The Daily Lectionary for TUESDAY, January 15, 2019

The Daily Lectionary

TUESDAY, January 15, 2019

(Revised Common Lectionary Year C)

Psalm 106:1-12

A Confession of Israel’s Sins
1  Praise the Lord!
     O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
     for his steadfast love endures forever.
2  Who can utter the mighty doings of the Lord,
     or declare all his praise?
3  Happy are those who observe justice,
     who do righteousness at all times.

4  Remember me, O Lord, when you show favor to your people;
     help me when you deliver them;
5  that I may see the prosperity of your chosen ones,
     that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation,
     that I may glory in your heritage.

6  Both we and our ancestors have sinned;
     we have committed iniquity, have done wickedly.
7  Our ancestors, when they were in Egypt,
     did not consider your wonderful works;
   they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love,
     but rebelled against the Most High at the Red Sea.
8  Yet he saved them for his name’s sake,
     so that he might make known his mighty power.
9  He rebuked the Red Sea, and it became dry;
     he led them through the deep as through a desert.
10 So he saved them from the hand of the foe,
     and delivered them from the hand of the enemy.
11 The waters covered their adversaries;
     not one of them was left.
12 Then they believed his words;
     they sang his praise.

Judges 5:12-21

12 “Awake, awake, Deborah!
     Awake, awake, utter a song!
   Arise, Barak, lead away your captives,
     O son of Abinoam.
13 Then down marched the remnant of the noble;
     the people of the Lord marched down for him against the mighty.
14 From Ephraim they set out into the valley,
     following you, Benjamin, with your kin;
   from Machir marched down the commanders,
     and from Zebulun those who bear the marshal’s staff;
15 the chiefs of Issachar came with Deborah,
     and Issachar faithful to Barak;
     into the valley they rushed out at his heels.
   Among the clans of Reuben
     there were great searchings of heart.
16 Why did you tarry among the sheepfolds,
     to hear the piping for the flocks?
   Among the clans of Reuben
     there were great searchings of heart.
17 Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan;
     and Dan, why did he abide with the ships?
   Asher sat still at the coast of the sea,
     settling down by his landings.
18 Zebulun is a people that scorned death;
     Naphtali too, on the heights of the field.

19 “The kings came, they fought;
     then fought the kings of Canaan,
   at Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo;
     they got no spoils of silver.
20 The stars fought from heaven,
     from their courses they fought against Sisera.
21 The torrent Kishon swept them away,
     the onrushing torrent, the torrent Kishon.
     March on, my soul, with might!

1 John 5:13-21

Epilogue
5:13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.

14 And this is the boldness we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have obtained the requests made of him. 16 If you see your brother or sister committing what is not a mortal sin, you will ask, and God will give life to such a one—to those whose sin is not mortal. There is sin that is mortal; I do not say that you should pray about that. 17 All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that is not mortal.

18 We know that those who are born of God do not sin, but the one who was born of God protects them, and the evil one does not touch them. 19 We know that we are God’s children, and that the whole world lies under the power of the evil one. 20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

Optional parts of the readings are set off in square brackets.

The Bible texts of the Old Testament, Epistle and Gospel lessons are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Church of Christ in the USA, and used by permission.

The Daily Lectionary is a three year cyclical lectionary. We are currently in Year C. Beginning with the first Sunday of Advent in 2019, we will be in Year A. The year which ended at Advent 2018 was Year B. These readings complement the Sunday and festival readings: Thursday through Saturday readings help prepare the reader for the Sunday ahead; Monday through Wednesday readings help the reader reflect and digest on what they heard in worship. Revised Common Lectionary Daily Readings, copyright © 2005 Consultation on Common Texts. www.commontexts.org
I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.