John 1:9-20: (KJV)

   ⁹That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

   ¹⁰He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

   ¹¹He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

   ¹²But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

   ¹³Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

   ¹⁴And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

   ¹⁵John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

   ¹⁶And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.

   ¹⁷For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

   ¹⁸No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

   ¹⁹And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?

   ²⁰And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.

 ¹ Here is the main point: We have a High Priest who sat down in the place of honor beside the throne of the majestic God in heaven. ² There he ministers in the heavenly Tabernacle,^[a] the true place of worship that was built by the Lord and not by human hands.

 ³ And since every high priest is required to offer gifts and sacrifices, our High Priest must make an offering, too. ⁴ If he were here on earth, he would not even be a priest, since there already are priests who offer the gifts required by the law. ⁵ They serve in a system of worship that is only a copy, a shadow of the real one in heaven. For when Moses was getting ready to build the Tabernacle, God gave him this warning: “Be sure that you make everything according to the pattern I have shown you here on the mountain.”^[b]

   ⁶ But now Jesus, our High Priest, has been given a ministry that is far superior to the old priesthood, for he is the one who mediates for us a far better covenant with God, based on better promises.

   ⁷ If the first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no need for a second covenant to replace it. ⁸ But when God found fault with the people, he said:

   “The day is coming, says the Lord,
      when I will make a new covenant
      with the people of Israel and Judah.
    ⁹ This covenant will not be like the one
      I made with their ancestors
   when I took them by the hand
      and led them out of the land of Egypt.
   They did not remain faithful to my covenant,
      so I turned my back on them, says the Lord.
   ¹⁰ But this is the new covenant I will make
      with the people of Israel on that day,^[c] says the Lord:
   I will put my laws in their minds,
      and I will write them on their hearts.
   I will be their God,
      and they will be my people.
   ¹¹ And they will not need to teach their neighbors,
      nor will they need to teach their relatives,^[d]
      saying, ‘You should know the Lord.’
   For everyone, from the least to the greatest,
      will know me already.
   ¹² And I will forgive their wickedness,
      and I will never again remember their sins.”^[e]

   ¹³ When God speaks of a “new” covenant, it means he has made the first one obsolete. It is now out of date and will soon disappear.

toknowyourname:

Psalm 113
1 Praise the LORD !

Yes, give praise, O servants of the LORD .
  Praise the name of the LORD !
2 Blessed be the name of the LORD
  now and forever.
3 Everywhere—from east to west—
  praise the name of the LORD .
4 For the LORD is high above the nations;
  his glory is higher than the heavens.

5 Who can be compared with the LORD our God,
  who is enthroned on high?

(Source: toknowyourname)

toknowyourname:

Psalm 95
1 Come, let us sing to the LORD !
Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation.
2 Let us come to him with thanksgiving.
Let us sing psalms of praise to him.
6 Come, let us worship and bow down.
Let us kneel before the LORD our maker,
7 for he is our God.
We are the people he watches over,
the flock under his care.
If only you would listen to his voice today!