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The Tuesday Lectionary Group invites you to share some of your favorite scriptures, which we will then share with all members.
Please email them to:
maryann13fenstermacher@gmail.com.
Isaiah 2:1-5 This is what Isaiah, Amoz's son, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. In the days to come the mountains of the Lord's house will be the highest of the mountains. It will be lifted above the hills; peoples will stream to it. Many nations will come and say, “Come, let's go up to the Lord's mountain, to the house of Jacob's God so that he may teach us his ways and we may walk in God's paths.”
Instruction will come from Zion; the Lord's word from Jerusalem. God will judge between the nations, and settle disputes of mighty nations. Then they will beat their swords into iron plows and their spears into pruning tools. Nation will not take up sword against nation; they will no longer learn how to make war. Come, house of Jacob, let's walk by the Lord's light.
Ephesians 1:17-23 I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, will give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation that makes God known to you. I pray that the eyes of your heart will have enough light to see what is the hope of God's call, what is the richness of God's glorious inheritance among believers, and what is the overwhelming greatness of God's power that is working among believers. This power is conferred by the energy of God's powerful strength. God's power was at work in Christ when God raised him from the dead and sat him at God's right side in the heavens, far above every ruler and authority and power and angelic power, any power that might be named not only now but in the future. God put everything under Christ's feet and made him head of everything in the church, which is his body. His body, the church, is the fullness of Christ, who fills everything in every way.
Luke 20:1-8 In one of the days when Jesus was teaching people in the temple and proclaiming the good news, the chief priests, legal experts, and elders approached him. They said, “Tell us what kind of authority you have for doing these things? Who gave you this authority?” He replied, “I have a question for you. Tell me: Was John's baptism of heavenly or human origin?” They discussed among themselves, “If we say 'It's of heavenly origin,' he'll say, ' Why didn't you believe him?'
But if we say, 'It's of human origin,' all the people will stone us to death because they are convinced that John was a prophet.” They answered that they didn't know where it came from. Then Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you what kind of authority I have to do these things.”
Psalm 40:1-4 I put all my hope in the Lord. He leaned down to me; he listened to my cry for help. He lifted me out of the pit of death, out of the mud and filth, and set my feet on solid rock. He steadied my legs. He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise for our God. Many people will learn of this and be amazed; they will trust in the Lord. Those who put their trust in the Lord, who pay no attention to the proud or to those who follow lies, are truly happy!
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