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United Presbyterian Church 2360
Longwood
Ave., Reedsport, OR 97467 (541) 271-3214.
Pastor: (541) 218 7657
Making a Difference and Changing Lives Since 1919
— over 102 years of service.
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Scriptures for July 10, 2022
Lay Leader: Kathleen
FIRST READING: Colossians 1:3-14.
3. In our prayers for you we always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 4. for we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, 5. because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. You have heard of this hope before in the word of the truth, the gospel 6. that has come to you. Just as it is bearing fruit and growing in the whole world, so it has been bearing fruit among yourselves from the day you heard it and truly comprehended the grace of God. 7. This you learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf, 8. and he has made known to us your love in the Spirit.
9. For this reason, since the day we heard it, we have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of God's will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 10. so that you may lead lives worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, as you bear fruit in every good work and as you grow in the knowledge of God. 11. May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power, and may you be prepared to endure everything with patience, while joyfully 12. giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light. 13. He has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son, 14. in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
GOSPEL: Luke 10:25-37
25. Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he said, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26. He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?” 27. He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” 28. And he said to him, “You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live.” 29. But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 30. Jesus replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead. 31. Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32. So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33. But a Samaritan while traveling came near him; and when he saw him, he was moved with pity. 34. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, having poured oil and wine on them. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
35. The next day he took out two denarii, {The
denarius was the usual day's wage for a laborer} gave them to the innkeeper, and
said, “Take care of him; and when I come back, I will repay you whatever more
you spend.’ 36. Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbor to the man
who fell into the hands of the robbers?” 37. He said, “The one who showed him
mercy.” Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”