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<p class="MsoNormal">DAILY LECTIONARY</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Genesis 4:17-26<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch; and he built a city, and named it Enoch after his son Enoch. To Enoch was born Irad; and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael the father of Methushael, and Methushael the father of Lamech. Lamech took two wives; the name of one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. Adah bore Jabal; he was the ancestor of those who live in tents and have livestock. His brother’s name was Jubal; he was the ancestor of all those who play the lyre and pipe. Zillah bore Tubal-cain, who made all kinds of bronze and iron tools. The sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Lamech said to his wives:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">‘Adah and Zillah, hear my voice;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>you wives of Lamech, listen to what I say:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I have killed a man for wounding me,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>a young man for striking me.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If Cain is avenged sevenfold,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>truly Lamech seventy-sevenfold.’</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and named him Seth, for she said, ‘God has appointed* for me another child instead of Abel, because Cain killed him.’ To Seth also a son was born, and he named him Enosh. At that time people began to invoke the name of the Lord.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hebrews 3:1-11</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Therefore, brothers and sisters,* holy partners in a heavenly calling, consider that Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession, was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses also ‘was faithful in all* God’s* house.’ Yet Jesus* is worthy of more glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has more honour than the house itself. (For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.) Now Moses was faithful in all God’s* house as a servant, to testify to the things that would be spoken later. Christ, however, was faithful over God’s* house as a son, and we are his house if we hold firm* the confidence and the pride that belong to hope.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">‘Today, if you hear his voice,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>as on the day of testing in the wilderness,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">where your ancestors put me to the test,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>though they had seen my works for forty years.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Therefore I was angry with that generation,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and I said, “They always go astray in their hearts,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and they have not known my ways.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As in my anger I swore,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>“They will not enter my rest.” ’</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">John 1:43-51</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, ‘Follow me.’ Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and said to him, ‘We have found him about whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth.’ Nathanael said to him, ‘Can anything good come out of Nazareth?’ Philip said to him, ‘Come and see.’ When Jesus saw Nathanael coming towards him, he said of him, ‘Here is truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!’ Nathanael asked him, ‘Where did you come to know me?’ Jesus answered, ‘I saw you under the fig tree before Philip called you.’ Nathanael replied, ‘Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!’ Jesus answered, ‘Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these.’ And he said to him, ‘Very truly, I tell you,* you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.’<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Morning Psalms: Psalm 18:1-20</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Psalm 18:1-20</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I love you, O Lord, my strength.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>my God, my rock in whom I take refuge,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>so I shall be saved from my enemies.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The cords of death encompassed me;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>the torrents of perdition assailed me;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">the cords of Sheol entangled me;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>the snares of death confronted me.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In my distress I called upon the Lord;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>to my God I cried for help.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">From his temple he heard my voice,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and my cry to him reached his ears.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Then the earth reeled and rocked;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>the foundations also of the mountains trembled</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and quaked, because he was angry.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Smoke went up from his nostrils,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and devouring fire from his mouth;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>glowing coals flamed forth from him.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">He bowed the heavens, and came down;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>thick darkness was under his feet.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">He rode on a cherub, and flew;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>he came swiftly upon the wings of the wind.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">He made darkness his covering around him,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>his canopy thick clouds dark with water.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Out of the brightness before him</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>there broke through his clouds</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>hailstones and coals of fire.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Lord also thundered in the heavens,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and the Most High uttered his voice.*</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>he flashed forth lightnings, and routed them.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Then the channels of the sea were seen,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and the foundations of the world were laid bare</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">at your rebuke, O Lord,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">He reached down from on high, he took me;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>he drew me out of mighty waters.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">He delivered me from my strong enemy,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and from those who hated me;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for they were too mighty for me.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">They confronted me in the day of my calamity;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>but the Lord was my support.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">He brought me out into a broad place;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>he delivered me, because he delighted in me.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>according to the cleanness of my hands he recompensed me.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Evening Psalms: Psalm 18:21-50</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Psalm 18:21-50</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For I have kept the ways of the Lord,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and have not wickedly departed from my God.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For all his ordinances were before me,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and his statutes I did not put away from me.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I was blameless before him,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and I kept myself from guilt.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">With the loyal you show yourself loyal;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>with the blameless you show yourself blameless;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">with the pure you show yourself pure;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and with the crooked you show yourself perverse.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For you deliver a humble people,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>but the haughty eyes you bring down.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It is you who light my lamp;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>the Lord, my God, lights up my darkness.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">By you I can crush a troop,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and by my God I can leap over a wall.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This God—his way is perfect;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>the promise of the Lord proves true;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>he is a shield for all who take refuge in him.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For who is God except the Lord?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>And who is a rock besides our God?—</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">the God who girded me with strength,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and made my way safe.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">He made my feet like the feet of a deer,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and set me secure on the heights.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">He trains my hands for war,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">You have given me the shield of your salvation,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and your right hand has supported me;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>your help* has made me great.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">You gave me a wide place for my steps under me,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and my feet did not slip.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I pursued my enemies and overtook them;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and did not turn back until they were consumed.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I struck them down, so that they were not able to rise;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>they fell under my feet.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For you girded me with strength for the battle;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>you made my assailants sink under me.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">You made my enemies turn their backs to me,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and those who hated me I destroyed.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">They cried for help, but there was no one to save them;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>they cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I beat them fine, like dust before the wind;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I cast them out like the mire of the streets.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You delivered me from strife with the peoples;*</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>you made me head of the nations;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>people whom I had not known served me.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>foreigners came cringing to me.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Foreigners lost heart,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and came trembling out of their strongholds.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Lord lives! Blessed be my rock,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and exalted be the God of my salvation,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">the God who gave me vengeance</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and subdued peoples under me;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">who delivered me from my enemies;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>indeed, you exalted me above my adversaries;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>you delivered me from the violent.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For this I will extol you, O Lord, among the nations,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and sing praises to your name.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Great triumphs he gives to his king,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and shows steadfast love to his anointed,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>to David and his descendants for ever.</p>
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