Sunday 5 February 2040

1In the year that King Uzziah died,I saw the Lord sitting on a throne,high and lifted up;and his train filled the temple.2Above him stood the seraphim.Each one had six wings.With two he covered his face.With two he covered his feet.With two he flew.3One called to another, and said,

“Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of Armies!The whole earth is full of his glory!”

4The foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called,and the house was filled with smoke.5Then I said, “Woe is me!For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lipsand I live among a people of unclean lips,for my eyes have seen the King,the Lord of Armies!”

6Then one of the seraphim flew to me,having a live coal in his hand,which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar.7He touched my mouth with it,and said, “Behold,this has touched your lips;and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin forgiven.”

8I heard the Lord’s voice,saying, “Whom shall I send,and who will go for us?”

Then I said, “Here I am. Send me!”

1I will give you thanks with my whole heart.Before the gods, I will sing praises to you.2I will bow down toward your holy temple,

2and give thanks to your Name for your loving kindness and for your truth;for you have exalted your Name and your Word above all.3In the day that I called, you answered me.You encouraged me with strength in my soul.

4All the kings of the earth will give you thanks, Lord,for they have heard the words of your mouth.5Yes, they will sing of the ways of the Lord,for the Lord’s glory is great!

7Though I walk in the middle of trouble, you will revive me.You will stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies.Your right hand will save me.8The Lord will fulfill that which concerns me.Your loving kindness, Lord, endures forever.Don’t forsake the works of your own hands.

1Now I declare to you,brothers, the Good News which I preached to you,which also you received,in which you also stand,2by which also you are saved,if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.

3For I delivered to you first of allthat which I also received:that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,4that he was buried,that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,5and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.6Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers at once,most of whom remain until now,but some have also fallen asleep.7Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,8and last of all, as to the child born at the wrong time,he appeared to me also.9For I am the least of the apostles,who is not worthy to be called an apostle,because I persecuted the assembly of God.10But by the grace of God I am what I am.His grace which was given to me was not futile,but I worked more than all of them;yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.11Whether then it is I or they,so we preach, and so you believed.

1Now while the multitude pressed on himand heard the word of God,he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret.2He saw two boats standing by the lake,but the fishermen had gone out of themand were washing their nets.3He entered into one of the boats,which was Simon’s,and asked him to put out a little from the land.He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat.

4When he had finished speaking,he said to Simon, “Put out into the deepand let down your nets for a catch.”

5Simon answered him,“Master, we worked all night and caught nothing;but at your word I will let down the net.”6When they had done this,they caught a great multitude of fish,and their net was breaking.7They beckoned to their partners in the other boat,that they should come and help them.They came and filled both boats,so that they began to sink.8But Simon Peter, when he saw it,fell down at Jesus’ knees,saying, “Depart from me,for I am a sinful man, Lord.”9For he was amazed,and all who were with him,at the catch of fish which they had caught;10and so also were James and John,sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon.

Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid.From now on you will be catching people alive.”

11When they had brought their boats to land,they left everything, and followed him.