ESV: Daily Light on the Daily Path

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Morning: 1 Corinthians 1:8; Philippians 1:10; Philippians 2:15; Colossians 1:21–23; 2 Peter 3:14; Jude 24–25 Guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel.—That you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world. Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace.—Pure and blameless for the day of Christ. Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. 1 Corinthians 1:8 (Listen) 8 who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. (ESV) Philippians 1:10 (Listen) 10 so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, (ESV) Philippians 2:15 (Listen) 15 that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, (ESV) Colossians 1:21–23 (Listen) 21 And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, 22 he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, 23 if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation1 under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister. Footnotes [1] 1:23 Or to every creature (ESV) 2 Peter 3:14 (Listen) Final Words 14 Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace. (ESV) Jude 24–25 (Listen) Doxology 24 Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, 25 to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time1 and now and forever. Amen. Footnotes [1] 1:25 Or before any age (ESV) Evening: 1 Samuel 2:9; Proverbs 4:11–12; Proverbs 4:14–15; Proverbs 4:25–27; John 13:10; 2 Timothy 4:18; 1 John 1:6–7 “He will guard the feet of his faithful ones.” If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.—“The one who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet, but is completely clean.” I have taught you the way of wisdom; I have led you in the paths of uprightness. When you walk, your step will not be hampered, and if you run, you will not stumble…. Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of the evil. Avoid it; do not go on it; turn away from it and pass on…. Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure. Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil. The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen. 1 Samuel 2:9 (Listen) 9   “He will guard the feet of his faithful ones,    but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness,    for not by might shall a man prevail. (ESV) Proverbs 4:11–12 (Listen) 11   I have taught you the way of wisdom;    I have led you in the paths of uprightness.12   When you walk, your step will not be hampered,    and if you run, you will not stumble. (ESV) Proverbs 4:14–15 (Listen) 14   Do not enter the path of the wicked,    and do not walk in the way of the evil.15   Avoid it; do not go on it;    turn away from it and pass on. (ESV) Proverbs 4:25–27 (Listen) 25   Let your eyes look directly forward,    and your gaze be straight before you.26   Ponder1 the path of your feet;    then all your ways will be sure.27   Do not swerve to the right or to the left;    turn your foot away from evil. Footnotes [1] 4:26 Or Make level (ESV) John 13:10 (Listen) 10 Jesus said to him, “The one who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet,1 but is completely clean. And you2 are clean, but not every one of you.” Footnotes [1] 13:10 Some manuscripts omit except for his feet [2] 13:10 The Greek words for you in this verse are plural (ESV) 2 Timothy 4:18 (Listen) 18 The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen. (ESV) 1 John 1:6–7 (Listen) 6 If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. (ESV)

Morning: Job 22:21; John 17:3; Ephesians 1:17–19; Ephesians 5:17; Colossians 1:9; 1 Thessalonians 4:3; 1 John 5:20 Understand what the will of the Lord is. For this is the will of God, your sanctification.—“Agree with God, and be at peace; thereby good will come to you.”—“And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.”—And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. We have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding.—The God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory,… give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might. Job 22:21 (Listen) 21   “Agree with God, and be at peace;    thereby good will come to you. (ESV) John 17:3 (Listen) 3 And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. (ESV) Ephesians 1:17–19 (Listen) 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, 18 having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might (ESV) Ephesians 5:17 (Listen) 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. (ESV) Colossians 1:9 (Listen) 9 And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, (ESV) 1 Thessalonians 4:3 (Listen) 3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification:1 that you abstain from sexual immorality; Footnotes [1] 4:3 Or your holiness (ESV) 1 John 5:20 (Listen) 20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. (ESV) Evening: Genesis 5:24; 2 Chronicles 15:2; 2 Chronicles 15:4; Psalm 73:28; Jeremiah 29:11–13; Amos 3:3; Hebrews 10:19–22; James 4:8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Enoch walked with God.—“Do two walk together, unless they have agreed to meet?”—It is good to be near God. “The Lord is with you while you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you…. But when in their distress they turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them.” “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for wholeness and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me… when you seek me with all your heart.” Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way,… and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith. Genesis 5:24 (Listen) 24 Enoch walked with God, and he was not,1 for God took him. Footnotes [1] 5:24 Septuagint was not found (ESV) 2 Chronicles 15:2 (Listen) 2 and he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: The LORD is with you while you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you. (ESV) 2 Chronicles 15:4 (Listen) 4 but when in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them. (ESV) Psalm 73:28 (Listen) 28   But for me it is good to be near God;    I have made the Lord GOD my refuge,    that I may tell of all your works. (ESV) Jeremiah 29:11–13 (Listen) 11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare1 and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. 12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. 13 You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart. Footnotes [1] 29:11 Or peace (ESV) Amos 3:3 (Listen) 3   “Do two walk together,    unless they have agreed to meet? (ESV) Hebrews 10:19–22 (Listen) The Full Assurance of Faith 19 Therefore, brothers,1 since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Footnotes [1] 10:19 Or brothers and sisters (ESV) James 4:8 (Listen) 8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. (ESV)

Morning: Psalm 32:1–2; Psalm 103:12; Isaiah 43:25; Jeremiah 31:34; Micah 7:18; Mark 2:5; Mark 2:7; Romans 6:14; Romans 6:18; Ephesians 4:32; 1 John 1:7–9 “Your sins are forgiven.” “For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”—“Who can forgive sins but God alone?” “I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.”—Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.—Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity? God in Christ forgave you.—The blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.—For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace…. And, [you] having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. Psalm 32:1–2 (Listen) Blessed Are the Forgiven A Maskil1 of David. 32   Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven,    whose sin is covered.2   Blessed is the man against whom the LORD counts no iniquity,    and in whose spirit there is no deceit. Footnotes [1] 32:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term (ESV) Psalm 103:12 (Listen) 12   as far as the east is from the west,    so far does he remove our transgressions from us. (ESV) Isaiah 43:25 (Listen) 25   “I, I am he    who blots out your transgressions for my own sake,    and I will not remember your sins. (ESV) Jeremiah 31:34 (Listen) 34 And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,' for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.” (ESV) Micah 7:18 (Listen) God's Steadfast Love and Compassion 18   Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity    and passing over transgression    for the remnant of his inheritance?  He does not retain his anger forever,    because he delights in steadfast love. (ESV) Mark 2:5 (Listen) 5 And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” (ESV) Mark 2:7 (Listen) 7 “Why does this man speak like that? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?” (ESV) Romans 6:14 (Listen) 14 For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. (ESV) Romans 6:18 (Listen) 18 and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. (ESV) Ephesians 4:32 (Listen) 32 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. (ESV) 1 John 1:7–9 (Listen) 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. 8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (ESV) Evening: Psalm 145:18; Isaiah 26:8; Matthew 18:20; Matthew 28:20; John 12:21; John 14:18; 1 Corinthians 13:12; Philippians 1:23; Hebrews 12:1–2; 1 John 3:2–3 “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” O Lord, we wait for you; your name and remembrance are the desire of our soul. The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. “For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”—“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.”—“And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith. For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face.—My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better. Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure. Psalm 145:18 (Listen) 18   The LORD is near to all who call on him,    to all who call on him in truth. (ESV) Isaiah 26:8 (Listen) 8   In the path of your judgments,    O LORD, we wait for you;  your name and remembrance    are the desire of our soul. (ESV) Matthew 18:20 (Listen) 20 For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.” (ESV) Matthew 28:20 (Listen) 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (ESV) John 12:21 (Listen) 21 So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” (ESV) John 14:18 (Listen) 18 “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. (ESV) 1 Corinthians 13:12 (Listen) 12 For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known. (ESV) Philippians 1:23 (Listen) 23 I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better. (ESV) Hebrews 12:1–2 (Listen) Jesus, Founder and Perfecter of Our Faith 12 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. (ESV) 1 John 3:2–3 (Listen) 2 Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears1 we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. 3 And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure. Footnotes [1] 3:2 Or when it appears (ESV)

Morning: Job 3:17; Luke 12:32; Romans 8:18; 2 Corinthians 4:17–18; 2 Corinthians 5:4; Hebrews 10:34; Hebrews 13:14; 1 Peter 1:6; Revelation 21:4 We look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal. For here we have no lasting city.—You knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one. “Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.”—Now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials.—“There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest.” For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened.—“He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” The sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.—For this slight momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison. Job 3:17 (Listen) 17   There the wicked cease from troubling,    and there the weary are at rest. (ESV) Luke 12:32 (Listen) 32 “Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. (ESV) Romans 8:18 (Listen) Future Glory 18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. (ESV) 2 Corinthians 4:17–18 (Listen) 17 For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, 18 as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal. (ESV) 2 Corinthians 5:4 (Listen) 4 For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened—not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. (ESV) Hebrews 10:34 (Listen) 34 For you had compassion on those in prison, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one. (ESV) Hebrews 13:14 (Listen) 14 For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come. (ESV) 1 Peter 1:6 (Listen) 6 In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, (ESV) Revelation 21:4 (Listen) 4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” (ESV) Evening: John 14:27; 2 Corinthians 5:19; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Ephesians 2:14–15; Colossians 1:20–22; Colossians 2:14 For he himself is our peace. In Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them…. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.—Through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross. And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him.—By canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.—By abolishing the law of commandments and ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace. “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.” John 14:27 (Listen) 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. (ESV) 2 Corinthians 5:19 (Listen) 19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling1 the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Footnotes [1] 5:19 Or God was in Christ, reconciling (ESV) 2 Corinthians 5:21 (Listen) 21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. (ESV) Ephesians 2:14–15 (Listen) 14 For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility 15 by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, (ESV) Colossians 1:20–22 (Listen) 20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross. 21 And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, 22 he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, (ESV) Colossians 2:14 (Listen) 14 by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. (ESV)

Morning: Matthew 24:13; Luke 8:15; John 9:4; 1 Corinthians 15:58; 2 Corinthians 1:24; Galatians 6:8–10; Colossians 2:6–7 Be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord. Knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.—As you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.—“But the one who endures to the end will be saved.”—“As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience.” For you stand firm in your faith. “We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.” For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith. Matthew 24:13 (Listen) 13 But the one who endures to the end will be saved. (ESV) Luke 8:15 (Listen) 15 As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience. (ESV) John 9:4 (Listen) 4 We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. (ESV) 1 Corinthians 15:58 (Listen) 58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain. (ESV) 2 Corinthians 1:24 (Listen) 24 Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm in your faith. (ESV) Galatians 6:8–10 (Listen) 8 For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. 9 And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. 10 So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith. (ESV) Colossians 2:6–7 (Listen) Alive in Christ 6 Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, 7 rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. (ESV) Evening: Genesis 18:14; John 10:27–28; John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Philippians 1:6; Hebrews 7:25; Jude 24–25 He is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him. “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”—“And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.”—He who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.—“Is anything too hard for the Lord?” Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen. Genesis 18:14 (Listen) 14 Is anything too hard1 for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, about this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son.” Footnotes [1] 18:14 Or wonderful (ESV) John 10:27–28 (Listen) 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. (ESV) John 14:6 (Listen) 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (ESV) Acts 4:12 (Listen) 12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men1 by which we must be saved.” Footnotes [1] 4:12 The Greek word anthropoi refers here to both men and women (ESV) Philippians 1:6 (Listen) 6 And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. (ESV) Hebrews 7:25 (Listen) 25 Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost1 those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them. Footnotes [1] 7:25 That is, completely; or at all times (ESV) Jude 24–25 (Listen) Doxology 24 Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, 25 to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time1 and now and forever. Amen. Footnotes [1] 1:25 Or before any age (ESV)

Morning: Jeremiah 31:3; John 1:14; Galatians 4:4–5; 1 Timothy 3:16; Titus 3:4; Hebrews 2:14; 1 John 4:9–10 The goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared. “I have loved you with an everlasting love.” In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.—And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.—Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh. Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil. Jeremiah 31:3 (Listen) 3     the LORD appeared to him1 from far away.  I have loved you with an everlasting love;    therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you. Footnotes [1] 31:3 Septuagint; Hebrew me (ESV) John 1:14 (Listen) 14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son1 from the Father, full of grace and truth. Footnotes [1] 1:14 Or only One, or unique One (ESV) Galatians 4:4–5 (Listen) 4 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. (ESV) 1 Timothy 3:16 (Listen) 16 Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness:   He1 was manifested in the flesh,    vindicated2 by the Spirit,3      seen by angels,  proclaimed among the nations,    believed on in the world,      taken up in glory. Footnotes [1] 3:16 Greek Who; some manuscripts God; others Which [2] 3:16 Or justified [3] 3:16 Or vindicated in spirit (ESV) Titus 3:4 (Listen) 4 But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, (ESV) Hebrews 2:14 (Listen) 14 Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, (ESV) 1 John 4:9–10 (Listen) 9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. (ESV) Evening: Psalm 100:1–2; Psalm 100:4; Psalm 103:1; Psalm 107:21; Isaiah 9:6; Mark 12:6; Luke 1:46–47; Romans 8:32; 2 Corinthians 9:15 Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift! Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing!… Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!—For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. He… did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all.—“He had still one other, a beloved son. Finally he sent him.” Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of men!—Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.” Psalm 100:1–2 (Listen) His Steadfast Love Endures Forever A Psalm for giving thanks. 100   Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth!2     Serve the LORD with gladness!    Come into his presence with singing! (ESV) Psalm 100:4 (Listen) 4   Enter his gates with thanksgiving,    and his courts with praise!    Give thanks to him; bless his name! (ESV) Psalm 103:1 (Listen) Bless the Lord, O My Soul Of David. 103   Bless the LORD, O my soul,    and all that is within me,    bless his holy name! (ESV) Psalm 107:21 (Listen) 21   Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love,    for his wondrous works to the children of man! (ESV) Isaiah 9:6 (Listen) 6   For to us a child is born,    to us a son is given;  and the government shall be upon1 his shoulder,    and his name shall be called2  Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,    Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Footnotes [1] 9:6 Or is upon [2] 9:6 Or is called (ESV) Mark 12:6 (Listen) 6 He had still one other, a beloved son. Finally he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.' (ESV) Luke 1:46–47 (Listen) Mary's Song of Praise: The Magnificat 46 And Mary said,   “My soul magnifies the Lord,47     and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, (ESV) Romans 8:32 (Listen) 32 He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? (ESV) 2 Corinthians 9:15 (Listen) 15 Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift! (ESV)

Morning: Romans 8:13; Galatians 5:19; Galatians 5:21–25; Titus 2:11–14 For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity,… and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness. Romans 8:13 (Listen) 13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. (ESV) Galatians 5:19 (Listen) 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, (ESV) Galatians 5:21–25 (Listen) 21 envy,1 drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do2 such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. Footnotes [1] 5:21 Some manuscripts add murder [2] 5:21 Or make a practice of doing (ESV) Titus 2:11–14 (Listen) 11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, 12 training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, 13 waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, 14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works. (ESV) Evening: 1 Samuel 29:3; Romans 14:16; 2 Corinthians 6:14; 2 Corinthians 6:16–17; 1 Peter 2:9; 1 Peter 2:12; 1 Peter 4:14–15 The commanders of the Philistines said, “What are these Hebrews doing here?” If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. But let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief… or as a meddler. So do not let what you regard as good be spoken of as evil.—Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable. Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?… For we are the temple of the living God;… “Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing.” But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 1 Samuel 29:3 (Listen) 3 the commanders of the Philistines said, “What are these Hebrews doing here?” And Achish said to the commanders of the Philistines, “Is this not David, the servant of Saul, king of Israel, who has been with me now for days and years, and since he deserted to me I have found no fault in him to this day.” (ESV) Romans 14:16 (Listen) 16 So do not let what you regard as good be spoken of as evil. (ESV) 2 Corinthians 6:14 (Listen) The Temple of the Living God 14 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? (ESV) 2 Corinthians 6:16–17 (Listen) 16 What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said,   “I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them,    and I will be their God,    and they shall be my people.17   Therefore go out from their midst,    and be separate from them, says the Lord,  and touch no unclean thing;    then I will welcome you, (ESV) 1 Peter 2:9 (Listen) 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. (ESV) 1 Peter 2:12 (Listen) 12 Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation. (ESV) 1 Peter 4:14–15 (Listen) 14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory1 and of God rests upon you. 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler. Footnotes [1] 4:14 Some manuscripts insert and of power (ESV)

Morning: Isaiah 26:4; Isaiah 27:5; Isaiah 48:22; Jeremiah 29:11; Romans 3:24–26; Ephesians 2:13–14; Colossians 1:19–20; 1 John 1:9 “Or let them lay hold of my protection, let them make peace with me.” “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for wholeness and not for evil.”—“There is no peace,” says the Lord, “for the wicked.” But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For he himself is our peace. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.—Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins… so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.—If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock. Isaiah 26:4 (Listen) 4   Trust in the LORD forever,    for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock. (ESV) Isaiah 27:5 (Listen) 5   Or let them lay hold of my protection,    let them make peace with me,    let them make peace with me.” (ESV) Isaiah 48:22 (Listen) 22   “There is no peace,” says the LORD, “for the wicked.” (ESV) Jeremiah 29:11 (Listen) 11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare1 and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Footnotes [1] 29:11 Or peace (ESV) Romans 3:24–26 (Listen) 24 and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. 26 It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. (ESV) Ephesians 2:13–14 (Listen) 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 14 For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility (ESV) Colossians 1:19–20 (Listen) 19 For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, 20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross. (ESV) 1 John 1:9 (Listen) 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (ESV) Evening: John 5:21; John 5:26; John 10:11; John 10:17–18; John 11:25–26; John 14:6; Colossians 3:3–4; 1 John 5:11–12 God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. “For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself…. For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will.” “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die.”—“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep…. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.”—“No one comes to the Father except through me.”—Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.—For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. John 5:21 (Listen) 21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will. (ESV) John 5:26 (Listen) 26 For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. (ESV) John 10:11 (Listen) 11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. (ESV) John 10:17–18 (Listen) 17 For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.” (ESV) John 11:25–26 (Listen) 25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life.1 Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, 26 and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?” Footnotes [1] 11:25 Some manuscripts omit and the life (ESV) John 14:6 (Listen) 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (ESV) Colossians 3:3–4 (Listen) 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is your1 life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Footnotes [1] 3:4 Some manuscripts our (ESV) 1 John 5:11–12 (Listen) 11 And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. (ESV)

Morning: John 6:29; Galatians 5:6; Galatians 6:8; Ephesians 2:10; Philippians 2:13; 1 Thessalonians 1:3; 2 Thessalonians 1:3; 2 Thessalonians 1:11; Titus 2:14; James 2:17 Your work of faith. “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.—Faith working through love.—For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.—For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.—Who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works. We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing…. To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by his power.—For it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. John 6:29 (Listen) 29 Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” (ESV) Galatians 5:6 (Listen) 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love. (ESV) Galatians 6:8 (Listen) 8 For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. (ESV) Ephesians 2:10 (Listen) 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. (ESV) Philippians 2:13 (Listen) 13 for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. (ESV) 1 Thessalonians 1:3 (Listen) 3 remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. (ESV) 2 Thessalonians 1:3 (Listen) Thanksgiving 3 We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers,1 as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing. Footnotes [1] 1:3 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters (ESV) 2 Thessalonians 1:11 (Listen) 11 To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by his power, (ESV) Titus 2:14 (Listen) 14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works. (ESV) James 2:17 (Listen) 17 So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. (ESV) Evening: 1 Thessalonians 4:16–17; Titus 2:11–13; 2 Peter 3:4; Jude 14–15; Revelation 1:7 “Where is the promise of his coming?” It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones, to execute judgment on all.”—Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ. 1 Thessalonians 4:16–17 (Listen) 16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. (ESV) Titus 2:11–13 (Listen) 11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, 12 training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, 13 waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, (ESV) 2 Peter 3:4 (Listen) 4 They will say, “Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.” (ESV) Jude 14–15 (Listen) 14 It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones, 15 to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.” (ESV) Revelation 1:7 (Listen) 7 Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail1 on account of him. Even so. Amen. Footnotes [1] 1:7 Or mourn (ESV)

Morning: Isaiah 60:20; John 16:33; Romans 8:22–23; 2 Corinthians 5:4; Revelation 7:14–17 And your days of mourning shall be ended. “ In the world you will have tribulation.”—The whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.—For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened—not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat. For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.” Isaiah 60:20 (Listen) 20   Your sun shall no more go down,    nor your moon withdraw itself;  for the LORD will be your everlasting light,    and your days of mourning shall be ended. (ESV) John 16:33 (Listen) 33 I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” (ESV) Romans 8:22–23 (Listen) 22 For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. 23 And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. (ESV) 2 Corinthians 5:4 (Listen) 4 For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened—not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. (ESV) Revelation 7:14–17 (Listen) 14 I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15   “Therefore they are before the throne of God,    and serve him day and night in his temple;    and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence.16   They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore;    the sun shall not strike them,    nor any scorching heat.17   For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd,    and he will guide them to springs of living water,  and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.” (ESV) Evening: Genesis 8:22; Genesis 9:3; Genesis 21:17; Genesis 21:19; Psalm 145:9; Nahum 1:7; Matthew 6:31–32; Mark 4:38; 1 Timothy 6:17 “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made. “Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.”—“While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.” The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him.—And God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What troubles you, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is…. Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. And she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.—“Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?' or ‘What shall we drink?' or ‘What shall we wear?' For… your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.”—As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy. Genesis 8:22 (Listen) 22 While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.” (ESV) Genesis 9:3 (Listen) 3 Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything. (ESV) Genesis 21:17 (Listen) 17 And God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What troubles you, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is. (ESV) Genesis 21:19 (Listen) 19 Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. And she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink. (ESV) Psalm 145:9 (Listen) 9   The LORD is good to all,    and his mercy is over all that he has made. (ESV) Nahum 1:7 (Listen) 7   The LORD is good,    a stronghold in the day of trouble;  he knows those who take refuge in him. (ESV) Matthew 6:31–32 (Listen) 31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?' or ‘What shall we drink?' or ‘What shall we wear?' 32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. (ESV) Mark 4:38 (Listen) 38 But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke him and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” (ESV) 1 Timothy 6:17 (Listen) 17 As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy. (ESV)

Morning: Ezekiel 36:26; Romans 8:29–30; Ephesians 1:4; 1 Thessalonians 4:7; 2 Thessalonians 2:13–14; 1 Peter 1:1–2 He chose us in him before the foundation of the world. That we should be holy and blameless before him. God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. To this he called you,… so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.—For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.—Elect,… according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood.—“And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.”—For God has not called us for impurity, but in holiness. Ezekiel 36:26 (Listen) 26 And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. (ESV) Romans 8:29–30 (Listen) 29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. 30 And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified. (ESV) Ephesians 1:4 (Listen) 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love (ESV) 1 Thessalonians 4:7 (Listen) 7 For God has not called us for impurity, but in holiness. (ESV) 2 Thessalonians 2:13–14 (Listen) Stand Firm 13 But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits1 to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. 14 To this he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. Footnotes [1] 2:13 Some manuscripts chose you from the beginning (ESV) 1 Peter 1:1–2 (Listen) Greeting 1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you. (ESV) Evening: 2 Kings 7:2; 2 Chronicles 14:11; Isaiah 50:2; Isaiah 55:8–9; Isaiah 59:1; Malachi 3:10; Matthew 19:26; Mark 11:22; 2 Corinthians 1:9; Hebrews 11:6 “If the Lord himself should make windows in heaven, could this thing be?” “Have faith in God.”—And without faith it is impossible to please him.—“With God all things are possible.” “Is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem? Or have I no power to deliver?” For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.—“Put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.” Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, or his ear dull, that it cannot hear.—“O Lord, there is none like you to help, between the mighty and the weak.”—But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead. 2 Kings 7:2 (Listen) 2 Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned said to the man of God, “If the LORD himself should make windows in heaven, could this thing be?” But he said, “You shall see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat of it.” (ESV) 2 Chronicles 14:11 (Listen) 11 And Asa cried to the LORD his God, “O LORD, there is none like you to help, between the mighty and the weak. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, you are our God; let not man prevail against you.” (ESV) Isaiah 50:2 (Listen) 2   Why, when I came, was there no man;    why, when I called, was there no one to answer?  Is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem?    Or have I no power to deliver?  Behold, by my rebuke I dry up the sea,    I make the rivers a desert;  their fish stink for lack of water    and die of thirst. (ESV) Isaiah 55:8–9 (Listen) 8   For my thoughts are not your thoughts,    neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD.9   For as the heavens are higher than the earth,    so are my ways higher than your ways    and my thoughts than your thoughts. (ESV) Isaiah 59:1 (Listen) Evil and Oppression 59   Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save,    or his ear dull, that it cannot hear; (ESV) Malachi 3:10 (Listen) 10 Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the LORD of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need. (ESV) Matthew 19:26 (Listen) 26 But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” (ESV) Mark 11:22 (Listen) 22 And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God. (ESV) 2 Corinthians 1:9 (Listen) 9 Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead. (ESV) Hebrews 11:6 (Listen) 6 And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. 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Morning: Psalm 37:24; Psalm 112:4; Proverbs 6:23; Isaiah 50:10; Micah 7:8–9; Matthew 6:22–23 Light dawns in the darkness for the upright. Who among you fears the Lord and obeys the voice of his servant? Let him who walks in darkness and has no light trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God.—Though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the Lord upholds his hand.—For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light. Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me. I will bear the indignation of the Lord because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my cause and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light; I shall look upon his vindication. “The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!” Psalm 37:24 (Listen) 24   though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong,    for the LORD upholds his hand. (ESV) Psalm 112:4 (Listen) 4   Light dawns in the darkness for the upright;    he is gracious, merciful, and righteous. (ESV) Proverbs 6:23 (Listen) 23   For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light,    and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life, (ESV) Isaiah 50:10 (Listen) 10   Who among you fears the LORD    and obeys the voice of his servant?  Let him who walks in darkness    and has no light  trust in the name of the LORD    and rely on his God. (ESV) Micah 7:8–9 (Listen) 8   Rejoice not over me, O my enemy;    when I fall, I shall rise;  when I sit in darkness,    the LORD will be a light to me.9   I will bear the indignation of the LORD    because I have sinned against him,  until he pleads my cause    and executes judgment for me.  He will bring me out to the light;    I shall look upon his vindication. (ESV) Matthew 6:22–23 (Listen) 22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, 23 but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! (ESV) Evening: Psalm 119:176; Isaiah 40:11; Ezekiel 34:15; Matthew 15:32; Mark 10:13; Mark 10:16; Luke 12:32; Luke 19:10; Hebrews 4:15; 1 Peter 2:25 He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young. “I have compassion on the crowd because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat. And I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.”—For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses. And they were bringing children to him…. And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands on them. I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant.—“For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”—For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. “Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.”—“I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I myself will make them lie down, declares the Lord God.” Psalm 119:176 (Listen) 176   I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant,    for I do not forget your commandments. (ESV) Isaiah 40:11 (Listen) 11   He will tend his flock like a shepherd;    he will gather the lambs in his arms;  he will carry them in his bosom,    and gently lead those that are with young. (ESV) Ezekiel 34:15 (Listen) 15 I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I myself will make them lie down, declares the Lord GOD. (ESV) Matthew 15:32 (Listen) Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand 32 Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion on the crowd because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat. And I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.” (ESV) Mark 10:13 (Listen) Let the Children Come to Me 13 And they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them. (ESV) Mark 10:16 (Listen) 16 And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands on them. (ESV) Luke 12:32 (Listen) 32 “Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. (ESV) Luke 19:10 (Listen) 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” (ESV) Hebrews 4:15 (Listen) 15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. (ESV) 1 Peter 2:25 (Listen) 25 For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. (ESV)

Morning: Isaiah 45:19; Romans 8:15; Philippians 4:6–7; Hebrews 4:16; Hebrews 10:19–22; Hebrews 13:6 Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.—For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” “I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, ‘Seek me in vain.'”—Therefore,… since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.—So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?” Isaiah 45:19 (Listen) 19   I did not speak in secret,    in a land of darkness;  I did not say to the offspring of Jacob,    ‘Seek me in vain.'1  I the LORD speak the truth;    I declare what is right. Footnotes [1] 45:19 Hebrew in emptiness (ESV) Romans 8:15 (Listen) 15 For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” (ESV) Philippians 4:6–7 (Listen) 6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (ESV) Hebrews 4:16 (Listen) 16 Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. (ESV) Hebrews 10:19–22 (Listen) The Full Assurance of Faith 19 Therefore, brothers,1 since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Footnotes [1] 10:19 Or brothers and sisters (ESV) Hebrews 13:6 (Listen) 6 So we can confidently say,   “The Lord is my helper;    I will not fear;  what can man do to me?” (ESV) Evening: John 8:32; John 8:36; Romans 8:2; 2 Corinthians 3:17; Galatians 2:16; Galatians 4:31–5:1; James 1:25 “And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.—For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.—“So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” So, brothers, we are not children of the slave but of the free woman.—Yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified. But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.—For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. John 8:32 (Listen) 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” (ESV) John 8:36 (Listen) 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. (ESV) Romans 8:2 (Listen) 2 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you1 free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. Footnotes [1] 8:2 Some manuscripts me (ESV) 2 Corinthians 3:17 (Listen) 17 Now the Lord1 is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. Footnotes [1] 3:17 Or this Lord (ESV) Galatians 2:16 (Listen) 16 yet we know that a person is not justified1 by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified. Footnotes [1] 2:16 Or counted righteous (three times in verse 16); also verse 17 (ESV) Galatians 4:31–5:1 (Listen) 31 So, brothers, we are not children of the slave but of the free woman. Christ Has Set Us Free 5 For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. (ESV) James 1:25 (Listen) 25 But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing. (ESV)

Morning: Psalm 80:18; Psalm 119:93; John 6:63; John 15:7; Romans 8:26–27; 1 Corinthians 12:3; 2 Corinthians 3:6; Ephesians 6:18; 1 John 5:14 Give us life, and we will call upon your name! “It is the Spirit who gives life.”— Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.—Praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance. I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have given me life.—“The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.”—For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.—“If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.”—And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. No one can say “Jesus is Lord” except in the Holy Spirit. Psalm 80:18 (Listen) 18   Then we shall not turn back from you;    give us life, and we will call upon your name! (ESV) Psalm 119:93 (Listen) 93   I will never forget your precepts,    for by them you have given me life. (ESV) John 6:63 (Listen) 63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. (ESV) John 15:7 (Listen) 7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. (ESV) Romans 8:26–27 (Listen) 26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. 27 And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because1 the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. Footnotes [1] 8:27 Or that (ESV) 1 Corinthians 12:3 (Listen) 3 Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says “Jesus is accursed!” and no one can say “Jesus is Lord” except in the Holy Spirit. (ESV) 2 Corinthians 3:6 (Listen) 6 who has made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. (ESV) Ephesians 6:18 (Listen) 18 praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, (ESV) 1 John 5:14 (Listen) 14 And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. (ESV) Evening: 1 Corinthians 5:6–7; 1 Corinthians 5:9–11; 1 Corinthians 15:33; Ephesians 5:11; Philippians 2:15; 2 Timothy 2:20 Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.” Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? Cleanse out the old leaven…. I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people—not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler—not even to eat with such a one.—That you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world. Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use, some for dishonorable. 1 Corinthians 5:6–7 (Listen) 6 Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? 7 Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. (ESV) 1 Corinthians 5:9–11 (Listen) 9 I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people—10 not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. 11 But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler—not even to eat with such a one. (ESV) 1 Corinthians 15:33 (Listen) 33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”1 Footnotes [1] 15:33 Probably from Menander's comedy Thais (ESV) Ephesians 5:11 (Listen) 11 Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. (ESV) Philippians 2:15 (Listen) 15 that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, (ESV) 2 Timothy 2:20 (Listen) 20 Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use, some for dishonorable. (ESV)

Morning: John 13:1; John 13:34; John 15:9; John 15:13–14; John 17:9–10; John 17:15–16; Ephesians 5:25–26; Philippians 1:6 Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. “I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours. All mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them…. I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.” “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love.”—“Greater love has no one than this, that someone lays down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you.”—“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.” He who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.—Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word. John 13:1 (Listen) Jesus Washes the Disciples' Feet 13 Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. (ESV) John 13:34 (Listen) 34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. (ESV) John 15:9 (Listen) 9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. (ESV) John 15:13–14 (Listen) 13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command you. (ESV) John 17:9–10 (Listen) 9 I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours. 10 All mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them. (ESV) John 17:15–16 (Listen) 15 I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one.1 16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Footnotes [1] 17:15 Or from evil (ESV) Ephesians 5:25–26 (Listen) 25 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, 26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, (ESV) Philippians 1:6 (Listen) 6 And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. (ESV) Evening: Matthew 13:11; John 15:15; 1 Corinthians 2:10; 1 Corinthians 2:12; Ephesians 3:14–19 The depths of God. “No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.”—“To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven.” Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Matthew 13:11 (Listen) 11 And he answered them, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. (ESV) John 15:15 (Listen) 15 No longer do I call you servants,1 for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. Footnotes [1] 15:15 Or bondservants, or slaves (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface); likewise for servant later in this verse and in verse 20 (ESV) 1 Corinthians 2:10 (Listen) 10 these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. (ESV) 1 Corinthians 2:12 (Listen) 12 Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. (ESV) Ephesians 3:14–19 (Listen) Prayer for Spiritual Strength 14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family1 in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Footnotes [1] 3:15 Or from whom all fatherhood; the Greek word patria in verse 15 is closely related to the word for Father in verse 14 (ESV)

Morning: Mark 10:45; John 11:33; John 11:35; Romans 12:15; 2 Corinthians 5:15; Galatians 6:2; Philippians 2:4–7; 1 Peter 3:8–9 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant.—“For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”—And he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in his spirit and greatly troubled…. Jesus wept.—Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. Have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind. Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing. Mark 10:45 (Listen) 45 For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” (ESV) John 11:33 (Listen) 33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he was deeply moved1 in his spirit and greatly troubled. Footnotes [1] 11:33 Or was indignant; also verse 38 (ESV) John 11:35 (Listen) 35 Jesus wept. (ESV) Romans 12:15 (Listen) 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. (ESV) 2 Corinthians 5:15 (Listen) 15 and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. (ESV) Galatians 6:2 (Listen) 2 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. (ESV) Philippians 2:4–7 (Listen) 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. 5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,1 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,2 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant,3 being born in the likeness of men. Footnotes [1] 2:5 Or which was also in Christ Jesus [2] 2:6 Or a thing to be held on to for advantage [3] 2:7 Or slave (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface) (ESV) 1 Peter 3:8–9 (Listen) Suffering for Righteousness' Sake 8 Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind. 9 Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing. (ESV) Evening: Matthew 21:28; Romans 6:11–13; 1 Corinthians 15:58; Galatians 4:7; 2 Timothy 2:21; 1 Peter 1:14–16 “Son, go and work in the vineyard today.” So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions. Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness.—As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”—Set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work. Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain. Matthew 21:28 (Listen) The Parable of the Two Sons 28 “What do you think? A man had two sons. And he went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.' (ESV) Romans 6:11–13 (Listen) 11 So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. 12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. 13 Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. (ESV) 1 Corinthians 15:58 (Listen) 58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain. (ESV) Galatians 4:7 (Listen) 7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God. (ESV) 2 Timothy 2:21 (Listen) 21 Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable,1 he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work. Footnotes [1] 2:21 Greek from these things (ESV) 1 Peter 1:14–16 (Listen) 14 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, 15 but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” (ESV)

Morning: Exodus 15:11; Psalm 66:2; Psalm 69:30; Psalm 86:12–13; Isaiah 43:21; Jeremiah 33:8–9; Hebrews 13:15; Revelation 15:3 Give to him glorious praise! “The people whom I formed for myself that they might declare my praise.”—“I will cleanse them from all the guilt of their sin against me, and I will forgive all the guilt of their sin and rebellion against me. And this city shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and a glory before all the nations of the earth.”—Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.—I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify your name forever. For great is your steadfast love toward me; you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.—“Who is like you, O Lord,… majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders?”—I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving.—And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and amazing are your deeds, O Lord God the Almighty!” Exodus 15:11 (Listen) 11   “Who is like you, O LORD, among the gods?    Who is like you, majestic in holiness,    awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders? (ESV) Psalm 66:2 (Listen) 2     sing the glory of his name;    give to him glorious praise! (ESV) Psalm 69:30 (Listen) 30   I will praise the name of God with a song;    I will magnify him with thanksgiving. (ESV) Psalm 86:12–13 (Listen) 12   I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart,    and I will glorify your name forever.13   For great is your steadfast love toward me;    you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol. (ESV) Isaiah 43:21 (Listen) 21     the people whom I formed for myself  that they might declare my praise. (ESV) Jeremiah 33:8–9 (Listen) 8 I will cleanse them from all the guilt of their sin against me, and I will forgive all the guilt of their sin and rebellion against me. 9 And this city1 shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and a glory before all the nations of the earth who shall hear of all the good that I do for them. They shall fear and tremble because of all the good and all the prosperity I provide for it. Footnotes [1] 33:9 Hebrew And it (ESV) Hebrews 13:15 (Listen) 15 Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name. (ESV) Revelation 15:3 (Listen) 3 And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying,   “Great and amazing are your deeds,    O Lord God the Almighty!  Just and true are your ways,    O King of the nations!1 Footnotes [1] 15:3 Some manuscripts the ages (ESV) Evening: Job 1:8; Job 40:3–4; Psalm 51:5; John 3:6–7; Acts 13:22; Ephesians 2:3; 1 Timothy 1:13; Titus 3:3 By nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.—“Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.'” Then Job answered the Lord and said: “Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.”—And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil?” Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.—“David,… of whom he testified and said,… ‘A man after my heart, who will do all my will.'” Though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy.—“That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.” Job 1:8 (Listen) 8 And the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil?” (ESV) Job 40:3–4 (Listen) Job Promises Silence 3 Then Job answered the LORD and said: 4   “Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer you?    I lay my hand on my mouth. (ESV) Psalm 51:5 (Listen) 5   Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,    and in sin did my mother conceive me. (ESV) John 3:6–7 (Listen) 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.1 7 Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You2 must be born again.' Footnotes [1] 3:6 The same Greek word means both wind and spirit [2] 3:7 The Greek for you is plural here (ESV) Acts 13:22 (Listen) 22 And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, of whom he testified and said, ‘I have found in David the son of Jesse a man after my heart, who will do all my will.' (ESV) Ephesians 2:3 (Listen) 3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body1 and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.2 Footnotes [1] 2:3 Greek flesh [2] 2:3 Greek like the rest (ESV) 1 Timothy 1:13 (Listen) 13 though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, (ESV) Titus 3:3 (Listen) 3 For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another. (ESV)

Morning: Isaiah 61:3; Acts 20:32; Ephesians 2:20–22; Philippians 1:11; Philippians 1:28; Colossians 1:11; Colossians 2:6–7; 1 Timothy 6:12; 2 Timothy 2:1 Be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus. May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might.—Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.—Oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he may be glorified.—Built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit. “And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.”—Filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. Fight the good fight of the faith.—And not frightened in anything by your opponents. Isaiah 61:3 (Listen) 3   to grant to those who mourn in Zion—    to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes,  the oil of gladness instead of mourning,    the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit;  that they may be called oaks of righteousness,    the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified.1 Footnotes [1] 61:3 Or that he may display his beauty (ESV) Acts 20:32 (Listen) 32 And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified. (ESV) Ephesians 2:20–22 (Listen) 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. 22 In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by1 the Spirit. Footnotes [1] 2:22 Or in (ESV) Philippians 1:11 (Listen) 11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. (ESV) Philippians 1:28 (Listen) 28 and not frightened in anything by your opponents. This is a clear sign to them of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God. (ESV) Colossians 1:11 (Listen) 11 being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy; (ESV) Colossians 2:6–7 (Listen) Alive in Christ 6 Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, 7 rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. (ESV) 1 Timothy 6:12 (Listen) 12 Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. (ESV) 2 Timothy 2:1 (Listen) A Good Soldier of Christ Jesus 2 You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, (ESV) Evening: Psalm 62:12; Isaiah 26:12; Matthew 6:3–4; Matthew 25:19; 1 Corinthians 3:11; 1 Corinthians 3:14–15; 2 Corinthians 3:5; 2 Corinthians 5:10 For you will render to a man according to his work. For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ…. If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward. If anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire.—For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil. “But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.”—“Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them.” Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God.—O Lord, you will ordain peace for us; you have done for us all our works. Psalm 62:12 (Listen) 12     and that to you, O Lord, belongs steadfast love.  For you will render to a man    according to his work. (ESV) Isaiah 26:12 (Listen) 12   O LORD, you will ordain peace for us,    for you have indeed done for us all our works. (ESV) Matthew 6:3–4 (Listen) 3 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. (ESV) Matthew 25:19 (Listen) 19 Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them. (ESV) 1 Corinthians 3:11 (Listen) 11 For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. (ESV) 1 Corinthians 3:14–15 (Listen) 14 If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward. 15 If anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire. (ESV) 2 Corinthians 3:5 (Listen) 5 Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God, (ESV) 2 Corinthians 5:10 (Listen) 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil. (ESV)

Morning: Psalm 27:14; Isaiah 35:3–4; Isaiah 41:10; Zephaniah 3:15; Zephaniah 3:17; Revelation 21:3–4 The Lord, is in your midst. Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.—Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees. Say to those who have an anxious heart, “Be strong; fear not! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God. He will come and save you.”—The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.—Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain anymore.” Psalm 27:14 (Listen) 14   Wait for the LORD;    be strong, and let your heart take courage;    wait for the LORD! (ESV) Isaiah 35:3–4 (Listen) 3   Strengthen the weak hands,    and make firm the feeble knees.4   Say to those who have an anxious heart,    “Be strong; fear not!  Behold, your God    will come with vengeance,  with the recompense of God.    He will come and save you.” (ESV) Isaiah 41:10 (Listen) 10   fear not, for I am with you;    be not dismayed, for I am your God;  I will strengthen you, I will help you,    I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. (ESV) Zephaniah 3:15 (Listen) 15   The LORD has taken away the judgments against you;    he has cleared away your enemies.  The King of Israel, the LORD, is in your midst;    you shall never again fear evil. (ESV) Zephaniah 3:17 (Listen) 17   The LORD your God is in your midst,    a mighty one who will save;  he will rejoice over you with gladness;    he will quiet you by his love;  he will exult over you with loud singing. (ESV) Revelation 21:3–4 (Listen) 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place1 of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people,2 and God himself will be with them as their God.3 4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” Footnotes [1] 21:3 Or tabernacle [2] 21:3 Some manuscripts peoples [3] 21:3 Some manuscripts omit as their God (ESV) Evening: Exodus 14:15; 1 Chronicles 19:13; Nehemiah 4:9; Isaiah 35:3–4; Hosea 6:3; Matthew 7:21; Matthew 26:41; John 7:17; Romans 12:11; 1 Corinthians 16:13 “Why do you cry to me? Tell the people of Israel to go forward.” “Be strong, and let us use our strength for our people and for the cities of our God, and may the Lord do what seems good to him.”—And we prayed to our God and set a guard as a protection against them day and night. “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.”—“If anyone's will is to do God's will, he will know whether the teaching is from God.”—“Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord.” “Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation.”—Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.—Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees. Say to those who have an anxious heart, “Be strong; fear not!” Exodus 14:15 (Listen) 15 The LORD said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me? Tell the people of Israel to go forward. (ESV) 1 Chronicles 19:13 (Listen) 13 Be strong, and let us use our strength for our people and for the cities of our God, and may the LORD do what seems good to him.” (ESV) Nehemiah 4:9 (Listen) 9 And we prayed to our God and set a guard as a protection against them day and night. (ESV) Isaiah 35:3–4 (Listen) 3   Strengthen the weak hands,    and make firm the feeble knees.4   Say to those who have an anxious heart,    “Be strong; fear not!  Behold, your God    will come with vengeance,  with the recompense of God.    He will come and save you.” (ESV) Hosea 6:3 (Listen) 3   Let us know; let us press on to know the LORD;    his going out is sure as the dawn;  he will come to us as the showers,    as the spring rains that water the earth.” (ESV) Matthew 7:21 (Listen) I Never Knew You 21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. (ESV) Matthew 26:41 (Listen) 41 Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” (ESV) John 7:17 (Listen) 17 If anyone's will is to do God's1 will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority. Footnotes [1] 7:17 Greek his (ESV) Romans 12:11 (Listen) 11 Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit,1 serve the Lord. Footnotes [1] 12:11 Or fervent in the Spirit (ESV) 1 Corinthians 16:13 (Listen) 13 Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. (ESV)

Morning: Matthew 18:6; Matthew 25:40; Romans 14:16; 1 Corinthians 8:9; 2 Corinthians 8:21; Galatians 5:13; 1 Thessalonians 5:22; 1 Peter 2:15; 1 Peter 4:15–16 So do not let what you regard as good be spoken of as evil. Abstain from every form of evil.—We aim at what is honorable not only in the Lord's sight but also in the sight of man.—For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people. But let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler. Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name. For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.—But take care that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.—“But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.”—“As you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.” Matthew 18:6 (Listen) 6 but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin,1 it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea. Footnotes [1] 18:6 Greek causes . . . to stumble; also verses 8, 9 (ESV) Matthew 25:40 (Listen) 40 And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers,1 you did it to me.' Footnotes [1] 25:40 Or brothers and sisters (ESV) Romans 14:16 (Listen) 16 So do not let what you regard as good be spoken of as evil. (ESV) 1 Corinthians 8:9 (Listen) 9 But take care that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak. (ESV) 2 Corinthians 8:21 (Listen) 21 for we aim at what is honorable not only in the Lord's sight but also in the sight of man. (ESV) Galatians 5:13 (Listen) 13 For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. (ESV) 1 Thessalonians 5:22 (Listen) 22 Abstain from every form of evil. (ESV) 1 Peter 2:15 (Listen) 15 For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people. (ESV) 1 Peter 4:15–16 (Listen) 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler. 16 Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name. (ESV) Evening: Isaiah 60:1–2; Luke 12:35–36; Romans 13:11; Ephesians 5:14; 1 Thessalonians 5:6–8; 1 Peter 1:13 “Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.” The hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.— So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, are drunk at night. But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the Lord will arise upon you, and his glory will be seen upon you. Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.—“Stay dressed for action and keep your lamps burning, and be like men who are waiting for their master.” Isaiah 60:1–2 (Listen) The Future Glory of Israel 60   Arise, shine, for your light has come,    and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you.2   For behold, darkness shall cover the earth,    and thick darkness the peoples;  but the LORD will arise upon you,    and his glory will be seen upon you. (ESV) Luke 12:35–36 (Listen) You Must Be Ready 35 “Stay dressed for action1 and keep your lamps burning, 36 and be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the wedding feast, so that they may open the door to him at once when he comes and knocks. Footnotes [1] 12:35 Greek Let your loins stay girded; compare Exodus 12:11 (ESV) Romans 13:11 (Listen) 11 Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. (ESV) Ephesians 5:14 (Listen) 14 for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says,   “Awake, O sleeper,    and arise from the dead,  and Christ will shine on you.” (ESV) 1 Thessalonians 5:6–8 (Listen) 6 So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, are drunk at night. 8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. (ESV) 1 Peter 1:13 (Listen) Called to Be Holy 13 Therefore, preparing your minds for action,1 and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. Footnotes [1] 1:13 Greek girding up the loins of your mind (ESV)

Morning: John 10:29; Romans 8:37–39; Colossians 3:3; 2 Thessalonians 2:16–17; 2 Timothy 1:12; 2 Timothy 4:18; James 2:5 “No one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.” I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me.—The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom.—We are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.—Your life is hidden with Christ in God. Has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him? Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word. John 10:29 (Listen) 29 My Father, who has given them to me,1 is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. Footnotes [1] 10:29 Some manuscripts What my Father has given to me (ESV) Romans 8:37–39 (Listen) 37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. (ESV) Colossians 3:3 (Listen) 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. (ESV) 2 Thessalonians 2:16–17 (Listen) 16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, 17 comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word. (ESV) 2 Timothy 1:12 (Listen) 12 which is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that day what has been entrusted to me.1 Footnotes [1] 1:12 Or what I have entrusted to him; Greek my deposit (ESV) 2 Timothy 4:18 (Listen) 18 The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen. (ESV) James 2:5 (Listen) 5 Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him? (ESV) Evening: Psalm 119:45; John 8:32; John 8:34; John 8:36; Romans 6:18; Romans 7:2; Romans 8:2; Galatians 5:1; Galatians 5:13–14; James 1:25 The perfect law, the law of liberty. “You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free…. Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin…. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” Stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery…. For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”—Having been set free from sin, [you] have become slaves of righteousness.—Thus a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage. The law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.—I shall walk in a wide place, for I have sought your precepts. Psalm 119:45 (Listen) 45   and I shall walk in a wide place,    for I have sought your precepts. (ESV) John 8:32 (Listen) 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” (ESV) John 8:34 (Listen) 34 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who practices sin is a slave1 to sin. Footnotes [1] 8:34 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; also verse 35 (ESV) John 8:36 (Listen) 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. (ESV) Romans 6:18 (Listen) 18 and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. (ESV) Romans 7:2 (Listen) 2 For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage.1 Footnotes [1] 7:2 Greek law concerning the husband (ESV) Romans 8:2 (Listen) 2 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you1 free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. Footnotes [1] 8:2 Some manuscripts me (ESV) Galatians 5:1 (Listen) Christ Has Set Us Free 5 For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. (ESV) Galatians 5:13–14 (Listen) 13 For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” (ESV) James 1:25 (Listen) 25 But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing. 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Morning: 1 Samuel 15:22; Proverbs 21:3; Hosea 12:6; Micah 6:8; Mark 12:33; Luke 10:39; Luke 10:42; Philippians 2:13 To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?—“Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.”—“And to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” “So you, by the help of your God, return, hold fast to love and justice, and wait continually for your God.”—Mary… sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching…. “One thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.”—It is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. 1 Samuel 15:22 (Listen) 22 And Samuel said,   “Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,    as in obeying the voice of the LORD?  Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,    and to listen than the fat of rams. (ESV) Proverbs 21:3 (Listen) 3   To do righteousness and justice    is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. (ESV) Hosea 12:6 (Listen) 6   “So you, by the help of your God, return,    hold fast to love and justice,    and wait continually for your God.” (ESV) Micah 6:8 (Listen) 8   He has told you, O man, what is good;    and what does the LORD require of you  but to do justice, and to love kindness,1    and to walk humbly with your God? Footnotes [1] 6:8 Or steadfast love (ESV) Mark 12:33 (Listen) 33 And to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” (ESV) Luke 10:39 (Listen) 39 And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. (ESV) Luke 10:42 (Listen) 42 but one thing is necessary.1 Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.” Footnotes [1] 10:42 Some manuscripts few things are necessary, or only one (ESV) Philippians 2:13 (Listen) 13 for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. (ESV) Evening: Genesis 12:7; Job 32:8; Ecclesiastes 3:21; Ecclesiastes 12:7; John 14:2–3; 1 Corinthians 15:45; 2 Corinthians 5:6; 2 Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:23; 1 Thessalonians 4:13–14 The spirit returns to God who gave it. The Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.—“But it is the spirit in man, the breath of the Almighty, that makes him understand.”—“The first man Adam became a living being.”—The spirit of man goes upward. While we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord…. Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.—My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better.—But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. “In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.” Genesis 12:7 (Listen) 7 Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built there an altar to the LORD, who had appeared to him. (ESV) Job 32:8 (Listen) 8   But it is the spirit in man,    the breath of the Almighty, that makes him understand. (ESV) Ecclesiastes 3:21 (Listen) 21 Who knows whether the spirit of man goes upward and the spirit of the beast goes down into the earth? (ESV) Ecclesiastes 12:7 (Listen) 7 and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. (ESV) John 14:2–3 (Listen) 2 In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?1 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. Footnotes [1] 14:2 Or In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you (ESV) 1 Corinthians 15:45 (Listen) 45 Thus it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being”;1 the last Adam became a life-giving spirit. Footnotes [1] 15:45 Greek a living soul (ESV) 2 Corinthians 5:6 (Listen) 6 So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, (ESV) 2 Corinthians 5:8 (Listen) 8 Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. (ESV) Philippians 1:23 (Listen) 23 I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better. (ESV) 1 Thessalonians 4:13–14 (Listen) The Coming of the Lord 13 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. 14 For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. (ESV)

Morning: Romans 12:10; Romans 13:8; Romans 15:1; Galatians 5:13; Galatians 6:1–2; James 5:19–20; 1 Peter 1:22; 1 Peter 5:5 Through love serve one another. Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.—My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.—Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart.—Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.—Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.—Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Romans 12:10 (Listen) 10 Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. (ESV) Romans 13:8 (Listen) Fulfilling the Law Through Love 8 Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. (ESV) Romans 15:1 (Listen) The Example of Christ 15 We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. (ESV) Galatians 5:13 (Listen) 13 For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. (ESV) Galatians 6:1–2 (Listen) Bear One Another's Burdens 6 Brothers,1 if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. 2 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. Footnotes [1] 6:1 Or Brothers and sisters; also verse 18 (ESV) James 5:19–20 (Listen) 19 My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, 20 let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins. (ESV) 1 Peter 1:22 (Listen) 22 Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, (ESV) 1 Peter 5:5 (Listen) 5 Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” (ESV) Evening: Genesis 3:19; Job 19:26; Job 21:23; Job 21:25–26; Psalm 16:9; Psalm 39:4; Psalm 90:12; Ecclesiastes 12:7; 1 Corinthians 15:42–44; 1 Corinthians 15:47; Philippians 3:20–21 The dust returns to the earth as it was. What is sown is perishable…. It is sown in dishonor…. It is sown in weakness…. It is sown a natural body.—The first man was from the earth, a man of dust. “You are dust, and to dust you shall return.”—One dies in his full vigor, being wholly at ease and secure…. Another dies in bitterness of soul, never having tasted of prosperity. They lie down alike in the dust, and the worms cover them. My flesh… dwells secure.—“And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God.”—The Lord Jesus Christ… will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself. “O Lord, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am!”—So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. Genesis 3:19 (Listen) 19   By the sweat of your face    you shall eat bread,  till you return to the ground,    for out of it you were taken;  for you are dust,    and to dust you shall return.” (ESV) Job 19:26 (Listen) 26   And after my skin has been thus destroyed,    yet in1 my flesh I shall see God, Footnotes [1] 19:26 Or without (ESV) Job 21:23 (Listen) 23   One dies in his full vigor,    being wholly at ease and secure, (ESV) Job 21:25–26 (Listen) 25   Another dies in bitterness of soul,    never having tasted of prosperity.26   They lie down alike in the dust,    and the worms cover them. (ESV) Psalm 16:9 (Listen) 9   Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being1 rejoices;    my flesh also dwells secure. Footnotes [1] 16:9 Hebrew my glory (ESV) Psalm 39:4 (Listen) 4   “O LORD, make me know my end    and what is the measure of my days;    let me know how fleeting I am! (ESV) Psalm 90:12 (Listen) 12   So teach us to number our days    that we may get a heart of wisdom. (ESV) Ecclesiastes 12:7 (Listen) 7 and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. (ESV) 1 Corinthians 15:42–44 (Listen) 42 So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable. 43 It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. 44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. (ESV) 1 Corinthians 15:47 (Listen) 47 The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven. (ESV) Philippians 3:20–21 (Listen) 20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself. (ESV)

Morning: Isaiah 53:6; Jeremiah 23:6; Romans 5:19; Romans 8:1; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Titus 3:4–7; 1 Peter 2:24 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. The Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.—He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.—As by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous. But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.—There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. “The Lord is our righteousness.” Isaiah 53:6 (Listen) 6   All we like sheep have gone astray;    we have turned—every one—to his own way;  and the LORD has laid on him    the iniquity of us all. (ESV) Jeremiah 23:6 (Listen) 6 In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: ‘The LORD is our righteousness.' (ESV) Romans 5:19 (Listen) 19 For as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous. (ESV) Romans 8:1 (Listen) Life in the Spirit 8 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.1 Footnotes [1] 8:1 Some manuscripts add who walk not according to the flesh (but according to the Spirit) (ESV) 2 Corinthians 5:21 (Listen) 21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. (ESV) Titus 3:4–7 (Listen) 4 But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, 5 he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. (ESV) 1 Peter 2:24 (Listen) 24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. (ESV) Evening: Isaiah 40:11; Isaiah 42:3; Hosea 14:5; Luke 4:18–19; Luke 4:21–22; Luke 22:61–62; 2 Corinthians 10:1 I will be like the dew to Israel. The meekness and gentleness of Christ.—A bruised reed he will not break, and a faintly burning wick he will not quench. “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.”… And he began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.” And all spoke well of him and marveled at the gracious words that were coming from his mouth. And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the saying of the Lord, how he had said to him, “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.” And he went out and wept bitterly.—He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young. Isaiah 40:11 (Listen) 11   He will tend his flock like a shepherd;    he will gather the lambs in his arms;  he will carry them in his bosom,    and gently lead those that are with young. (ESV) Isaiah 42:3 (Listen) 3   a bruised reed he will not break,    and a faintly burning wick he will not quench;    he will faithfully bring forth justice. (ESV) Hosea 14:5 (Listen) 5   I will be like the dew to Israel;    he shall blossom like the lily;    he shall take root like the trees of Lebanon; (ESV) Luke 4:18–19 (Listen) 18   “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,    because he has anointed me    to proclaim good news to the poor.  He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives    and recovering of sight to the blind,    to set at liberty those who are oppressed,19   to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.” (ESV) Luke 4:21–22 (Listen) 21 And he began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.” 22 And all spoke well of him and marveled at the gracious words that were coming from his mouth. And they said, “Is not this Joseph's son?” (ESV) Luke 22:61–62 (Listen) 61 And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the saying of the Lord, how he had said to him, “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.” 62 And he went out and wept bitterly. (ESV) 2 Corinthians 10:1 (Listen) Paul Defends His Ministry 10 I, Paul, myself entreat you, by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold toward you when I am away!— (ESV)

Morning: Isaiah 26:12; Jeremiah 32:39; John 3:27; John 6:44; 2 Corinthians 3:5; Ephesians 2:10; Philippians 2:13; James 1:16–18 It is God who works in you. Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God.—“A person cannot receive even one thing unless it is given him from heaven.”—“No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.”—“I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever.” Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. O Lord, you will ordain peace for us; you have done for us all our works. Isaiah 26:12 (Listen) 12   O LORD, you will ordain peace for us,    for you have indeed done for us all our works. (ESV) Jeremiah 32:39 (Listen) 39 I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their own good and the good of their children after them. (ESV) John 3:27 (Listen) 27 John answered, “A person cannot receive even one thing unless it is given him from heaven. (ESV) John 6:44 (Listen) 44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day. (ESV) 2 Corinthians 3:5 (Listen) 5 Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God, (ESV) Ephesians 2:10 (Listen) 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. (ESV) Philippians 2:13 (Listen) 13 for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. (ESV) James 1:16–18 (Listen) 16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.1 18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. Footnotes [1] 1:17 Some manuscripts variation due to a shadow of turning (ESV) Evening: Isaiah 26:8–9; Matthew 26:41; Romans 7:18; Romans 7:22–23; 2 Corinthians 3:5; 2 Corinthians 12:9; Galatians 5:17; Philippians 4:13 “The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” In the path of your judgments, O Lord, we wait for you; your name and remembrance are the desire of our soul. My soul yearns for you in the night; my spirit within me earnestly seeks you. For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out…. For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members.—For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. I can do all things through him who strengthens me.—Our sufficiency is from God.—“My grace is sufficient for you.” Isaiah 26:8–9 (Listen) 8   In the path of your judgments,    O LORD, we wait for you;  your name and remembrance    are the desire of our soul.9   My soul yearns for you in the night;    my spirit within me earnestly seeks you.  For when your judgments are in the earth,    the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness. (ESV) Matthew 26:41 (Listen) 41 Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” (ESV) Romans 7:18 (Listen) 18 For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. (ESV) Romans 7:22–23 (Listen) 22 For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, 23 but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. (ESV) 2 Corinthians 3:5 (Listen) 5 Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God, (ESV) 2 Corinthians 12:9 (Listen) 9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. (ESV) Galatians 5:17 (Listen) 17 For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. (ESV) Philippians 4:13 (Listen) 13 I can do all things through him who strengthens me. (ESV)

Morning: Deuteronomy 8:2; Deuteronomy 8:5–6; Job 23:10–11; Psalm 119:71; Romans 8:17–18; Hebrews 5:8 It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I might learn your statutes. Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered.—We suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him. For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. “But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold. My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept his way and have not turned aside.” “And you shall remember the whole way that the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not…. Know then in your heart that, as a man disciplines his son, the Lord your God disciplines you. So you shall keep the commandments of the Lord your God by walking in his ways and by fearing him. Deuteronomy 8:2 (Listen) 2 And you shall remember the whole way that the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not. (ESV) Deuteronomy 8:5–6 (Listen) 5 Know then in your heart that, as a man disciplines his son, the LORD your God disciplines you. 6 So you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God by walking in his ways and by fearing him. (ESV) Job 23:10–11 (Listen) 10   But he knows the way that I take;    when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold.11   My foot has held fast to his steps;    I have kept his way and have not turned aside. (ESV) Psalm 119:71 (Listen) 71   It is good for me that I was afflicted,    that I might learn your statutes. (ESV) Romans 8:17–18 (Listen) 17 and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him. Future Glory 18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. (ESV) Hebrews 5:8 (Listen) 8 Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered. (ESV) Evening: 1 Samuel 2:9; 1 Samuel 17:45; 1 Samuel 17:49–50; 1 Chronicles 29:12; Psalm 33:16; Psalm 33:18; 2 Corinthians 12:9–10 “Not by might shall a man prevail.” Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.”… And David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone and slung it…. So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone. The king is not saved by his great army; a warrior is not delivered by his great strength…. Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love.—Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are power and might, and in your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all. I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 1 Samuel 2:9 (Listen) 9   “He will guard the feet of his faithful ones,    but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness,    for not by might shall a man prevail. (ESV) 1 Samuel 17:45 (Listen) 45 Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. (ESV) 1 Samuel 17:49–50 (Listen) 49 And David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone and slung it and struck the Philistine on his forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the ground. 50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him. There was no sword in the hand of David. (ESV) 1 Chronicles 29:12 (Listen) 12 Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are power and might, and in your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all. (ESV) Psalm 33:16 (Listen) 16   The king is not saved by his great army;    a warrior is not delivered by his great strength. (ESV) Psalm 33:18 (Listen) 18   Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear him,    on those who hope in his steadfast love, (ESV) 2 Corinthians 12:9–10 (Listen) 9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong. (ESV)

Morning: Job 28:12; Proverbs 3:5–7; Jeremiah 1:6–8; Matthew 21:22; John 16:23–24; 1 Timothy 1:17; James 1:5–6 “Where shall wisdom be found?” If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting.—Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.—The only [wise, kjv] God.—Be not wise in your own eyes. “Ah, Lord God! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am only a youth.” But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am only a youth'; for to all to whom I send you, you shall go, and whatever I command you, you shall speak. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, declares the Lord.” “Whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you. Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.”—“And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.” Job 28:12 (Listen) 12   “But where shall wisdom be found?    And where is the place of understanding? (ESV) Proverbs 3:5–7 (Listen) 5   Trust in the LORD with all your heart,    and do not lean on your own understanding.6   In all your ways acknowledge him,    and he will make straight your paths.7   Be not wise in your own eyes;    fear the LORD, and turn away from evil. (ESV) Jeremiah 1:6–8 (Listen) 6 Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am only a youth.” 7 But the LORD said to me,   “Do not say, ‘I am only a youth';  for to all to whom I send you, you shall go,  and whatever I command you, you shall speak.8   Do not be afraid of them,  for I am with you to deliver you,      declares the LORD.” (ESV) Matthew 21:22 (Listen) 22 And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.” (ESV) John 16:23–24 (Listen) 23 In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you. 24 Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full. (ESV) 1 Timothy 1:17 (Listen) 17 To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever.1 Amen. Footnotes [1] 1:17 Greek to the ages of ages (ESV) James 1:5–6 (Listen) 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. (ESV) Evening: Job 7:16; Psalm 55:6; Psalm 55:8; John 14:27; 2 Corinthians 5:2; 2 Corinthians 5:4; Philippians 1:23; Hebrews 12:1–3 “I would not live forever.” And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest…. I would hurry to find a shelter from the raging wind and tempest.” In this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling…. For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened—not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.—My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better. Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. “Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.” Job 7:16 (Listen) 16   I loathe my life; I would not live forever.    Leave me alone, for my days are a breath. (ESV) Psalm 55:6 (Listen) 6   And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!    I would fly away and be at rest; (ESV) Psalm 55:8 (Listen) 8   I would hurry to find a shelter    from the raging wind and tempest.” (ESV) John 14:27 (Listen) 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. (ESV) 2 Corinthians 5:2 (Listen) 2 For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling, (ESV) 2 Corinthians 5:4 (Listen) 4 For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened—not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. (ESV) Philippians 1:23 (Listen) 23 I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better. (ESV) Hebrews 12:1–3 (Listen) Jesus, Founder and Perfecter of Our Faith 12 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. Do Not Grow Weary 3 Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. (ESV)

Morning: Genesis 18:14; Job 5:8; Psalm 37:5; Psalm 116:1–2; Isaiah 37:14–15; Isaiah 65:24; Philippians 4:6; James 5:16; 1 Peter 5:7 “I would seek God, and to God would I commit my cause.” “Is anything too hard for the Lord?”—Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act.—Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.—Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord. And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord. “Before they call I will answer; while they are yet speaking I will hear.”—The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and my pleas for mercy. Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. Genesis 18:14 (Listen) 14 Is anything too hard1 for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, about this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son.” Footnotes [1] 18:14 Or wonderful (ESV) Job 5:8 (Listen) 8   “As for me, I would seek God,    and to God would I commit my cause, (ESV) Psalm 37:5 (Listen) 5   Commit your way to the LORD;    trust in him, and he will act. (ESV) Psalm 116:1–2 (Listen) I Love the Lord 116   I love the LORD, because he has heard    my voice and my pleas for mercy.2   Because he inclined his ear to me,    therefore I will call on him as long as I live. (ESV) Isaiah 37:14–15 (Listen) Hezekiah's Prayer for Deliverance 14 Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD. 15 And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD: (ESV) Isaiah 65:24 (Listen) 24   Before they call I will answer;    while they are yet speaking I will hear. (ESV) Philippians 4:6 (Listen) 6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. (ESV) James 5:16 (Listen) 16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.1 Footnotes [1] 5:16 Or The effective prayer of a righteous person has great power (ESV) 1 Peter 5:7 (Listen) 7 casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. (ESV) Evening: Exodus 30:18–21; Job 19:26–27; Habakkuk 1:13; Romans 12:1; 1 Corinthians 3:17; 1 Corinthians 6:19; Hebrews 10:22; Revelation 21:27 Our bodies washed with pure water. “You shall… make a basin of bronze…. You shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it, with which Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet. When they go into the tent of meeting,… they shall wash with water, so that they may not die. They shall wash their hands and their feet, so that they may not die.”—Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you.—If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple. “In my flesh I shall see God, whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another.”—But nothing unclean will ever enter it.—You who are of purer eyes than to see evil and cannot look at wrong.—I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Exodus 30:18–21 (Listen) 18 “You shall also make a basin of bronze, with its stand of bronze, for washing. You shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it, 19 with which Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet. 20 When they go into the tent of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister, to burn a food offering1 to the LORD, they shall wash with water, so that they may not die. 21 They shall wash their hands and their feet, so that they may not die. It shall be a statute forever to them, even to him and to his offspring throughout their generations.” Footnotes [1] 30:20 Or an offering by fire (ESV) Job 19:26–27 (Listen) 26   And after my skin has been thus destroyed,    yet in1 my flesh I shall see God,27   whom I shall see for myself,    and my eyes shall behold, and not another.    My heart faints within me! Footnotes [1] 19:26 Or without (ESV) Habakkuk 1:13 (Listen) 13   You who are of purer eyes than to see evil    and cannot look at wrong,  why do you idly look at traitors    and remain silent when the wicked swallows up    the man more righteous than he? (ESV) Romans 12:1 (Listen) A Living Sacrifice 12 I appeal to you therefore, brothers,1 by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.2 Footnotes [1] 12:1 Or brothers and sisters [2] 12:1 Or your rational service (ESV) 1 Corinthians 3:17 (Listen) 17 If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple. (ESV) 1 Corinthians 6:19 (Listen) 19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, (ESV) Hebrews 10:22 (Listen) 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. (ESV) Revelation 21:27 (Listen) 27 But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life. (ESV)

Morning: Psalm 23:5; John 1:16; John 14:26; Acts 10:38; Romans 8:26; Colossians 1:19; 1 John 2:20; 1 John 2:27 But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and you all have knowledge. God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power.—For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell.—And from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. You anoint my head with oil.—But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything—and is true and is no lie, just as it has taught you—abide in him. “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.” Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. Psalm 23:5 (Listen) 5   You prepare a table before me    in the presence of my enemies;  you anoint my head with oil;    my cup overflows. (ESV) John 1:16 (Listen) 16 For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.1 Footnotes [1] 1:16 Or grace in place of grace (ESV) John 14:26 (Listen) 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. (ESV) Acts 10:38 (Listen) 38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. (ESV) Romans 8:26 (Listen) 26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. (ESV) Colossians 1:19 (Listen) 19 For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, (ESV) 1 John 2:20 (Listen) 20 But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.1 Footnotes [1] 2:20 Some manuscripts you know everything (ESV) 1 John 2:27 (Listen) 27 But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him. (ESV) Evening: Ephesians 1:7; Hebrews 9:13–14; Hebrews 9:19; Hebrews 9:21–22; Hebrews 10:22; Hebrews 12:24 With our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience. For if the sprinkling of defiled persons with the blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a heifer sanctifies for the purification of the flesh, how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.—The sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace. For when every commandment of the law had been declared by Moses to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people…. And in the same way he sprinkled with the blood both the tent and all the vessels used in worship. Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins. Ephesians 1:7 (Listen) 7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, (ESV) Hebrews 9:13–14 (Listen) 13 For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify1 for the purification of the flesh, 14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our2 conscience from dead works to serve the living God. Footnotes [1] 9:13 Or For if the sprinkling of defiled persons with the blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a heifer sanctifies [2] 9:14 Some manuscripts your (ESV) Hebrews 9:19 (Listen) 19 For when every commandment of the law had been declared by Moses to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, (ESV) Hebrews 9:21–22 (Listen) 21 And in the same way he sprinkled with the blood both the tent and all the vessels used in worship. 22 Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins. (ESV) Hebrews 10:22 (Listen) 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. (ESV) Hebrews 12:24 (Listen) 24 and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel. (ESV)

Morning: Psalm 32:7; Psalm 61:2; Psalm 91:1; Psalm 121:5–6; Isaiah 4:6; Isaiah 25:4; Isaiah 32:3; Zechariah 13:7; John 10:30; Hebrews 2:14 Each will be like a hiding place from the wind, a shelter from the storm. Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things.—“The man who stands next to me,” declares the Lord of hosts.—“I and the Father are one.” He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.—There will be a booth for shade by day from the heat, and for a refuge and a shelter from the storm and rain.—The Lord is your shade on your right hand. The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. From the end of the earth I call to you when my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.—You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble.—You have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat; for the breath of the ruthless is like a storm against a wall. Psalm 32:7 (Listen) 7   You are a hiding place for me;    you preserve me from trouble;    you surround me with shouts of deliverance. Selah (ESV) Psalm 61:2 (Listen) 2   from the end of the earth I call to you    when my heart is faint.  Lead me to the rock    that is higher than I, (ESV) Psalm 91:1 (Listen) My Refuge and My Fortress 91   He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High    will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. (ESV) Psalm 121:5–6 (Listen) 5   The LORD is your keeper;    the LORD is your shade on your right hand.6   The sun shall not strike you by day,    nor the moon by night. (ESV) Isaiah 4:6 (Listen) 6 There will be a booth for shade by day from the heat, and for a refuge and a shelter from the storm and rain. (ESV) Isaiah 25:4 (Listen) 4   For you have been a stronghold to the poor,    a stronghold to the needy in his distress,    a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat;  for the breath of the ruthless is like a storm against a wall, (ESV) Isaiah 32:3 (Listen) 3   Then the eyes of those who see will not be closed,    and the ears of those who hear will give attention. (ESV) Zechariah 13:7 (Listen) The Shepherd Struck 7   “Awake, O sword, against my shepherd,    against the man who stands next to me,”      declares the LORD of hosts.   “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;    I will turn my hand against the little ones. (ESV) John 10:30 (Listen) 30 I and the Father are one.” (ESV) Hebrews 2:14 (Listen) 14 Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, (ESV) Evening: Isaiah 65:17; Isaiah 66:22; 2 Peter 3:13; Revelation 21:1–5 “Behold, I create new heavens and a new earth.” “As the new heavens and the new earth that I make shall remain before me,… so shall your offspring and your name remain.” But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Isaiah 65:17 (Listen) New Heavens and a New Earth 17   “For behold, I create new heavens    and a new earth,  and the former things shall not be remembered    or come into mind. (ESV) Isaiah 66:22 (Listen) 22   “For as the new heavens and the new earth    that I make  shall remain before me, says the LORD,    so shall your offspring and your name remain. (ESV) 2 Peter 3:13 (Listen) 13 But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. (ESV) Revelation 21:1–5 (Listen) The New Heaven and the New Earth 21 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place1 of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people,2 and God himself will be with them as their God.3 4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” 5 And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” Footnotes [1] 21:3 Or tabernacle [2] 21:3 Some manuscripts peoples [3] 21:3 Some manuscripts omit as their God (ESV)

Morning: Exodus 33:14–16; Luke 24:36; John 14:27; John 15:26; Romans 8:16; Galatians 5:22; Philippians 4:7; 2 Thessalonians 3:16; Revelation 1:4 Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in every way. The Lord be with you all. Peace from him who is and who was and who is to come.—The peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them, “Peace to you!”—“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you…. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.” “The Helper… the Spirit of truth.”—The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace.—The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God. “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” And he said to him, “If your presence will not go with me, do not bring us up from here. For how shall it be known that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? Is it not in your going with us?” Exodus 33:14–16 (Listen) 14 And he said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” 15 And he said to him, “If your presence will not go with me, do not bring us up from here. 16 For how shall it be known that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? Is it not in your going with us, so that we are distinct, I and your people, from every other people on the face of the earth?” (ESV) Luke 24:36 (Listen) Jesus Appears to His Disciples 36 As they were talking about these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them, “Peace to you!” (ESV) John 14:27 (Listen) 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. (ESV) John 15:26 (Listen) 26 “But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me. (ESV) Romans 8:16 (Listen) 16 The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, (ESV) Galatians 5:22 (Listen) 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, (ESV) Philippians 4:7 (Listen) 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (ESV) 2 Thessalonians 3:16 (Listen) Benediction 16 Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in every way. The Lord be with you all. (ESV) Revelation 1:4 (Listen) Greeting to the Seven Churches 4 John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, (ESV) Evening: Habakkuk 3:17–18; Acts 5:41; Romans 5:3; Romans 15:13; 1 Corinthians 15:19; 2 Corinthians 6:10; Philippians 4:4; 1 Peter 4:12–13 We rejoice in our sufferings. If in this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.—As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing. Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.—They left the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the name. May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing. Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will take joy in the God of my salvation. Habakkuk 3:17–18 (Listen) Habakkuk Rejoices in the Lord 17   Though the fig tree should not blossom,    nor fruit be on the vines,  the produce of the olive fail    and the fields yield no food,  the flock be cut off from the fold    and there be no herd in the stalls,18   yet I will rejoice in the LORD;    I will take joy in the God of my salvation. (ESV) Acts 5:41 (Listen) 41 Then they left the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the name. (ESV) Romans 5:3 (Listen) 3 Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, (ESV) Romans 15:13 (Listen) 13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. (ESV) 1 Corinthians 15:19 (Listen) 19 If in Christ we have hope1 in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied. Footnotes [1] 15:19 Or we have hoped (ESV) 2 Corinthians 6:10 (Listen) 10 as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything. (ESV) Philippians 4:4 (Listen) 4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. (ESV) 1 Peter 4:12–13 (Listen) Suffering as a Christian 12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. 13 But rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed. (ESV)

Morning: Psalm 27:4; Psalm 36:7–9; Psalm 65:4; Psalm 107:9; Matthew 5:6; Luke 1:53; John 6:35 We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house. One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple. “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.”—“He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent empty away.” He satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul he fills with good things.—“I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.” How precious is your steadfast love, O God! The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings. They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights. For with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light. Psalm 27:4 (Listen) 4   One thing have I asked of the LORD,    that will I seek after:  that I may dwell in the house of the LORD    all the days of my life,  to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD    and to inquire1 in his temple. Footnotes [1] 27:4 Or meditate (ESV) Psalm 36:7–9 (Listen) 7   How precious is your steadfast love, O God!    The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings.8   They feast on the abundance of your house,    and you give them drink from the river of your delights.9   For with you is the fountain of life;    in your light do we see light. (ESV) Psalm 65:4 (Listen) 4   Blessed is the one you choose and bring near,    to dwell in your courts!  We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house,    the holiness of your temple! (ESV) Psalm 107:9 (Listen) 9   For he satisfies the longing soul,    and the hungry soul he fills with good things. (ESV) Matthew 5:6 (Listen) 6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. (ESV) Luke 1:53 (Listen) 53   he has filled the hungry with good things,    and the rich he has sent away empty. (ESV) John 6:35 (Listen) 35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. (ESV) Evening: Matthew 7:20–21; John 13:17; John 16:31; Hebrews 11:17–19; James 1:25; James 2:14; James 2:17; James 2:21; James 2:24 “Do you now believe?” What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?… Faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son…. He considered that God was able even to raise him from the dead.—Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar?… You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. The one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing. “You will recognize them by their fruits. Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.”—“If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.” Matthew 7:20–21 (Listen) 20 Thus you will recognize them by their fruits. I Never Knew You 21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. (ESV) John 13:17 (Listen) 17 If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them. (ESV) John 16:31 (Listen) 31 Jesus answered them, “Do you now believe? (ESV) Hebrews 11:17–19 (Listen) 17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son, 18 of whom it was said, “Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.” 19 He considered that God was able even to raise him from the dead, from which, figuratively speaking, he did receive him back. (ESV) James 1:25 (Listen) 25 But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing. (ESV) James 2:14 (Listen) Faith Without Works Is Dead 14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? (ESV) James 2:17 (Listen) 17 So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. (ESV) James 2:21 (Listen) 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar? (ESV) James 2:24 (Listen) 24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. (ESV)

Morning: Matthew 7:21; Ephesians 2:8–9; Hebrews 12:14; James 2:26; 2 Peter 1:5–10 As the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead. “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.”—Holiness without which no one will see the Lord.—Make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins. Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to make your calling and election sure, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall.—By grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. Matthew 7:21 (Listen) I Never Knew You 21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. (ESV) Ephesians 2:8–9 (Listen) 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. (ESV) Hebrews 12:14 (Listen) 14 Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. (ESV) James 2:26 (Listen) 26 For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead. (ESV) 2 Peter 1:5–10 (Listen) 5 For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue,1 and virtue with knowledge, 6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, 7 and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. 8 For if these qualities2 are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins. 10 Therefore, brothers,3 be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall. Footnotes [1] 1:5 Or excellence; twice in this verse [2] 1:8 Greek these things; also verses 9, 10, 12 [3] 1:10 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters (ESV) Evening: John 14:1–2; 1 Corinthians 15:55; 1 Corinthians 15:57; 2 Corinthians 4:16; 2 Corinthians 5:1; 2 Corinthians 5:6–8; Hebrews 2:14–15 Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery. “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.—So we do not lose heart. Though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. We know that if the tent, which is our earthly home, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens…. So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord…. We would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?” John 14:1–2 (Listen) I Am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life 14 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God;1 believe also in me. 2 In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?2 Footnotes [1] 14:1 Or You believe in God [2] 14:2 Or In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you (ESV) 1 Corinthians 15:55 (Listen) 55   “O death, where is your victory?    O death, where is your sting?” (ESV) 1 Corinthians 15:57 (Listen) 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (ESV) 2 Corinthians 4:16 (Listen) 16 So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self1 is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. Footnotes [1] 4:16 Greek man (ESV) 2 Corinthians 5:1 (Listen) Our Heavenly Dwelling 5 For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. (ESV) 2 Corinthians 5:6–8 (Listen) 6 So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, 7 for we walk by faith, not by sight. 8 Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. (ESV) Hebrews 2:14–15 (Listen) 14 Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, 15 and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery. (ESV)

Morning: Exodus 33:18; Exodus 33:20; Isaiah 6:1–3; Ezekiel 1:26; Ezekiel 1:28; John 1:18; John 12:41; John 17:22; 2 Corinthians 4:6 “The glory that you have given me I have given to them.” I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him stood the seraphim…. And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!”—Isaiah said these things because he saw his glory and spoke of him.—Seated above the likeness of a throne was a likeness with a human appearance…. Like the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud on the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around. Such was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. “Please show me your glory.”… “But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for man shall not see me and live.”—No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.—God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. Exodus 33:18 (Listen) 18 Moses said, “Please show me your glory.” (ESV) Exodus 33:20 (Listen) 20 But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for man shall not see me and live.” (ESV) Isaiah 6:1–3 (Listen) Isaiah's Vision of the Lord 6 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train1 of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3 And one called to another and said:   “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts;  the whole earth is full of his glory!”2 Footnotes [1] 6:1 Or hem [2] 6:3 Or may his glory fill the whole earth (ESV) Ezekiel 1:26 (Listen) 26 And above the expanse over their heads there was the likeness of a throne, in appearance like sapphire;1 and seated above the likeness of a throne was a likeness with a human appearance. Footnotes [1] 1:26 Or lapis lazuli (ESV) Ezekiel 1:28 (Listen) 28 Like the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud on the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around. Such was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard the voice of one speaking. (ESV) John 1:18 (Listen) 18 No one has ever seen God; the only God,1 who is at the Father's side,2 he has made him known. Footnotes [1] 1:18 Or the only One, who is God; some manuscripts the only Son [2] 1:18 Greek in the bosom of the Father (ESV) John 12:41 (Listen) 41 Isaiah said these things because he saw his glory and spoke of him. (ESV) John 17:22 (Listen) 22 The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, (ESV) 2 Corinthians 4:6 (Listen) 6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. (ESV) Evening: Genesis 3:6; Exodus 23:2; Joshua 22:20; Proverbs 1:10; Isaiah 53:6; Matthew 7:13; Romans 14:7; 1 Corinthians 8:9; 1 Corinthians 8:12; Galatians 5:13 My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent. She took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.—“Did not Achan the son of Zerah break faith in the matter of the devoted things, and wrath fell upon all the congregation of Israel? And he did not perish alone for his iniquity.” You shall not fall in with the many to do evil. “The gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many.” None of us lives to himself.—You were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.—Take care that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak…. Thus, sinning against your brothers and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. Genesis 3:6 (Listen) 6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise,1 she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate. Footnotes [1] 3:6 Or to give insight (ESV) Exodus 23:2 (Listen) 2 You shall not fall in with the many to do evil, nor shall you bear witness in a lawsuit, siding with the many, so as to pervert justice, (ESV) Joshua 22:20 (Listen) 20 Did not Achan the son of Zerah break faith in the matter of the devoted things, and wrath fell upon all the congregation of Israel? And he did not perish alone for his iniquity.'” (ESV) Proverbs 1:10 (Listen) 10   My son, if sinners entice you,    do not consent. (ESV) Isaiah 53:6 (Listen) 6   All we like sheep have gone astray;    we have turned—every one—to his own way;  and the LORD has laid on him    the iniquity of us all. (ESV) Matthew 7:13 (Listen) 13 “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy1 that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. Footnotes [1] 7:13 Some manuscripts For the way is wide and easy (ESV) Romans 14:7 (Listen) 7 For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. (ESV) 1 Corinthians 8:9 (Listen) 9 But take care that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak. (ESV) 1 Corinthians 8:12 (Listen) 12 Thus, sinning against your brothers1 and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ. Footnotes [1] 8:12 Or brothers and sisters (ESV) Galatians 5:13 (Listen) 13 For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. (ESV)

Morning: Psalm 37:23; Psalm 147:11; Proverbs 8:31; Isaiah 43:1; Isaiah 49:15–16; Isaiah 62:4; Malachi 3:17; Colossians 1:21–22 The Lord delights in you. “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.”—“Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you. Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.” The steps of a man are established by the Lord, when he delights in his way.—Delighting in the children of man.—The Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.—“They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, in the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.” You, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him. Psalm 37:23 (Listen) 23   The steps of a man are established by the LORD,    when he delights in his way; (ESV) Psalm 147:11 (Listen) 11   but the LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him,    in those who hope in his steadfast love. (ESV) Proverbs 8:31 (Listen) 31   rejoicing in his inhabited world    and delighting in the children of man. (ESV) Isaiah 43:1 (Listen) Israel's Only Savior 43   But now thus says the LORD,  he who created you, O Jacob,    he who formed you, O Israel:  “Fear not, for I have redeemed you;    I have called you by name, you are mine. (ESV) Isaiah 49:15–16 (Listen) 15   “Can a woman forget her nursing child,    that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb?  Even these may forget,    yet I will not forget you.16   Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands;    your walls are continually before me. (ESV) Isaiah 62:4 (Listen) 4   You shall no more be termed Forsaken,1    and your land shall no more be termed Desolate,2  but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her,3    and your land Married;4  for the LORD delights in you,    and your land shall be married. Footnotes [1] 62:4 Hebrew Azubah [2] 62:4 Hebrew Shemamah [3] 62:4 Hebrew Hephzibah [4] 62:4 Hebrew Beulah (ESV) Malachi 3:17 (Listen) 17 “They shall be mine, says the LORD of hosts, in the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him. (ESV) Colossians 1:21–22 (Listen) 21 And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, 22 he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, (ESV) Evening: 2 Samuel 17:23; Psalm 147:3; Proverbs 18:14; Isaiah 61:1–3; Jeremiah 8:22; Matthew 11:28–30; Acts 8:35; 2 Corinthians 7:10 Worldly grief produces death. When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went off home to his own city. He set his house in order and hanged himself, and he died.—A crushed spirit who can bear? Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?—The Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,… to comfort all who mourn; to grant to those who mourn in Zion—to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit.—“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” Philip… told him the good news about Jesus.—He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. 2 Samuel 17:23 (Listen) 23 When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went off home to his own city. He set his house in order and hanged himself, and he died and was buried in the tomb of his father. (ESV) Psalm 147:3 (Listen) 3   He heals the brokenhearted    and binds up their wounds. (ESV) Proverbs 18:14 (Listen) 14   A man's spirit will endure sickness,    but a crushed spirit who can bear? (ESV) Isaiah 61:1–3 (Listen) The Year of the Lord's Favor 61   The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me,    because the LORD has anointed me  to bring good news to the poor;1    he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,  to proclaim liberty to the captives,    and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;22   to proclaim the year of the LORD's favor,    and the day of vengeance of our God;    to comfort all who mourn;3   to grant to those who mourn in Zion—    to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes,  the oil of gladness instead of mourning,    the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit;  that they may be called oaks of righteousness,    the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified.3 Footnotes [1] 61:1 Or afflicted [2] 61:1 Or the opening [of the eyes] to those who are blind; Septuagint and recovery of sight to the blind [3] 61:3 Or that he may display his beauty (ESV) Jeremiah 8:22 (Listen) 22   Is there no balm in Gilead?    Is there no physician there?  Why then has the health of the daughter of my people    not been restored? (ESV) Matthew 11:28–30 (Listen) 28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” (ESV) Acts 8:35 (Listen) 35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this Scripture he told him the good news about Jesus. (ESV) 2 Corinthians 7:10 (Listen) 10 For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death. (ESV)

Morning: Psalm 119:32; Isaiah 26:13; Matthew 6:24; Matthew 11:29–30; John 12:26; Romans 6:18; Romans 6:20–22; Romans 10:4 Having been set free from sin, [you] have become slaves of righteousness. “You cannot serve God and money.”—When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The end of those things is death. But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life.—Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. “If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.”—“Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” “O Lord our God, other lords besides you have ruled over us, but your name alone we bring to remembrance.”—I will run in the way of your commandments when you enlarge my heart! Psalm 119:32 (Listen) 32   I will run in the way of your commandments    when you enlarge my heart!1 Footnotes [1] 119:32 Or for you set my heart free (ESV) Isaiah 26:13 (Listen) 13   O LORD our God,    other lords besides you have ruled over us,    but your name alone we bring to remembrance. (ESV) Matthew 6:24 (Listen) 24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.1 Footnotes [1] 6:24 Greek mammon, a Semitic word for money or possessions (ESV) Matthew 11:29–30 (Listen) 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” (ESV) John 12:26 (Listen) 26 If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him. (ESV) Romans 6:18 (Listen) 18 and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. (ESV) Romans 6:20–22 (Listen) 20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 21 But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. 22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life. (ESV) Romans 10:4 (Listen) 4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.1 Footnotes [1] 10:4 Or end of the law, that everyone who believes may be justified (ESV) Evening: 2 Kings 21:1–3; 2 Kings 21:5–6; 2 Chronicles 33:12–13; Isaiah 1:18; Acts 2:21; 2 Peter 3:9 “Everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Manasseh… did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to the despicable practices of the nations…. He erected altars for Baal…. And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord. And he burned his son as an offering and used fortune-telling and omens and dealt with mediums and with wizards. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.—And when he was in distress, he entreated the favor of the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers. He prayed to him, and God was moved by his entreaty and heard his plea. “Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.”—The Lord is… patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish. 2 Kings 21:1–3 (Listen) Manasseh Reigns in Judah 21 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hephzibah. 2 And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to the despicable practices of the nations whom the LORD drove out before the people of Israel. 3 For he rebuilt the high places that Hezekiah his father had destroyed, and he erected altars for Baal and made an Asherah, as Ahab king of Israel had done, and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them. (ESV) 2 Kings 21:5–6 (Listen) 5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. 6 And he burned his son as an offering1 and used fortune-telling and omens and dealt with mediums and with necromancers. He did much evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking him to anger. Footnotes [1] 21:6 Hebrew made his son pass through the fire (ESV) 2 Chronicles 33:12–13 (Listen) 12 And when he was in distress, he entreated the favor of the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers. 13 He prayed to him, and God was moved by his entreaty and heard his plea and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD was God. (ESV) Isaiah 1:18 (Listen) 18   “Come now, let us reason1 together, says the LORD:  though your sins are like scarlet,    they shall be as white as snow;  though they are red like crimson,    they shall become like wool. Footnotes [1] 1:18 Or dispute (ESV) Acts 2:21 (Listen) 21   And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.' (ESV) 2 Peter 3:9 (Listen) 9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you,1 not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. Footnotes [1] 3:9 Some manuscripts on your account (ESV)

Morning: Matthew 7:21; Luke 8:21; Luke 11:28; John 4:34; John 15:14; Galatians 5:6; Hebrews 2:11–12; 1 John 1:6; 1 John 2:5 “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.” He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one origin. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers, saying, “I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise.”—In Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.—“You are my friends if you do what I command you.”—“Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!” “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.”—“My food is to do the will of him who sent me.” If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.—Whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may be sure that we are in him. Matthew 7:21 (Listen) I Never Knew You 21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. (ESV) Luke 8:21 (Listen) 21 But he answered them, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.” (ESV) Luke 11:28 (Listen) 28 But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!” (ESV) John 4:34 (Listen) 34 Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work. (ESV) John 15:14 (Listen) 14 You are my friends if you do what I command you. (ESV) Galatians 5:6 (Listen) 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love. (ESV) Hebrews 2:11–12 (Listen) 11 For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source.1 That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers,2 12 saying,   “I will tell of your name to my brothers;    in the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise.” Footnotes [1] 2:11 Greek all are of one [2] 2:11 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters (ESV) 1 John 1:6 (Listen) 6 If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. (ESV) 1 John 2:5 (Listen) 5 but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him: (ESV) Evening: 1 Kings 19:9; Job 23:10; Psalm 37:24; Psalm 103:13; Psalm 139:1–3; Psalm 139:7; Psalm 139:9–10; Proverbs 24:16; Proverbs 29:25; Matthew 26:41; Galatians 6:9; James 5:17 “What are you doing here, Elijah?” “He knows the way that I take.”—O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways…. Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence?… If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me. Elijah was a man with a nature like ours.—The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.—Though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the Lord upholds his hand.—The righteous falls seven times and rises again.—Let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.—“The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”—As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him. 1 Kings 19:9 (Listen) The Lord Speaks to Elijah 9 There he came to a cave and lodged in it. And behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” (ESV) Job 23:10 (Listen) 10   But he knows the way that I take;    when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold. (ESV) Psalm 37:24 (Listen) 24   though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong,    for the LORD upholds his hand. (ESV) Psalm 103:13 (Listen) 13   As a father shows compassion to his children,    so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him. (ESV) Psalm 139:1–3 (Listen) Search Me, O God, and Know My Heart To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. 139   O LORD, you have searched me and known me!2   You know when I sit down and when I rise up;    you discern my thoughts from afar.3   You search out my path and my lying down    and are acquainted with all my ways. (ESV) Psalm 139:7 (Listen) 7   Where shall I go from your Spirit?    Or where shall I flee from your presence? (ESV) Psalm 139:9–10 (Listen) 9   If I take the wings of the morning    and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,10   even there your hand shall lead me,    and your right hand shall hold me. (ESV) Proverbs 24:16 (Listen) 16   for the righteous falls seven times and rises again,    but the wicked stumble in times of calamity. (ESV) Proverbs 29:25 (Listen) 25   The fear of man lays a snare,    but whoever trusts in the LORD is safe. (ESV) Matthew 26:41 (Listen) 41 Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” (ESV) Galatians 6:9 (Listen) 9 And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. (ESV) James 5:17 (Listen) 17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. (ESV)

Morning: Exodus 14:13–14; Psalm 46:1–2; Psalm 90:1; Psalm 91:1; Psalm 91:4; Proverbs 1:33; Zechariah 2:8; Matthew 14:27; Luke 24:38–39; Colossians 3:3; 2 Timothy 1:12 “Whoever listens to me will dwell secure and will be at ease, without dread of disaster.” Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations.—He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.—His faithfulness is a shield and buckler. Your life is hidden with Christ in God.—He who touches you touches the apple of his eye.—“Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the Lord…. The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.”—God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear. Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid.”—“Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me, and see. For a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.”—I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me. Exodus 14:13–14 (Listen) 13 And Moses said to the people, “Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will work for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again. 14 The LORD will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.” (ESV) Psalm 46:1–2 (Listen) God Is Our Fortress To the choirmaster. Of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth.1 A Song. 46   God is our refuge and strength,    a very present2 help in trouble.2   Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way,    though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, Footnotes [1] 46:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term [2] 46:1 Or well proved (ESV) Psalm 90:1 (Listen) Book Four From Everlasting to Everlasting A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. 90   Lord, you have been our dwelling place1    in all generations. Footnotes [1] 90:1 Some Hebrew manuscripts (compare Septuagint) our refuge (ESV) Psalm 91:1 (Listen) My Refuge and My Fortress 91   He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High    will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. (ESV) Psalm 91:4 (Listen) 4   He will cover you with his pinions,    and under his wings you will find refuge;    his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. (ESV) Proverbs 1:33 (Listen) 33   but whoever listens to me will dwell secure    and will be at ease, without dread of disaster.” (ESV) Zechariah 2:8 (Listen) 8 For thus said the LORD of hosts, after his glory sent me1 to the nations who plundered you, for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye: Footnotes [1] 2:8 Or he sent me after glory (ESV) Matthew 14:27 (Listen) 27 But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid.” (ESV) Luke 24:38–39 (Listen) 38 And he said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? 39 See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me, and see. For a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.” (ESV) Colossians 3:3 (Listen) 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. (ESV) 2 Timothy 1:12 (Listen) 12 which is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that day what has been entrusted to me.1 Footnotes [1] 1:12 Or what I have entrusted to him; Greek my deposit (ESV) Evening: Matthew 26:64; John 18:36; 1 Corinthians 15:25; 1 Corinthians 15:57; Ephesians 1:20–23; 1 Timothy 6:15; Hebrews 10:12–13 “My kingdom is not of this world.” But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet.—“From now on you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.”—He must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. Thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.—He raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.—which he will display at the proper time—he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords. Matthew 26:64 (Listen) 64 Jesus said to him, “You have said so. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.” (ESV) John 18:36 (Listen) 36 Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.” (ESV) 1 Corinthians 15:25 (Listen) 25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. (ESV) 1 Corinthians 15:57 (Listen) 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (ESV) Ephesians 1:20–23 (Listen) 20 that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. 22 And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all. (ESV) 1 Timothy 6:15 (Listen) 15 which he will display at the proper time—he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, (ESV) Hebrews 10:12–13 (Listen) 12 But when Christ1 had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, 13 waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet. Footnotes [1] 10:12 Greek this one (ESV)

Morning: Matthew 26:39; John 4:24; John 16:13; Romans 8:26–27; Ephesians 2:18; Ephesians 6:18; 1 John 5:14; Jude 20 Pray in the Holy Spirit. “God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”—We… have access in one Spirit to the Father. “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.” The Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.—This is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.—“When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth.” Praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication. Matthew 26:39 (Listen) 39 And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.” (ESV) John 4:24 (Listen) 24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” (ESV) John 16:13 (Listen) 13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. (ESV) Romans 8:26–27 (Listen) 26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. 27 And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because1 the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. Footnotes [1] 8:27 Or that (ESV) Ephesians 2:18 (Listen) 18 For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. (ESV) Ephesians 6:18 (Listen) 18 praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, (ESV) 1 John 5:14 (Listen) 14 And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. (ESV) Jude 20 (Listen) 20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, (ESV) Evening: Ezra 9:13; Job 14:7; Psalm 23:3; Psalm 119:67; Isaiah 42:3; Micah 7:8–9; 2 Corinthians 7:10; Hebrews 12:11 “There is hope for a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease.” A bruised reed he will not break.—He restores my soul. Godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.—For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep your word.—“After all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great guilt, seeing that you, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserved and have given us such a remnant as this.” Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me…. He will bring me out to the light; I shall look upon his vindication. Ezra 9:13 (Listen) 13 And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great guilt, seeing that you, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserved and have given us such a remnant as this, (ESV) Job 14:7 (Listen) 7   “For there is hope for a tree,    if it be cut down, that it will sprout again,    and that its shoots will not cease. (ESV) Psalm 23:3 (Listen) 3     He restores my soul.  He leads me in paths of righteousness1    for his name's sake. Footnotes [1] 23:3 Or in right paths (ESV) Psalm 119:67 (Listen) 67   Before I was afflicted I went astray,    but now I keep your word. (ESV) Isaiah 42:3 (Listen) 3   a bruised reed he will not break,    and a faintly burning wick he will not quench;    he will faithfully bring forth justice. (ESV) Micah 7:8–9 (Listen) 8   Rejoice not over me, O my enemy;    when I fall, I shall rise;  when I sit in darkness,    the LORD will be a light to me.9   I will bear the indignation of the LORD    because I have sinned against him,  until he pleads my cause    and executes judgment for me.  He will bring me out to the light;    I shall look upon his vindication. (ESV) 2 Corinthians 7:10 (Listen) 10 For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death. (ESV) Hebrews 12:11 (Listen) 11 For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. (ESV)

Morning: Exodus 22:27; Leviticus 26:44; Isaiah 1:18; Isaiah 42:3; Isaiah 55:7; Ezekiel 16:60; Luke 23:42–43; John 6:37 “Whoever comes to me I will never cast out.” “If he cries to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.”—“I will not spurn them, neither will I abhor them so as to destroy them utterly and break my covenant with them, for I am the Lord their God.”—“I will remember my covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish for you an everlasting covenant.” “Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.”—“Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.”—“Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.” A bruised reed he will not break, and a faintly burning wick he will not quench. Exodus 22:27 (Listen) 27 for that is his only covering, and it is his cloak for his body; in what else shall he sleep? And if he cries to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate. (ESV) Leviticus 26:44 (Listen) 44 Yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not spurn them, neither will I abhor them so as to destroy them utterly and break my covenant with them, for I am the LORD their God. (ESV) Isaiah 1:18 (Listen) 18   “Come now, let us reason1 together, says the LORD:  though your sins are like scarlet,    they shall be as white as snow;  though they are red like crimson,    they shall become like wool. Footnotes [1] 1:18 Or dispute (ESV) Isaiah 42:3 (Listen) 3   a bruised reed he will not break,    and a faintly burning wick he will not quench;    he will faithfully bring forth justice. (ESV) Isaiah 55:7 (Listen) 7   let the wicked forsake his way,    and the unrighteous man his thoughts;  let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him,    and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. (ESV) Ezekiel 16:60 (Listen) 60 yet I will remember my covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish for you an everlasting covenant. (ESV) Luke 23:42–43 (Listen) 42 And he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” 43 And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.” (ESV) John 6:37 (Listen) 37 All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. (ESV) Evening: Isaiah 42:1; Matthew 3:17; John 1:18; John 17:22–23; Colossians 1:13; 1 John 3:1; 1 John 4:9–10; 1 John 4:16 His beloved Son. Behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”—Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights.—The only God, who is at the Father's side. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins…. So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love. “The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me.”—See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. Isaiah 42:1 (Listen) The Lord's Chosen Servant 42   Behold my servant, whom I uphold,    my chosen, in whom my soul delights;  I have put my Spirit upon him;    he will bring forth justice to the nations. (ESV) Matthew 3:17 (Listen) 17 and behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son,1 with whom I am well pleased.” Footnotes [1] 3:17 Or my Son, my (or the) Beloved (ESV) John 1:18 (Listen) 18 No one has ever seen God; the only God,1 who is at the Father's side,2 he has made him known. Footnotes [1] 1:18 Or the only One, who is God; some manuscripts the only Son [2] 1:18 Greek in the bosom of the Father (ESV) John 17:22–23 (Listen) 22 The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, 23 I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me. (ESV) Colossians 1:13 (Listen) 13 He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, (ESV) 1 John 3:1 (Listen) 3 See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. (ESV) 1 John 4:9–10 (Listen) 9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. (ESV) 1 John 4:16 (Listen) 16 So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. (ESV)

Morning: Psalm 23:4; Psalm 27:1; Psalm 56:3–4; Isaiah 42:16; Isaiah 43:2–3; Micah 7:8 When I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me. “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.”—I will lead the blind in a way that they do not know, in paths that they have not known I will guide them. I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground. These are the things I do, and I do not forsake them. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.—When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?—The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? Psalm 23:4 (Listen) 4   Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,1    I will fear no evil,  for you are with me;    your rod and your staff,    they comfort me. Footnotes [1] 23:4 Or the valley of deep darkness (ESV) Psalm 27:1 (Listen) The Lord Is My Light and My Salvation Of David. 27   The LORD is my light and my salvation;    whom shall I fear?  The LORD is the stronghold1 of my life;    of whom shall I be afraid? Footnotes [1] 27:1 Or refuge (ESV) Psalm 56:3–4 (Listen) 3   When I am afraid,    I put my trust in you.4   In God, whose word I praise,    in God I trust; I shall not be afraid.    What can flesh do to me? (ESV) Isaiah 42:16 (Listen) 16   And I will lead the blind    in a way that they do not know,  in paths that they have not known    I will guide them.  I will turn the darkness before them into light,    the rough places into level ground.  These are the things I do,    and I do not forsake them. (ESV) Isaiah 43:2–3 (Listen) 2   When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;    and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;  when you walk through fire you shall not be burned,    and the flame shall not consume you.3   For I am the LORD your God,    the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.  I give Egypt as your ransom,    Cush and Seba in exchange for you. (ESV) Micah 7:8 (Listen) 8   Rejoice not over me, O my enemy;    when I fall, I shall rise;  when I sit in darkness,    the LORD will be a light to me. (ESV) Evening: Deuteronomy 6:4; Psalm 106:6–7; Psalm 106:23; Galatians 3:20; 1 Timothy 2:5; Hebrews 3:1–2; Hebrews 8:6; Hebrews 8:12 One God, and… one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.”—An intermediary implies more than one, but God is one. We and our fathers have sinned; we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedness. Our fathers, when they were in Egypt,… they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love…. Therefore he said he would destroy them—had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him, to turn away his wrath from destroying them. Therefore, holy brothers, you who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession, who was faithful to him who appointed him, just as Moses also was faithful in all God's house. The covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises…. “I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.” Deuteronomy 6:4 (Listen) 4 “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.1 Footnotes [1] 6:4 Or The Lord our God is one Lord; or The Lord is our God, the Lord is one; or The Lord is our God, the Lord alone (ESV) Psalm 106:6–7 (Listen) 6   Both we and our fathers have sinned;    we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedness.7   Our fathers, when they were in Egypt,    did not consider your wondrous works;  they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love,    but rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea. (ESV) Psalm 106:23 (Listen) 23   Therefore he said he would destroy them—    had not Moses, his chosen one,  stood in the breach before him,    to turn away his wrath from destroying them. (ESV) Galatians 3:20 (Listen) 20 Now an intermediary implies more than one, but God is one. (ESV) 1 Timothy 2:5 (Listen) 5 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man1 Christ Jesus, Footnotes [1] 2:5 men and man render the same Greek word that is translated people in verses 1 and 4 (ESV) Hebrews 3:1–2 (Listen) Jesus Greater Than Moses 3 Therefore, holy brothers,1 you who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession, 2 who was faithful to him who appointed him, just as Moses also was faithful in all God's2 house. Footnotes [1] 3:1 Or brothers and sisters; also verse 12 [2] 3:2 Greek his; also verses 5, 6 (ESV) Hebrews 8:6 (Listen) 6 But as it is, Christ1 has obtained a ministry that is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises. Footnotes [1] 8:6 Greek he (ESV) Hebrews 8:12 (Listen) 12   For I will be merciful toward their iniquities,    and I will remember their sins no more.” (ESV)