Daily Readings - 09/05/2026

^16:1 From there he went to Derbe, and then on to Lystra. Here there was a disciple called Timothy, whose mother was a Jewess who had become a believer; but his father was a Greek.

^16:2 The brothers at Lystra and Iconium spoke well of Timothy,

^16:3 and Paul, who wanted to have him as a travelling companion, had him circumcised. This was on account of the Jews in the locality where everyone knew his father was a Greek.

^16:4 As they visited one town after another, they passed on the decisions reached by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem, with instructions to respect them.

^16:5 So the churches grew strong in the faith, as well as growing daily in numbers.

^16:6 They travelled through Phrygia and the Galatian country, having been told by the Holy Spirit not to preach the word in Asia.

^16:7 When they reached the frontier of Mysia they thought to cross it into Bithynia, but as the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them,

^16:8 they went through Mysia and came down to Troas.

^16:9 One night Paul had a vision: a Macedonian appeared and appealed to him in these words, ‘Come across to Macedonia and help us’.

^16:10 Once he had seen this vision we lost no time in arranging a passage to Macedonia, convinced that God had called us to bring them the Good News.

^100:1 Acclaim Yahweh, all the earth,

^100:2 serve Yahweh gladly, come into his presence with songs of joy!

^100:3 Know that he, Yahweh, is God, he made us and we belong to him, we are his people, the flock that he pastures.

^100:4 Walk through his porticos giving thanks, enter his courts praising him, give thanks to him, bless his name!

^100:5 Yes, Yahweh is good, his love is everlasting, his faithfulness endures from age to age.

^15:18 ‘If the world hates you, remember that it hated me before you.

^15:19 If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you do not belong to the world, because my choice withdrew you from the world, therefore the world hates you.

^15:20 Remember the words I said to you: A servant is not greater than his master. If they persecuted me, they will persecute you too; if they kept my word, they will keep yours as well.

^15:21 But it will be on my account that they will do all this, because they do not know the one who sent me.

^8:5 One of them was Philip who went to a Samaritan town and proclaimed the Christ to them.

^8:6 The people united in welcoming the message Philip preached, either because they had heard of the miracles he worked or because they saw them for themselves.

^8:7 There were, for example, unclean spirits that came shrieking out of many who were possessed, and several paralytics and cripples were cured.

^8:8 As a result there was great rejoicing in that town.

^8:14 When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them,

^8:15 and they went down there, and prayed for the Samaritans to receive the Holy Spirit,

^8:16 for as yet he had not come down on any of them: they had only been baptised in the name of the Lord Jesus.

^8:17 Then they laid hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

^66:1 Acclaim God, all the earth,

^66:2 play music to the glory of his name, glorify him with your praises,

^66:3 say to God, ‘What dread you inspire!’ Your achievements are the measure of your power. Your enemies cringe in your presence;

^66:4 all the earth bows down to you, playing music for you, playing in honour of your name. (pause)

^66:5 Come and see what marvels God has done, so much to be feared for his deeds among mankind:

^66:6 he turned the sea into dry land, they crossed the river on foot! So let us rejoice in him,

^66:7 who rules for ever by his power: his eyes keep watch on the nations, let no rebel raise his head! (pause)

^66:8 You nations, bless our God and make his praise resound,

^66:9 who brings our soul to life and keeps our feet from faltering.

^66:10 You tested us, God, you refined us like silver,

^66:11 you let us fall into the net, you laid heavy burdens on our backs,

^66:12 you let people drive over our heads; but now the ordeal by fire and water is over, and you allow us once more to draw breath.

^66:13 I bring holocausts to your house, I bring them to fulfil those vows

^66:14 that rose to my lips, those vows I spoke when in trouble.

^66:15 I offer you fat holocausts and the smoke of burning rams, I offer you bullocks and he-goats.

^66:16 Come and listen, all you who fear God, while I tell you what he has done for me:

^66:17 when I uttered my cry to him and high praise was on my tongue,

^66:18 had I been guilty in my heart, the Lord would never have heard me.

^66:19 But God not only heard me, he listened to my prayer.

^66:20 Blessed be God, who neither ignored my prayer nor deprived me of his love.

^14:15 If you love me you will keep my commandments.

^14:16 I shall ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate[*a] to be with you for ever,

^14:17 that Spirit of truth whom the world can never receive since it neither sees nor knows him; but you know him, because he is with you, he is in you.

^14:18 I will not leave you orphans; I will come back to you.

^14:19 In a short time the world will no longer see me; but you will see me, because I live and you will live.

^14:20 On that day you will understand that I am in my Father and you in me and I in you.

^14:21 Anybody who receives my commandments and keeps them will be one who loves me; and anybody who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I shall love him and show myself to him.’