2 DEC 2015 · Matthew 21:12-22 12 Then Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who were selling and buying in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves. 13 He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer'; but you are making it a den of robbers." 14 The blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he cured them. 15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the amazing things that he did, and heard the children crying out in the temple, "Hosanna to the Son of David," they became angry 16 and said to him, "Do you hear what these are saying?" Jesus said to them, "Yes; have you never read, 'Out of the mouths of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise for yourself'?" 17 He left them, went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there. 18 In the morning, when he returned to the city, he was hungry. 19 And seeing a fig tree by the side of the road, he went to it and found nothing at all on it but leaves. Then he said to it, "May no fruit ever come from you again!" And the fig tree withered at once. 20 When the disciples saw it, they were amazed, saying, "How did the fig tree wither at once?" 21 Jesus answered them, "Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' it will be done. 22 Whatever you ask for in prayer with faith, you will receive." The Word of the Lord.

1 DEC 2015 · Psalm 11 1In the LORD have I taken refuge; * how then can you say to me, "Fly away like a bird to the hilltop; 2For see how the wicked bend the bow and fit their arrows to the string, * to shoot from ambush at the true of heart. 3When the foundations are being destroyed, * what can the righteous do?" 4The LORD is in his holy temple; * the LORD'S throne is in heaven. 5His eyes behold the inhabited world; * his piercing eye weighs our worth. 6The LORD weighs the righteous as well as the wicked, * but those who delight in violence he abhors. 7Upon the wicked he shall rain coals of fire and burning sulphur; * a scorching wind shall be their lot. 8For the LORD is righteous; he delights in righteous deeds; * and the just shall see his face.

1 DEC 2015 · Amos 3:1-11 1 Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O people of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt: 2 You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. 3 Do two walk together unless they have made an appointment? 4 Does a lion roar in the forest, when it has no prey? Does a young lion cry out from its den, if it has caught nothing? 5 Does a bird fall into a snare on the earth, when there is no trap for it? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when it has taken nothing? 6 Is a trumpet blown in a city, and the people are not afraid? Does disaster befall a city, unless the LORD has done it? 7 Surely the Lord GOD does nothing, without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets. 8 The lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken; who can but prophesy? 9 Proclaim to the strongholds in Ashdod, and to the strongholds in the land of Egypt, and say, "Assemble yourselves on Mount Samaria, and see what great tumults are within it, and what oppressions are in its midst." 10 They do not know how to do right, says the LORD, those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds. 11 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: An adversary shall surround the land, and strip you of your defense; and your strongholds shall be plundered. The Word of the Lord.

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29 NOV 2015 · Matthew 20:29-34 29 As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed him. 30 There were two blind men sitting by the roadside. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they shouted, "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!" 31 The crowd sternly ordered them to be quiet; but they shouted even more loudly, "Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David!" 32 Jesus stood still and called them, saying, "What do you want me to do for you?" 33 They said to him, "Lord, let our eyes be opened." 34 Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes. Immediately they regained their sight and followed him. The Word of the Lord.

28 NOV 2015 · Psalm 104 1Bless the LORD, O my soul; * O LORD my God, how excellent is your greatness! you are clothed with majesty and splendor. 2You wrap yourself with light as with a cloak * and spread out the heavens like a curtain. 3You lay the beams of your chambers in the waters above; * you make the clouds your chariot; you ride on the wings of the wind. 4You make the winds your messengers * and flames of fire your servants. 5You have set the earth upon its foundations, * so that it never shall move at any time. 6You covered it with the Deep as with a mantle; * the waters stood higher than the mountains. 7At your rebuke they fled; * at the voice of your thunder they hastened away. 8They went up into the hills and down to the valleys beneath, * to the places you had appointed for them. 9You set the limits that they should not pass; * they shall not again cover the earth. 10You send the springs into the valleys; * they flow between the mountains. 11All the beasts of the field drink their fill from them, * and the wild asses quench their thirst. 12Beside them the birds of the air make their nests * and sing among the branches. 13You water the mountains from your dwelling on high; * the earth is fully satisfied by the fruit of your works. 14You make grass grow for flocks and herds * and plants to serve mankind; 15That they may bring forth food from the earth, * and wine to gladden our hearts, 16Oil to make a cheerful countenance, * and bread to strengthen the heart. 17The trees of the LORD are full of sap, * the cedars of Lebanon which he planted, 18In which the birds build their nests, * and in whose tops the stork makes his dwelling. 19The high hills are a refuge for the mountain goats, * and the stony cliffs for the rock badgers. 20You appointed the moon to mark the seasons, * and the sun knows the time of its setting. 21You make darkness that it may be night, * in which all the beasts of the forest prowl. 22The lions roar after their prey * and seek their food from God. 23The sun rises, and they slip away * and lay themselves down in their dens. 24Man goes forth to his work * and to his labor until the evening. 25O LORD, how manifold are your works! * in wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. 26Yonder is the great and wide sea with its living things too many to number, * creatures both small and great. 27There move the ships, and there is that Leviathan, * which you have made for the sport of it. 28All of them look to you * to give them their food in due season. 29You give it to them; they gather it; * you open your hand, and they are filled with good things. 30You hide your face, and they are terrified; * you take away their breath, and they die and return to their dust. 31You send forth your Spirit, and they are created; * and so you renew the face of the earth. 32May the glory of the LORD endure for ever; * may the LORD rejoice in all his works. 33He looks at the earth and it trembles; * he touches the mountains and they smoke. 34I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; * I will praise my God while I have my being. 35May these words of mine please him; * I will rejoice in the LORD. 36Let sinners be consumed out of the earth, * and the wicked be no more. 37Bless the LORD, O my soul. * Hallelujah!

28 NOV 2015 · Micah 7:11-20 11 A day for the building of your walls! In that day the boundary shall be far extended. 12 In that day they will come to you from Assyria to Egypt, and from Egypt to the River, from sea to sea and from mountain to mountain. 13 But the earth will be desolate because of its inhabitants, for the fruit of their doings. 14 Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock that belongs to you, which lives alone in a forest in the midst of a garden land; let them feed in Bashan and Gilead as in the days of old. 15 As in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt, show us marvelous things. 16 The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; they shall lay their hands on their mouths; their ears shall be deaf; 17 they shall lick dust like a snake, like the crawling things of the earth; they shall come trembling out of their fortresses; they shall turn in dread to the LORD our God, and they shall stand in fear of you. 18 Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of your possession? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in showing clemency. 19 He will again have compassion upon us; he will tread our iniquities under foot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea. 20 You will show faithfulness to Jacob and unswerving loyalty to Abraham, as you have sworn to our ancestors from the days of old. The Word of the Lord.