Formation Journal Reading Plan

61:1 The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

61:2 to proclaim the year of Jehovah’s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

61:3 to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.

61:4 And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.

61:5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners shall be your plowmen and your vine-dressers.

61:6 But ye shall be named the priests of Jehovah; men shall call you the ministers of our God: ye shall eat the wealth of the nations, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.

61:7 Instead of your shame ye shall have double; and instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess double; everlasting joy shall be unto them.

61:8 For I, Jehovah, love justice, I hate robbery with iniquity; and I will give them their recompense in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

61:9 And their seed shall be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples; all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which Jehovah hath blessed.

61:10 I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with a garland, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

61:11 For as the earth bringeth forth its bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord Jehovah will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.

104:19 He appointed the moon for seasons: The sun knoweth his going down.

104:20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night, Wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth.

104:21 The young lions roar after their prey, And seek their food from God.

104:22 The sun ariseth, they get them away, And lay them down in their dens.

104:23 Man goeth forth unto his work And to his labor until the evening.

104:24 O Jehovah, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all: The earth is full of thy riches.

104:25 Yonder is the sea, great and wide, Wherein are things creeping innumerable, Both small and great beasts.

104:26 There go the ships; There is leviathan, whom thou hast formed to play therein.

104:27 These wait all for thee, That thou mayest give them their food in due season.

104:28 Thou givest unto them, they gather; Thou openest thy hand, they are satisfied with good.

104:29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; Thou takest away their breath, they die, And return to their dust.

104:30 Thou sendest forth thy Spirit, they are created; And thou renewest the face of the ground.

104:31 Let the glory of Jehovah endure for ever; Let Jehovah rejoice in his works:

104:32 Who looketh on the earth, and it trembleth; He toucheth the mountains, and they smoke.

104:33 I will sing unto Jehovah as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.

104:34 Let thy meditation be sweet unto him: I will rejoice in Jehovah.

104:35 Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. And let the wicked be no more. Bless Jehovah, O my soul. Praise ye Jehovah.

1:15 who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;

1:16 for in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and unto him;

1:17 and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.

1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

1:19 For it was the good pleasure of the Father that in him should all the fulness dwell;

1:20 and through him to reconcile all things unto himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross; through him, I say, whether things upon the earth, or things in the heavens.

1:21 And you, being in time past alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works,

1:22 yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and unreproveable before him:

1:23 if so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven; whereof I Paul was made a minister.