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The Daily Lectionary for Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Peter denying Jesus Christ
Luke 22:54-62

The Daily Lectionary
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
Psalm 94; Jeremiah 14:1-10, 17-22; Luke 22:31-33, 54-62
(Revised Common Lectionary Year C)
(Semi-continuous Reading Plan)

Psalm 94
God the Avenger of the Righteous
1  O Lord, you God of vengeance,
     you God of vengeance, shine forth!
2  Rise up, O judge of the earth;
     give to the proud what they deserve!
3  O Lord, how long shall the wicked,
     how long shall the wicked exult?

4  They pour out their arrogant words;
     all the evildoers boast.
5  They crush your people, O Lord,
     and afflict your heritage.
6  They kill the widow and the stranger,
     they murder the orphan,
7  and they say, “The Lord does not see;
     the God of Jacob does not perceive.”

8  Understand, O dullest of the people;
     fools, when will you be wise?
9  He who planted the ear, does he not hear?
   He who formed the eye, does he not see?
10 He who disciplines the nations,
   he who teaches knowledge to humankind,
     does he not chastise?
11   The Lord knows our thoughts,
     that they are but an empty breath.

12 Happy are those whom you discipline, O Lord,
     and whom you teach out of your law,
13 giving them respite from days of trouble,
     until a pit is dug for the wicked.
14 For the Lord will not forsake his people;
     he will not abandon his heritage;
15 for justice will return to the righteous,
     and all the upright in heart will follow it.

16 Who rises up for me against the wicked?
     Who stands up for me against evildoers?
17 If the Lord had not been my help,
     my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence.
18 When I thought, “My foot is slipping,”
     your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up.
19 When the cares of my heart are many,
     your consolations cheer my soul.
20 Can wicked rulers be allied with you,
     those who contrive mischief by statute?
21 They band together against the life of the righteous,
     and condemn the innocent to death.
22 But the Lord has become my stronghold,
     and my God the rock of my refuge.
23 He will repay them for their iniquity
     and wipe them out for their wickedness;
     the Lord our God will wipe them out.

Jeremiah 14:1-10, 17-22
The Great Drought
14:1 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:

2  Judah mourns
     and her gates languish;
   they lie in gloom on the ground,
     and the cry of Jerusalem goes up.
3  Her nobles send their servants for water;
     they come to the cisterns,
   they find no water,
     they return with their vessels empty.
   They are ashamed and dismayed
     and cover their heads,
4  because the ground is cracked.
     Because there has been no rain on the land
   the farmers are dismayed;
     they cover their heads.
5  Even the doe in the field forsakes her newborn fawn
     because there is no grass.
6  The wild asses stand on the bare heights,
     they pant for air like jackals;
   their eyes fail
     because there is no herbage.

7  Although our iniquities testify against us,
     act, O Lord, for your name’s sake;
   our apostasies indeed are many,
     and we have sinned against you.
8  O hope of Israel,
     its savior in time of trouble,
   why should you be like a stranger in the land,
     like a traveler turning aside for the night?
9  Why should you be like someone confused,
     like a mighty warrior who cannot give help?
   Yet you, O Lord, are in the midst of us,
     and we are called by your name;
     do not forsake us!

10 Thus says the Lord concerning this people:
   Truly they have loved to wander,
     they have not restrained their feet;
   therefore the Lord does not accept them,
     now he will remember their iniquity
     and punish their sins.

17 You shall say to them this word:
   Let my eyes run down with tears night and day,
     and let them not cease,
   for the virgin daughter—my people—is struck down with
   a crushing blow,
     with a very grievous wound.
18 If I go out into the field,
     look—those killed by the sword!
   And if I enter the city,
     look—those sick with famine!
   For both prophet and priest ply their trade throughout
   the land,
     and have no knowledge.

The People Plead for Mercy
19 Have you completely rejected Judah?
     Does your heart loathe Zion?
   Why have you struck us down
     so that there is no healing for us?
   We look for peace, but find no good;
     for a time of healing, but there is terror instead.
20 We acknowledge our wickedness, O Lord,
     the iniquity of our ancestors,
     for we have sinned against you.
21 Do not spurn us, for your name’s sake;
     do not dishonor your glorious throne;
     remember and do not break your covenant with us.
22 Can any idols of the nations bring rain?
     Or can the heavens give showers?
   Is it not you, O Lord our God?
     We set our hope on you,
     for it is you who do all this.

Luke 22:31-33, 54-62
Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial
22:31 “Simon, Simon, listen! Satan has demanded to sift all of you like wheat, 32 but I have prayed for you that your own faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.” 33 And he said to him, “Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death!”

Peter Denies Jesus
54 Then they seized him and led him away, bringing him into the high priest’s house. But Peter was following at a distance. 55 When they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat among them. 56 Then a servant-girl, seeing him in the firelight, stared at him and said, “This man also was with him.” 57 But he denied it, saying, “Woman, I do not know him.” 58 A little later someone else, on seeing him, said, “You also are one of them.” But Peter said, “Man, I am not!” 59 Then about an hour later still another kept insisting, “Surely this man also was with him; for he is a Galilean.” 60 But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are talking about!” At that moment, while he was still speaking, the cock crowed. 61 The Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, “Before the cock crows today, you will deny me three times.” 62 And he went out and wept bitterly.

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Then Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, “Before the cock crows today, you will deny me three times.” And he went out and wept bitterly.

The Morning Prayer for Wednesday, September 14, 2022

 


The Morning Prayer
Wednesday, September 14, 2022


This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel after that time," declares the Lord. "I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one another, 'Know the Lord,' because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest," declares the Lord. "For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more."

Lord our God, we hope in you. One thing never leaves our hearts, your promise that you will be our God, our God in Jesus Christ. This stands firm, and we want to hold to it in trust and confidence. For your Word remains sure, and all your works lead toward a great and wonderful time when you will be glorified, when our hearts can at last become free because we know you. We can become free from all our own works, free from all trembling and hesitation, free from all suffering and distress, because we know that you, O God, are our Father. Amen.

Verse of the Day for Wednesday, September 14, 2022

 


Verse of the Day
Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind.
The joyful unity of believers in Christ offers a powerful testimony to the world that the gospel of love we preach is real, unique, powerful, and welcoming to whomever will believe in the Lord Jesus. It is only through the gospel that people from every nation, race, language group, and socioeconomic level find forgiveness and peace and can join together in harmony (Rev. 7:9, 10).

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