Lessons                                                                       Bread of Life                                                      27 December 2025

Isaiah 63:7–14

₇I will recount the steadfast love of the Lord,

         the praises of the Lord,

according to all that the Lord has granted us,

         and the great goodness to the house of Israel

that he has granted them according to his compassion,

         according to the abundance of his steadfast love.

₈For he said, "Surely they are my people,

         children who will not deal falsely."

         And he became their Savior.

₉In all their affliction he was afflicted,

         and the angel of his presence saved them;

in his love and in his pity he redeemed them;

         he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

₁₀But they rebelled

         and grieved his Holy Spirit;

therefore he turned to be their enemy,

         and himself fought against them.

₁₁Then he remembered the days of old,

         of Moses and his people.

Where is he who brought them up out of the sea

         with the shepherds of his flock?

Where is he who put in the midst of them

         his Holy Spirit,

₁₂who caused his glorious arm

         to go at the right hand of Moses,

who divided the waters before them

         to make for himself an everlasting name,

         ₁₃who led them through the depths?

Like a horse in the desert,

         they did not stumble.

₁₄Like livestock that go down into the valley,
       the Spirit of the Lord gave them rest.

So you led your people,

         to make for yourself a glorious name.

Psalm 111

₁Praise the Lord!

I will give thanks to the Lord with my | whole heart,*

         in the company of the upright, in the congre- | gation.

₂Great are the works | of the Lord,*

         studied by all who de- | light in them.

₃Full of splendor and majesty | is his work,*

         and his righteousness endures for- | ever.

₄He has caused his wondrous works to be re- | membered;*

         the Lord is gracious and | merciful.

₅He provides food for those who | fear him;*

         he remembers his covenant for- | ever.

₆He has shown his people the power | of his works,*

         in giving them the inheritance of the | nations.

₇The works of his hands are faith- | ful and just;*

         all his precepts are | trustworthy;

₈they are established forever and | ever,*

         to be performed with faithfulness and up- | rightness.

₉He sent redemption to his people;

         he has commanded his covenant for- | ever.*

         Holy and awesome | is his name!

₁₀The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;

         all those who practice it have a good under- | standing.*

         His praise endures for- | ever!

Galatians 4:4–7

         ₄When the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, ₅to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. ₆And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!" ₇So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.

Matthew 2:13–23

         ₁₃When [the wise men] had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him." ₁₄And he rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt ₁₅and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, "Out of Egypt I called my son."

         ₁₆Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men. ₁₇Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah:

₁₈"A voice was heard in Ramah,

         weeping and loud lamentation,

Rachel weeping for her children;

         she refused to be comforted, because they are no more."

         ₁₉But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, ₂₀saying, "Rise, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child's life are dead." ₂₁And he rose and took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel. ₂₂But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, and being warned in a dream he withdrew to the district of Galilee. ₂₃And he went and lived in a city called Nazareth, that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled: "He shall be called a Nazarene."