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Psalm 83 ( Listen ) O God, Do Not Keep Silence A Song. A Psalm of Asaph. 83:1? O God, do not keep silence; ?? do not hold your peace or be still, O God! For behold, your enemies make an uproar; ?? those who hate you have raised their heads. They lay crafty plans against your people; ?? they consult together against your treasured ones. They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation; ?? let the name of Israel be remembered no more!” For they conspire with one accord; ?? against you they make a covenant— the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, ?? Moab and the Hagrites, Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, ?? Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre; Asshur also has joined them; ?? they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. ???? Selah Do to them as you did to Midian, ?? as to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon, who were destroyed at En-dor, ?? who became dung for the ground. Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, ?? all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna, who said, “Let us take possession for ourselves ?? of the pastures of God.” O my God, make them like whirling dust, ?? like chaff before the wind. As fire consumes the forest, ?? as the flame sets the mountains ablaze, so may you pursue them with your tempest ?? and terrify them with your hurricane! Fill their faces with shame, ?? that they may seek your name, O LORD. Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever; ?? let them perish in disgrace, that they may know that you alone, ?? whose name is the LORD, ?? are the Most High over all the earth. Psalm 42 ( Listen ) Book Two Why Are You Cast Down, O My Soul? To the choirmaster. A Maskil of the Sons of Korah. 42:1? As a deer pants for flowing streams, ?? so pants my soul for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, ?? for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? My tears have been my food ?? day and night, while they say to me all the day long, ?? “Where is your God?” These things I remember, ?? as I pour out my soul: how I would go with the throng ?? and lead them in procession to the house of God with glad shouts and songs of praise, ?? a multitude keeping festival. Why are you cast down, O my soul, ?? and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, ?? my salvation 6? and my God. My soul is cast down within me; ?? therefore I remember you from the land of Jordan and of Hermon, ?? from Mount Mizar. Deep calls to deep ?? at the roar of your waterfalls; all your breakers and your waves ?? have gone over me. By day the LORD commands his steadfast love, ?? and at night his song is with me, ?? a prayer to the God of my life. I say to God, my rock: ?? “Why have you forgotten me? Why do I go mourning ?? because of the oppression of the enemy?” As with a deadly wound in my bones, ?? my adversaries taunt me, while they say to me all the day long, ?? “Where is your God?” Why are you cast down, O my soul, ?? and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, ?? my salvation and my God. Psalm 43 ( Listen ) Send Out Your Light and Your Truth 43:1? Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause ?? against an ungodly people, from the deceitful and unjust man ?? deliver me! For you are the God in whom I take refuge; ?? why have you rejected me? Why do I go about mourning ?? because of the oppression of the enemy? Send out your light and your truth; ?? let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill ?? and to your dwelling! Then I will go to the altar of God, ?? to God my exceeding joy, and I will praise you with the lyre, ?? O God, my God. Why are you cast down, O my soul, ?? and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, ?? my salvation and my God. Psalm 85 ( Listen ) Revive Us Again To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. 85:1? LORD, you were favorable to your land; ?? you restored the fortunes of Jacob. You forgave the iniquity of your people; ?? you covered all their sin. ???? Selah You withdrew all your wrath; ?? you turned from your hot anger. Restore us again, O God of our salvation, ?? and put away your indignation toward us! Will you be angry with us forever? ?? Will you prolong your anger to all generations? Will you not revive us again, ?? that your people may rejoice in you? Show us your steadfast love, O LORD, ?? and grant us your salvation. Let me hear what God the LORD will speak, ?? for he will speak peace to his people, to his saints; ?? but let them not turn back to folly. Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him, ?? that glory may dwell in our land. Steadfast love and faithfulness meet; ?? righteousness and peace kiss each other. Faithfulness springs up from the ground, ?? and righteousness looks down from the sky. Yes, the LORD will give what is good, ?? and our land will yield its increase. Righteousness will go before him ?? and make his footsteps a way. Psalm 86 ( Listen ) Great Is Your Steadfast Love A Prayer of David. 86:1? Incline your ear, O LORD, and answer me, ?? for I am poor and needy. Preserve my life, for I am godly; ?? save your servant, who trusts in you—you are my God. Be gracious to me, O Lord, ?? for to you do I cry all the day. Gladden the soul of your servant, ?? for to you, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, ?? abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you. Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer; ?? listen to my plea for grace. In the day of my trouble I call upon you, ?? for you answer me. There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, ?? nor are there any works like yours. All the nations you have made shall come ?? and worship before you, O Lord, ?? and shall glorify your name. For you are great and do wondrous things; ?? you alone are God. Teach me your way, O LORD, ?? that I may walk in your truth; ?? unite my heart to fear your name. I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, ?? and I will glorify your name forever. For great is your steadfast love toward me; ?? you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol. O God, insolent men have risen up against me; ?? a band of ruthless men seeks my life, ?? and they do not set you before them. But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, ?? slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness. Turn to me and be gracious to me; ?? give your strength to your servant, ?? and save the son of your maidservant. Show me a sign of your favor, ?? that those who hate me may see and be put to shame ?? because you, LORD, have helped me and comforted me. Genesis 46:1-7 ( Listen ) Joseph Brings His Family to Egypt 46:1? So Israel took his journey with all that he had and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob.” And he said, “Here am I.” Then he said, “I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make you into a great nation. I myself will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also bring you up again, and Joseph’s hand shall close your eyes.” Then Jacob set out from Beersheba. The sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent to carry him. They also took their livestock and their goods, which they had gained in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob and all his offspring with him, his sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters. All his offspring he brought with him into Egypt. Genesis 46:28-34 ( Listen ) Jacob and Joseph Reunited He had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to show the way before him in Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen. Then Joseph prepared his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen. He presented himself to him and fell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while. Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face and know that you are still alive.” Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and tell Pharaoh and will say to him, ‘My brothers and my father’s household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me. And the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’ When Pharaoh calls you and says, ‘What is your occupation?’ you shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,’ in order that you may dwell in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.” 1 Corinthians 9:1-15 ( Listen ) Paul Surrenders His Rights 9:1? Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not you my workmanship in the Lord? If to others I am not an apostle, at least I am to you, for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. This is my defense to those who would examine me. Do we not have the right to eat and drink? Do we not have the right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas? Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from working for a living? Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard without eating any of its fruit? Or who tends a flock without getting some of the milk? Do I say these things on human authority? Does not the Law say the same? For it is written in the Law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain.” Is it for oxen that God is concerned? Does he not speak entirely for our sake? It was written for our sake, because the plowman should plow in hope and the thresher thresh in hope of sharing in the crop. If we have sown spiritual things among you, is it too much if we reap material things from you? If others share this rightful claim on you, do not we even more? Nevertheless, we have not made use of this right, but we endure anything rather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ. Do you not know that those who are employed in the temple service get their food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar share in the sacrificial offerings? In the same way, the Lord commanded that those who proclaim the gospel should get their living by the gospel. But I have made no use of any of these rights, nor am I writing these things to secure any such provision. For I would rather die than have anyone deprive me of my ground for boasting. Mark 6:30-46 ( Listen ) Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand The apostles returned to Jesus and told him all that they had done and taught. And he said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while.” For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat. And they went away in the boat to a desolate place by themselves. Now many saw them going and recognized them, and they ran there on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them. When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things. And when it grew late, his disciples came to him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is now late. Send them away to go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.” But he answered them, “You give them something to eat.” And they said to him, “Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give it to them to eat?” And he said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.” And when they had found out, they said, “Five, and two fish.” Then he commanded them all to sit down in groups on the green grass. So they sat down in groups, by hundreds and by fifties. And taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven and said a blessing and broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the people. And he divided the two fish among them all. And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and of the fish. And those who ate the loaves were five thousand men. Jesus Walks on the Water Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd. And after he had taken leave of them, he went up on the mountain to pray. Footnotes [1] 83:13 Or like a tumbleweed [2] 42:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term [3] 42:2 Revocalization yields and see the face of God [4] 42:5 Hebrew the salvation of my face ; also verse 11 and 43:5 [5] 9:5 Greek a sister as wife [6] 6:37 A denarius was a day’s wage for a laborer The Holy Bible, English Standard Version copyright ??2001 by Crossway Bibles , a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Quotation information . This reading plan is adapted from the Daily Office Lectionary found in The Book of Common Prayer .

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March 11 (3 Lent): Ps. [83] or 42, 43; Ps. 85, 86; Gen. 46:1-7, 28-34; 1 Cor. 9:1-15; Mark 6:30-46 (ESV)

Psalm 93 ( Listen ) The LORD Reigns 93:1? The LORD reigns; he is robed in majesty; ?? the LORD is robed; he has put on strength as his belt. Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved. Your throne is established from of old; ?? you are from everlasting. The floods have lifted up, O LORD, ?? the floods have lifted up their voice; ?? the floods lift up their roaring. Mightier than the thunders of many waters, ?? mightier than the waves of the sea, ?? the LORD on high is mighty! Your decrees are very trustworthy; ?? holiness befits your house, ?? O LORD, forevermore. Psalm 96 ( Listen ) Worship in the Splendor of Holiness 96:1? Oh sing to the LORD a new song; ?? sing to the LORD, all the earth! Sing to the LORD, bless his name; ?? tell of his salvation from day to day. Declare his glory among the nations, ?? his marvelous works among all the peoples! For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; ?? he is to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, ?? but the LORD made the heavens. Splendor and majesty are before him; ?? strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the peoples, ?? ascribe to the LORD glory and strength! Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; ?? bring an offering, and come into his courts! Worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness; ?? tremble before him, all the earth! Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns! ?? Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved; ?? he will judge the peoples with equity.” Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; ?? let the sea roar, and all that fills it; ?? let the field exult, and everything in it! Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy ?? before the LORD, for he comes, ?? for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness, ?? and the peoples in his faithfulness. Psalm 34 ( Listen ) Taste and See That the LORD Is Good Of David, when he changed his behavior before Abimelech, so that he drove him out, and he went away. 34:1? I will bless the LORD at all times; ?? his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul makes its boast in the LORD; ?? let the humble hear and be glad. Oh, magnify the LORD with me, ?? and let us exalt his name together! I sought the LORD, and he answered me ?? and delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to him are radiant, ?? and their faces shall never be ashamed. This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him ?? and saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the LORD encamps ?? around those who fear him, and delivers them. Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good! ?? Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him! Oh, fear the LORD, you his saints, ?? for those who fear him have no lack! The young lions suffer want and hunger; ?? but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing. Come, O children, listen to me; ?? I will teach you the fear of the LORD. What man is there who desires life ?? and loves many days, that he may see good? Keep your tongue from evil ?? and your lips from speaking deceit. Turn away from evil and do good; ?? seek peace and pursue it. The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous ?? and his ears toward their cry. The face of the LORD is against those who do evil, ?? to cut off the memory of them from the earth. When the righteous cry for help, the LORD hears ?? and delivers them out of all their troubles. The LORD is near to the brokenhearted ?? and saves the crushed in spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, ?? but the LORD delivers him out of them all. He keeps all his bones; ?? not one of them is broken. Affliction will slay the wicked, ?? and those who hate the righteous will be condemned. The LORD redeems the life of his servants; ?? none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned. Genesis 44:1-17 ( Listen ) Joseph Tests His Brothers 44:1? Then he commanded the steward of his house, “Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man’s money in the mouth of his sack, and put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, with his money for the grain.” And he did as Joseph told him. As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away with their donkeys. They had gone only a short distance from the city. Now Joseph said to his steward, “Up, follow after the men, and when you overtake them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid evil for good? Is it not from this that my lord drinks, and by this that he practices divination? You have done evil in doing this.’” When he overtook them, he spoke to them these words. They said to him, “Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing! Behold, the money that we found in the mouths of our sacks we brought back to you from the land of Canaan. How then could we steal silver or gold from your lord’s house? Whichever of your servants is found with it shall die, and we also will be my lord’s servants.” He said, “Let it be as you say: he who is found with it shall be my servant, and the rest of you shall be innocent.” Then each man quickly lowered his sack to the ground, and each man opened his sack. And he searched, beginning with the eldest and ending with the youngest. And the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack. Then they tore their clothes, and every man loaded his donkey, and they returned to the city. When Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, he was still there. They fell before him to the ground. Joseph said to them, “What deed is this that you have done? Do you not know that a man like me can indeed practice divination?” And Judah said, “What shall we say to my lord? What shall we speak? Or how can we clear ourselves? God has found out the guilt of your servants; behold, we are my lord’s servants, both we and he also in whose hand the cup has been found.” But he said, “Far be it from me that I should do so! Only the man in whose hand the cup was found shall be my servant. But as for you, go up in peace to your father.” Romans 8:1-10 ( Listen ) Life in the Spirit 8:1? There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. John 5:25-29 ( Listen ) “Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. And he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man. Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment. Footnotes [1] 96:9 Or in holy attire [2] 34:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, each verse beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet [3] 44:4 Septuagint (compare Vulgate) adds Why have you stolen my silver cup? [4] 8:1 Some manuscripts add who walk not according to the flesh (but according to the Spirit) [5] 8:2 Some manuscripts me [6] 8:3 Or and as a sin offering The Holy Bible, English Standard Version copyright ??2001 by Crossway Bibles , a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Quotation information . This reading plan is adapted from the Daily Office Lectionary found in The Book of Common Prayer .

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March 7 (3 Lent): Ps. 93, 96; Ps. 34; Gen. 44:1-17; Rom. 8:1-10; John 5:25-29 (ESV)

So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

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2 Timothy 2:22