Bible Readings for Monday, 20 March 2006

A Hymn in Time of National Trouble

I know that your love will last for all time, that your faithfulness is as permanent as the sky. You said, "I have made a covenant with the man I chose; I have promised my servant David. 'A descendant of yours will always be king; I will preserve your dynasty forever.'" The heavens sing of the wonderful things you do; the holy ones sing of your faithfulness, Lord.

I will make him my first-born son, the greatest of all kings. His dynasty will be as permanent as the sky; a descendant of his will always be king.

- PSALMS 89:2-5, 27, 29

The Birth of Jesus Christ

This was how the birth of Jesus Christ took place. His mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they were married, she found out that she was going to have a baby by the Holy Spirit. Joseph was a man who always did what was right, but he did not want to disgrace Mary publicly; so he made plans to break the engagement privately. While he was thinking about this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph, descendant of David, do not be afraid to take Mary to be your wife. For it is by the Holy Spirit that she has conceived. She will have a son, and you will name him Jesus -- because he will save his people from their sins.

So when Joseph woke up, he married Mary, as the angel of the Lord had told him to.

- MATTHEW 1:18-21, 24

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