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  Today's Scripture Psalm 86:1–13 (NIV) Insight  King David is credited with composing seventy-three to seventy-four of the psalms, and  Psalm 86  is one of them. Unlike some of David’s songs (see, for example, the superscription of  Psalm 51 ),  Psalm 86  contains no comments about the circumstances that prompted its writing, and it appears to contain numerous phrases that appear in other Davidic psalms. However, the key feature of  Psalm 86 , as observed in  The New Bible Commentary,  maybe that the name  Lord  appears seven times ( vv. 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 15 ) using the Hebrew term  Adonai,  which speaks of God’s sovereignty. As David offers worship and adoration to God, he also presents his needs and concerns to Him—knowing that he’s appealing to the God who not only deserves all his worship and praise but that He’s the One who can be trusted with all possible outcomes.

Bible in a Year : Psalms 107–109 1 Corinthians 4

  Psalm 42:8 King James Version Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the day time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. New King James Version The Lord will command His lovingkindness in the daytime, And in the night His song  shall be  with me— A prayer to the God of my life. English Standard Version By day the Lord commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life. New American Standard Bible The Lord will command His lovingkindness in the daytime; And His song will be with me in the night, A prayer to the God of my life. Holman Christian Standard Bible The Lord will send His faithful love by day; His song will be with me in the night— a prayer to the God of my life.

  Reflect & Pray Out of what difficult place has God delivered you? During that time, did you experience any “sunflowers” that helped you persevere? Loving God, thank You for being compassionate and gracious. Help me to remember how You’ve been faithful and answered my prayers in the past—and will again in the future.

 By: Rev. Lynwood F. Mundy Psalm 86:1-13 Prayer for Mercy, with Meditation on the Excellencies of the Lord 86:title A Prayer of David. 1 Bow down Your ear, O Lord, hear me; For I am poor and needy. 2 Preserve my ( Lit .  soul )  life, for I am holy; You are my God; Save Your servant who trusts in You! 3 Be merciful to me, O Lord, For I cry to You all day long. 4 ( Make glad)  Rejoice the soul of Your servant, ( Ps. 25:1; 143:8 )  For to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul. 5 For ( Ps. 130:7; 145:9; [ Joel 2:13 ])  You, Lor d, are g ood, and ready to forgive, And abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You. 6 Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer; And attend to the voice of my supplications. 7 In the day of my trouble, I will call upon You, For You will answer me. 8 ( [ Ex. 15:11 ]; 2 Sam. 7:22; 1 Kin. 8:23; Ps. 89:6; Jer. 10:6 )  Among the god s there is none like You, O Lord; Nor are there any works like Your works. 9 All nations whom You have ma

  Righteousness John 8:7 NIV “When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, ‘If anyone of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.’  ” Josh grew up in the church and was active in his youth group growing up. Like many children who were raised in a Christian home, Josh adopted the faith of his parents. But that all changed when he turned 30. Josh fell in love with another woman and left his wife. When he told his family about his decision, his mother couldn’t stop “preaching” at him about his sinfulness and his sister outright told him that he would go to hell because of this sin. Today, Josh is a disciple of Buddha. I can’t justify Josh’s behavior. There is no excuse for breaking his marriage vows, leaving his wife and flaunting his decision is his family’s face. But neither is there any excuse for his family’s reaction. If their judgmental spirit didn’t push him away from Christianity toward Buddhism, it certainly was a contribu

  Friday, August 21, 2020, | Octoechos Twelfth Friday after Pentecost Bright Vestments Epistle 2 Corinthians 7:10–16 Gospel Mark 2:18–22   Byzantine Lectionary (Gregorian) . Faithlife; Bellingham, WA, 2015; 2015. Print. Fri, Aug 21, 2020 (Aug 8, 2020) | Octoechos Eleventh Friday after Pentecost Dark Vestments Epistle 2 Corinthians 4:13–18 Gospel Matthew 24:27–33, 42–51   Byzantine Lectionary (Julian) . Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2016. Print. Friday, August 21, 2020, | Octoechos Eleventh Friday after Pentecost Bright Vestments Epistle 2 Corinthians 4:13–18 Gospel Matthew 24:27–33, 42–51   Byzantine Lectionary (Revised Julian) . Faithlife; Bellingham, WA, 2015; 2015. Print.

  Friday, August 21, 2020, | Memorial Saint Pius X, Pope Years 1 & 2 | Roman Missal | Lectionary From Friday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time First Reading Ezekiel 37:1–14 Response Psalm 107:1 Psalm Psalm 107:2–9 Gospel Acclamation Psalm 25:4b, 5a Gospel Matthew 22:34–40 Or from the Proper of Saints First Reading 1 Thessalonians 2:2b–8 Response Psalm 89:2 Psalm Psalm 89:2–5, 21–22, 25, 27 Gospel Acclamation John 10:14 Gospel John 21:15–17   Catholic Daily Readings . Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2009. Print. Friday, August 21, 2020, | After Pentecost Proper 15, Friday Year 2 Psalms (Morning) Psalm 140, 142 Psalms (Evening) Psalm 141, 143:1–11 (12) Old Testament Job 2:1–13 New Testament Acts 9:1–9 Gospel John 6:27–40  The Episcopal Church. Book of Common Prayer Lectionary . Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2010. Print. Friday, August 21, 2020, | Trinity Season Friday of the Eleventh Week af

  August 21: Transitions Isaiah 42:10–43:28 ; Luke 16:1–17:10; Job 9:25–35 Life is marked by seasons—times of great difficulty and times of great joy. Usually, we focus on making the transition from pain to relief as quickly as possible, but in the process, we may forget the significance of the transition itself. A transition is an opportunity to contemplate: Who is acting to move us from one season of our lives to the next? Why does winter give way to spring? “Sing a new song to Yahweh; praise him from the end of the earth, you who go down to the sea and that which fills it, the coastlands and their inhabitants. Let the desert and its towns lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar inhabits. Let the inhabitants of Sela sing for joy; let them shout loudly from the top of the mountains. Let them give glory to Yahweh and declare his praise in the coastlands” ( Isa 42:10–12 ). This song of praise moves from the “end of the earth” inward, from region to region, until the whole world

Bible in a Year : Psalms 105–106 1 Corinthians 3  

  Reflect & Pray How does leaving the results to God give you the courage to risk doing what seems impossible? What hard thing has He invited you to do with His help? Father, thank You for providing all I need is You continue to accomplish great things in me.

  Today's Scripture 1 Corinthians 3:1–9 (NIV) Insight  Greek thinkers often saw the soul or spirit as pure and eternal in contrast to the weaknesses and passions of the body, and therefore emphasized controlling the body through the mind. Followers of Aristotle, for example, emphasized moderating bodily desires and feelings, while Stoics tried to eliminate negative emotional reactions to life entirely. Paul also often contrasted life lived “merely” in the body ( 1 Corinthians 3:3–4 ) with spiritual life (see for example  Romans 8:4–9 ). But for Paul, the mind or human spirit was just as susceptible as the body to being governed by unhealthy desires. Paul emphasized instead the contrast between a life empowered by God’s Spirit and a life lived as “mere human beings” ( 1 Corinthians 3:4 ). Paul taught that only living in continual dependence on the Spirit could lift human beings from being slaves to their desires to living out their true purpose.

By: Rev. Lynwood F. Mundy 2 Corinthians 3:1-9   Christ’s Epistle 3:1 Do ( 2 Cor. 5:12; 10:12, 18; 12:11 )  we begin again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as some others,  ( Acts 18:27 )  epistles of commendation to you o r letters of commendation from you?   2 ( 1 Cor. 9:2 )  You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men;   3 clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ( 1 Cor. 3:5 )  ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not ( Ex. 24:12; 31:18; 32:15; 2 Cor. 3:7 )  on tablets of stone but ( Ps. 40:8 )  on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart. The Spirit, Not the Letter 4 And we have such trust through Christ toward God.  5 [ John 15:5 ] Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but ( 1 Cor. 15:10 )  our sufficiency is from God,    6 who also made us sufficient as ( 1 Cor. 3:5; Eph. 3:7 )  ministers of ( Jer. 31:31; Matt. 26:28; Luke 22:20 )  the ne

  Revival After Nehemiah and his workers completed the rebuilding of the wall in Jerusalem, Ezra stood on a high wooden platform to read from the sacred scrolls to the people. Early in the morning on October 8, 445 BC he opened the scrolls and began to read. When he did the audience rose to their feet. Ezra continued to read until noon, and the people paid close attention to what he read. When he finished reading, Ezra began to praise the Lord, and when he did, the people said, “Amen! Amen!,” as they lifted their hands toward heaven. Later, they fell on their faces before the Lord and worshiped him. The Levites took over. They read from the law and explained its meaning to the people. They encouraged the people not to weep, but to celebrate the goodness of the Lord. A few weeks later, the people gathered again. This time they came ready to confess their sins before God. After another protracted reading from the law, the people began confessing their sins and worshiping the Lord an

Thursday, August 20, 2020, | Memorial Saint Bernard, Abbot, and Doctor of the Church Years 1 & 2 | Roman Missal | Lectionary From Thursday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time First Reading Ezekiel 36:23–28 Response Ezekiel 36:25 Psalm Psalm 51:12–15, 18–19 Gospel Acclamation Psalm 95:8 Gospel Matthew 22:1–14 Or from the Proper of Saints First Reading Sirach 15:1–6 Response Psalm 119:12 Psalm Psalm 119:9–14 Gospel Acclamation John 15:5b, 9b Gospel John 17:20–26   Catholic Daily Readings . Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2009. Print. Thursday, August 20, 2020, | After Pentecost Proper 15, Thursday Year 2 Psalms (Morning) Psalm 131, 132 (133) Psalms (Evening) Psalm 134, 135 Old Testament Job 1:1–22 New Testament Acts 8:26–40 Gospel John 6:16–27  The Episcopal Church. Book of Common Prayer Lectionary . Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2010. Print. Thursday, August 20, 2020, | Trinity Season Thursda