3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, 4just as he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before him in love. 5He destined us for adoption as his children through Jesus…

1In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, 2the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. 3Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. 4And God saw that the light was good; and God…

1   When Israel went out from Egypt,            the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,  2   Judah became God’s sanctuary,            Israel his dominion. 3   The sea looked and fled;            Jordan turned back.  4   The mountains skipped like rams,            the hills like lambs. 5   Why is it, O sea, that you flee?            O Jordan, that you turn back?  6   O…

15When Jesus realized that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, he withdrew again to the mountain by himself. 16When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, 17got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet…

7“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens: 8“I know your works. Look, I have set before you an open door, which no…

13Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: My servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry; my servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty; my servants shall rejoice, but you shall be put to shame; 14my servants shall sing for gladness of heart, but you shall cry out for pain of heart, and shall wail for…

Lord, we thank you for strength and guidance. Where we end, you begin. Your words are a lamp to our feet as we try to discern our path. Thank you for the light of your love. Amen!