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<p class="MsoNormal">DAILY LECTIONARY</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Numbers 27:12-23<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Lord said to Moses, ‘Go up this mountain of the Abarim range, and see the land that I have given to the Israelites. When you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was, because you rebelled against my word in the wilderness of Zin when the congregation quarrelled with me.* You did not show my holiness before their eyes at the waters.’ (These are the waters of Meribath-kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.) Moses spoke to the Lord, saying, ‘Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint someone over the congregation who shall go out before them and come in before them, who shall lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the Lord may not be like sheep without a shepherd.’ So the Lord said to Moses, ‘Take Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay your hand upon him; have him stand before Eleazar the priest and all the congregation, and commission him in their sight. You shall give him some of your authority, so that all the congregation of the Israelites may obey. But he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the decision of the Urim before the Lord; at his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he and all the Israelites with him, the whole congregation.’ So Moses did as the Lord commanded him. He took Joshua and had him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole congregation; he laid his hands on him and commissioned him—as the Lord had directed through Moses.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Acts 19:11-20</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">God did extraordinary miracles through Paul, so that when the handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his skin were brought to the sick, their diseases left them, and the evil spirits came out of them. Then some itinerant Jewish exorcists tried to use the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, ‘I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul proclaims.’ Seven sons of a Jewish high priest named Sceva were doing this. But the evil spirit said to them in reply, ‘Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?’ Then the man with the evil spirit leapt on them, mastered them all, and so overpowered them that they fled out of the house naked and wounded. When this became known to all residents of Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks, everyone was awestruck; and the name of the Lord Jesus was praised. Also many of those who became believers confessed and disclosed their practices. A number of those who practised magic collected their books and burned them publicly; when the value of these books* was calculated, it was found to come to fifty thousand silver coins. So the word of the Lord grew mightily and prevailed.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Mark 1:14-20</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news* of God,* and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near;* repent, and believe in the good news.’*</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>As Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake—for they were fishermen. And Jesus said to them, ‘Follow me and I will make you fish for people.’ And immediately they left their nets and followed him. As he went a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John, who were in their boat mending the nets. Immediately he called them; and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men, and followed him.<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><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 111, 112, 113</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Psalm 111</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Praise the Lord!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>in the company of the upright, in the congregation.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Great are the works of the Lord,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>studied by all who delight in them.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Full of honour and majesty is his work,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and his righteousness endures for ever.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">He has gained renown by his wonderful deeds;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>the Lord is gracious and merciful.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">He provides food for those who fear him;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>he is ever mindful of his covenant.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">He has shown his people the power of his works,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>in giving them the heritage of the nations.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The works of his hands are faithful and just;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>all his precepts are trustworthy.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">They are established for ever and ever,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>to be performed with faithfulness and uprightness.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">He sent redemption to his people;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>he has commanded his covenant for ever.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Holy and awesome is his name.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>all those who practise it* have a good understanding.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>His praise endures for ever.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Psalm 112</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Praise the Lord!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Happy are those who fear the Lord,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>who greatly delight in his commandments.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Their descendants will be mighty in the land;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>the generation of the upright will be blessed.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Wealth and riches are in their houses,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and their righteousness endures for ever.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">They rise in the darkness as a light for the upright;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>they are gracious, merciful, and righteous.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It is well with those who deal generously and lend,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>who conduct their affairs with justice.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For the righteous will never be moved;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>they will be remembered for ever.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">They are not afraid of evil tidings;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>their hearts are firm, secure in the Lord.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Their hearts are steady, they will not be afraid;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>in the end they will look in triumph on their foes.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">They have distributed freely, they have given to the poor;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>their righteousness endures for ever;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>their horn is exalted in honour.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The wicked see it and are angry;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>they gnash their teeth and melt away;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>the desire of the wicked comes to nothing.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Psalm 113</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Praise the Lord!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Praise, O servants of the Lord;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>praise the name of the Lord.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Blessed be the name of the Lord</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>from this time on and for evermore.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">From the rising of the sun to its setting</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>the name of the Lord is to be praised.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Lord is high above all nations,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and his glory above the heavens.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Who is like the Lord our God,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>who is seated on high,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">who looks far down</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>on the heavens and the earth?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">He raises the poor from the dust,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and lifts the needy from the ash heap,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">to make them sit with princes,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>with the princes of his people.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">He gives the barren woman a home,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>making her the joyous mother of children.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Praise the Lord!</p>
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