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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.
Here are this week's scriptures for study and meditation:
Joshua 24:19-25 Then Joshua said to the people, “You can't serve the Lord, because he is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He won't forgive your rebellion and your sins. If you leave the Lord and serve foreign gods, he will turn around and do you harm and finish you off, in spite of having done you good in the past.” Then the people said to Joshua, “No! The Lord is the one we will serve.” So Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the Lord.” They said,”We are witnesses!” “So now put aside the foreign gods that are among you. Focus you hearts on the Lord, the God of Israel.” The people said to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God and will obey him.” On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people and established just rule for them at Shechem.
Psalm 145:1-9 I will lift you up high, my God, the true king. I will bless your name forever and always. I will bless you every day. I will praise your name forever and always. The Lord is great and so worthy of praise! God's greatness can't be grasped. One generation will praise your works to the next one, proclaiming your mighty acts. They will talk all about the glorious splendor of your majesty; I will contemplate your wondrous works. They will speak of the power of your awesome deeds; I will declare your great accomplishments. They will rave in celebration of your abundant goodness; they will shout joyfully about your righteousness: “The Lord is merciful and compassionate, very patient and full of faithful love. The Lord is good to everyone and everything; God's compassion extends to all his handiwork!”
Matthew 27:50-54 Again Jesus cried out with a loud shout. Then he died. Look, the curtain of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth split, the rocks split, and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised. After Jesus' resurrection they came out of their graves and went into the holy city where they appeared to many people. When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and what had just happened, they were filled with awe and said, “This was certainly God's Son.”
Acts 1:6-11 As a result, those who had gathered together asked Jesus, “Lord, are you going to restore the kingdom to Israel now?” Jesus replied, “It isn't for you to know the times or seasons that the Father has set by his own authority. Rather, you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” After Jesus said these things, and as they were watching, he was lifted up and a cloud took him out of their sight. While he was going away and they were staring toward heaven, suddenly two men in white robes stood next to them. They said, “Galileans, why are you standing here looking toward heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way that you saw him go into heaven.”
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