Daily Readings - 18/01/2026

^49:3 He said to me, ‘You are my servant (Israel) in whom I shall be glorified’;

^49:6 ‘It is not enough for you to be my servant, to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back the survivors of Israel; I will make you the light of the nations so that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth’.

^39:1 I said, ‘I will watch how I behave, and not let my tongue lead me into sin; I will keep a muzzle on my mouth as long as the wicked man is near me’.

^39:2 I stayed dumb, silent, speechless, though the sight of him thriving made torment increase.

^39:3 My heart had been smouldering inside me, but it flared up at the thought of this and the words burst out,

^39:4 ‘Tell me, Yahweh, when my end will be, how many days are allowed me, show me how frail I am.

^39:5 ‘Look, you have given me an inch or two of life, my life-span is nothing to you; each man that stands on earth is only a puff of wind, (Pause)

^39:6 every man that walks, only a shadow, and the wealth he amasses is only a puff of wind – he does not know who will take it next.’

^39:7 So tell me, Lord, what can I expect? My hope is in you.

^39:8 Free me from all my sins, do not make me the butt of idiots.

^39:9 I am dumb, I speak no more, since you yourself have been at work.

^39:10 Lay your scourge aside, I am worn out with the blows you deal me.

^39:11 You punish man with the penalties of sin, like a moth you eat away all that gives him pleasure – man is indeed only a puff of wind! (Pause)

^39:12 Yahweh, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for help, do not stay deaf to my crying. I am your guest, and only for a time, a nomad like all my ancestors.

^39:13 Look away, let me draw breath, before I go away and am no more!

^1:1 I, Paul, appointed by God to be an apostle, together with brother Sosthenes, send greetings

^1:2 to the church of God in Corinth, to the holy people of Jesus Christ, who are called to take their place among all the saints everywhere who pray to our Lord Jesus Christ; for he is their Lord no less than ours.

^1:3 May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ send you grace and peace.

^1:29 The next day, seeing Jesus coming towards him, John said, ‘Look, there is the lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world.

^1:30 This is the one I spoke of when I said: A man is coming after me who ranks before me because he existed before me.

^1:31 I did not know him myself, and yet it was to reveal him to Israel that I came baptising with water.’

^1:32 John also declared, ‘I saw the Spirit coming down on him from heaven like a dove and resting on him.

^1:33 I did not know him myself, but he who sent me to baptise with water had said to me, “The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and rest is the one who is going to baptise with the Holy Spirit”.

^1:34 Yes, I have seen and I am the witness that he is the Chosen One of God.’