READINGS, SELECT

READINGS, SELECT. → JUDAH' S DEFENSE Ge 44:18-34 → JOSEPH REVEALING HIS IDENTITY Ge 45:1-15 → THE DELIVERANCE OF THE ISRAELITES FROM PHARAOH Ex 14:5-30 → SONG OF MOSES WHEN PHARAOH AND HIS ARMY WERE OVERTHROWN Ex 15:1-19 → DAVID' S LAMENT OVER ABSALOM 2Sa 18:19-33 → LIGHTS AND SHADOWS Ru 1:1-22 → ELIJAH' S MIRACULOUS PRESERVATION 1Ki 17:1-16 → ELISHA AND THE WIDOW' S OIL 2Ki 4:1-7 → NAAMAN THE LEPER 2Ki 5:1-14 → ESTHER' S TRIUMPH Es 4:1-17; 7:1-10 → THE BREVITY OF LIFE Job 14:1-10 → NATURE' S TESTIMONY Job 28:1-28 → GOD' S CHALLENGE TO JOB Job 38 → THE ANIMALS OF THE FIELD Job 39 → THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED IN CONTRAST Ps 1 → THE TRIUMPHANT KING Ps 2 → MANKIND IN NATURE Ps 8 → MANKIND IN EXTREMITY Ps 18:1-19 → CONFIDENCE IN GOD Ps 23 → THE KING OF GLORY Ps 24 → THE GLORY OF GOD Ps 29 → GOD, OUR REFUGE Ps 46 → THE MAJESTY OF GOD Ps 77:13-20 → THE JOY OF THE RIGHTEOUS Ps 84 → THE STATE OF THE GODLY Ps 91 → THE NEW SONG Ps 98 → THE MAJESTY AND PROVIDENCE OF GOD Ps 104 → IN CAPTIVITY Ps 137 → THE OMNIPRESENCE OF GOD Ps 139 → OLD AGE Ec 12:1-7 → CHRIST' S KINGDOM FORESHADOWED Isa 35:1-10 → THE OMNIPOTENCE AND INCOMPARABLENESS OF GOD Isa 40:1-31 → THE WRATH OF GOD Am 9:1-6 → THE MAJESTY OF GOD Hab 3:3-12 → MARY' S MAGNIFICAT Lu 1:46-56 → THE PROPHETIC BLESSING OF ZACHARIAS Lu 1:67-80 → THE BEATITUDES Mt 5:1-16 → GOD' S PROVIDENCE Mt 6:26-34 → WISE AND FOOLISH BUILDERS Mt 7:21-27 → THE PARABLE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN Lu 10:25-37 → THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON Lu 15:11-32 → THE RAISING OF LAZARUS Joh 11:1-3,18-46 → THE BETRAYAL OF JESUS BY JUDAS ISCARIOT Lu 22:47-62 → THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST Lu 24:1-12 → PETER ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST Ac 2:1-36 → STEPHEN' S DEFENSE Ac 7:1-56 → PAUL AND SILAS IN PRISON Ac 16:16-40 → PAUL ON MARS' HILL Ac 17:22-31 → PAUL IN FRONT OF GOVERNOR FELIX Ac 24:1-27 → PAUL IN FRONT OF AGRIPPA Ac 26 → CHARITY 1Co 13:1-13 → THE NEW HEAVEN AND THE NEW EARTH Re 21:1-27 → THE RIVER OF LIFE Re 22:1-21 → For other selections
* See ELEGY
* See PERSONIFICATION