Holston Presbytery

• Daily Lectionary Readings for February 01, 2012
  

  Morning Psalm 96

  ¹   O sing to the LORD a new song;
  
            sing to the LORD, all the earth.
  
  ²   Sing to the LORD, bless his name;
  
            tell of his salvation from day to day.
  
  ³   Declare his glory among the nations,
  
            his marvelous works among all the peoples.
  
  ⁴   For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised;
  
            he is to be revered above all gods.
  
  ⁵   For all the gods of the peoples are idols,
  
            but the LORD made the heavens.
  
  ⁶   Honor and majesty are before him;
  
            strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
  
  ⁷   Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the peoples,
  
            ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
  
  ⁸   Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name;
  
            bring an offering, and come into his courts.
  
  ⁹   Worship the LORD in holy splendor;
  
            tremble before him, all the earth.

  ¹⁰  Say among the nations, “The LORD is king!
  
            The world is firmly established; it shall never be moved.
  
            He will judge the peoples with equity.”
  
  ¹¹  Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice;
  
            let the sea roar, and all that fills it;
  
  ¹²       let the field exult, and everything in it.
  
       Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy
  
  ¹³       before the LORD; for he is coming,
  
            for he is coming to judge the earth.
  
       He will judge the world with righteousness,
  
            and the peoples with his truth.

  Morning Psalm 147:1-11

  ¹   Praise the Lord!
  
            How good it is to sing praises to our God;
  
            for he is gracious, and a song of praise is fitting.
  
  ²   The Lord builds up Jerusalem;
  
            he gathers the outcasts of Israel.
  
  ³   He heals the brokenhearted,
  
            and binds up their wounds.
  
  ⁴   He determines the number of the stars;
  
            he gives to all of them their names.
  
  ⁵   Great is our Lord, and abundant in power;
  
            his understanding is beyond measure.
  
  ⁶   The Lord lifts up the downtrodden;
  
            he casts the wicked to the ground.

  ⁷   Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;
  
            make melody to our God on the lyre.
  
  ⁸   He covers the heavens with clouds,
  
            prepares rain for the earth,
  
            makes grass grow on the hills.
  
  ⁹   He gives to the animals their food,
  
            and to the young ravens when they cry.
  
  ¹⁰  His delight is not in the strength of the horse,
  
            nor his pleasure in the speed of a runner;
  
  ¹¹  but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him,
  
            in those who hope in his steadfast love.

  First Reading Genesis 22:1-18

  ¹After these things God
  tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” And
  he said, “Here I am.” ²He said, “Take your son, your
  only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of
  Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of
  the mountains that I shall show you.” ³So Abraham rose early in the
  morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young
  men with him, and his son Isaac; he cut the wood for the
  burnt offering, and set out and went to the place in the
  distance that God had shown him. ⁴On the third day Abraham looked up
  and saw the place far away. ⁵Then Abraham said to his young
  men, “Stay here with the donkey; the boy and I will
  go over there; we will worship, and then we will come
  back to you.” ⁶Abraham took the wood of the burnt
  offering and laid it on his son Isaac, and he himself
  carried the fire and the knife. So the two of them walked
  on together. ⁷Isaac
  said to his father Abraham, “Father!” And he
  said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, “The
  fire and the wood are here, but where is the lamb for a
  burnt offering?” ⁸Abraham said, “God himself
  will provide the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.”
  So the two of them walked on together.

  ⁹When they came to the
  place that God had shown him, Abraham built an altar
  there and laid the wood in order. He bound his son Isaac,
  and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.
  ¹⁰Then Abraham reached
  out his hand and took the knife to kill his son.
  ¹¹But the angel of the
  LORD called to him from heaven, and said, “Abraham,
  Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”
  ¹²He said, “Do not
  lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him; for now I
  know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your
  son, your only son, from me.” ¹³And Abraham looked up and saw a
  ram, caught in a thicket by its horns. Abraham went and
  took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering
  instead of his son. ¹⁴So Abraham called that place
  “The LORD will provide”; as it is said to this
  day, “On the mount of the LORD it shall be
  provided.”

  ¹⁵The angel of the LORD
  called to Abraham a second time from heaven, ¹⁶and said, “By myself I have
  sworn, says the LORD: Because you have done this, and
  have not withheld your son, your only son, ¹⁷I will indeed bless you, and I
  will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of
  heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your
  offspring shall possess the gate of their enemies,
  ¹⁸and by your offspring
  shall all the nations of the earth gain blessing for
  themselves, because you have obeyed my voice.”

  Second Reading Hebrews 11:23-31

  ²³By faith Moses was
  hidden by his parents for three months after his birth,
  because they saw that the child was beautiful; and they
  were not afraid of the king’s edict. ²⁴By faith Moses, when he was grown
  up, refused to be called a son of Pharaoh’s daughter,
  ²⁵choosing rather to
  share ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy
  the fleeting pleasures of sin. ²⁶He considered abuse suffered for
  the Christ to be greater wealth than the treasures of
  Egypt, for he was looking ahead to the reward.
  ²⁷By faith he left
  Egypt, unafraid of the king’s anger; for he
  persevered as though he saw him who is invisible.
  ²⁸By faith he kept the
  Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the
  destroyer of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn
  of Israel.

  ²⁹By faith the people
  passed through the Red Sea as if it were dry land, but
  when the Egyptians attempted to do so they were drowned.
  ³⁰By faith the walls of
  Jericho fell after they had been encircled for seven
  days. ³¹By faith Rahab
  the prostitute did not perish with those who were
  disobedient, because she had received the spies in peace.

  Gospel John 6:52-59

  ⁵²The Jews then
  disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man
  give us his flesh to eat?” ⁵³So Jesus said to them, “Very
  truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of
  Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.
  ⁵⁴Those who eat my
  flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will
  raise them up on the last day; ⁵⁵for my flesh is true food and my
  blood is true drink. ⁵⁶Those who eat my flesh and drink
  my blood abide in me, and I in them. ⁵⁷Just as the living Father sent
  me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me
  will live because of me. ⁵⁸This is the bread that came down
  from heaven, not like that which your ancestors ate, and
  they died. But the one who eats this bread will live
  forever.” ⁵⁹He
  said these things while he was teaching in the synagogue
  at Capernaum.

  Evening Psalm 132

  ¹   O LORD, remember in David’s favor
  
            all the hardships he endured;
  
  ²   how he swore to the LORD
  
            and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob,
  
  ³   “I will not enter my house
  
            or get into my bed;
  
  4   I will not give sleep to my eyes
  
            or slumber to my eyelids,
  
  ⁵   until I find a place for the LORD,
  
            a dwelling-place for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

  ⁶   We heard of it in Ephrathah;
  
            we found it in the fields of Jaar.
  
  ⁷   “Let us go to his dwelling place;
  
            let us worship at his footstool.”

  ⁸   Rise up, O LORD, and go to your resting place,
  
            you and the ark of your might.
  
  ⁹   Let your priests be clothed with righteousness,
  
            and let your faithful shout for joy.
  
  ¹⁰  For your servant David’s sake
  
            do not turn away the face of your anointed one.

  ¹¹  The LORD swore to David a sure oath
  
            from which he will not turn back:
  
       “One of the sons of your body
  
            I will set on your throne.
  
  ¹²  If your sons keep my covenant
  
            and my decrees that I shall teach them,
  
       their sons also, forevermore,
  
            shall sit on your throne.”

  ¹³  For the LORD has chosen Zion;
  
            he has desired it for his habitation:
  
  ¹⁴  “This is my resting place forever;
  
            here I will reside, for I have desired it.
  
  ¹⁵  I will abundantly bless its provisions;
  
            I will satisfy its poor with bread.
  
  ¹⁶  Its priests I will clothe with salvation,
  
            and its faithful will shout for joy.
  
  ¹⁷  There I will cause a horn to sprout up for David;
  
            I have prepared a lamp for my anointed one.
  
  ¹⁸  His enemies I will clothe with disgrace,
  
            but on him, his crown will gleam.”

  Evening Psalm 134

  ¹   Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD,
  
            who stand by night in the house of the LORD!
  
  ²   Lift up your hands to the holy place,
  
            and bless the LORD.

  ³   May the LORD, maker of heaven and earth,
  
            bless you from Zion.

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