Golden Text
Psalms 51:10, 12 (to ;)
10Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
12. . . Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation;
Responsive Reading
Mark 1:4–8; John 3:27 A, 28 I said, 31, 34–36 (to :)
Mark 1:4John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
5And there went out unto him all the land of Judæa, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.
6And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
7And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
8I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
John 3:27. . . A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
28. . . I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
31He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
34For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.
35The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
36He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: