Scripture for Today

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  • Mark 4:35-41

    Passage:

    35 On that day, when evening had come, he told them,“Let’s cross over to the other side of the sea.” 36 So they left the crowd and took him along since he was in the boat. And other boats were with him. 37 A great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking over the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped. 38 He was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. So they woke him up and said to him, “Teacher! Don’t you care that we’re going to die? ”

    39 He got up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea,“Silence! Be still! ” The wind ceased, and there was a great calm. 40 Then he said to them, “Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith? ”

    41 And they were terrified and asked one another, “Who then is this? Even the wind and the sea obey him! ” -- Mark 4:35-41 (CSB)

    Song:

    Tremble by Andres Figueroa, Hank Bentley, Mariah McManus, and Mia Fieldes

    Lyrics:

    Peace bring it all to peace
    The storms surrounding me
    Let it break at Your name

    Still call the sea to still

    The rage in me to still
    Every wave at Your name

    Jesus Jesus You make the darkness tremble

    Jesus Jesus You silence fear
    Jesus Jesus You make the darkness tremble
    Jesus Jesus

    Breathe call these bones to live

    Call these lungs to sing
    Once again I will praise

    Your name is a light that the shadows can't deny

    Your name cannot be overcome
    Your name is alive forever lifted high
    Your name cannot be overcome

    Prayer:

    Lord of all power and might, the author and giver of all good things: Graft in our hearts the love of your Name, increase in us true religion, nourish us with all goodness, and bring forth in us the fruit of good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

    9 min
  • 2 Corinthians 5:14-21

    Passage:

    14 For the love of Christ compels us, since we have reached this conclusion, that one died for all, and therefore all died. 15 And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for the one who died for them and was raised.

    16 From now on, then, we do not know anyone from a worldly perspective. Even if we have known Christ from a worldly perspective, yet now we no longer know him in this way. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come! 18 Everything is from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ and has given us the ministry of reconciliation. 19 That is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and he has committed the message of reconciliation to us.

    20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us. We plead on Christ’s behalf, “Be reconciled to God.” 21 He made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. -- 2 Corinthians 5:14-21 (CSB)

    Song:

    Jesus, We Love You by Hannah McClure, Kalley Heiligenthal, and Paul McClure, arranged and performed by The Worship Initiative

    Lyrics:

    Old things have passed away
    Your love has stayed the same
    Your constant grace remains the cornerstone
    Things that we thought were dead
    Are breathing in life again
    You cause your Son to shine on darkest nights

    For all that You've done we will pour out our love

    This will be our anthem song

    (Jesus) we love You

    Oh how we love You
    You are the one our hearts adore

    Our hearts adore

    Our hearts adore
    Our hearts adore

    The hopeless have found their hope

    The orphans now have a home
    All that was lost has found its place in You
    You lift our weary head
    You make us strong instead
    You took these rags and made us beautiful

    Our affection our devotion

    Poured out on the feet of Jesus

    Prayer:

    With what shall we come before you, O Lord? Or bow ourselves in your presence, O you Most High God? Cause us to come unto you in faith: mentioning no other name, pleading no other righteousness, and trusting in no other atonement than the name, righteousness, and atonement of your blessed Son and our... Mediator Jesus Christ. In him, we desire to be found; through him, we hope for favor with you, and acceptance in your sight. Blessed be your goodness for the mercies of the day, for the blessings of your providence, the comforts of your Spirit, and the privileges we enjoy. Amen.
    -Augustus Toplady

    11 min
  • Job 38:1-11

    Passage:

    1 Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind. He said:
    2 Who is this who obscures my counsel
    with ignorant words?
    3 Get ready to answer me like a man;
    when I question you, you will inform me.
    4 Where were you when I established the earth?
    Tell me, if you have understanding.
    5 Who fixed its dimensions? Certainly you know!
    Who stretched a measuring line across it?
    6 What supports its foundations?
    Or who laid its cornerstone
    7 while the morning stars sang together
    and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
    8 Who enclosed the sea behind doors
    when it burst from the womb,
    9 when I made the clouds its garment
    and total darkness its blanket,
    10 when I determined its boundaries
    and put its bars and doors in place,
    11 when I declared, “You may come this far, but no farther;
    your proud waves stop here”? -- Job 38:1-11 (CSB)

    Song:

    Declaring Glory (The Earth Sings Its Refrain) by Jon Guerra, Kate Bluett, Molly Parden, Nicholas Chambers, and Paul Zach

    Lyrics:

    When I was young
    You woke me with the sound of song
    The wind and rhythm drew me along
    I echoed in the hymn of the dawn
    I turned and turned
    This dance that all the planets learn
    In circles 'round the stars as they burn
    I praise you as I orbit and turn
    Declaring glory

    The mountains rise

    The forests grow before my eyes
    The moments and the seasons unwind
    Then turn again embracing the tide
    The waters fall
    And carve their way across my soil
    Their canyons cutting deep in my soul
    I praise you while the rivers still roll
    Declaring glory

    New life begins

    Your creatures dance across my skin
    Like me they have your spirit within
    But soon they fade away as I spin
    They fall to dust
    And dress me in decay and rust
    Their secrets buried deep in my crust
    I praise you in the layers of dust
    Declaring glory

    The rocks wear down

    Beneath the passing of the clouds
    The rivers run until they run out
    I'll praise you 'til my fires run out
    Declaring glory

    I praise my Maker in every age

    Declaring glory

    Prayer:

    This is another day, O Lord. I know not what it will bring forth, but make me ready, Lord, for whatever it may be. If I am to stand up, help me to stand bravely. If I am to sit still, help me to sit quietly. If I am to lie low, help me to do it patiently. And if I am to do nothing, let me do it gallantly. Make these words more than words, and give me the Spirit of Jesus. Amen.

    11 min
  • John 6:1-15

    Sunday’s Sermon:

    Aliso Creek Church Podcast

    Passage:

    1 After this, Jesus crossed the Sea of Galilee (or Tiberias ).
    2 A huge crowd was following him because they saw the signs that he was performing by healing the sick. 3 Jesus went up a mountain and sat down there with his disciples.

    4 Now the Passover, a Jewish festival, was near. 5 So when Jesus looked up and noticed a huge crowd coming toward him, he asked Philip, “Where will we buy bread so that these people can eat? ” 6 He asked this to test him, for he himself knew what he was going to do.

    7 Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread wouldn’t be enough for each of them to have a little.”

    8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him, 9 “There’s a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish ​— ​but what are they for so many? ”

    10 Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.”

    There was plenty of grass in that place; so they sat down. The men numbered about five thousand. 11 Then Jesus took the loaves, and after giving thanks he distributed them to those who were seated ​— ​so also with the fish, as much as they wanted.

    12 When they were full, he told his disciples, “Collect the leftovers so that nothing is wasted.” 13 So they collected them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces from the five barley loaves that were left over by those who had eaten.

    14 When the people saw the sign he had done, they said, “This truly is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”

    15 Therefore, when Jesus realized that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, he withdrew again to the mountain by himself. -- John 6:1-15 (CSB)

    Song:

    Gratitude by Benjamin Hastings, Brandon Lake, and Dante Bowe

    Prayer:

    Gracious Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven to be the true bread which gives life to the world: Evermore give us this bread, that he may live in us, and we in him; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

    11 min
  • Mark 4:26-31

    Passage:

    26 “The kingdom of God is like this,” he said.“A man scatters seed on the ground. 27 He sleeps and rises night and day; the seed sprouts and grows, although he doesn’t know how. 28 The soil produces a crop by itself ​— ​first the blade, then the head, and then the full grain on the head. 29 As soon as the crop is ready, he sends for the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

    30 And he said,“With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to describe it? 31 It’s like a mustard seed that, when sown upon the soil, is the smallest of all the seeds on the ground. 32 And when sown, it comes up and grows taller than all the garden plants, and produces large branches, so that the birds of the sky can nest in its shade.”

    33 He was speaking the word to them with many parables like these, as they were able to understand. 34 He did not speak to them without a parable. Privately, however, he explained everything to his own disciples.

    -- Mark 4:26-34 (CSB)

    Song:

    Mustard Seed by Ellie Holcomb

    Lyrics:

    If you held a mustard seed in your hand
    You’d see that it was tiny, like a grain of sand
    But Jesus says that even when our faith is small
    Nothing is impossible for Him at all
    Nothing is impossible for Him at all

    ‘Cause our God is faithful

    He can move mountains
    And He asks us to believe
    Our God is faithful
    He can move mountains
    Even when our faith is like a mustard seed
    Even when our faith is like a mustard seed

    Oh oh oh , oh oh oh

    Oh oh oh, oh oh oh

    Prayer:

    O Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world, look on us and have mercy on us; you who are yourself both victim and priest, yourself both reward and redeemer, keep safe from evil all those whom you have redeemed, O Savior of the world.
    -Irenaeus

    9 min
  • 2 Corinthians 5:1-10

    Passage:

    1 For we know that if our earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal dwelling in the heavens, not made with hands.
    2 Indeed, we groan in this tent, desiring to put on our heavenly dwelling, 3 since, when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. 4 Indeed, we groan while we are in this tent, burdened as we are, because we do not want to be unclothed but clothed, so that mortality may be swallowed up by life. 5 Now the one who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment.

    6 So we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. 7 For we walk by faith, not by sight. 8 In fact, we are confident, and we would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. 9 Therefore, whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to be pleasing to him. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each may be repaid for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil. -- 2 Corinthians 5:1-10 (CSB)

    Song:

    Walk by Faith by Aaron Williams, Jason Ingram, Joe Williams, and Shane Barnard

    Lyrics:

    I will walk by faith
    Through the fire and the flame
    You are my hiding place
    I will walk by faith
    When the levy starts to break
    One thing will never change
    Yes one thing will never change

    Jesus the bright morning star

    You are alive and You’re lighting up the dark
    Savior I’m trusting in Your name
    I will follow You as I walk by faith

    I will lift my eyes

    To the calmer of the storm
    I will not be afraid
    I will lift my eyes
    To remind my soul again
    You are the God who saves
    Yes You are the God who saves

    The darker the night the brighter the light

    That shines You shine

    Prayer:

    O Lord, from whom all good proceeds: Grant us the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may always think those things that are good, and by your merciful guidance may accomplish the same; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

    9 min
  • Psalm 92

    Passage:

    1 It is good to give thanks to the Lord,
    to sing praise to your name, Most High,
    2 to declare your faithful love in the morning
    and your faithfulness at night,
    3 with a ten-stringed harp
    and the music of a lyre.
    4 For you have made me rejoice, Lord,
    by what you have done;
    I will shout for joy
    because of the works of your hands.
    5 How magnificent are your works, Lord,
    how profound your thoughts!
    6 A stupid person does not know,
    a fool does not understand this:
    7 though the wicked sprout like grass
    and all evildoers flourish,
    they will be eternally destroyed.
    8 But you, Lord, are exalted forever.
    9 For indeed, Lord, your enemies —
    indeed, your enemies will perish;
    all evildoers will be scattered.
    10 You have lifted up my horn
    like that of a wild ox;
    I have been anointed with the finest oil.
    11 My eyes look at my enemies;
    when evildoers rise against me,
    my ears hear them.
    12 The righteous thrive like a palm tree
    and grow like a cedar tree in Lebanon.
    13 Planted in the house of the Lord,
    they thrive in the courts of our God.
    14 They will still bear fruit in old age,
    healthy and green,
    15 to declare, “The Lord is just;
    he is my rock,
    and there is no unrighteousness in him.” -- Psalms 92:1-15 (CSB)

    Song:

    Good to Give Thanks (Psalm 92) by Caroline Cobb Smith and Wendell Kimbrough

    Lyrics:

    It is good to give thanks to the Lord
    It is good to give thanks to the Lord
    To make music in His name
    And to sing a song of praise

    It is good to give thanks to the Lord

    We will sing of His love in the morning
    And His faithfulness in the night

    On guitar and on the keys

    Blow the horn and play the strings
    It is good to give thanks to the Lord

    Clap your hands, stomp your feet

    Bang the drum, come on and sing
    Tell the world of His great love
    It is good to give thanks to the Lord

    We are here to give thanks to the Lord

    We are here to give thanks to the Lord
    We are lifting up our hearts
    All we have and all we are

    'Cause it is good to give thanks to the Lord

    Clap your hands, stomp your feet
    Bang the drum, come on and sing
    Tell the world of His great love

    'Cause it is good to give thanks to the Lord

    He has made us glad
    He has made us glad
    He has made us glad
    He has made us glad
    He has made us glad
    He has made us glad

    Clap your hands, stomp your feet

    Bang the drum, come on and sing
    Tell the world of His great love
    It is good to give thanks to the Lord
    It is good to give thanks to the Lord
    It is good to give thanks to the Lord

    Prayer:

    Most loving Father, whose will it is for us to give thanks for all things, to fear nothing but the loss of you, and to cast all our care on you who care for us: Preserve us from faithless fears and worldly anxieties, that no clouds of this mortal life may hide from us the light of that love which is immortal, and which you have manifested to us in your Son Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

    9 min
  • Mark 2:13-17

    Sunday’s Sermon:

    Aliso Creek Church Podcast

    Passage:
    13 Jesus went out again beside the sea. The whole crowd was coming to him, and he was teaching them. 14 Then, passing by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office, and he said to him,“Follow me,” and he got up and followed him.

    15 While he was reclining at the table in Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who were following him. 16 When the scribes who were Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners? ”

    17 When Jesus heard this, he told them,“It is not those who are well who need a doctor, but those who are sick. I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.” -- Mark 2:13-17 (CSB)

    Song:

    Sinners and Saints by Ashley Briggs, Brett Perkins, Rebecca DePolitte, and William Erik Reed

    Lyrics:

    Are you faint and feeble
    Are you weary child
    Jesus will surely give you rest

    Is your burden heavy

    From the weight of sin
    Jesus forgives when you confess

    O come all sinners come all saints

    To Christ our Savior who rules and reigns
    Bring your gladness bring your pain
    His arms are open today

    Do you fear you’ve wandered

    Further than His grace
    Jesus is reaching out His hand

    Are you mourning loss

    And are you hurting deep
    Jesus says death is not the end

    Jesus Jesus how I trust Him

    How I’ve proved Him o’er and o’er
    Jesus Jesus precious Jesus
    O for grace to trust Him more

    Come all sinners

    Come all saints

    Prayer:

    This is another day, O Lord. I know not what it will bring forth, but make me ready, Lord, for whatever it may be. If I am to stand up, help me to stand bravely. If I am to sit still, help me to sit quietly. If I am to lie low, help me to do it patiently. And if I am to do nothing, let me do it gallantly. Make these words more than words, and give me the Spirit of Jesus. Amen.

    8 min
  • Genesis 3:1-21

    Passage:

    1 Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the wild animals that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You can’t eat from any tree in the garden’? ”
    2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit from the trees in the garden. 3 But about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God said, ‘You must not eat it or touch it, or you will die.’ ”

    4 “No! You will certainly not die,” the serpent said to the woman. 5 “In fact, God knows that when you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” 6 The woman saw that the tree was good for food and delightful to look at, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.

    8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 So the Lord God called out to the man and said to him, “Where are you? ”

    10 And he said, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.”

    11 Then he asked, “Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from? ”

    12 The man replied, “The woman you gave to be with me ​— ​she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate.”

    13 So the Lord God asked the woman, “What have you done? ”

    And the woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

    14 So the Lord God said to the serpent:

    Because you have done this,

    you are cursed more than any livestock
    and more than any wild animal.
    You will move on your belly
    and eat dust all the days of your life.
    15 I will put hostility between you and the woman,
    and between your offspring and her offspring.
    He will strike your head,
    and you will strike his heel.
    16 He said to the woman:

    I will intensify your labor pains;

    you will bear children with painful effort.
    Your desire will be for your husband,
    yet he will rule over you.
    17 And he said to the man, “Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘Do not eat from it’:

    The ground is cursed because of you.

    You will eat from it by means of painful labor
    all the days of your life.
    18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you,
    and you will eat the plants of the field.
    19 You will eat bread by the sweat of your brow
    until you return to the ground,
    since you were taken from it.
    For you are dust,
    and you will return to dust.”
    20 The man named his wife Eve because she was the mother of all the living. 21 The Lord God made clothing from skins for the man and his wife, and he clothed them.
    -- Genesis 3:1-21 (CSB)

    Song:

    Eden (Isn’t It Just Like You?) by Aodhan King, Benjamin Hastings, Brandon Lake, Dylan Thomas, Hank Bentley, Joel Houston, and Michael Fatkin

    Lyrics:

    Oh Eden's tree
    The choice within their hands
    As the serpent whispered from beneath
    Where Your grace exceeds
    The sum of all our lack
    For I am Adam I am Eve

    Isn't it just like You

    To turn it all around for good
    Like only You could
    Like only You would
    You turn it all around for good
    And when You do
    You do it so it's done for good
    Like only You could
    Like only You would
    You turn it all around for good

    Oh Calvary's tree

    The nails within Your hands
    And laughter swept the crowds beneath
    Where Your grace exceeds
    The sum of all our lack
    For I'm a thief upon a tree

    Isn't it just like You

    Just like You

    Oh the vast extent of my regrets

    And all my deepest fears
    Were buried in a garden
    Where You wept and bled in tears
    For You climbed a hill not Yours to climb
    They thought Your fate was sealed
    For the serpent tried to take you down
    But he only bruised Your heel
    See the empty grave is overgrown
    And the earth begins to heal
    For the enemy is overthrown
    And the darkness finally yields
    So now I don't owe a thing to death
    Should ever he appear
    For death can only borrow breath
    No longer can he steal

    Isn't it just like You

    Isn't it just like You to go and make it new
    Isn't it just like You
    It's just like You
    You're making all things new
    You don't stop until it's done

    Oh tree of life

    There's hope in every branch
    And the serpent's nowhere to be seen
    Where Your grace completes
    The sum of all our lack
    For I am Adam I am Eve
    And Eden's my eternity
    Abbreviated Passage:

    Prayer:

    Almighty God, the fountain of wisdom, you know our necessities before we ask, and our ignorance in asking—we ask you to have compassion upon our weaknesses; and those things, which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our blindness we cannot ask, grant to give us for the worthiness of your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
    -Book of Common Prayer (1552)

    11 min
  • Mark 2:23-28

    Passage:

    23 On the Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and his disciples began to make their way, picking some heads of grain. 24 The Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”

    25 He said to them, “Have you never read what David and those who were with him did when he was in need and hungry— 26 how he entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest and ate the bread of the Presence—which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests—and also gave some to his companions?” 27 Then he told them, “The Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath. 28 So then, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”

    (Mark 2:23-28 CSB)

    Song:

    Open Hands by Paul Zach, Kate Bluett, Isaac Wardell, and Nick Chambers

    Lyrics:

    The earth you made and blest in days,
    your spirit breathing into clay:
    Lord, I receive with open hands
    The breath that fails, the light that fades
    while earth and heaven pass away,
    I let them go with open hands.

    In desert days a feast you spread

    and with your manna I am fed,
    Lord, I receive with open hands.
    And when another needs this bread,
    They ask as Christ, who broke and blessed
    I let it go with open hands.

    The work that waits for me today,

    the joys and sorrows on the way,
    Lord, I receive with open hands.
    And just as earth you freely gave,
    so any goodness I have made
    I let it go with open hands.

    Abbreviated Passage:

    “27 Then he told them, “The Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath. 28 So then, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”

    Prayer:

    Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

    8 min

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