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The Daily Lectionary for Thursday, August 11, 2022

Can Salvation be Lost?
Hebrews 10:26-31

The Daily Lectionary
Thursday, August 11, 2022
 Psalm 80:1-2, 8-19; Isaiah 2:5-11; Hebrews 10:26-31
(Revised Common Lectionary Year C)
(Semi-continuous Reading Plan)

Psalm 80:1-2, 8-19
Prayer for Israel’s Restoration
To the leader: on Lilies, a Covenant. Of Asaph. A Psalm.
1  Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel,
     you who lead Joseph like a flock!
   You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth
2    before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh.
   Stir up your might,
     and come to save us!

8  You brought a vine out of Egypt;
     you drove out the nations and planted it.
9  You cleared the ground for it;
     it took deep root and filled the land.
10 The mountains were covered with its shade,
     the mighty cedars with its branches;
11 it sent out its branches to the sea,
     and its shoots to the River.
12 Why then have you broken down its walls,
     so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?
13 The boar from the forest ravages it,
     and all that move in the field feed on it.

14 Turn again, O God of hosts;
     look down from heaven, and see;
   have regard for this vine,
15   the stock that your right hand planted.
16 They have burned it with fire, they have cut it down;
     may they perish at the rebuke of your countenance.
17 But let your hand be upon the one at your right hand,
     the one whom you made strong for yourself.
18 Then we will never turn back from you;
     give us life, and we will call on your name.

19 Restore us, O Lord God of hosts;
     let your face shine, that we may be saved.

Isaiah 2:5-11
Judgment Pronounced on Arrogance
2:5 O house of Jacob,
     come, let us walk
     in the light of the Lord!
6  For you have forsaken the ways of your people,
     O house of Jacob.
   Indeed they are full of diviners from the east
     and of soothsayers like the Philistines,
     and they clasp hands with foreigners.
7  Their land is filled with silver and gold,
     and there is no end to their treasures;
   their land is filled with horses,
     and there is no end to their chariots.
8  Their land is filled with idols;
     they bow down to the work of their hands,
     to what their own fingers have made.
9  And so people are humbled,
     and everyone is brought low—
     do not forgive them!
10 Enter into the rock,
     and hide in the dust
   from the terror of the Lord,
     and from the glory of his majesty.
11 The haughty eyes of people shall be brought low,
     and the pride of everyone shall be humbled;
   and the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.

Hebrews 10:26-31
10:26 For if we willfully persist in sin after having received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a fearful prospect of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries. 28 Anyone who has violated the law of Moses dies without mercy “on the testimony of two or three witnesses.” 29 How much worse punishment do you think will be deserved by those who have spurned the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant by which they were sanctified, and outraged the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know the one who said, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge his people.” 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

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For if we willfully persist in sin after having received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful prospect of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.

The Morning Prayer for Thursday, August 11, 2022

 


The Morning Prayer
Thursday, August 11, 2022


How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, "Your God reigns!" Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices; together they shout for joy. When the Lord returns to Zion, they will see it with their own eyes.
Isaiah 52:7–8 (NIV)

Lord our God, grant that we may be your watchmen, who can understand what you mean for our time. We thank you for all you have already done, for every change to the good among the nations. For the nations must bow to your will so that nothing happens unless accomplished by you. Judge us wherever necessary. Open our eyes to see where we are wrong and where something does not go according to your Spirit. Be with us and give us strength. Raise up more watchmen everywhere, in every place and in every home. Wherever something happens to move people's hearts, let the watchmen proclaim, "This comes from God. It does not matter how much we suffer. This comes from Jesus Christ, who suffered and died, but who rose again." Raise up such watchmen among young and old everywhere on earth, to the glory of your name. Let there be a people who go to meet you with shouts of joy and thanksgiving. Amen.

Verse of the Day for Thursday, August 11, 2022

 


Verse of the Day
Thursday, August 11, 2022


Psalm 119:14
I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches.
No prospector was ever more pleased with his nuggets of gold than the one who searches out the hidden wealth of the Scriptures.

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