Monday 3 November 2008

1If therefore there is any exhortation in Christ,if any consolation of love,if any fellowship of the Spirit,if any tender mercies and compassion,2make my joy full by being like-minded,having the same love,being of one accord, of one mind;3doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit,but in humility, each counting others better than himself;4each of you not just looking to his own things,but each of you also to the things of others.

1Lord, my heart isn’t arrogant, nor my eyes lofty;nor do I concern myself with great matters,or things too wonderful for me.

2Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul,like a weaned child with his mother,like a weaned child is my soul within me.

3Israel, hope in the Lord,from this time forward and forever more.

12He also said to the one who had invited him,“When you make a dinner or a supper,don’t call your friends,nor your brothers,nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors,or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.13But when you make a feast,ask the poor, the maimed,the lame, or the blind;14and you will be blessed,because they don’t have the resources to repay you.For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous.”