Promise Verse

 By wisdom a house is built,

    and through understanding it is established;

through knowledge its rooms are filled

    with rare and beautiful treasures.

(Proverbs 24: 3, 4)

Promise Verse

 Every word of God is flawless;

    he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

Do not add to his words,

    or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar

(Proverbs 30: 5, 6)

Promise Verse

 Start children off on the way they should go,

    and even when they are old they will not turn from it.

(Proverbs 22: 6)

Tenth Sunday after Pentecost

 The Lord upholds all who fall

    and lifts up all who are bowed down.

(Psalm 145: 14)

Promise Verse

 May these words of my mouth and 

this meditation of my heart

    be pleasing in your sight,

    Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.

(Psalm 19: 14)

Promise Verse

 He is the God who pays back those who harm me; 

He subdues the nations under me 

and rescues me from my enemies. 

You hold me safe beyond the reach of my enemies; 

You save me from violent opponents.

(Psalm 18: 47, 48)

Feast of St. James

 Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, 

and whoever wants to be first must be your slave — just 

as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, 

and to give his life as a ransom for many

(Matthew 20: 26 - 28)