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The Tuesday Lectionary Group invites you to share some of your favorite scriptures, which we will then share with all members.
Please email them to:
maryann13fenstermacher@gmail.com.
Here are this week's scriptures for study and meditation:
Ecclesiastes 5:3-7 Remember: Dreams come with many cares, and the voice of fools with many words. When you make a promise to God, fulfill it without delay because God has no pleasure in fools. Fulfill what you promise. Better not to make a promise than to make a promise without fulfilling it. Don't let your mouth make a sinner of you, and don't say to the messenger: “It was a mistake!” Otherwise, God may become angry at such talk and destroy what you have accomplished. Remember: When dreams multiply, so do pointless thoughts and excessive speech. Therefore, fear God.
Psalm 116:5-9 The Lord is merciful and righteous; our God is compassionate. The Lord protects simple folk; he saves me whenever I am brought down. I tell myself: You can be at peace again, because the Lord has been good to you. You, Lord, have delivered me from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from stumbling, so I'll walk before the Lord in the land of the living.
Galatians 5:13-15 You were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only don't let this freedom be an opportunity to indulge your selfish impulses, but to serve each other through love. All the Law has been fulfilled in a single statement: Love your neighbor as yourself. But if you bite and devour each other, be careful that you don't get eaten up by each other!
Matthew 16:5-12 When they arrived at the other side of the lake, they had forgotten to bring bread. Jesus said to them, “Watch out and be on your guard for the yeast of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.” They discussed this among themselves and said, “We didn't bring any bread.” Jesus knew what they were discussing and said, “You people of weak faith! Why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you don't have any bread? Don't you understand yet? Don't you remember the five loaves that fed five thousand and how many large baskets of leftovers you gathered? And the seven loaves that fed the four thousand and how many large baskets of leftovers you gathered? Don't you know that I wasn't talking about bread? But be on your guard for the yeast of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.” Then they understood that he wasn't telling them to be on their guard for yeast used in making bread. No, he was telling them to watch out for the teaching of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.
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