Monthly Archives: August 2021

What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!

Daily Gospel Reading – Luke 4:31-37 Jesus Drives Out an Impure Spirit31 Then he went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath, he taught the people. 32 They were amazed at his teaching because his words … Continue reading

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For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ

Daily Verse Reading – 1 Thessalonians 5: 1-6; 9-11 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6 The Day of the Lord5 Now, brothers and sisters, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, 2 for you know very well that … Continue reading

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“Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”

Daily Gospel Reading – Luke 4:16-30 16 He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read, 17 and the scroll … Continue reading

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God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him

Daily Verse Reading – 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Believers Who Have Died13 Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who … Continue reading

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Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them

Daily Gospel Reading – Mark 7: 1-8; 14-15; 21-23 Mark 7:1-8 That Which Defiles7 The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus 2 and saw some of his disciples eating … Continue reading

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Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows

Daily Gospel Reading – James 1: 17-18; 21b-22; 27 James 1:17-18 17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. 18 He chose to … Continue reading

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Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the Lord your God that I give you.

Daily Verse Reading – Deuteronomy 4: 1-2; 6-8 Deuteronomy 4:1-2 Obedience Commanded4 Now, Israel, hear the decrees and laws I am about to teach you. Follow them so that you may live and may go in and take possession of … Continue reading

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Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them

Daily Gospel Reading – Matthew 25:14-30 The Parable of the Bags of Gold14 “Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them. 15 To one he gave five … Continue reading

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You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you

Daily Verse Reading – 1 Thessalonians 4:9-11 9 Now about your love for one another we do not need to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other. 10 And in fact, you … Continue reading

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Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour

Daily Gospel Reading – Matthew 25:1-13 The Parable of the Ten Virgins25 “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were … Continue reading

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