Friday 7 August 2037

32For ask now of the days that are past,which were before you,since the day that God created man on the earth,and from the one end of the sky to the other,whether there has been anything as great as this thing is,or has been heard like it?33Did a people ever hear the voice of God speaking out of the middle of the fire,as you have heard, and live?34Or has God tried to goand take a nation for himself from among another nation,by trials, by signs,by wonders, by war,by a mighty hand, by an outstretched arm,and by great terrors,according to allthat the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?35It was shown to you sothat you might know that the Lord is God.There is no one else besides him.36Out of heaven he made you to hear his voice,that he might instruct you.On earth he made you to see his great fire;and you heard his words out of the middle of the fire.37Because he loved your fathers,therefore he chose their offspring after them,and brought you out with his presence,with his great power, out of Egypt;38to drive out nations from before you greaterand mightier than you,to bring you in, to give you their land for an inheritance, as it is today.39Know therefore today,and take it to heart,that the Lord himself is God in heaven aboveand on the earth beneath.There is no one else.40You shall keep his statutesand his commandments which I command you today,that it may go well with youand with your children after you,and that you may prolong your days in the landwhich the Lord your God gives you for all time.

12I will remember the Lord’s deeds;for I will remember your wonders of old.13I will also meditate on all your work,and consider your doings.

14Your way, God, is in the sanctuary.What god is great like God?15You are the God who does wonders.You have made your strength known among the peoples.

16You have redeemed your people with your arm,the sons of Jacob and Joseph.21You led your people like a flock,by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

24Then Jesus said to his disciples,“If anyone desires to come after me,let him deny himself,take up his cross, and follow me.25For whoever desires to save his life will lose it,and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.26For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole worldand forfeits his life?Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?27For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels,and then he will give to everyone according to his deeds.28Most certainly I tell you,there are some standing herewho will in no way taste of death until they see the Son of Man coming in his Kingdom.”