Our Epistle this week is Romans 8:12-17. Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it. For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live. For …
Read More “5/26/21”
Our First Reading this week is Isaiah 6:1-8. In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him were seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their …
Read More “5/25/21”
Our call to worship this week is Psalms 29:1-6. Ascribe to the Lord, you heavenly beings, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness. The voice of the Lord is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, …
Read More “5/24/21”
Our Gospel lesson is John 16:7-15, taken today from the New International Version (NIV). But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. When he comes, he …
Read More “5/23/21”
Our Gospel this week is John 16:7-15, taken today from the New American Standard Version (NASB). But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you. …
Read More “5/22/21”
Our Gospel this week is John 16:7-15, taken today from the English Standard Version (ESV). Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. And …
Read More “5/21/21”
Our Gospel lesson is John 16:7-15, taken today from the Christian Standard Bible (CSB). Nevertheless, I am telling you the truth. It is for your benefit that I go away, because if I don’t go away the Counselor will not come to you. If I go, I will send him to you. When he comes, …
Read More “5/20/21”
Our Epistle this week is Romans 8:22-27. We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of …
Read More “5/19/21”
Our First Reading this week is Acts 2:1-21. When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and …
Read More “5/18/21”
Our call to worship this week is Psalm 104:1-5. Praise the Lord, my soul. Lord my God, you are very great; you are clothed with splendor and majesty. The Lord wraps himself in light as with a garment; he stretches out the heavens like a tent and lays the beams of his upper chambers on …
Read More “5/17/21”