Open Word

Semicontinuous (Track 1)

FIRST READING

Jeremiah 33:14-26

Verse 14. Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will fulfill the gracious promise that I have spoken to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. Verse 15. In those days and at that time I will cause to sprout for David a righteous Branch, and He will administer justice and righteousness in the land. Verse 16. In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely, and this is the name by which it will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness. Verse 17. For this is what the LORD says: David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel, Verse 18. nor will the priests who are Levites ever fail to have a man before Me to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and to present sacrifices.” Verse 19. And the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: Verse 20. “This is what the LORD says: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that day and night cease to occupy their appointed time, Verse 21. then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant and with My ministers the Levites who are priests, so that David will not have a son to reign on his throne. Verse 22. As the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister before Me.” Verse 23. Moreover, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: Verse 24. “Have you not noticed what these people are saying: ‘The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen’? So they despise My people and no longer regard them as a nation. Verse 25. This is what the LORD says: If I have not established My covenant with the day and the night and the fixed order of heaven and earth, Verse 26. then I would also reject the descendants of Jacob and of My servant David, so as not to take from his descendants rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will restore them from captivity and will have compassion on them.”

PSALM

Psalm 119: 137-144

Righteous are You, O LORD, and upright are Your judgments.

The testimonies You have laid down are righteous and altogether faithful.

My zeal has consumed me because my foes forget Your words.

Your promise is completely pure; therefore Your servant loves it.

I am lowly and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts.

Your righteousness is everlasting and Your law is true.

Trouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight.

Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.

Complementary (Track 2)

FIRST READING

Proverbs 15:8-11

Verse 8. The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight. Verse 9. The LORD detests the way of the wicked, but He loves those who pursue righteousness. Verse 10. Discipline is harsh for him who leaves the path; he who hates correction will die. Verse 11. Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD— how much more the hearts of men!

PSALM

Psalm 32:1-7

Of David. A Maskil. Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

Blessed is the man whose iniquity the LORD does not count against him, in whose spirit there is no deceit.

When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.

For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat.

Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin.

Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.

You are my hiding place. You protect me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance.

SECOND READING

2 Corinthians 1:1-11

Verse 1. Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God in Corinth, together with all the saints throughout Achaia: Verse 2. Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Verse 3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, Verse 4. who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. Verse 5. For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows. Verse 6. If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience. Verse 7. And our hope for you is sure, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our comfort. Verse 8. We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. Verse 9. Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead. Verse 10. He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us, Verse 11. as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the favor shown us in answer to their prayers.