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The Daily Lectionary for Tuesday, July 19, 2012

Christ Our Advocate
1 John 2:1-6

The Daily Lectionary
Tuesday, July 19, 2012
Psalm 119:17-32; Amos 8:13—9:4; 1 John 2:1-6
(Revised Common Lectionary Year C)
(Semi-continuous Reading Plan)

Psalm 119:17-32
17 Deal bountifully with your servant,
     so that I may live and observe your word.
18 Open my eyes, so that I may behold
     wondrous things out of your law.
19 I live as an alien in the land;
     do not hide your commandments from me.
20 My soul is consumed with longing
     for your ordinances at all times.
21 You rebuke the insolent, accursed ones,
     who wander from your commandments;
22 take away from me their scorn and contempt,
     for I have kept your decrees.
23 Even though princes sit plotting against me,
     your servant will meditate on your statutes.
24 Your decrees are my delight,
     they are my counselors.

25 My soul clings to the dust;
     revive me according to your word.
26 When I told of my ways, you answered me;
     teach me your statutes.
27 Make me understand the way of your precepts,
     and I will meditate on your wondrous works.
28 My soul melts away for sorrow;
     strengthen me according to your word.
29 Put false ways far from me;
     and graciously teach me your law.
30 I have chosen the way of faithfulness;
     I set your ordinances before me.
31 I cling to your decrees, O Lord;
     let me not be put to shame.
32 I run the way of your commandments,
     for you enlarge my understanding.

Amos 8:13—9:4
8:13 In that day the beautiful young women and the young men
     shall faint for thirst.
14 Those who swear by Ashimah of Samaria,
     and say, “As your god lives, O Dan,”
   and, “As the way of Beer-sheba lives”—
     they shall fall, and never rise again.

The Destruction of Israel
9:1 I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said:
   Strike the capitals until the thresholds shake,
     and shatter them on the heads of all the people;
   and those who are left I will kill with the sword;
     not one of them shall flee away,
     not one of them shall escape.

2  Though they dig into Sheol,
     from there shall my hand take them;
   though they climb up to heaven,
     from there I will bring them down.
3  Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel,
     from there I will search out and take them;
   and though they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea,
     there I will command the sea-serpent, and it shall bite them.
4  And though they go into captivity in front of their enemies,
     there I will command the sword, and it shall kill them;
   and I will fix my eyes on them
     for harm and not for good.

1 John 2:1-6
Christ Our Advocate
2:1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; 2 and he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.

3 Now by this we may be sure that we know him, if we obey his commandments. 4 Whoever says, “I have come to know him,” but does not obey his commandments, is a liar, and in such a person the truth does not exist; 5 but whoever obeys his word, truly in this person the love of God has reached perfection. By this we may be sure that we are in him: 6 whoever says, “I abide in him,” ought to walk just as he walked.

Optional parts of the readings are set off in [square brackets.]

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He (Jesus) is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.

The Morning Prayer for Tuesday, July 19, 2022

 


The Morning Prayer
Tuesday, July 19, 2022


But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Lord our God, we rejoice that we may be called your children. In our weakness we ask you to shelter us in your hands. Strengthen us in the hope and faith that our lives will surely go the right way, not through our strength but through your protection. Grant that through your Spirit we may come to know more and more that you are with us. Help us to be alert in our daily life and to listen whenever you want to say something to us. Reveal the power and glory of your kingdom in many people, to the glory of your name, and hasten the coming on earth of all that is good and true. Amen.

Verse of the Day for Tuesday, July 19, 2022

 


Verse of the Day
Tuesday, July 19, 2022


Isaiah 41:10
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
At some point, each of us will face circumstances that cause anxiety. When we do, we must remember we are God’s children. We have the power to overcome fear when we apply His Word to our lives—remembering that He is always with us and will never fail or forsake us.

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