Lessons                                                                       Bread of Life                                                          18 January 2025

Isaiah 62:1–5

₁For Zion's sake I will not keep silent,

        and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be quiet,

until her righteousness goes forth as brightness,

        and her salvation as a burning torch.

₂The nations shall see your righteousness,

        and all the kings your glory,

and you shall be called by a new name

        that the mouth of the Lord will give.

₃You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord,

        and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.

₄You shall no more be termed Forsaken,

        and your land shall no more be termed Desolate,

but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her,

        and your land Married;

for the Lord delights in you,

        and your land shall be married.

₅For as a young man marries a young woman,

        so shall your sons marry you,

and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,

        so shall your God rejoice over you.

Psalm 128

₁Blessèd is everyone who | fears the Lord,*

        who walks | in his ways!

₂You shall eat the fruit of the labor | of your hands;*

        you shall be blessed, and it shall be | well with you.

₃Your wife will be like a fruitful vine

        with- | in your house;*

your children will be like olive shoots

        around your | table.

₄Behold, thus shall the | man be blessed*

        who | fears the Lord.

₅The Lord bless you from | Zion!*

        May you see the prosperity of Jerusalem

        all the days | of your life!

₆May you see your children's | children!*

        Peace be upon | Israel!

1 Corinthians 12:1–11

        ₁Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed. ₂You know that when you were pagans you were led astray to mute idols, however you were led. ₃Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says "Jesus is accursed!" and no one can say "Jesus is Lord" except in the Holy Spirit.

        ₄Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; ₅and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; ₆and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone. ₇To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. ₈To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, ₉to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, ₁₀to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. ₁₁All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.

John 2:1–11

        ₁On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. ₂Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples. ₃When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, "They have no wine." ₄And Jesus said to her, "Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come." ₅His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you."

        ₆Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. ₇Jesus said to the servants, "Fill the jars with water." And they filled them up to the brim. ₈And he said to them, "Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast." So they took it. ₉When the master of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom ₁₀and said to him, "Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now." ₁₁This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him.