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Acts 2:42-47
2:42 They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship,
to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
2:43 Awe came upon everyone, because many wonders and signs were being done by the
apostles.
2:44 All who believed were together and had all things in common;
2:45 they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to all, as
any had need.
2:46 Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at
home and ate their food with glad and generous hearts,
2:47 praising God and having the goodwill of all the people. And day by day the Lord
added to their number those who were being saved.
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Psalm 23
23:1 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want.
23:2 He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters;
23:3 he restores my soul. He leads me in right paths for his name's sake.
23:4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil; for you are with
me; your rod and your staff-- they comfort me.
24:5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head
with oil; my cup overflows.
24:6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall
dwell in the house of the LORD my whole life long.
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1 Peter 2:19-25
2:19 For it is a credit to you if, being aware of God, you endure pain
while suffering unjustly.
2:20 If you endure when you are beaten for doing wrong, what credit is that? But if you
endure when you do right and suffer for it, you have God's approval.
2:21 For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving
you an example, so that you should follow in his steps.
2:22 "He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth."
2:23 When he was abused, he did not return abuse; when he suffered, he did not
threaten; but he entrusted himself to the one who judges justly.
2:24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that, free from sins, we
might live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.
2:25 For you were going astray like sheep, but now you have returned to the shepherd
and guardian of your souls.
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John 10:1-10
10:1 Very truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by
the gate but climbs in by another way is a thief and a bandit.
10:2 The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.
10:3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep hear his voice.
He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
10:4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the
sheep follow him because they know his voice.
10:5 They will not follow a stranger, but they will run from him because
they do not know the voice of strangers."
10:6 Jesus used this figure of speech with them, but they did not
understand what he was saying to them.
10:7 So again Jesus said to them, "Very truly, I tell you, I am the
gate for the sheep.
10:8 All who came before me are thieves and bandits; but the sheep did not
listen to them.
10:9 I am the gate. Whoever enters by me will be saved, and will come in
and go out and find pasture.
10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they
may have life, and have it abundantly."
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Acknowledgment: (this opens in a new window)
Picture and text from the Vanderilt Divinity Library Lectionary
Running in Faith
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