Week
of Prayer for Christian Unity • January 18, 2012.
Readings
from Scripture for Day 1
Zechariah
9:9-10 A king righteous and victorious—and humble
9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of
Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Lo, your king comes to
you; triumphant and victorious is he, humble and riding on an ass,
on a colt the foal of an ass. 10 I will cut off the chariot from E'phraim
and the war horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut
off, and he shall command peace to the nations; his dominion shall
be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
Psalms
131 My heart is not proud
1 O LORD, my heart is not lifted
up, my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with
things too great and too marvelous for me. 2 But I have calmed and quieted
my soul, like a child quieted at its mother's breast; like a child
that is quieted is my soul. 3 O Israel, hope in the LORD from this time
forth and for evermore.
Romans
12:3-8 We have different gifts with which to serve
3 For by the grace given to me I
bid every one among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought
to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure
of faith which God has assigned him. 4 For as in one body we have
many members, and all the members do not have the same function, 5 so we,
though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
6 Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use
them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; 7 if service, in our serving;
he who teaches, in his teaching; 8 he who exhorts, in his exhortation;
he who contributes, in liberality; he who gives aid, with zeal; he who
does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.
Mark
10:42-45 The Son of Man came to serve
42 And Jesus called them to him and
said to them, "You know that those who are supposed to rule over the Gentiles
lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them.
43 But it shall not be so among you; but whoever would be great among you
must be your servant, 44 and whoever would be first among you must be slave
of all. 45 For the Son of man also came not to be served but to serve,
and to give his life as a ransom for many."
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