OCTOBER 1, 2025 PORTALS OF PRAYER READINGS
Luke 12:22-34
Do Not Be Anxious
22 And he said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you
will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on. 23 For
life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. 24 Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap,
they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more
value are you than the birds! 25 And
which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?[a] 26 If then you are not able to do as small a thing as
that, why are you anxious about the rest? 27 Consider
the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even
Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 28 But if God so clothes the grass, which is alive in
the field today, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he
clothe you, O you of little faith! 29 And
do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor be worried.
30 For all the nations of the world seek after
these things, and your Father knows that you need them. 31 Instead,
seek his[b] kingdom,
and these things will be added to you.
32 “Fear not, little flock, for it is your
Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 33 Sell
your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that
do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no
thief approaches and no moth destroys. 34 For
where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Footnotes
- Luke 12:25 Or a
single cubit to his stature; a cubit was about 18 inches or 45
centimeters
- Luke 12:31 Some
manuscripts God's
Psalm 130
My Soul Waits for the Lord
A Song of Ascents.
130 Out of
the depths I cry to you, O Lord!
2 O Lord, hear my voice!
Let your ears be attentive
to
the voice of my pleas for mercy!
3 If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities,
O
Lord, who could stand?
4 But with you there is forgiveness,
that
you may be feared.
5 I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,
and
in his word I hope;
6 my soul waits for the Lord
more
than watchmen for the morning,
more
than watchmen for the morning.
7 O Israel, hope in the Lord!
For
with the Lord there is steadfast love,
and
with him is plentiful redemption.
8 And he will redeem Israel
from
all his iniquities.
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