November 8, 2027

1Love righteousness, you who judge the earth; think of the LORD in goodness, and seek him in integrity of heart; 2Because he is found by those who do not test him, and manifests himself to those who do not disbelieve him. 3For perverse counsels separate people from God, and his power, put to the proof, rebukes the foolhardy; 4Because into a soul that plots evil wisdom does not enter, nor does she dwell in a body under debt of sin. 5For the holy spirit of discipline flees deceit and withdraws from senseless counsels and is rebuked when unrighteousness occurs. 6For wisdom is a kindly spirit, yet she does not acquit blasphemous lips; Because God is the witness of the inmost self and the sure observer of the heart and the listener to the tongue. 7For the spirit of the LORD fills the world, is all-embracing, and knows whatever is said.

1Psalm 139 The All-knowing and Ever-present God - For the leader. A psalm of David. I - LORD, you have probed me, you know me: 2you know when I sit and stand; you understand my thoughts from afar. 3You sift through my travels and my rest; with all my ways you are familiar. 4Even before a word is on my tongue, LORD, you know it all. 5Behind and before you encircle me and rest your hand upon me. 6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, far too lofty for me to reach. 7Where can I go from your spirit? From your presence, where can I flee? 8If I ascend to the heavens, you are there; if I lie down in Sheol, there you are. 9If I take the wings of dawn and dwell beyond the sea, 10Even there your hand guides me, your right hand holds me fast.

15that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine like lights in the world, 16as you hold on to the word of life, so that my boast for the day of Christ may be that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.

1He said to his disciples, “Things that cause sin will inevitably occur, but woe to the person through whom they occur. 2It would be better for him if a millstone were put around his neck and he be thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin. 3Be on your guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. 4And if he wrongs you seven times in one day and returns to you seven times saying, ‘I am sorry,’ you should forgive him.” 5Saying of Faith. And the apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.” 6The Lord replied, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you would say to [this] mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you. Attitude of a Servant.