2021 Reading Week 50

Day 13: Luke 1:49-50 TLB

For he, the mighty Holy One, has done great things to me. His mercy goes on from generation to generation, to all who reverence him.
 
 
 

Day 14: Luke 1:51-52 TLB

“How powerful is his mighty arm! How he scatters the proud and haughty ones! He has torn princes from their thrones and exalted the lowly.
 
 
 

Day 15: Luke 1:53-55 TLB

He has satisfied the hungry hearts and sent the rich away with empty hands. And how he has helped his servant Israel! He has not forgotten his promise to be merciful. For he promised our fathers—Abraham and his children—to be merciful to them forever.”
 
 
 
 

Day 16: Luke 1:67-69 TLB

Then his father, Zacharias, was filled with the Holy Spirit and gave this prophecy: “Praise the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has come to visit his people and has redeemed them. He is sending us a Mighty Savior from the royal line of his servant David…
 
 
 

Day 17: Luke 2:7 TLB

and she gave birth to her first child, a son. She wrapped him in a blanket and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the village inn.
 
 
 

Day 18: Luke 2:8-9 TLB

That night some shepherds were in the fields outside the village, guarding their flocks of sheep. Suddenly an angel appeared among them, and the landscape shone bright with the glory of the Lord. They were badly frightened…
 
 
 

Day 19: Luke 2:10-11 TLB

but the angel reassured them. “Don’t be afraid!” he said. “I bring you the most joyful news ever announced, and it is for everyone! The Savior—yes, the Messiah, the Lord—has been born tonight in Bethlehem!