Monday 7 January 2008 DAILY LECTIONARY

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Monday 7 January 2008 
DAILY LECTIONARY

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Deuteronomy 8:1-3

This entire commandment that I command you today you must diligently
observe, so that you may live and increase, and go in and occupy the
land that the Lord promised on oath to your ancestors. 2Remember the
long way that the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the
wilderness, in order to humble you, testing you to know what was in your
heart, whether or not you would keep his commandments. 3He humbled you
by letting you hunger, then by feeding you with manna, with which
neither you nor your ancestors were acquainted, in order to make you
understand that one does not live by bread alone, but by every word that
comes from the mouth of the Lord.*
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Colossians 1:1-14

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our
brother, 
2 To the saints and faithful brothers and sisters* in Christ in
Colossae:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father. 


Paul Thanks God for the Colossians3 In our prayers for you we always
thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 4for we have heard of
your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the
saints, 5because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. You have heard
of this hope before in the word of the truth, the gospel 6that has come
to you. Just as it is bearing fruit and growing in the whole world, so
it has been bearing fruit among yourselves from the day you heard it and
truly comprehended the grace of God. 7This you learned from Epaphras,
our beloved fellow-servant.* He is a faithful minister of Christ on
your* behalf, 8and he has made known to us your love in the Spirit. 
9 For this reason, since the day we heard it, we have not ceased praying
for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of God's*
will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 10so that you may lead
lives worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, as you bear fruit in
every good work and as you grow in the knowledge of God. 11May you be
made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power,
and may you be prepared to endure everything with patience, while
joyfully 12giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled* you* to share
in the inheritance of the saints in the light. 13He has rescued us from
the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved
Son, 14in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.*
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John 6:30-33,48-51

So they said to him, 'What sign are you going to give us then, so that
we may see it and believe you? What work are you performing? 31Our
ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, "He gave
them bread from heaven to eat." ' 32Then Jesus said to them, 'Very
truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven,
but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. 33For the
bread of God is that which* comes down from heaven and gives life to the
world.' 48I am the bread of life. 49Your ancestors ate the manna in the
wilderness, and they died. 50This is the bread that comes down from
heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. 51I am the living bread
that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live for
ever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my
flesh.'
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Morning Psalms:  Psalm 103

Psalm 103

Bless the Lord, O my soul,
   and all that is within me,
   bless his holy name. 
2Bless the Lord, O my soul,
   and do not forget all his benefits- 
3who forgives all your iniquity,
   who heals all your diseases, 
4who redeems your life from the Pit,
   who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, 
5who satisfies you with good as long as you live*
   so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. 


6The Lord works vindication
   and justice for all who are oppressed. 
7He made known his ways to Moses,
   his acts to the people of Israel. 
8The Lord is merciful and gracious,
   slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. 
9He will not always accuse,
   nor will he keep his anger for ever. 
10He does not deal with us according to our sins,
   nor repay us according to our iniquities. 
11For as the heavens are high above the earth,
   so great is his steadfast love towards those who fear him; 
12as far as the east is from the west,
   so far he removes our transgressions from us. 
13As a father has compassion for his children,
   so the Lord has compassion for those who fear him. 
14For he knows how we were made;
   he remembers that we are dust. 


15As for mortals, their days are like grass;
   they flourish like a flower of the field; 
16for the wind passes over it, and it is gone,
   and its place knows it no more. 
17But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting
   on those who fear him,
   and his righteousness to children's children, 
18to those who keep his covenant
   and remember to do his commandments. 


19The Lord has established his throne in the heavens,
   and his kingdom rules over all. 
20Bless the Lord, O you his angels,
   you mighty ones who do his bidding,
   obedient to his spoken word. 
21Bless the Lord, all his hosts,
   his ministers that do his will. 
22Bless the Lord, all his works,
   in all places of his dominion.
Bless the Lord, O my soul.
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Evening Psalms:  None Listed

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