Wednesday Bible Readings
April 1st, 2025
From The Bible
1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
3 Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.
5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
6 And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.
7 Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
(Psalms 27:1, 3, 5–7, 12, 14)
5 ... he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
6 ... The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
(Hebrews 13:5 he, 6 The)
16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.
(Isaiah 49:16)
3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.
4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
11 And his brethren envied him; ...
12 ¶ And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.
13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. ...
17 ... And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.
18 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
20 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, ...
22 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; ...
(Genesis 37:3, 4, 11 (to ;), 12, 13 (to 1st .), 17 2nd And, 18, 20 (to 3rd ,), 22 (to ;))
23 ¶ And it came to pass when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stripped Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;
24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
25 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with ...
26 And Judah said unto his brethren, ...
27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
28 ... and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
(Genesis 37:23–25 (to with), 26 (to 1st ,), 27, 28 and)
2 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
3 And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand.
4 And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.
7 ¶ And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; ...
8 But he refused, ...
10 And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, ...
12 And she caught him by his garment, ...
(Genesis 39:2–4, 7 (to ;), 8 (to 1st ,), 10 (to 3rd ,), 12 (to 1st ,))
12 ... and he left his garment in her hand, ...
12 ... fled, and got him out.
16 And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.
20 And Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, ...
21 ¶ But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
(Genesis 39:12 2nd and (to 3rd ,), 12 fled, 16, 20 (to 2nd ,), 21)
23 The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the LORD was with him, and that which he did, the LORD made it to prosper.
(Genesis 39:23)
26 ... the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us ...
(Romans 8:26 2nd the (to us))
31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
(Romans 8:31)
11 ¶ And he said, A certain man had two sons:
12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.
13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
(Luke 15:11–22)
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
(Romans 8:35, 37)
1 Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.
2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)
4 And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.
5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.
6 And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.
7 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
9 And he went out, ...
(Acts 12:1–7, 9 (to ,))
6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, ...
7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
(I Peter 5:6 (to ,), 7)
6 ... The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
(Hebrews 13:6 The)
5 ... I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever.
(Hebrews 13:5 I, 8)
In divine
Science, where prayers are mental, all may avail them-
1 selves of God as “a very present help in trouble.”
Love is impartial and universal in its adaptation and
3 bestowals. It is the open fount which cries, “Ho,
every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters.”
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 12:31)
15 ... God knows our need before we tell Him or our
fellow-beings about it. If we cherish the desire hon-
estly and silently and humbly, God will bless it, and
18 we shall incur less risk of overwhelming our real
wishes with a torrent of words.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 13:15 God)
The
3 confidence inspired by Science lies in the fact Real and counterfeit
that Truth is real and error is unreal.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 368:2–4)
When we
15 come to have more faith in the truth of being than we have
in error, more faith in Spirit than in matter, more faith
in living than in dying, more faith in God than in man,
18 then no material suppositions can prevent us from healing
the sick and destroying error.
When fear disappears, the foundation of disease
is gone.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 368:14, 31–32)
Many a hopeless case of disease is induced by a single
post mortem examination, — not from infection nor from
27 contact with material virus, but from the fear of the
disease and from the image brought before the mind; it
is a mental state, which is afterwards outlined on the
30 body.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 196:25)
We should master fear, instead of cultivating it.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 197:16 (only))
18 Fear never stopped being and its action.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 151:18 (only))
If Wait for reward
15 your endeavors are beset by fearful odds, and you receive
no present reward, go not back to error, nor become a
sluggard in the race.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 22:14)
The trials encountered by prophet, disciple, and apostle,
30 “of whom the world was not worthy,” await, in some
form, every pioneer of truth.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 28:29)
If they keep the faith, they will have the
6 crown of rejoicing.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 29:5)
Understanding the control which Love held over all,
27 Daniel felt safe in the lions’ den, and Paul proved the
viper to be harmless.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 514:26–28)
The “still, small voice”
9 of scientific thought reaches over continent and ocean
to the globe’s remotest bound. The inaudible voice of
Truth is, to the human mind, “as when a lion roareth.”
12 It is heard in the desert and in dark places of fear.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 559:8–12)
Faith,
18 advanced to spiritual understanding, is the evidence gained
from Spirit, which rebukes sin of every kind and estab-
lishes the claims of God.
27 “Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief!”
expresses the helplessness of a blind faith; whereas the
injunction, “Believe . . . and thou shalt be saved!”
30 demands self-reliant trustworthiness, which includes spir-
itual understanding and confides all to God.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 23:17, 27)
Without divine control there is discord, mani-
fest as sin, sickness, and death.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 400:28)
9 We must learn that evil is the awful decep-
tion and unreality of existence. Evil is not Subordination of evil
supreme; good is not helpless; nor are the
12 so-called laws of matter primary, and the law of Spirit
secondary.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 207:9–13)
God is not the author of mortal discords.
Therefore we accept the conclusion that discords have
18 only a fabulous existence, are mortal beliefs which divine
Truth and Love destroy.
To hold yourself superior to sin, because God made
21 you superior to it and governs man, is true wisdom. To
fear sin is to misunderstand the power of Love Superiority to sickness and sin
and the divine Science of being in man’s rela-
24 tion to God, — to doubt His government and
distrust His omnipotent care. To hold yourself superior
to sickness and death is equally wise, and is in accordance
27 with divine Science. To fear them is impossible, when
you fully apprehend God and know that they are no part
of His creation.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 231:16–29)
... all good is possible to Spirit; ...
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 232:10 all (only, to ;))
12 ... there is no place where God’s light is not
seen, since Truth, Life, and Love fill immensity and are
ever-present.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 504:12–14 there)
6 Our Master fully and finally demonstrated divine Sci-
ence in his victory over death and the grave. Jesus’
deed was for the enlightenment of men and Victory over the grave
9 for the salvation of the whole world from sin,
sickness, and death. Paul writes: “For if, when we were
enemies, we were reconciled to God by the [seeming] death
12 of His Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved
by his life.” Three days after his bodily burial he talked
with his disciples. The persecutors had failed to hide im-
15 mortal Truth and Love in a sepulchre.
Glory be to God, and peace to the struggling hearts!
Christ hath rolled away the stone from the door of hu-
18 man hope and faith, and through the reve- The stone rolled away
lation and demonstration of life in God, hath
elevated them to possible at-one-ment with the spiritual
21 idea of man and his divine Principle, Love.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 45:6–21)
God is Love.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 2:23 (only, to .))
