Friday in Easter — Open Word

FIRST READING

Proverbs 2:6-8

Verse 6. For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding. Verse 7. He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity, Verse 8. to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.

PSALM

Psalm 67

For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Psalm. A song. May God be gracious to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us,

that Your ways may be known on earth, Your salvation among all nations.

Let the peoples praise You, O God; let all the peoples praise You.

Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for You judge the peoples justly and lead the nations of the earth.

Let the peoples praise You, O God; let all the peoples praise You.

The earth has yielded its harvest; God, our God, blesses us.

God blesses us, that all the ends of the earth shall fear Him.

SECOND READING

Acts 16:1-8

Verse 1. Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where he found a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman and a Greek father. Verse 2. The brothers in Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him. Verse 3. Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, so he took him and circumcised him on account of the Jews in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek. Verse 4. As they went from town to town, they delivered the decisions handed down by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey. Verse 5. So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers. Verse 6. After the Holy Spirit had prevented them from speaking the word in the province of Asia, they traveled through the region of Phrygia and Galatia. Verse 7. And when they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not permit them. Verse 8. So they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas.