April 19, 2026 PORTALS OF PRAYER READINGS
John 21:15-18
Jesus and Peter
15 When they had finished breakfast, Jesus
said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me
more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know
that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.”
16 He said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He said
to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Tend my sheep.” 17 He said
to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love
me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him the third
time, “Do you love me?” and he
said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said
to him, “Feed my sheep. 18 Truly,
truly, I say to you, when you were young, you used to dress yourself and walk
wherever you wanted, but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and
another will dress you and carry you where you do not want to go.”
Psalm 80
Restore Us, O God
To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. A Testimony. Of
Asaph, a Psalm.
80 Give ear,
O Shepherd of Israel,
you
who lead Joseph like a flock.
You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth.
2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh,
stir up your might
and
come to save us!
3 Restore us,[a] O God;
let
your face shine, that we may be saved!
4 O Lord God of hosts,
how
long will you be angry with your people's prayers?
5 You have fed them with the bread of tears
and
given them tears to drink in full measure.
6 You make us an object of contention for our
neighbors,
and
our enemies laugh among themselves.
7 Restore us, O God of hosts;
let
your face shine, that we may be saved!
8 You brought a vine out of
Egypt;
you
drove out the nations and planted it.
9 You cleared the ground for it;
it
took deep root and filled the land.
10 The mountains were covered with its shade,
the
mighty cedars with its branches.
11 It sent out its branches to the sea
and
its shoots to the River.[b]
12 Why then have you broken down its walls,
so
that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?
13 The boar from the forest ravages it,
and
all that move in the field feed on it.
14 Turn again, O God of hosts!
Look
down from heaven, and see;
have regard for this vine,
15 the stock that your right hand planted,
and
for the son whom you made strong for yourself.
16 They have burned it with fire; they have
cut it down;
may
they perish at the rebuke of your face!
17 But let your hand be on the man of your
right hand,
the
son of man whom you have made strong for yourself!
18 Then we shall not turn back from you;
give
us life, and we will call upon your name!
19 Restore us, O Lord God of hosts!
Let
your face shine, that we may be saved!
Footnotes
- Psalm 80:3 Or Turn
us again; also verses 7, 19
- Psalm 80:11 That
is, the Euphrates
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