As I watched,thrones were set in place, and an Ancient One took his throne;…A thousand thousand served him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood attending him.… As I watched in the night visions,I saw one like a human being coming with the clouds of heaven.And he came to the Ancient One and was presented before him.’ From Daniel…
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‘God will not turn back his anger; the helpers of Rahab bowed beneath him.How then can I answer him, choosing my words with him?Though I am innocent, I cannot answer him; I must appeal for mercy to my accuser.If I summoned him and he answered me, I do not believe that he would listen to…
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After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. Job said:‘Let the day perish on which I was born, and the night that said, “A man-child is conceived.”‘Why did I not die at birth, come forth from the womb and expire? From Job 3:1-3,11-17,20-23, NRSV When we consider what had befallen Job,…
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The Lord said to Satan, ‘Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man who fears God and turns away from evil.’ Then Satan answered the Lord, ‘Does Job fear God for nothing? Have you not put a fence around him and his house and all that he has, on…
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Alas for those who are at ease in Zion, and for those who feel secure on Mount Samaria,the notables of the first of the nations, to whom the house of Israel resorts! From Amos 6:1,4-7, NRSV The prophet Amos warns those of his time who were living lives of contented luxury whilst others lived in poverty.…
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Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the inclination of your heart and the desire of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgement. From Ecclesiastes 11:9 -12:8, NRSV In today’s first reading, the writer…
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I have seen the business that God has given to everyone to be busy with. He has made everything suitable for its time; moreover, he has put a sense of past and future into their minds, yet they cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. From Ecclesiastes 3: 1-11,…
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Is there a thing of which it is said, ‘See, this is new’?It has already been, in the ages before us.The people of long ago are not remembered, nor will there be any remembranceof people yet to come by those who come after them. From Ecclesiastes: 1:2-11, NRSV This message from the author of Ecclesiastes…
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But each of us was given grace according to the measure of Christ’s gift. The gifts he gave were that some would be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until all of us come to the…
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All deeds are right in the sight of the doer, but the Lord weighs the heart.To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. From Proverbs 21:1-6, 10-13, NRSV Today’s passage from the Book of Proverbs leads us to question the motivation for the things we do. Solomon reminds us that God looks deeper…
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