Monday 13 November 2023

1Love righteousness, all you who are judges of the earth.Think of the Lord with a good mind.Seek him in singleness of heart,2because he is found by those who don’t put him to the test,and is manifested to those who trust him.3for crooked thoughts separate from God.His Power convicts when it is tested,and exposes the foolish;4because wisdom will not enter into a soul that devises evil,nor dwell in a body that is enslaved by sin.5For a holy spirit of discipline will flee deceit,and will depart from thoughts that are without understanding,and will be ashamed when unrighteousness has come in.6For wisdom is a spirit who loves man,and she will not hold a blasphemer guiltless for his lips,because God is witness of his inmost self,and is a true overseer of his heart,and a hearer of his tongue.7Because the spirit of the Lord has filled the world,and that which holds all things together knows what is said.

1Lord, you have searched me,and you know me.2You know my sitting down and my rising up.You perceive my thoughts from afar.3You search out my path and my lying down,and are acquainted with all my ways.

4For there is not a word on my tongue,but behold, Lord, you know it altogether.5You hem me in behind and before.You laid your hand on me.6This knowledge is beyond me.It’s lofty.I can’t attain it.

7Where could I go from your Spirit?Or where could I flee from your presence?8If I ascend up into heaven, you are there.If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there!

9If I take the wings of the dawn,and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea,10even there your hand will lead me,and your right hand will hold me.

1He said to the disciples,“It is impossiblethat no occasions of stumbling should come,but woe to him through whom they come!2It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck,and he were thrown into the sea,rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.3Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him.If he repents, forgive him.4If he sins against you seven times in the day,and seven times returns,saying, ‘I repent,’you shall forgive him.”

5The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”

6The Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed,you would tell this sycamore tree,‘Be uprooted and be planted in the sea,’and it would obey you.