Readings for October 16

Mark 8:11-13
Matthew 16:1-4
Mark 8:14-21
Matthew 16:5-12
Mark 8:22-26
Mark 8:27-30
Matthew 16:13-20
Luke 9:18-21
John 6:60-71
Mark 8:31-9:1
Matthew 16:21-28
Luke 9:22-27

Readings for October 15

Mark 7:1-23
Matthew 15:1-20
Mark 7:24-30
Matthew 15:21-28
Mark 7:31-37
Matthew 15:29-31
Mark 8:1-10
Matthew 15:32-39

Readings for October 14

Mark 6:45-56
Matthew 14:22-36
John 6:16-24
John 6:25-59

Readings for October 13

Mark 6:14-29
Matthew 14:1-12
Luke 9:7-9
Mark 6:12-13
Luke 9:6
Mark 6:30-44
Matthew 14:13-21
Luke 9:10-17
John 6:1-15

Readings for October 12

John 5:16-47
Mark 6:6b-11
Matthew 9:35-10:42
Luke 9:1-5

Readings for October 11

Mark 5:21-43
Matthew 9:18-26
Luke 8:40-56
Matthew 9:27-34
Mark 6:1-6a
Matthew 13:53-58
John 5:1-15

Readings for October 10

Mark 4:30-34
Matthew 13:31-35
Luke 13:18-21
Matthew 13:24-30
Matthew 13:36-52
Mark 4:35-41
Matthew 8:23-27
Luke 8:22-25
Mark 5:1-20
Matthew 8:28-34
Luke 8:26-39

Readings for October 9

Mark 3:31-35
Matthew 12:46-50
Luke 8:19-21
Mark 4:1-20
Matthew 13:1-23
Luke 8:4-18
Mark 4:21-29

Readings for October 8

Luke 7:18-35
Matthew 11:1-19
Luke 7:36-50
Luke 8:1-3
Mark 3:20-30
Matthew 12:22-45
Luke 11:14-26

Readings for October 7

Luke 6:17-49
Luke 7:1-10
Matthew 8:5-13
John 4:46b-54
Luke 7:11-17

Reading for October 6

Matthew 5:21-7:29

Readings for October 5

Mark 3:1-6
Matthew 12:9-14
Luke 6:6-11
Mark 3:7-12
Matthew 12:15-21
Mark 3:13-19
Luke 6:12-16
Matthew 4:23-5:20

Readings for October 4

Mark 2:1-12
Matthew 9:1-8
Luke 5:17-26
Mark 2:13-17
Matthew 9:9-13
Luke 5:27-32
Mark 2:18-22
Matthew 9:14-17
Luke 5:33-39
Mark 2:23-28
Matthew 12:1-8
Luke 6:1-5

Jesus Didn't Need CR

Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed. Simon and his companions went to look for him, and when they found him they exclaimed: "Everyone is looking for you!"

Jesus replied, "Let us go somewhere else--to the nearby villages--so I can preach there also. That is why I have come." Mark 1:35-38


So this is what I now about Jesus--he didn't need Celebrate Recovery. Jesus didn't have any problems with boundaries. When the disciples found him and exclaimed, "Everyone is looking for you!" that didn't ruffle Jesus one bit. Had someone exclaimed to me, "Everyone is looking for you!" that would have been my cue to hop to. How often do I "hop to" because the world is clamoring for my attention or because I'm responding to the tyranny of the urgent? How often do I let the urgent overshadow the best? How often do I collapse into bed at the end of a day that I have filled with obligations that I committed to out of guilt rather than calling?

So how, apart from Him being God, was Jesus able to say, "Let's go somewhere else" in the face of exclamations of "Everyone is looking for you"? I think the answer lies in Mark 1:35. "Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed." Wow! Jesus knew that he was to go to the nearby villages because he had spoken to the Father that morning. While everyone was looking for him, he was looking to the Father. He could easily recognize the lesser though perhaps urgent demands made on him and confidently resist them.

Let us make time in our solitary places with the Father a priority that we may pursue the best and not the urgent.

Readings for October 3

John 4:27-42
Mark 1:14-15
Matthew 4:12-17
Luke 4:14-15
John 4:43-46a
Luke 4:16-30
Mark 1:21-28
Luke 4:31-37
Mark 1:29-39
Matthew 8:14-17
Luke 4:38-44
Mark 1:40-45
Matthew 8:1-4
Luke 5:12-16

Reading for October 2, 2011

John 2:1-4:26

Readings for October 1, 2011

John 1:19-28
Mark 1:9-11
Matthew 3:13-17
Luke 3:21-22
John 1:29-34
Mark 1:12-13
Matthew 4:1-11
Luke 4:1-13
John 1:35-51
Mark 1:16-20
Matthew 4:18-22
Luke 5:1-11