A Black Man Speaks

  Sunday, March 19, 2023, | Lent Fourth Sunday in Lent Year A Old Testament Hosea 5:15–6:3 Old Testament Genesis 37:1–11 (Supplemental) Psalm Psalm 42–43 New Testament Romans 8:1–10 Gospel Matthew 20:17–28   Christian Worship Three-Year Lectionary (with Supplemental Lectionary) . Print. Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2009. Sunday, March 19, 2023, | Lent Fourth Sunday in Lent Old Testament Exodus 16:11–17 Psalm Psalm 145 New Testament Ephesians 3:14–20 Gospel John 6:1–15   Christian Worship One Year Lectionary . Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2009. Print. Sunday, March 19, 2023, | Lent Fourth Sunday in Lent Year A First Reading 1 Samuel 16:1–13 Psalm Psalm 23 Second Reading Ephesians 5:8–14 Gospel John 9:1–41   Episcopal Church (USA) Revised Common Lectionary . Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2016. Print. Sunday, March 19, 2023, | Lent Fourth Sunday in Lent Year A ...

  March 19 Lesson 3 (KJV) Jesus Talks with a Samaritan Devotional Reading: Isaiah 44:1–8 Background Scripture: John 4:1–42 John 4:7–15, 28–30, 39–41 7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. 8 (For his disciples were gone to the city to buy meat.) 9 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? For the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. 10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. 11 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence hast thou that living water? 12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank thereof himself, his children, and his cattle? 13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this...

  Morning, March 19 Go To Evening Reading “Strong in faith.” —Romans 4:20 Christian, take good care of thy faith; for recollect,  faith is the only way to obtain blessings . If we want gifts from God, nothing can fetch them down but faith. Prayer cannot draw down answers from God’s throne except the earnest prayer of the man who believes. Faith is the angelic messenger between the soul and the Lord Jesus in glory. Let that angel be withdrawn; we can neither send up a prayer nor receive the answers. Faith is the telegraphic wire which links earth and heaven—on which God’s messages of love fly so fast that before we call, he answers, and while we are yet speaking, he hears us. But how can we receive the promise if that telegraphic wire of faith is snapped? Am I in trouble?—I can obtain help by faith. Am I beaten about by the enemy?—my soul on her dear Refuge leans by faith. But take faith away—in vain, I call to God. There is no road betwixt my soul and heaven. In the mos...

  Morning, March 18 Go To Evening Reading “Ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.” —Galatians 3:26 The fatherhood of God is common to all his children . Ah! Little faith, you have often said, “Oh, that I had the courage of Great-heart, that I could wield his sword and be as valiant as he! But, alas, I stumble at every straw, and a shadow makes me afraid.” List thee, Little faith. Great-heart is God’s child, and you are God’s child too, and Great-heart is not one whit more God’s child than you are. Peter and Paul, the highly-favored apostles, were of the family of the Highest; and so are you also; the weak Christian is as much a child of God as the strong one. “This cov’nant stands secure, Though earth’s old pillars bow; The strong, the feeble, and the weak, Are one in Jesus now.” All the names are in the same family register. One may have more grace than another, but God, our heavenly Father, has the same tender heart toward all. One may do more migh...