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<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">DAILY LECTIONARY<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
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<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">Email Evangelism, forward to a friend:
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<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">Ecclesiasticus 3:3-9,14-17<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""> <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">Those who honour their father atone for sins, <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>and
those who respect their mother are like those who lay up treasure.<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">Those who honour their father will have joy in their own
children,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>and
when they pray they will be heard. <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">Those who respect their father will have long life,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>and
those who honour* their mother obey the Lord; <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>they
will serve their parents as their masters.* <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">Honour your father by word and deed,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>that
his blessing may come upon you. <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">For a father's blessing strengthens the houses of the
children,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>but a
mother's curse uproots their foundations. <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">For kindness to a father will not be forgotten,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>and
will be credited to you against your sins; <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">in the day of your distress it will be remembered in your
favour;<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>like
frost in fair weather, your sins will melt away. <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">Whoever forsakes a father is like a blasphemer,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>and
whoever angers a mother is cursed by the Lord. <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
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<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">My child, perform your tasks with humility;*<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>then
you will be loved by those whom God accepts.<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
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<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">1 John 2:12-17<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
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<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">I am writing to you, little children,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style="">
</span>because your sins are forgiven on account of his name. <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">I am writing to you, fathers,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style="">
</span>because you know him who is from the beginning.<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">I am writing to you, young people,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style="">
</span>because you have conquered the evil one. <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">I write to you, children,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style="">
</span>because you know the Father.<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">I write to you, fathers,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style="">
</span>because you know him who is from the beginning.<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">I write to you, young people,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style="">
</span>because you are strong<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>and
the word of God abides in you,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style="">
</span>and you have overcome the evil one.<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""> <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>Do not love
the world or the things in the world. The love of the Father is not in those
who love the world; for all that is in the world-the desire of the flesh, the
desire of the eyes, the pride in riches-comes not from the Father but from the
world. And the world and its desire* are passing away, but those who do the
will of God live for ever.<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
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<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">John 6:41-47<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
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<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">Then the Jews began to complain about him because he
said, 'I am the bread that came down from heaven.' They were saying, 'Is not
this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now
say, "I have come down from heaven"?' Jesus answered them, 'Do not
complain among yourselves. No one can come to me unless drawn by the Father who
sent me; and I will raise that person up on the last day. It is written in the
prophets, "And they shall all be taught by God." Everyone who has
heard and learned from the Father comes to me. Not that anyone has seen the
Father except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father. Very truly, I
tell you, whoever believes has eternal life.<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
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<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">Morning Psalms: Psalm 66, 67<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""> <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">Psalm 66<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""> <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth; <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>sing
the glory of his name;<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>give
to him glorious praise. <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">Say to God, 'How awesome are your deeds!<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style="">
</span>Because of your great power, your enemies cringe before you. <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">All the earth worships you;<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>they
sing praises to you,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>sing
praises to your name.'<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>Selah <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""> <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
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<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">Come and see what God has done:<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>he is
awesome in his deeds among mortals. <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">He turned the sea into dry land;<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>they
passed through the river on foot.<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">There we rejoiced in him, <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>who
rules by his might for ever,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">whose eyes keep watch on the nations-<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>let
the rebellious not exalt themselves.<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>Selah <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""> <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
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<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">Bless our God, O peoples,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>let
the sound of his praise be heard, <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">who has kept us among the living,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>and
has not let our feet slip. <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">For you, O God, have tested us;<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>you
have tried us as silver is tried. <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">You brought us into the net;<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>you
laid burdens on our backs; <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">you let people ride over our heads;<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>we
went through fire and through water;<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">yet you have brought us out to a spacious place.* <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""> <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""> <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">I will come into your house with burnt-offerings;<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>I
will pay you my vows, <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">those that my lips uttered<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>and
my mouth promised when I was in trouble. <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">I will offer to you burnt-offerings of fatlings,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>with
the smoke of the sacrifice of rams;<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">I will make an offering of bulls and goats.<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>Selah <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
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<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">Come and hear, all you who fear God,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>and I
will tell what he has done for me. <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">I cried aloud to him,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>and
he was extolled with my tongue. <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">If I had cherished iniquity in my heart,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>the
Lord would not have listened. <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">But truly God has listened;<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>he
has given heed to the words of my prayer. <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""> <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
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<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">Blessed be God,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style="">
</span>because he has not rejected my prayer<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>or
removed his steadfast love from me.<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
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<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">Psalm 67<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""> <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">May God be gracious to us and bless us<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>and
make his face to shine upon us,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>Selah <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">that your way may be known upon earth,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>your
saving power among all nations. <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">Let the peoples praise you, O God;<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>let
all the peoples praise you. <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""> <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""> <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">Let the nations be glad and sing for joy,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>for
you judge the peoples with equity<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>and
guide the nations upon earth.<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>Selah <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">Let the peoples praise you, O God;<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>let
all the peoples praise you. <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""> <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""> <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">The earth has yielded its increase;<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>God,
our God, has blessed us. <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">May God continue to bless us;<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>let
all the ends of the earth revere him.<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
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<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">Evening Psalms: Psalm 145<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
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<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">Psalm 145<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
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<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">I will extol you, my God and King,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>and
bless your name for ever and ever. <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">Every day I will bless you,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>and
praise your name for ever and ever. <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>his
greatness is unsearchable. <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""> <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
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<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">One generation shall laud your works to another,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>and
shall declare your mighty acts. <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">On the glorious splendour of your majesty,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>and
on your wondrous works, I will meditate. <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">The might of your awesome deeds shall be proclaimed,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>and I
will declare your greatness. <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">They shall celebrate the fame of your abundant goodness,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>and
shall sing aloud of your righteousness. <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""> <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
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<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">The Lord is gracious and merciful,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>slow
to anger and abounding in steadfast love. <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">The Lord is good to all,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>and
his compassion is over all that he has made. <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""> <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
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<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">All your works shall give thanks to you, O Lord,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>and
all your faithful shall bless you. <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>and
tell of your power, <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">to make known to all people your* mighty deeds,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>and
the glorious splendour of your* kingdom. <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>and
your dominion endures throughout all generations. <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""> <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
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<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">The Lord is faithful in all his words,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>and
gracious in all his deeds.* <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">The Lord upholds all who are falling,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>and
raises up all who are bowed down. <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">The eyes of all look to you,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>and
you give them their food in due season. <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">You open your hand,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>satisfying
the desire of every living thing. <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">The Lord is just in all his ways,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>and
kind in all his doings. <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">The Lord is near to all who call on him,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>to
all who call on him in truth. <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">He fulfils the desire of all who fear him;<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>he
also hears their cry, and saves them. <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">The Lord watches over all who love him,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>but
all the wicked he will destroy. <o:p style=""></o:p></div>
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<div class="MsoPlainText" style="">My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord,<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style=""><span style=""> </span>and
all flesh will bless his holy name for ever and ever.<o:p style=""></o:p></div>
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