Lesson: The Acceptable Year<br>
Reading: The acceptable year<br>
Reference: Isa. 61:1-3<br><br>
Isaiah 61:1: The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;<br>
Isaiah 61:2: To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;<br>
Isaiah 61:3: To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.<br>
(KJV)<br>