sins and I will no longer remember their wrongs. I, the Lord, have spoken.”
97 How I love your law! I think about it all day long.
98 Your commandment is with me all the time and makes me wiser than my enemies.
99 I understand more than all my teachers, because I meditate on your instructions.
100 I have greater wisdom than those who are old, because I obey your commands.
101 I have avoided all evil conduct, because I want to obey your word.
102 I have not neglected your instructions, for you yourself are my teacher.
103 How sweet is the taste of your instructions— sweeter even than honey!
104 I gain wisdom from your laws, and so I hate all bad conduct.
22 That same night Jacob got up, took his two wives, his two concubines, and his eleven children, and crossed the River Jabbok.
23 After he had sent them across, he also sent across all that he owned,
24 but he stayed behind, alone. Then a man came and wrestled with him until just before daybreak.
25 When the man saw that he was not winning the struggle, he struck Jacob on the hip, and it was thrown out of joint.
26 The man said, “Let me go; daylight is coming.” “I won’t, unless you bless me,” Jacob answered.
27 “What is your name?” the man asked. “Jacob,” he answered.
28 The man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. You have struggled with God and with men, and you have won; so your name will be Israel.”
29 Jacob said, “Now tell me your name.” But he answered, “Why do you want to know my name?” Then he blessed Jacob.
30 Jacob said, “I have seen God face to face, and I am still alive”; so he named the place Peniel.
31 The sun rose as Jacob was leaving Peniel, and he was limping because of his hip.
1 I look to the mountains; where will my help come from?
2 My help will come from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
3 He will not let you fall; your protector is always awake.
4 The protector of Israel never dozes or sleeps.
5 The Lord will guard you; he is by your side to protect you.
6 The sun will not hurt you during the day, nor the moon during the night.
7 The Lord will protect you from all danger; he will keep you safe.
8 He will protect you as you come and go now and for ever.
14 But as for you, continue in the truths that you were taught and firmly believe. You know who your teachers were,
15 and you remember that ever since you were a child, you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
16 All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching the truth, rebuking error, correcting faults, and giving instruction for right living,
17 so that the person who serves God may be fully qualified and equipped to do every kind of good deed.
1 In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and because he is coming to rule as King, I solemnly urge you
2 to preach the message, to insist upon proclaiming it (whether the time is right or not), to convince, reproach, and encourage, as you teach with all patience.
3 The time will come when people will not listen to sound doctrine, but will follow their own desires and will collect for themselves more and more teachers who will tell them what they are itching to hear.
4 They will turn away from listening to the truth and give their attention to legends.
5 But you must keep control of yourself in all circumstances; endure suffering, do the work of a preacher of the Good News, and perform your whole duty as a servant of God.
1 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to teach them that they should always pray and never become discouraged.
2 “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected people.
3 And there was a widow in that same town who kept coming to him and pleading for her rights, saying, ‘Help me against my opponent!’
4 For a long time the judge refused to act, but at last he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or respect people,
5 yet because of all the trouble this widow is giving me, I will see to it that she gets her rights. If I don’t, she will keep on coming and finally wear me out!’ ”
6 And the Lord continued, “Listen to what that corrupt judge said.
7 Now, will God not judge in favour of his own people who cry to him day and night for help? Will he be slow to help them?
8 I tell you, he will judge in their favour and do it quickly. But will the Son of Man find faith on earth when he comes?”
2019-10-27
2019-10-27
23 “Be glad, people of Zion, rejoice at what the Lord your God has done for you. He has given you the right amount of autumn rain; he has poured down the winter rain for you and the spring rain as before.
24 The threshing places will be full of corn; the pits beside the presses will overflow with wine and olive oil.
25 I will give you back what you lost in the years when swarms of locusts ate your crops. It was I who sent this army against you.
26 Now you will have plenty to eat, and be satisfied. You will praise the Lord your God, who has done wonderful things for you. My people will never be despised again.
27 Then, Israel, you will know that I am among you, and that I, the Lord, am your God and there is no other. My people will never be despised again.
28 “Afterwards I will pour out my Spirit on everyone: your sons and daughters will proclaim my message; your old people will have dreams, and your young people will see visions.
29 At that time I will pour out my Spirit even on servants, both men and women.
30 “I will give warnings of that day in the sky and on the earth; there will be bloodshed, fire, and clouds of smoke.
31 The sun will be darkened, and the moon will turn red as blood before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.
32 But all who ask the Lord for help will be saved. As the Lord has said, ‘Some in Jerusalem will escape; those whom I choose will survive.’ ”
1 O God, it is right for us to praise you in Zion and keep our promises to you,
2 because you answer prayers. People everywhere will come to you
3 on account of their sins. Our faults defeat us, but you forgive them.
4 Happy are those whom you choose, whom you bring to live in your sanctuary. We shall be satisfied with the good things of your house, the blessings of your sacred Temple.
5 You answer us by giving us victory and you do wonderful things to save us. People all over the world and across the distant seas trust in you.
6 You set the mountains in place by your strength, showing your mighty power.
7 You calm the roar of the seas and the noise of the waves; you calm the uproar of the peoples.
8 The whole world stands in awe of the great things that you have done. Your deeds bring shouts of joy from one end of the earth to the other.
9 You show your care for the land by sending rain; you make it rich and fertile. You fill the streams with water; you provide the earth with crops. This is how you do it:
10 you send abundant rain on the ploughed fields and soak them with water; you soften the soil with showers and cause the young plants to grow.
11 What a rich harvest your goodness provides! Wherever you go there is plenty.
12 The pastures are filled with flocks; the hillsides are full of joy.
13 The fields are covered with sheep; the valleys are full of wheat. Everything shouts and sings for joy.
7 My people cry out to me, ‘Even though our sins accuse us, help us, Lord, as you have promised. We have turned away from you many times; we have sinned against you.
8 You are Israel’s only hope; you are the one who saves us from disaster. Why are you like a stranger in our land, like a traveller who stays for only one night?
9 Why are you like someone taken by surprise, like a soldier powerless to help? Surely, Lord, you are with us! We are your people; do not abandon us.’ ”
10 The Lord says about these people, “They love to run away from me, and they will not control themselves. So I am not pleased with them. I will remember the wrongs they have done and punish them because of their sins.”
19 Lord, have you completely rejected Judah? Do you hate the people of Zion? Why have you hurt us so badly that we cannot be healed? We looked for peace, but nothing good happened; we hoped for healing, but terror came instead.
20 We have sinned against you, Lord; we confess our own sins and the sins of our ancestors.
21 Remember your promises and do not despise us; do not bring disgrace on Jerusalem, the place of your glorious throne. Do not break the covenant you made with us.
22 None of the idols of the nations can send rain; the sky by itself cannot make showers fall. We have put our hope in you, O Lord our God, because you are the one who does these things.
1 How I love your Temple, Lord Almighty!
2 How I want to be there! I long to be in the Lord’s Temple. With my whole being I sing for joy to the living God.
3 Even the sparrows have built a nest, and the swallows have their own home; they keep their young near your altars,
4 How happy are those who live in your Temple, always singing praise to you.
5 How happy are those whose strength comes from you, who are eager to make the pilgrimage to Mount Zion.
6 As they pass through the dry valley of Baca, it becomes a place of springs; the autumn rain fills it with pools.
7 They grow stronger as they go; they will see the God of gods on Zion.
6 As for me, the hour has come for me to be sacrificed; the time is here for me to leave this life.
7 I have done my best in the race, I have run the full distance, and I have kept the faith.
8 And now there is waiting for me the victory prize of being put right with God, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on that Day—and not only to me, but to all those who wait with love for him to appear.
16 No one stood by me the first time I defended myself; all deserted me. May God not count it against them!
17 But the Lord stayed with me and gave me strength, so that I was able to proclaim the full message for all the Gentiles to hear; and I was rescued from being sentenced to death.
18 And the Lord will rescue me from all evil and take me safely into his heavenly Kingdom. To him be the glory for ever and ever! Amen.
9 Jesus also told this parable to people who were sure of their own goodness and despised everybody else.
10 “Once there were two men who went up to the Temple to pray: one was a Pharisee, the other a tax collector.
11 “The Pharisee stood apart by himself and prayed, ‘I thank you, God, that I am not greedy, dishonest, or an adulterer, like everybody else. I thank you that I am not like that tax collector over there.
12 I fast two days a week, and I give you a tenth of all my income.’
13 “But the tax collector stood at a distance and would not even raise his face to heaven, but beat on his breast and said, ‘God, have pity on me, a sinner!’
14 I tell you,” said Jesus, “the tax collector, and not the Pharisee, was in the right with God when he went home. For all who make themselves great will be humbled, and all who humble themselves will be made great.”