17″After I had returned to Jerusalem and while I was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance 18and saw Jesus saying to me, ‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’ 19And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that in every synagogue I imprisoned and…
The Word of God: Hosea 5:1-7 – October 3, 2020
1Hear this, O priests! Give heed, O house of Israel! Listen, O house of the king! For the judgment pertains to you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor, 2and a pit dug deep in Shittim; but I will punish all of them. 3I know Ephraim, and Israel…
Psalm of the Day – October 2, 2020 (Psalm 40)
1 I waited patiently for the LORD;he inclined to me and heard my cry.2 He drew me up from the desolate pit,out of the miry bog,and set my feet upon a rock,making my steps secure.3 He put a new song in my mouth,a song of praise to our God.Many will see and fear,and put their…
The Word of God: Luke 6:12-26 – October 2, 2020
12Now during those days he went out to the mountain to pray; and he spent the night in prayer to God. 13And when day came, he called his disciples and chose twelve of them, whom he also named apostles: 14Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, and James, and John, and Philip, and…
The Word of God: Acts 21:37-22:16 – October 2, 2020
37Just as Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he said to the tribune, “May I say something to you?” The tribune replied, “Do you know Greek? 38Then you are not the Egyptian who recently stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand assassins out into the wilderness?” 39Paul replied, “I am…
The Word of God: Hosea 4:11-19 – October 2, 2020
11Wine and new wine take away the understanding. 12My people consult a piece of wood, and their divining rod gives them oracles. For a spirit of whoredom has led them astray, and they have played the whore, forsaking their God. 13They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains, and make offerings upon the hills, under…
Psalm of the Day – October 1, 2020 (Psalm 130)
1 Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD.2 Lord, hear my voice!Let your ears be attentiveto the voice of my supplications! 3 If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities,Lord, who could stand?4 But there is forgiveness with you,so that you may be revered. 5 I wait for the LORD, my soul waits,and…
The Word of God: Luke 6:1-11 – October 1, 2020
1One sabbath while Jesus was going through the grainfields, his disciples plucked some heads of grain, rubbed them in their hands, and ate them. 2But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not lawful on the sabbath?” 3Jesus answered, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions…
The Word of God: Acts 21:27-36 – October 1, 2020
27When the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, who had seen him in the temple, stirred up the whole crowd. They seized him, 28shouting, “Fellow Israelites, help! This is the man who is teaching everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this place; more than that, he has actually brought Greeks…
The Word of God: Hosea 4:1-10 – October 1, 2020
1Hear the word of the LORD, O people of Israel; for the LORD has an indictment against the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or loyalty, and no knowledge of God in the land. 2Swearing, lying, and murder, and stealing and adultery break out; bloodshed follows bloodshed. 3Therefore the land mourns, and all…
