SEPTEMBER 14, 2025 PORTALS OF PRAYER READINGS
Colossians 1:9-23
9 And so, from the day we heard, we have
not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of
his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 10 so
as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit
in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; 11 being strengthened with all power, according to
his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy; 12 giving thanks[a] to the
Father, who has qualified you[b] to share
in the inheritance of the saints in light. 13 He
has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom
of his beloved Son, 14 in whom we have
redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
The Preeminence of Christ
15 He is the image of the invisible God,
the firstborn of all creation. 16 For
by[c] him all
things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether
thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through
him and for him. 17 And he is before
all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 And
he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from
the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. 19 For
in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, 20 and
through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven,
making peace by the blood of his cross.
21 And you, who once were alienated and
hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, 22 he
has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you
holy and blameless and above reproach before him, 23 if
indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the
hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation[d] under
heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.
Footnotes
- Colossians 1:12 Or patience, with joy giving thanks
- Colossians 1:12 Some manuscripts us
- Colossians 1:16 That is, by means of; or in
- Colossians 1:23 Or to every creature
Psalm 22
Why Have You Forsaken Me?
To the choirmaster: according to The Doe of the Dawn. A
Psalm of David.
22 My God, my
God, why have you forsaken me?
Why
are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?
2 O my God, I cry by day, but you do not
answer,
and
by night, but I find no rest.
3 Yet you are holy,
enthroned
on the praises[a] of Israel.
4 In you our fathers trusted;
they
trusted, and you delivered them.
5 To you they cried and were rescued;
in
you they trusted and were not put to shame.
6 But I am a worm and not a man,
scorned
by mankind and despised by the people.
7 All who see me mock me;
they
make mouths at me; they wag their heads;
8 “He trusts in the Lord; let him deliver him;
let
him rescue him, for he delights in him!”
9 Yet you are he who took me
from the womb;
you
made me trust you at my mother's breasts.
10 On you was I cast from my birth,
and
from my mother's womb you have been my God.
11 Be not far from me,
for
trouble is near,
and
there is none to help.
14 I am poured out like water,
and
all my bones are out of joint;
my heart is like wax;
it
is melted within my breast;
15 my strength is dried up like a potsherd,
and
my tongue sticks to my jaws;
you
lay me in the dust of death.
16 For dogs encompass me;
a
company of evildoers encircles me;
they have pierced my hands and feet[b]—
17 I can count all my bones—
they stare and gloat over me;
18 they divide my garments among them,
and
for my clothing they cast lots.
19 But you, O Lord, do not be far off!
O
you my help, come quickly to my aid!
20 Deliver my soul from the sword,
my
precious life from the power of the dog!
21 Save me from the mouth of the lion!
You have rescued[c] me from
the horns of the wild oxen!
22 I will tell of your name to
my brothers;
in
the midst of the congregation I will praise you:
23 You who fear the Lord, praise him!
All
you offspring of Jacob, glorify him,
and
stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!
24 For he has not despised or abhorred
the
affliction of the afflicted,
and he has not hidden his face from him,
but
has heard, when he cried to him.
25 From you comes my praise in
the great congregation;
my
vows I will perform before those who fear him.
26 The afflicted[d] shall eat
and be satisfied;
those
who seek him shall praise the Lord!
May
your hearts live forever!
27 All the ends of the earth
shall remember
and
turn to the Lord,
and all the families of the nations
shall
worship before you.
28 For kingship belongs to the Lord,
and
he rules over the nations.
29 All the prosperous of the
earth eat and worship;
before
him shall bow all who go down to the dust,
even
the one who could not keep himself alive.
30 Posterity shall serve him;
it
shall be told of the Lord to the coming generation;
31 they shall come and proclaim his
righteousness to a people yet unborn,
that
he has done it.
Footnotes
- Psalm 22:3 Or dwelling
in the praises
- Psalm 22:16 Some
Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts like
a lion [they are at] my hands and feet
- Psalm 22:21 Hebrew
answered
- Psalm 22:26 Or The
meek
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