Responsive Reading for October 2011
Theme: “Labouring In The Fields”
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Psalm 107:36-43
36And there he maketh the hungry to dwell,
That they may prepare a city for habitation;
37And sow the fields, and plant vineyards,
Which may yield fruits of increase.
38He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly;
And suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
39Again, they are minished and brought low
Through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
40He poureth contempt upon princes,
And causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
41Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction,
And maketh him families like a flock.
42The righteous shall see it, and rejoice:
And all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
43Whoso is wise, and will observe these things,
Even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the Lord.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Isaiah 17:4-9
4And in that day it shall come to pass,
That the glory of Jacob shall be made thin,
And the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.
5And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn,
And reapeth the ears with his arm;
And it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim.
6Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree,
Two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough,
Four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof,
Saith the Lord God of Israel.
7At that day shall a man look to his Maker,
And his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
8And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands,
Neither shall respect that which his fingers have made,
Either the groves, or the images.
9In that day shall his strong cities be
As a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch,
Which they left because of the children of Israel:
And there shall be desolation.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Joel 3:9-14
9Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles;
Prepare war, wake up the mighty men,
Let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:
10Beat your plowshares into swords,
And your pruninghooks into spears:
Let the weak say, I am strong.
11Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen,
And gather yourselves together round about:
Thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Lord.
12Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat:
For there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.
13Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe:
Come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow;
For their wickedness is great.
14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision:
For the day of the Lordis near in the valley of decision.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
2 Corinthians 9:8-14
8And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
9(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.
10Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)
11Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.
12For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;
13Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men;
14And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you.
15Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
James 5:1-8
1Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
4Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
5Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
6Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
7Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
8Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.