Daily Readings - 25/09/2026

^3:1 There is a season for everything, a time for every occupation under heaven:

^3:2 A time for giving birth, a time for dying; a time for planting, a time for uprooting what has been planted.

^3:3 A time for killing, a time for healing; a time for knocking down, a time for building.

^3:4 A time for tears, a time for laughter; a time for mourning, a time for dancing.

^3:5 A time for throwing stones away, a time for gathering them up; a time for embracing, a time to refrain from embracing.

^3:6 A time for searching, a time for losing; a time for keeping, a time for throwing away.

^3:7 A time for tearing, a time for sewing; a time for keeping silent, a time for speaking.

^3:8 A time for loving, a time for hating; a time for war, a time for peace.

^3:9 What does a man gain for the efforts that he makes? .

^3:10 I contemplate the task that God gives mankind to labour at.

^3:11 All that he does is apt for its time; but though he has permitted man to consider time in its wholeness, man cannot comprehend the work of God from beginning to end.

^143:1 Yahweh, hear my prayer, listen to my pleading, answer me faithfully, righteously;

^143:2 do not put your servant on trial, no one is virtuous by your standards.

^143:3 An enemy who hounds me to crush me into the dust, forces me to dwell in darkness like the dead of long ago;

^143:4 my spirit fails me and my heart is full of fear.

^143:5 I recall the days of old, I reflect on all that you did, I ponder your deeds;

^143:6 I stretch out my hands, like thirsty ground I yearn for you. (Pause)

^143:7 Quick, Yahweh, answer me before my spirit fails; if you hide your face much longer, I shall go down to the Pit like the rest.

^143:8 Let dawn bring proof of your love, for one who relies on you; let it show the right road, to one who lifts up his soul to you.

^143:9 Yahweh, rescue me from my enemies, I have fled to you for shelter;

^143:10 teach me to obey you, since you are my God; may your good spirit guide me on to level ground.

^143:11 Yahweh, for the sake of your name, keep your promise to save me; protect me from oppression,

^143:12 love me, kill my enemies, destroy my oppressors, for I am your servant.

^9:18 Now one day when he was praying alone in the presence of his disciples he put this question to them, ‘Who do the crowds say I am?’

^9:19 And they answered, ‘John the Baptist; others Elijah; and others say one of the ancient prophets come back to life’.

^9:20 ‘But you,’ he said ‘who do you say I am?’ It was Peter who spoke up. ‘The Christ of God’ he said.

^9:21 But he gave them strict orders not to tell anyone anything about this.

^9:22 ‘The Son of Man’ he said ‘is destined to suffer grievously, to be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes and to be put to death, and to be raised up on the third day.’