2019-11 Lectionary Slides
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2019-11-03
2019-11-03
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.’ ”
137 You are righteous, Lord, and your laws are just.
138 The rules that you have given are completely fair and right.
139 My anger burns in me like a fire, because my enemies disregard your commands.
140 How certain your promise is! How I love it!
141 I am unimportant and despised, but I do not neglect your teachings.
142 Your righteousness will last for ever, and your law is always true.
143 I am filled with trouble and anxiety, but your commandments bring me joy.
144 Your instructions are always just; give me understanding, and I shall live.
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.
1 Happy are those whose sins are forgiven, whose wrongs are pardoned.
2 Happy is the one whom the Lord does not accuse of doing wrong and who is free from all deceit.
3 When I did not confess my sins, I was worn out from crying all day long.
4 Day and night you punished me, Lord; my strength was completely drained, as moisture is dried up by the summer heat.
5 Then I confessed my sins to you; I did not conceal my wrongdoings. I decided to confess them to you, and you forgave all my sins.
6 So all your loyal people should pray to you in times of need; when a great flood of trouble comes rushing in, it will not reach them.
7 You are my hiding place; you will save me from trouble. I sing aloud of your salvation, because you protect me.
1 From Paul, Silas, and Timothy— To the people of the church in Thessalonica, who belong to God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
2 May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.
3 Our brothers and sisters, we must thank God at all times for you. It is right for us to do so, because your faith is growing so much and the love each of you has for the others is becoming greater.
4 That is why we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God. We boast about the way you continue to endure and believe through all the persecutions and sufferings you are experiencing.
11 That is why we always pray for you. We ask our God to make you worthy of the life he has called you to live. May he fulfil by his power all your desire for goodness and complete your work of faith.
12 In this way the name of our Lord Jesus will receive glory from you, and you from him, by the grace of our God and of the Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Jesus went on into Jericho and was passing through.
2 There was a chief tax collector there named Zacchaeus, who was rich.
3 He was trying to see who Jesus was, but he was a little man and could not see Jesus because of the crowd.
4 So he ran ahead of the crowd and climbed a sycomore tree to see Jesus, who was going to pass that way.
5 When Jesus came to that place, he looked up and said to Zacchaeus, “Hurry down, Zacchaeus, because I must stay in your house today.”
6 Zacchaeus hurried down and welcomed him with great joy.
7 All the people who saw it started grumbling, “This man has gone as a guest to the home of a sinner!”
8 Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Listen, sir! I will give half my belongings to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will pay back four times as much.”
9 Jesus said to him, “Salvation has come to this house today, for this man, also, is a descendant of Abraham.
10 The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
2019-11-03 (All Saints)
2019-11-03 (All Saints)
1 In the first year that Belshazzar was king of Babylonia, I had a dream and saw a vision in the night. I wrote the dream down, and this is the record
2 of what I saw that night: Winds were blowing from all directions and lashing the surface of the ocean.
3 Four huge beasts came up out of the ocean, each one different from the others.
15 The visions I saw alarmed me, and I was deeply disturbed.
16 I went up to one of those standing there and asked him to explain it all. So he told me the meaning.
17 He said, “These four huge beasts are four empires which will arise on earth.
18 And the people of the Supreme God will receive royal power and keep it for ever and ever.”
1 Praise the Lord! Sing a new song to the Lord; praise him in the assembly of his faithful people!
2 Be glad, Israel, because of your Creator; rejoice, people of Zion, because of your king!
3 Praise his name with dancing; play drums and harps in praise of him.
4 The Lord takes pleasure in his people; he honours the humble with victory.
5 Let God’s people rejoice in their triumph and sing joyfully all night long.
6 Let them shout aloud as they praise God, with their sharp swords in their hands
7 to defeat the nations and to punish the peoples;
8 to bind their kings in chains, their leaders in chains of iron;
9 to punish the nations as God has commanded. This is the victory of God’s people. Praise the Lord!
11 All things are done according to God’s plan and decision; and God chose us to be his own people in union with Christ because of his own purpose, based on what he had decided from the very beginning.
12 Let us, then, who were the first to hope in Christ, praise God’s glory!
13 And you also became God’s people when you heard the true message, the Good News that brought you salvation. You believed in Christ, and God put his stamp of ownership on you by giving you the Holy Spirit he had promised.
14 The Spirit is the guarantee that we shall receive what God has promised his people, and this assures us that God will give complete freedom to those who are his. Let us praise his glory!
15 For this reason, ever since I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people,
16 I have not stopped giving thanks to God for you. I remember you in my prayers
17 and ask the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, to give you the Spirit, who will make you wise and reveal God to you, so that you will know him.
18 I ask that your minds may be opened to see his light, so that you will know what is the hope to which he has called you, how rich are the wonderful blessings he promises his people,
19 and how very great is his power at work in us who believe. This power working in us is the same as the mighty strength
20 which he used when he raised Christ from death and seated him at his right side in the heavenly world.
21 Christ rules there above all heavenly rulers, authorities, powers, and lords; he has a title superior to all titles of authority in this world and in the next.
22 God put all things under Christ’s feet and gave him to the church as supreme Lord over all things.
23 The church is Christ’s body, the completion of him who himself completes all things everywhere.
20 Jesus looked at his disciples and said, “Happy are you poor; the Kingdom of God is yours!
21 Happy are you who are hungry now; you will be filled! Happy are you who weep now; you will laugh!
22 “Happy are you when people hate you, reject you, insult you, and say that you are evil, all because of the Son of Man!
23 Be glad when that happens, and dance for joy, because a great reward is kept for you in heaven. For their ancestors did the very same things to the prophets.
24 “But how terrible for you who are rich now; you have had your easy life!
25 How terrible for you who are full now; you will go hungry! How terrible for you who laugh now; you will mourn and weep!
26 “How terrible when all people speak well of you; their ancestors said the very same things about the false prophets.
27 “But I tell you who hear me: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
28 bless those who curse you, and pray for those who ill-treat you.
29 If anyone hits you on one cheek, let him hit the other one too; if someone takes your coat, let him have your shirt as well.
30 Give to everyone who asks you for something, and when someone takes what is yours, do not ask for it back.
31 Do for others just what you want them to do for you.
2019-11-10
2019-11-10
15 on the 24th day of the sixth month of the second year that Darius was emperor.
1 On the 21st day of the seventh month of that same year, the Lord spoke again through the prophet Haggai.
2 He told Haggai to speak to Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah, to Joshua, the High Priest, and to the people, and to say to them,
3 “Is there anyone among you who can still remember how splendid the Temple used to be? How does it look to you now? It must seem like nothing at all.
4 But now don’t be discouraged, any of you. Do the work, for I am with you.
5 When you came out of Egypt, I promised that I would always be with you. I am still with you, so do not be afraid.
6 “Before long I will shake heaven and earth, land and sea.
7 I will overthrow all the nations, and their treasures will be brought here, and the Temple will be filled with wealth.
8 All the silver and gold of the world is mine.
9 The new Temple will be more splendid than the old one, and there I will give my people prosperity and peace.” The Lord Almighty has spoken.
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1 I will proclaim your greatness, my God and king; I will thank you for ever and ever.
2 Every day I will thank you; I will praise you for ever and ever.
3 The Lord is great and is to be highly praised; his greatness is beyond understanding.
4 What you have done will be praised from one generation to the next; they will proclaim your mighty acts.
5 They will speak of your glory and majesty, and I will meditate on your wonderful deeds.
17 The Lord is righteous in all he does, merciful in all his acts.
18 He is near to those who call to him, who call to him with sincerity.
19 He supplies the needs of those who honour him; he hears their cries and saves them.
20 He protects everyone who loves him, but he will destroy the wicked.
21 I will always praise the Lord; let all his creatures praise his holy name for ever.
1 Sing a new song to the Lord; he has done wonderful things! By his own power and holy strength he has won the victory.
2 The Lord announced his victory; he made his saving power known to the nations.
3 He kept his promise to the people of Israel with loyalty and constant love for them. All people everywhere have seen the victory of our God.
4 Sing for joy to the Lord, all the earth; praise him with songs and shouts of joy!
5 Sing praises to the Lord! Play music on the harps!
6 Blow trumpets and horns, and shout for joy to the Lord, our king.
7 Roar, sea, and every creature in you; sing, earth, and all who live on you!
8 Clap your hands, you rivers; you hills, sing together with joy before the Lord,
9 because he comes to rule the earth. He will rule the peoples of the world with justice and fairness.
23 How I wish that someone would remember my words and record them in a book!
24 Or with a chisel carve my words in stone and write them so that they would last for ever.
25 But I know there is someone in heaven who will come at last to my defence.
26 Even after my skin is eaten by disease, while still in this body I will see God.
27 I will see him with my own eyes, and he will not be a stranger. My courage failed because you said,
1 Listen, O Lord, to my plea for justice; pay attention to my cry for help! Listen to my honest prayer.
2 You will judge in my favour, because you know what is right.
3 You know my heart. You have come to me at night; you have examined me completely and found no evil desire in me.
4 I speak no evil as others do; I have obeyed your command and have not followed paths of violence.
5 I have always walked in your way and have never strayed from it.
6 I pray to you, O God, because you answer me; so turn to me and listen to my words.
7 Reveal your wonderful love and save me; at your side I am safe from my enemies.
8 Protect me as you would your very eyes; hide me in the shadow of your wings
9 from the attacks of the wicked. Deadly enemies surround me;
1 Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to be with him: I beg you, my brothers and sisters,
2 not to be so easily confused in your thinking or upset by the claim that the Day of the Lord has come. Perhaps it is thought that we said this while prophesying or preaching, or that we wrote it in a letter.
3 Do not let anyone deceive you in any way. For the Day will not come until the final Rebellion takes place and the Wicked One appears, who is destined for hell.
4 He will oppose every so-called god or object of worship and will put himself above them all. He will even go in and sit down in God’s Temple and claim to be God.
5 Don’t you remember? I told you all this while I was with you.
13 We must thank God at all times for you, brothers and sisters, you whom the Lord loves. For God chose you as the first to be saved by the Spirit’s power to make you his holy people and by your faith in the truth.
14 God called you to this through the Good News we preached to you; he called you to possess your share of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
15 So then, our brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold on to those truths which we taught you, both in our preaching and in our letter.
16 May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and in his grace gave us unfailing courage and a firm hope,
17 encourage you and strengthen you always to do and say what is good.
27 Then some Sadducees, who say that people will not rise from death, came to Jesus and said,
28 “Teacher, Moses wrote this law for us: ‘If a man dies and leaves a wife but no children, that man’s brother must marry the widow so that they can have children who will be considered the dead man’s children.’
29 Once there were seven brothers; the eldest got married and died without having children.
30 Then the second one married the woman,
31 and then the third. The same thing happened to all seven—they died without having children.
32 Last of all, the woman died.
33 Now, on the day when the dead rise to life, whose wife will she be? All seven of them had married her.”
34 Jesus answered them, “The men and women of this age marry,
35 but the men and women who are worthy to rise from death and live in the age to come will not then marry.
36 They will be like angels and cannot die. They are the children of God, because they have risen from death.
37 And Moses clearly proves that the dead are raised to life. In the passage about the burning bush he speaks of the Lord as ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’
38 He is the God of the living, not of the dead, for to him all are alive.”
2019-11-17
2019-11-17
17 The Lord says, “I am making a new earth and new heavens. The events of the past will be completely forgotten.
18 Be glad and rejoice for ever in what I create. The new Jerusalem I make will be full of joy, and her people will be happy.
19 I myself will be filled with joy because of Jerusalem and her people. There will be no weeping there, no calling for help.
20 Babies will no longer die in infancy, and all people will live out their life span. Those who live to be a hundred will be considered young. To die before that would be a sign that I had punished them.
21 People will build houses and live in them themselves—they will not be used by someone else. They will plant vineyards and enjoy the wine—it will not be drunk by others. Like trees, my people will live long lives. They will fully enjoy the things that they have worked for.
23 The work they do will be successful, and their children will not meet with disaster. I will bless them and their descendants for all time to come.
24 Even before they finish praying to me, I will answer their prayers.
25 Wolves and lambs will eat together; lions will eat straw, as cattle do, and snakes will no longer be dangerous. On Zion, my sacred hill, there will be nothing harmful or evil.”
1 A day is coming when people will sing, “I praise you, Lord! You were angry with me, but now you comfort me and are angry no longer.
2 God is my saviour; I will trust him and not be afraid. The Lord gives me power and strength; he is my saviour.
3 As fresh water brings joy to the thirsty, so God’s people rejoice when he saves them.”
4 A day is coming when people will sing, “Give thanks to the Lord! Call for him to help you! Tell all the nations what he has done! Tell them how great he is!
5 Sing to the Lord because of the great things he has done. Let the whole world hear the news.
6 Let everyone who lives in Zion shout and sing! Israel’s holy God is great, and he lives among his people.”
1 The Lord Almighty says, “The day is coming when all proud and evil people will burn like straw. On that day they will burn up, and there will be nothing left of them.
2 But for you who obey me, my saving power will rise on you like the sun and bring healing like the sun’s rays. You will be as free and happy as calves let out of a stall.
1 Sing a new song to the Lord; he has done wonderful things! By his own power and holy strength he has won the victory.
2 The Lord announced his victory; he made his saving power known to the nations.
3 He kept his promise to the people of Israel with loyalty and constant love for them. All people everywhere have seen the victory of our God.
4 Sing for joy to the Lord, all the earth; praise him with songs and shouts of joy!
5 Sing praises to the Lord! Play music on the harps!
6 Blow trumpets and horns, and shout for joy to the Lord, our king.
7 Roar, sea, and every creature in you; sing, earth, and all who live on you!
8 Clap your hands, you rivers; you hills, sing together with joy before the Lord,
9 because he comes to rule the earth. He will rule the peoples of the world with justice and fairness.
6 Our brothers and sisters, we command you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to keep away from all believers who are living a lazy life and who do not follow the instructions that we gave them.
7 You yourselves know very well that you should do just what we did. We were not lazy when we were with you.
8 We did not accept anyone’s support without paying for it. Instead, we worked and toiled; we kept working day and night so as not to be an expense to any of you.
9 We did this, not because we have no right to demand our support; we did it to be an example for you to follow.
10 While we were with you, we used to say to you, “Whoever refuses to work is not allowed to eat.”
11 We say this because we hear that there are some people among you who live lazy lives and who do nothing except meddle in other people’s business.
12 In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ we command these people and warn them to lead orderly lives and work to earn their own living.
13 But you, brothers and sisters, must not get tired of doing good.
5 Some of the disciples were talking about the Temple, how beautiful it looked with its fine stones and the gifts offered to God. Jesus said,
6 “All this you see—the time will come when not a single stone here will be left in its place; every one will be thrown down.”
7 “Teacher,” they asked, “when will this be? And what will happen in order to show that the time has come for it to take place?”
8 Jesus said, “Be on guard; don’t be deceived. Many men, claiming to speak for me, will come and say, ‘I am he!’ and, ‘The time has come!’ But don’t follow them.
9 Don’t be afraid when you hear of wars and revolutions; such things must happen first, but they do not mean that the end is near.”
10 He went on to say, “Countries will fight each other; kingdoms will attack one another.
11 There will be terrible earthquakes, famines, and plagues everywhere; there will be strange and terrifying things coming from the sky.
12 Before all these things take place, however, you will be arrested and persecuted; you will be handed over to be tried in synagogues and be put in prison; you will be brought before kings and rulers for my sake.
13 This will be your chance to tell the Good News.
14 Make up your minds beforehand not to worry about how you will defend yourselves,
15 because I will give you such words and wisdom that none of your enemies will be able to refute or contradict what you say.
16 You will be handed over by your parents, your brothers, your relatives, and your friends; and some of you will be put to death.
17 Everyone will hate you because of me.
18 But not a single hair from your heads will be lost.
19 Stand firm, and you will save yourselves.
2019-11-24
2019-11-24
1 How terrible will be the Lord’s judgement on those rulers who destroy and scatter his people!
2 This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says about the rulers who were supposed to take care of his people: “You have not taken care of my people; you have scattered them and driven them away. Now I am going to punish you for the evil you have done.
3 I will gather the rest of my people from the countries where I have scattered them, and I will bring them back to their homeland. They will have many children and increase in number.
4 I will appoint rulers to take care of them. My people will no longer be afraid or terrified, and I will not punish them again. I, the Lord, have spoken.”
5 The Lord says, “The time is coming when I will choose as king a righteous descendant of David. That king will rule wisely and do what is right and just throughout the land.
6 When he is king, the people of Judah will be safe, and the people of Israel will live in peace. He will be called ‘The Lord Our Salvation’.
68 “Let us praise the Lord, the God of Israel! He has come to the help of his people and has set them free.
69 He has provided for us a mighty Saviour, a descendant of his servant David.
70 He promised through his holy prophets long ago
71 that he would save us from our enemies, from the power of all those who hate us.
72 He said he would show mercy to our ancestors and remember his sacred covenant.
73 With a solemn oath to our ancestor Abraham he promised to rescue us from our enemies and allow us to serve him without fear,
75 so that we might be holy and righteous before him all the days of our life.
76 “You, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High God. You will go ahead of the Lord to prepare his road for him,
77 to tell his people that they will be saved by having their sins forgiven.
78 Our God is merciful and tender. He will cause the bright dawn of salvation to rise on us
79 and to shine from heaven on all those who live in the dark shadow of death, to guide our steps into the path of peace.”
1 God is our shelter and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble.
2 So we will not be afraid, even if the earth is shaken and mountains fall into the ocean depths;
3 even if the seas roar and rage, and the hills are shaken by the violence.
4 There is a river that brings joy to the city of God, to the sacred house of the Most High.
5 God is in that city, and it will never be destroyed; at early dawn he will come to its aid.
6 Nations are terrified, kingdoms are shaken; God thunders, and the earth dissolves.
7 The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.
8 Come and see what the Lord has done. See what amazing things he has done on earth.
9 He stops wars all over the world; he breaks bows, destroys spears, and sets shields on fire.
10 “Stop fighting,” he says, “and know that I am God, supreme among the nations, supreme over the world.”
11 The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.
11 May you be made strong with all the strength which comes from his glorious power, so that you may be able to endure everything with patience. And with joy give thanks to the Father, who has made you fit to have your share of what God has reserved for his people in the kingdom of light.
13 He rescued us from the power of darkness and brought us safe into the kingdom of his dear Son,
14 by whom we are set free, that is, our sins are forgiven.
15 Christ is the visible likeness of the invisible God. He is the firstborn Son, superior to all created things.
16 For through him God created everything in heaven and on earth, the seen and the unseen things, including spiritual powers, lords, rulers, and authorities. God created the whole universe through him and for him.
17 Christ existed before all things, and in union with him all things have their proper place.
18 He is the head of his body, the church; he is the source of the body’s life. He is the firstborn Son, who was raised from death, in order that he alone might have the first place in all things.
19 For it was by God’s own decision that the Son has in himself the full nature of God.
20 Through the Son, then, God decided to bring the whole universe back to himself. God made peace through his Son’s blood on the cross and so brought back to himself all things, both on earth and in heaven.
33 When they came to the place called “The Skull”, they crucified Jesus there, and the two criminals, one on his right and the other on his left.
34 Jesus said, “Forgive them, Father! They don’t know what they are doing.” They divided his clothes among themselves by throwing dice.
35 The people stood there watching while the Jewish leaders jeered at him: “He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Messiah whom God has chosen!”
36 The soldiers also mocked him: they came up to him and offered him cheap wine,
37 and said, “Save yourself if you are the king of the Jews!”
38 Above him were written these words: “This is the King of the Jews.”
39 One of the criminals hanging there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!”
40 The other one, however, rebuked him, saying, “Don’t you fear God? You received the same sentence he did.
41 Ours, however, is only right, because we are getting what we deserve for what we did; but he has done no wrong.”
42 And he said to Jesus, “Remember me, Jesus, when you come as King!”
43 Jesus said to him, “I promise you that today you will be in Paradise with me.”