2019-08 Lectionary Slides
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2019-08-04
2019-08-04
1 The Lord says, “When Israel was a child, I loved him and called him out of Egypt as my son.
2 But the more I called to him, the more he turned away from me. My people sacrificed to Baal; they burnt incense to idols.
3 Yet I was the one who taught Israel to walk. I took my people up in my arms, but they did not acknowledge that I took care of them.
4 I drew them to me with affection and love. I picked them up and held them to my cheek; I bent down to them and fed them.
5 “They refuse to return to me, and so they must return to Egypt, and Assyria will rule them.
6 War will sweep through their cities and break down the city gates. It will destroy my people because they do what they themselves think best.
7 They insist on turning away from me. They will cry out because of the yoke that is on them, but no one will lift it from them.
8 “How can I give you up, Israel? How can I abandon you? Could I ever destroy you as I did Admah, or treat you as I did Zeboiim? My heart will not let me do it! My love for you is too strong.
9 I will not punish you in my anger; I will not destroy Israel again. For I am God and not a human being. I, the Holy One, am with you. I will not come to you in anger.
10 “My people will follow me when I roar like a lion at their enemies. They will hurry to me from the west.
11 They will come from Egypt, as swiftly as birds, and from Assyria, like doves. I will bring them to their homes again. I, the Lord, have spoken.”
1 “Give thanks to the Lord, because he is good; his love is eternal!”
2 Repeat these words in praise to the Lord, all you whom he has saved. He has rescued you from your enemies
3 and has brought you back from foreign countries, from east and west, from north and south.
4 Some wandered in the trackless desert and could not find their way to a city to live in.
5 They were hungry and thirsty and had given up all hope.
6 Then in their trouble they called to the Lord, and he saved them from their distress.
7 He led them by a straight road to a city where they could live.
8 They must thank the Lord for his constant love, for the wonderful things he did for them.
9 He satisfies those who are thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
43 May those who are wise think about these things; may they consider the Lord’s constant love.
2 It is useless, useless, said the Philosopher. Life is useless, all useless.
12 I, the Philosopher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.
13 I determined that I would examine and study all the things that are done in this world. God has laid a miserable fate upon us.
14 I have seen everything done in this world, and I tell you, it is all useless. It is like chasing the wind.
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18 Nothing that I had worked for and earned meant a thing to me, because I knew that I would have to leave it to my successor,
19 and he might be wise, or he might be foolish—who knows? Yet he will own everything I have worked for, everything my wisdom has earned for me in this world. It is all useless.
20 So I came to regret that I had worked so hard.
21 You work for something with all your wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and then you have to leave it all to someone who hasn’t had to work for it. It is useless, and it isn’t right!
22 You work and worry your way through life, and what do you have to show for it?
23 As long as you live, everything you do brings nothing but worry and heartache. Even at night your mind can’t rest. It is all useless.
1 Hear this, everyone! Listen, all people everywhere,
2 great and small alike, rich and poor together.
3 My thoughts will be clear; I will speak words of wisdom.
4 I will turn my attention to proverbs and explain their meaning as I play the harp.
5 I am not afraid in times of danger when I am surrounded by enemies,
6 by evil people who trust in their riches and boast of their great wealth.
7 A person can never redeem himself; he cannot pay God the price for his life,
8 because the payment for a human life is too great. What he could pay would never be enough
9 to keep him from the grave, to let him live for ever.
10 Anyone can see that even the wise die, as well as the foolish and stupid. They all leave their riches to their descendants.
11 Their graves are their homes for ever; there they stay for all time, though they once had lands of their own.
12 No one’s greatness can save him from death; he will still die like the animals.
1 You have been raised to life with Christ, so set your hearts on the things that are in heaven, where Christ sits on his throne at the right-hand side of God.
2 Keep your minds fixed on things there, not on things here on earth.
3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
4 Your real life is Christ and when he appears, then you too will appear with him and share his glory!
5 You must put to death, then, the earthly desires at work in you, such as sexual immorality, indecency, lust, evil passions, and greed (for greed is a form of idolatry).
6 Because of such things God’s anger will come upon those who do not obey him.
7 At one time you yourselves used to live according to such desires, when your life was dominated by them.
8 But now you must get rid of all these things: anger, passion, and hateful feelings. No insults or obscene talk must ever come from your lips.
9 Do not lie to one another, for you have taken off the old self with its habits
10 and have put on the new self. This is the new being which God, its Creator, is constantly renewing in his own image, in order to bring you to a full knowledge of himself.
11 As a result, there is no longer any distinction between Gentiles and Jews, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarians, savages, slaves, and free, but Christ is all, Christ is in all.
13 A man in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide with me the property our father left us.”
14 Jesus answered him, “My friend, who gave me the right to judge or to divide the property between you two?”
15 And he went on to say to them all, “Watch out and guard yourselves from every kind of greed; because a person’s true life is not made up of the things he owns, no matter how rich he may be.”
16 Then Jesus told them this parable: “There was once a rich man who had land which bore good crops.
17 He began to think to himself, ‘I haven’t anywhere to keep all my crops. What can I do?
18 This is what I will do,’ he told himself; ‘I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, where I will store my corn and all my other goods.
19 Then I will say to myself, Lucky man! You have all the good things you need for many years. Take life easy, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself!’
20 But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night you will have to give up your life; then who will get all these things you have kept for yourself?’ ”
21 And Jesus concluded, “This is how it is with those who pile up riches for themselves but are not rich in God’s sight.”
2019-08-11
2019-08-11
1 This book contains the messages about Judah and Jerusalem which God revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz during the time when Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings of Judah.
10 Jerusalem, your rulers and your people are like those of Sodom and Gomorrah. Listen to what the Lord is saying to you. Pay attention to what our God is teaching you.
11 He says, “Do you think I want all these sacrifices you keep offering to me? I have had more than enough of the sheep you burn as sacrifices and of the fat of your fine animals. I am tired of the blood of bulls and sheep and goats.
12 Who asked you to bring me all this when you come to worship me? Who asked you to do all this tramping about in my Temple?
13 It’s useless to bring your offerings. I am disgusted with the smell of the incense you burn. I cannot stand your New Moon Festivals, your Sabbaths, and your religious gatherings; they are all corrupted by your sins.
14 I hate your New Moon Festivals and holy days; they are a burden that I am tired of bearing.
15 “When you lift your hands in prayer, I will not look at you. No matter how much you pray, I will not listen, for your hands are covered with blood.
16 Wash yourselves clean. Stop all this evil that I see you doing. Yes, stop doing evil
17 and learn to do right. See that justice is done—help those who are oppressed, give orphans their rights, and defend widows.”
18 The Lord says, “Now, let’s settle the matter. You are stained red with sin, but I will wash you as clean as snow. Although your stains are deep red, you will be as white as wool.
19 If you will only obey me, you will eat the good things the land produces.
20 But if you defy me, you are doomed to die. I, the Lord, have spoken.”
1 The Almighty God, the Lord, speaks; he calls to the whole earth from east to west.
2 God shines from Zion, the city perfect in its beauty.
3 Our God is coming, but not in silence; a raging fire is in front of him, a furious storm is round him.
4 He calls heaven and earth as witnesses to see him judge his people.
5 He says, “Gather my faithful people to me, those who made a covenant with me by offering a sacrifice.”
6 The heavens proclaim that God is righteous, that he himself is judge.
7 “Listen, my people, and I will speak; I will testify against you, Israel. I am God, your God.
8 I do not reprimand you because of your sacrifices and the burnt offerings you always bring me.
22 “Listen to this, you that ignore me, or I will destroy you, and there will be no one to save you.
23 Giving thanks is the sacrifice that honours me, and I will surely save all who obey me.”
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1 After this, Abram had a vision and heard the Lord say to him, “Do not be afraid, Abram. I will shield you from danger and give you a great reward.”
2 But Abram answered, “Sovereign Lord, what good will your reward do me, since I have no children? My only heir is Eliezer of Damascus.
3 You have given me no children, and one of my slaves will inherit my property.”
4 Then he heard the Lord speaking to him again: “This slave Eliezer will not inherit your property; your own son will be your heir.”
5 The Lord took him outside and said, “Look at the sky and try to count the stars; you will have as many descendants as that.”
6 Abram put his trust in the Lord, and because of this the Lord was pleased with him and accepted him.
12 Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord; happy are the people he has chosen for his own!
13 The Lord looks down from heaven and sees the whole human race.
14 From where he rules, he looks down on all who live on earth.
15 He forms all their thoughts and knows everything they do.
16 A king does not win because of his powerful army; a soldier does not triumph because of his strength.
17 War horses are useless for victory; their great strength cannot save.
18 The Lord watches over those who obey him, those who trust in his constant love.
19 He saves them from death; he keeps them alive in times of famine.
20 We put our hope in the Lord; he is our protector and our help.
21 We are glad because of him; we trust in his holy name.
22 May your constant love be with us, Lord, as we put our hope in you.
1 To have faith is to be sure of the things we hope for, to be certain of the things we cannot see.
2 It was by their faith that people of ancient times won God’s approval.
3 It is by faith that we understand that the universe was created by God’s word, so that what can be seen was made out of what cannot be seen.
8 It was faith that made Abraham obey when God called him to go out to a country which God had promised to give him. He left his own country without knowing where he was going.
9 By faith he lived as a foreigner in the country that God had promised him. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who received the same promise from God.
10 For Abraham was waiting for the city which God has designed and built, the city with permanent foundations.
11 It was faith that made Abraham able to become a father, even though he was too old and Sarah herself could not have children. He trusted God to keep his promise.
12 Though Abraham was practically dead, from this one man came as many descendants as there are stars in the sky, as many as the numberless grains of sand on the seashore.
13 It was in faith that all these persons died. They did not receive the things God had promised, but from a long way off they saw them and welcomed them, and admitted openly that they were foreigners and refugees on earth.
14 Those who say such things make it clear that they are looking for a country of their own.
15 They did not keep thinking about the country they had left; if they had, they would have had the chance to return.
16 Instead, it was a better country they longed for, the heavenly country. And so God is not ashamed for them to call him their God, because he has prepared a city for them.
32 “Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the Kingdom.
33 Sell all your belongings and give the money to the poor. Provide for yourselves purses that don’t wear out, and save your riches in heaven, where they will never decrease, because no thief can get to them, and no moth can destroy them.
34 For your heart will always be where your riches are.
35 “Be ready for whatever comes, dressed for action and with your lamps lit,
36 like servants who are waiting for their master to come back from a wedding feast. When he comes and knocks, they will open the door for him at once.
37 How happy are those servants whose master finds them awake and ready when he returns! I tell you, he will take off his coat, ask them to sit down, and will wait on them.
38 How happy they are if he finds them ready, even if he should come at midnight or even later!
39 And you can be sure that if the owner of a house knew the time when the thief would come, he would not let the thief break into his house.
40 And you, too, must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you are not expecting him.”
2019-08-18
2019-08-18
1 Listen while I sing you this song, a song of my friend and his vineyard: My friend had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
2 He dug the soil and cleared it of stones; he planted the finest vines. He built a tower to guard them, dug a pit for treading the grapes. He waited for the grapes to ripen, but every grape was sour.
3 So now my friend says, “You people who live in Jerusalem and Judah, judge between my vineyard and me.
4 Is there anything I failed to do for it? Then why did it produce sour grapes and not the good grapes I expected?
5 “This is what I am going to do to my vineyard; I will take away the hedge round it, break down the wall that protects it, and let wild animals eat it and trample it down.
6 I will let it be overgrown with weeds. I will not prune the vines or hoe the ground; instead I will let briars and thorns cover it. I will even forbid the clouds to let rain fall on it.”
7 Israel is the vineyard of the Lord Almighty; the people of Judah are the vines he planted. He expected them to do what was good, but instead they committed murder. He expected them to do what was right, but their victims cried out for justice.
1 Listen to us, O Shepherd of Israel; hear us, leader of your flock. Seated on your throne above the winged creatures,
2 reveal yourself to the tribes of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Show us your strength; come and save us!
8 You brought a grapevine out of Egypt; you drove out other nations and planted it in their land.
9 You cleared a place for it to grow; its roots went deep, and it spread out over the whole land.
10 It covered the hills with its shade; its branches overshadowed the giant cedars.
11 It extended its branches to the Mediterranean Sea and as far as the River Euphrates.
12 Why did you break down the fences round it? Now anyone passing by can steal its grapes;
13 wild pigs trample it down, and wild animals feed on it.
14 Turn to us, Almighty God! Look down from heaven at us; come and save your people!
15 Come and save this grapevine that you planted, this young vine you made grow so strong!
16 Our enemies have set it on fire and cut it down; look at them in anger and destroy them!
17 Preserve and protect the people you have chosen, the nation you made so strong.
18 We will never turn away from you again; keep us alive, and we will praise you.
19 Bring us back, Lord God Almighty. Show us your mercy, and we will be saved.
23 “I am a God who is everywhere and not in one place only.
24 No one can hide where I cannot see him. Do you not know that I am everywhere in heaven and on earth?
25 I know what those prophets have said who speak lies in my name and claim that I have given them my messages in their dreams.
26 How much longer will those prophets mislead my people with the lies they have invented?
27 They think that the dreams they tell will make my people forget me, just as their ancestors forgot me and turned to Baal.
28 The prophet who has had a dream should say it is only a dream, but the prophet who has heard my message should proclaim that message faithfully. What good is straw compared with wheat?
29 My message is like a fire, and like a hammer that breaks rocks in pieces.
1 God presides in the heavenly council; in the assembly of the gods he gives his decision:
2 “You must stop judging unjustly; you must no longer be partial to the wicked!
3 Defend the rights of the poor and the orphans; be fair to the needy and the helpless.
4 Rescue them from the power of the wicked.
5 “How ignorant you are! How stupid! You are completely corrupt, and justice has disappeared from the world.
6 ‘You are gods,’ I said; ‘all of you are children of the Most High.’
7 But you will die like mortals; your life will end like that of any prince.”
8 Come, O God, and rule the world; all the nations are yours.
29 It was faith that made the Israelites able to cross the Red Sea as if on dry land; when the Egyptians tried to do it, the water swallowed them up.
30 It was faith that made the walls of Jericho fall down after the Israelites had marched round them for seven days.
31 It was faith that kept the prostitute Rahab from being killed with those who disobeyed God, for she gave the Israelite spies a friendly welcome.
32 Should I go on? There isn’t enough time for me to speak of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets.
33 Through faith they fought whole countries and won. They did what was right and received what God had promised. They shut the mouths of lions,
34 put out fierce fires, escaped being killed by the sword. They were weak, but became strong; they were mighty in battle and defeated the armies of foreigners.
35 Through faith women received their dead relatives raised back to life. Others, refusing to accept freedom, died under torture in order to be raised to a better life.
36 Some were mocked and whipped, and others were put in chains and taken off to prison.
37 They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed by the sword. They went round clothed in skins of sheep or goats—poor, persecuted, and ill-treated.
38 The world was not good enough for them! They wandered like refugees in the deserts and hills, living in caves and holes in the ground.
39 What a record all of these have won by their faith! Yet they did not receive what God had promised,
40 because God had decided on an even better plan for us. His purpose was that only in company with us would they be made perfect.
1 As for us, we have this large crowd of witnesses round us. So then, let us rid ourselves of everything that gets in the way, and of the sin which holds on to us so tightly, and let us run with determination the race that lies before us.
2 Let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, on whom our faith depends from beginning to end. He did not give up because of the cross! On the contrary, because of the joy that was waiting for him, he thought nothing of the disgrace of dying on the cross, and he is now seated at the right-hand side of God’s throne.
49 “I came to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already kindled!
50 I have a baptism to receive, and how distressed I am until it is over!
51 Do you suppose that I came to bring peace to the world? No, not peace, but division.
52 From now on a family of five will be divided, three against two and two against three.
53 Fathers will be against their sons, and sons against their fathers; mothers will be against their daughters, and daughters against their mothers; mothers-in-law will be against their daughters-in-law, and daughters-in-law against their mothers-in-law.”
54 Jesus said also to the people, “When you see a cloud coming up in the west, at once you say that it is going to rain—and it does.
55 And when you feel the south wind blowing, you say that it is going to get hot—and it does.
56 Hypocrites! You can look at the earth and the sky and predict the weather; why, then, don’t you know the meaning of this present time?
2019-08-25
2019-08-25
4 The Lord said to me,
5 “I chose you before I gave you life, and before you were born I selected you to be a prophet to the nations.”
6 I answered, “Sovereign Lord, I don’t know how to speak; I am too young.”
7 But the Lord said to me, “Do not say that you are too young, but go to the people I send you to, and tell them everything I command you to say.
8 Do not be afraid of them, for I will be with you to protect you. I, the Lord, have spoken!”
9 Then the Lord stretched out his hand, touched my lips, and said to me, “Listen, I am giving you the words you must speak.
10 Today I give you authority over nations and kingdoms to uproot and to pull down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”
1 Lord, I have come to you for protection; never let me be defeated!
2 Because you are righteous, help me and rescue me. Listen to me and save me!
3 Be my secure shelter and a strong fortress to protect me; you are my refuge and defence.
4 My God, rescue me from the wicked, from the power of those who are cruel and evil.
5 Sovereign Lord, I put my hope in you; I have trusted in you since I was young.
6 I have relied on you all my life; you have protected me since the day I was born. I will always praise you.
9 When you pray, I will answer you. When you call to me, I will respond. “If you put an end to oppression, to every gesture of contempt, and to every evil word;
10 if you give food to the hungry and satisfy those who are in need, then the darkness around you will turn to the brightness of noon.
11 And I will always guide you and satisfy you with good things. I will keep you strong and well. You will be like a garden that has plenty of water, like a spring of water that never runs dry.
12 Your people will rebuild what has long been in ruins, building again on the old foundations. You will be known as the people who rebuilt the walls, who restored the ruined houses.”
13 The Lord says, “If you treat the Sabbath as sacred and do not pursue your own interests on that day; if you value my holy day and honour it by not travelling, working, or talking idly on that day,
14 then you will find the joy that comes from serving me. I will make you honoured all over the world, and you will enjoy the land I gave to your ancestor, Jacob. I, the Lord, have spoken.”
1 Praise the Lord, my soul! All my being, praise his holy name!
2 Praise the Lord, my soul, and do not forget how kind he is.
3 He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases.
4 He keeps me from the grave and blesses me with love and mercy.
5 He fills my life with good things, so that I stay young and strong like an eagle.
6 The Lord judges in favour of the oppressed and gives them their rights.
7 He revealed his plans to Moses and let the people of Israel see his mighty deeds.
8 The Lord is merciful and loving, slow to become angry and full of constant love.
18 You have not come, as the people of Israel came, to what you can feel, to Mount Sinai with its blazing fire, the darkness and the gloom, the storm,
19 the blast of a trumpet, and the sound of a voice. When the people heard the voice, they begged not to hear another word,
20 because they could not bear the order which said, “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death.”
21 The sight was so terrifying that Moses said, “I am trembling and afraid!”
22 Instead, you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, with its thousands of angels.
23 You have come to the joyful gathering of God’s firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, who is the judge of all people, and to the spirits of good people made perfect.
24 You have come to Jesus, who arranged the new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that promises much better things than does the blood of Abel.
25 Be careful, then, and do not refuse to hear him who speaks. Those who refused to hear the one who gave the divine message on earth did not escape. How much less shall we escape, then, if we turn away from the one who speaks from heaven!
26 His voice shook the earth at that time, but now he has promised, “I will once more shake not only the earth but heaven as well.”
27 The words “once more” plainly show that the created things will be shaken and removed, so that the things that cannot be shaken will remain.
28 Let us be thankful, then, because we receive a kingdom that cannot be shaken. Let us be grateful and worship God in a way that will please him, with reverence and awe;
29 because our God is indeed a destroying fire.
10 One Sabbath Jesus was teaching in a synagogue.
11 A woman there had an evil spirit that had made her ill for eighteen years; she was bent over and could not straighten up at all.
12 When Jesus saw her, he called out to her, “Woman, you are free from your illness!”
13 He placed his hands on her, and at once she straightened herself up and praised God.
14 The official of the synagogue was angry that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, so he spoke up and said to the people, “There are six days in which we should work; so come during those days and be healed, but not on the Sabbath!”
15 The Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Any one of you would untie your ox or your donkey from the stall and take it out to give it water on the Sabbath.
16 Now here is this descendant of Abraham whom Satan has kept bound up for eighteen years; should she not be released on the Sabbath?”
17 His answer made his enemies ashamed of themselves, while the people rejoiced over all the wonderful things that he did.