This is the Way... Walk in It

February 16, 2025

Psalm 1 (BCP 2019)

¹   Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, *
        nor stood in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the seat of the scornful;
²   But his delight is in the law of the LORD, *
        and on his law will he meditate day and night.
³   And he shall be like a tree planted by the waterside, *
        that will bring forth his fruit in due season.
⁴   His leaf also shall not wither; *
        and look, whatever he does, it shall prosper.
⁵   As for the ungodly, it is not so with them; *
        but they are like the chaff, which the wind scatters away from the face of the earth.
⁶   Therefore the ungodly shall not be able to stand in the judgment, *
        neither the sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
⁷   For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, *
        but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Jesus' Mission- Our Mission (Part 2)

February 9, 2025

Luke 4:14-21 (ESV)

¹⁴ And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and a report about him went out through all the surrounding country. ¹⁵ And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.

¹⁶ And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. ¹⁷ And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,

¹⁸    “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
            because he has anointed me
            to proclaim good news to the poor.
        He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
            and recovering of sight to the blind,
            to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
¹⁹    to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.”

²⁰ And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. ²¹ And he began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”

Jesus' Mission- Our Mission (Part 1)

February 2, 2025

Luke 4:14-21 (ESV)

¹⁴ And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and a report about him went out through all the surrounding country. ¹⁵ And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.

¹⁶ And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. ¹⁷ And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,

¹⁸    “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
            because he has anointed me
            to proclaim good news to the poor.
        He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
            and recovering of sight to the blind,
            to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
¹⁹    to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.”

²⁰ And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. ²¹ And he began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”

God's Assurance Through Signs

January 26, 2025

John 2:1-11 (ESV)

¹ On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. ² Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples. ³ When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” ⁴ And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.” ⁵ His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”

⁶ Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. ⁷ Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. ⁸ And he said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast.” So they took it. ⁹ When the master of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom ¹⁰ and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now.” ¹¹ This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him.