Tuesday 10 June 2036

7After a while, the brook dried up,because there was no rain in the land.

8The Lord’s word came to him, saying,9“Arise, go to Zarephath,which belongs to Sidon, and stay there.Behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you.”

10So he arose and went to Zarephath;and when he came to the gate of the city,behold, a widow was there gathering sticks.He called to her and said,“Please get me a little water in a jar,that I may drink.”

11As she was going to get it,he called to her and said,“Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.”

12She said, “As the Lord your God lives,I don’t have anything baked,but only a handful of meal in a jarand a little oil in a jar.Behold, I am gathering two sticks,that I may go in and bake it for me and my son,that we may eat it, and die.”

13Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid.Go and do as you have said;but make me a little cake from it first,and bring it out to me,and afterward make some for you and for your son.14For the Lord, the God of Israel,says, ‘The jar of meal will not run out,and the jar of oil will not fail,until the day that the Lord sends rain on the earth.’”

15She went and did according to the saying of Elijah;and she, he, and her household ate many days.16The jar of meal didn’t run outand the jar of oil didn’t fail,according to the Lord’s word,which he spoke by Elijah.

2Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness.Give me relief from my distress.Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.3You sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor?Will you love vanity and seek after falsehood?

4But know that the Lord has set apart for himself him who is godly;The Lord will hear when I call to him.5Stand in awe, and don’t sin.Search your own heart on your bed, and be still.

7Many say, “Who will show us any good?”Lord, let the light of your face shine on us.8You have put gladness in my heart,more than when their grain and their new wine are increased.

13“You are the salt of the earth,but if the salt has lost its flavor,with what will it be salted?It is then good for nothing,but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men.

14“You are the light of the world.A city located on a hill can’t be hidden.15Neither do you light a lampand put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand;and it shines to all who are in the house.16Even so, let your light shine before men,that they may see your good worksand glorify your Father who is in heaven.