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<p class="MsoNormal">DAILY LECTIONARY</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Email Evangelism, forward to a friend: http://www.dailylectionary.org</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Exodus 13:3-10<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Moses said to the people, ‘Remember this day on which you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, because the Lord brought you out from there by strength of hand; no leavened bread shall be eaten. Today, in the month of Abib, you are going out. When the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he swore to your ancestors to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, you shall keep this observance in this month. For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a festival to the Lord. Unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days; no leavened bread shall be seen in your possession, and no leaven shall be seen among you in all your territory. You shall tell your child on that day, “It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.” It shall serve for you as a sign on your hand and as a reminder on your forehead, so that the teaching of the Lord may be on your lips; for with a strong hand the Lord brought you out of Egypt. You shall keep this ordinance at its proper time from year to year.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">1 Corinthians 15:41-50</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">here is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; indeed, star differs from star in glory.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>So it is with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable. It is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. It is sown a physical body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual body. Thus it is written, ‘The first man, Adam, became a living being’; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit. But it is not the spiritual that is first, but the physical, and then the spiritual. The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is* from heaven. As was the man of dust, so are those who are of the dust; and as is the man of heaven, so are those who are of heaven. Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we will* also bear the image of the man of heaven.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>What I am saying, brothers and sisters,* is this: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Mark 28:16-20</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. When they saw him, they worshipped him; but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.’<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Morning Psalms: Psalm 146, 147</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Psalm 146</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Praise the Lord!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Praise the Lord, O my soul!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I will praise the Lord as long as I live;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I will sing praises to my God all my life long.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Do not put your trust in princes,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>in mortals, in whom there is no help.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">When their breath departs, they return to the earth;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>on that very day their plans perish.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>whose hope is in the Lord their God,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">who made heaven and earth,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>the sea, and all that is in them;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">who keeps faith for ever;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>who executes justice for the oppressed;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>who gives food to the hungry.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Lord sets the prisoners free;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>the Lord opens the eyes of the blind.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>the Lord loves the righteous.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Lord watches over the strangers;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>he upholds the orphan and the widow,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Lord will reign for ever,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>your God, O Zion, for all generations.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Praise the Lord!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Psalm 147</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Praise the Lord!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">How good it is to sing praises to our God;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for he is gracious, and a song of praise is fitting.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Lord builds up Jerusalem;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>he gathers the outcasts of Israel.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">He heals the broken-hearted,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and binds up their wounds.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">He determines the number of the stars;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>he gives to all of them their names.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Great is our Lord, and abundant in power;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>his understanding is beyond measure.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Lord lifts up the downtrodden;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>he casts the wicked to the ground.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>make melody to our God on the lyre.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">He covers the heavens with clouds,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>prepares rain for the earth,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>makes grass grow on the hills.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">He gives to the animals their food,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and to the young ravens when they cry.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">His delight is not in the strength of the horse,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>nor his pleasure in the speed of a runner;*</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>in those who hope in his steadfast love.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Praise your God, O Zion!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For he strengthens the bars of your gates;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>he blesses your children within you.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">He grants peace* within your borders;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>he fills you with the finest of wheat.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">He sends out his command to the earth;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>his word runs swiftly.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">He gives snow like wool;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>he scatters frost like ashes.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">He hurls down hail like crumbs—</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>who can stand before his cold?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">He sends out his word, and melts them;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>he makes his wind blow, and the waters flow.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">He declares his word to Jacob,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>his statutes and ordinances to Israel.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">He has not dealt thus with any other nation;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>they do not know his ordinances.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Praise the Lord!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Evening Psalms: Psalm 148, 149</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Psalm 148</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Praise the Lord!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Praise the Lord from the heavens;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>praise him in the heights!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Praise him, all his angels;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>praise him, all his host!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Praise him, sun and moon;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>praise him, all you shining stars!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Praise him, you highest heavens,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and you waters above the heavens!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Let them praise the name of the Lord,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for he commanded and they were created.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">He established them for ever and ever;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>he fixed their bounds, which cannot be passed.*</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Praise the Lord from the earth,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>you sea monsters and all deeps,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">fire and hail, snow and frost,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>stormy wind fulfilling his command!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Mountains and all hills,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>fruit trees and all cedars!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Wild animals and all cattle,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>creeping things and flying birds!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kings of the earth and all peoples,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>princes and all rulers of the earth!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Young men and women alike,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>old and young together!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Let them praise the name of the Lord,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his name alone is exalted;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>his glory is above earth and heaven.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">He has raised up a horn for his people,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>praise for all his faithful,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for the people of Israel who are close to him.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Praise the Lord!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Psalm 149</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Praise the Lord!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sing to the Lord a new song,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>his praise in the assembly of the faithful.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Let Israel be glad in its Maker;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Let them praise his name with dancing,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>making melody to him with tambourine and lyre.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For the Lord takes pleasure in his people;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>he adorns the humble with victory.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Let the faithful exult in glory;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>let them sing for joy on their couches.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Let the high praises of God be in their throats</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and two-edged swords in their hands,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">to execute vengeance on the nations</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and punishment on the peoples,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">to bind their kings with fetters</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and their nobles with chains of iron,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">to execute on them the judgement decreed.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This is glory for all his faithful ones.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Praise the Lord!</p>
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