Daily Bible Readinghttps://elca.org/Faith/DailyBible/John 14:8-14https://elca.org/Faith/DailyBible/3859https://elca.org/Faith/DailyBible/3859<div class="ExternalClassD318475153A24DA58C0B6378757101CF"><p><strong>​Philip and James, Apostles</strong><br></p><p><sup>8</sup>Philip said to him, &quot;Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied.&quot; <sup>9</sup>Jesus said to him, &quot;Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'? <sup>10</sup>Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own; but the Father who dwells in me does his works. <sup>11</sup>Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; but if you do not, then believe me because of the works themselves. <sup>12</sup>Very truly, I tell you, the one who believes in me will also do the works that I do and, in fact, will do greater works than these, because I am going to the Father. <sup>13</sup>I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. <sup>14</sup>If in my name you ask me for anything, I will do it.<br></p></div>05/01/2024Mark 4:30-32https://elca.org/Faith/DailyBible/3855https://elca.org/Faith/DailyBible/3855<div class="ExternalClass400864A1C88A4807B4F682D942FD04CA"><p>​<sup>30</sup>He also said, &quot;With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable will we use for it? <sup>31</sup>It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth; <sup>32</sup>yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes the greatest of all shrubs, and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.&quot;<br></p></div>04/27/2024Amos 8:11-13https://elca.org/Faith/DailyBible/3854https://elca.org/Faith/DailyBible/3854<div class="ExternalClassF025EFEF078D477694818DF161ACFE97"><p>​<sup>11</sup>The time is surely coming, says the Lord GOD,<br> when I will send a famine on the land;<br> not a famine of bread, or a thirst for water,<br> but of hearing the words of the LORD.<br> <sup>12</sup>They shall wander from sea to sea,<br> and from north to east;<br> they shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the LORD,<br> but they shall not find it.<br> <sup>13</sup>In that day the beautiful young women and the young men<br> shall faint for thirst.<br></p></div>04/26/2024Mark 1:1-15https://elca.org/Faith/DailyBible/3853https://elca.org/Faith/DailyBible/3853<div class="ExternalClass9DF67511FC4942BEAF6B6D99A69EC826"><p><strong>Mark, Evangelist</strong><br></p><p><sup>1</sup>The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.<br></p><p><sup>2</sup>As it is written in the prophet Isaiah,<br> &quot;See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you,<br> who will prepare your way;<br> <sup>3</sup>the voice of one crying out in the wilderness&#58;<br> 'Prepare the way of the Lord,<br> make his paths straight,'&quot;</p><p><sup>4</sup>John the baptizer appeared in the wilderness, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. <sup>5</sup>And people from the whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem were going out to him, and were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. <sup>6</sup>Now John was clothed with camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. <sup>7</sup>He proclaimed, &quot;The one who is more powerful than I is coming after me; I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the thong of his sandals. <sup>8</sup>I have baptized you with water; but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.&quot;</p><p><sup>9</sup>In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. <sup>10</sup>And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him. <sup>11</sup>And a voice came from heaven, &quot;You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.&quot;</p><p><sup>12</sup>And the Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. <sup>13</sup>He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels waited on him.</p><p><sup>14</sup>Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, <sup>15</sup>and saying, &quot;The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near, repent, and believe in the good news.&quot;<br></p></div>04/25/2024Mark 14:26-31https://elca.org/Faith/DailyBible/3852https://elca.org/Faith/DailyBible/3852<div class="ExternalClass35B7DABFB0334359A4E0D4620B62842C"><p><sup>26</sup>When they had sung the hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. <sup>27</sup>And Jesus said to them, &quot;You will all become deserters; for it is written,<br> 'I will strike the shepherd,<br> and the sheep will be scattered.'</p><p><sup>28</sup>But after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee.&quot; <sup>29</sup>Peter said to him, &quot;Even though all become deserters, I will not.&quot; <sup>30</sup>Jesus said to him, &quot;Truly I tell you, this day, this very night, before the cock crows twice, you will deny me three times.&quot; <sup>31</sup>But he said vehemently, &quot;Even though I must die with you, I will not deny you.&quot; And all of them said the same.<br></p></div>04/24/2024Revelation 7:13-17https://elca.org/Faith/DailyBible/3851https://elca.org/Faith/DailyBible/3851<div class="ExternalClass23A7B3AB474D466D8343F581DE1F3483"><p>​<sup>13</sup>Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, &quot;Who are these, robed in white, and where have they come from?&quot; <sup>14</sup>I said to him, &quot;Sir, you are the one that knows.&quot; Then he said to me, &quot;These are they who have come out of the great ordeal ;they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.<br> <sup>15</sup>For this reason they are before the throne of God,<br> and worship him day and night within his temple,<br> and the one who is seated on the throne will shelter them.<br> <sup>16</sup>They will hunger no more, and thirst no more;<br> the sun will not strike them,<br> nor any scorching heat;<br> <sup>17</sup>for the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd,<br> and he will guide them to springs of the water of life,<br> and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.&quot;<br></p></div>04/23/2024