Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
SEPTEMBER
1
PSALMS: 1,
31, 61, 91, 121
PROVERBS: 1
OLD
TESTAMENT: EZEKIEL 42:1 - 43:27
NEW
TESTAMENT: JAMES 5:1 - 20
PSALMS:
1
1
Blessed
is the man
who
does not walk in the counsel of the wicked
or
stand in the way of sinners
or
sit in the seat of mockers.
2
But
his delight is in the law of the LORD,
and
on his law he meditates day and night.
3
He
is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which
yields its fruit in season
and
whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever
he does prospers.
4
Not
so the wicked!
They
are like chaff
that
the wind blows away.
5
Therefore
the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor
sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
6
For
the LORD watches over the way of the righteous,
but
the way of the wicked will perish. [1]
PSALMS: 31
For
the director of music. A psalm of David.
1
In
you, O LORD, I have taken refuge;
let
me never be put to shame;
deliver
me in your righteousness.
2
Turn
your ear to me,
come
quickly to my rescue;
be
my rock of refuge,
a
strong fortress to save me.
3
Since
you are my rock and my fortress,
for
the sake of your name lead and guide me.
4
Free
me from the trap that is set for me,
for
you are my refuge.
5
Into
your hands I commit my spirit;
redeem
me, O LORD, the God of truth.
6
I
hate those who cling to worthless idols;
I
trust in the LORD.
7
I
will be glad and rejoice in your love,
for
you saw my affliction
and
knew the anguish of my soul.
8
You
have not handed me over to the enemy
but
have set my feet in a spacious place.
9
Be
merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress;
my
eyes grow weak with sorrow,
my
soul and my body with grief.
10
My
life is consumed by anguish
and
my years by groaning;
my
strength fails because of my affliction, A
and
my bones grow weak. [2]
11
Because
of all my enemies,
I
am the utter contempt of my neighbors;
I
am a dread to my friends--
those
who see me on the street flee from me.
12
I
am forgotten by them as though I were dead;
I
have become like broken pottery.
13
For
I hear the slander of many;
there
is terror on every side;
they
conspire against me
and
plot to take my life.
14
But
I trust in you, O LORD;
I
say, "You are my God."
15
My
times are in your hands;
deliver
me from my enemies
and
from those who pursue me.
16
Let
your face shine on your servant;
save
me in your unfailing love.
17
Let
me not be put to shame, O LORD,
for
I have cried out to you;
but
let the wicked be put to shame
and
lie silent in the grave. B
18
Let
their lying lips be silenced,
for
with pride and contempt
they
speak arrogantly against the righteous.
19
How
great is your goodness,
which
you have stored up for those who fear you,
which
you bestow in the sight of men
on
those who take refuge in you.
20
In
the shelter of your presence you hide them
from
the intrigues of men;
in
your dwelling you keep them safe [3]
from
accusing tongues.
21
Praise
be to the LORD,
for
he showed his wonderful love to me
when
I was in a besieged city.
22
In
my alarm I said,
"I
am cut off from your sight!"
Yet
you heard my cry for mercy
when
I called to you for help.
23
Love
the LORD, all his saints!
The
LORD preserves the faithful,
but
the proud he pays back in full.
24
Be
strong and take heart,
all
you who hope in the LORD. [4]
PSALMS: 61
For
the director of music. With stringed instruments. Of
David.
1
Hear
my cry, O God;
listen
to my prayer.
2
From
the ends of the earth I call to you,
I
call as my heart grows faint;
lead
me to the rock that is higher than I.
3
For
you have been my refuge,
a
strong tower against the foe.
4
I
long to dwell in your tent forever
and
take refuge in the shelter of your wings.
Selah
5
For
you have heard my vows, O God;
you
have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.
6
Increase
the days of the king's life,
his
years for many generations.
7
May
he be enthroned in God's presence forever;
appoint
your love and faithfulness to protect him.
8
Then
will I ever sing praise to your name
and
fulfill my vows day after day. [5]
PSALMS: 91
1
He
who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will
rest in the shadow of the Almighty. A
2
I
will say B of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my
fortress,
my
God, in whom I trust."
3
Surely
he will save you from the fowler's snare
and
from the deadly pestilence.
4
He
will cover you with his feathers,
and
under his wings you will find refuge;
his
faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
5
You
will not fear the terror of night,
nor
the arrow that flies by day,
6
nor
the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
nor
the plague that destroys at midday.
7
A
thousand may fall at your side,
ten
thousand at your right hand,
but
it will not come near you.
8
You
will only observe with your eyes
and
see the punishment of the wicked.
9
If
you make the Most High your dwelling--
even
the LORD, who is my refuge--
10
then
no harm will befall you,
no
disaster will come near your tent.
11
For
he will command his angels concerning you
to
guard you in all your ways;
12
they
will lift you up in their hands,
so
that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
13
You
will tread upon the lion and the cobra;
you
will trample the great lion and the serpent. [6]
14
"Because he loves me," says the LORD, "I will rescue him;
I
will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
15 He
will call upon me, and I will answer him;
I
will be with him in trouble,
I
will deliver him and honor him.
16
With long life will I satisfy him
and
show him my salvation."
[7]
PSALMS: 121
A
song of ascents.
1
I
lift up my eyes to the hills--
where
does my help come from?
2
My
help comes from the LORD,
the
Maker of heaven and earth.
3
He
will not let your foot slip--
he
who watches over you will not slumber;
4
indeed,
he who watches over Israel
will
neither slumber nor sleep.
5
The
LORD watches over you--
the
LORD is your shade at your right hand;
6
the
sun will not harm you by day,
nor
the moon by night.
7
The
LORD will keep you from all harm--
he
will watch over your life;
8
the
LORD will watch over your coming and going
both
now and forevermore. [8]
PROVERBS: 1
1
1
The
proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:
2
for
attaining wisdom and discipline;
for
understanding words of insight;
3
for
acquiring a disciplined and prudent life,
doing
what is right and just and fair;
4
for
giving prudence to the simple,
knowledge
and discretion to the young--
5
let
the wise listen and add to their learning,
and
let the discerning get guidance--
6
for
understanding proverbs and parables,
the
sayings and riddles of the wise.
7
The
fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge,
but
foolsA despise wisdom and discipline.
8
Listen,
my son, to your father's instruction
and
do not forsake your mother's teaching.
9
They
will be a garland to grace your head
and
a chain to adorn your neck.
10
My
son, if sinners entice you,
do
not give in to them.
11
If
they say, "Come along with us;
let's
lie in wait for someone's blood,
let's
waylay some harmless soul;
12
let's
swallow them alive, like the grave, B [9]
and
whole, like those who go down to the pit;
13
we
will get all sorts of valuable things
and
fill our houses with plunder;
14
throw
in your lot with us,
and
we will share a common purse"--
15
my
son, do not go along with them,
do
not set foot on their paths;
16
for
their feet rush into sin,
they
are swift to shed blood.
17
How
useless to spread a net
in
full view of all the birds!
18
These
men lie in wait for their own blood;
they
waylay only themselves!
19
Such
is the end of all who go after ill-gotten gain;
it
takes away the lives of those who get it.
20
Wisdom
calls aloud in the street,
she
raises her voice in the public squares;
21
at
the head of the noisy streets C she cries out,
in
the gateways of the city she makes her speech:
22
"How
long will you simple ones D love your simple
ways?
How
long will mockers delight in mockery
and
fools hate knowledge?
23
If
you had responded to my rebuke,
I
would have poured out my heart to you
and
made my thoughts known to you.
24
But
since you rejected me when I called
and
no one gave heed when I stretched out my hand,
2
5since
you ignored all my advice
and
would not accept my rebuke,
26
I
in turn will laugh at your disaster; [10]
I
will mock when calamity overtakes you--
27
when
calamity overtakes you like a storm,
when
disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind,
when
distress and trouble overwhelm you.
28
"Then they will call to me but I will not
answer;
they
will look for me but will not find me.
29
Since they hated knowledge
and
did not choose to fear the LORD,
30
since they would not accept my advice
and
spurned my rebuke,
31
they will eat the fruit of their ways
and
be filled with the fruit of their schemes.
32
For the waywardness of the simple will kill them,
and
the complacency of fools will destroy them;
33
but whoever listens to me will live in safety
and
be at ease, without fear of harm."
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OLD
TESTAMENT: EZEKIEL 42:1 - 43:27
42
1
Then
the man led me northward into the outer court and brought me to the rooms
opposite the temple courtyard and opposite the outer wall on the north side.
2 The building whose door faced north was a hundred cubits A long and fifty cubits wide.
3
Both
in the section twenty cubits from the inner court and in the section opposite
the pavement of the outer court, gallery faced gallery at the three levels.
4 In front of the rooms was an inner passageway ten cubits wide and a
hundred cubits B long. Their doors were on the north. 5
Now the upper rooms were narrower, for the galleries took more space from
them than from the rooms on the lower and middle floors of the building. 6
The rooms on the third floor had no pillars, as the courts had; so they
were smaller in floor space than those on the lower and middle floors. 7
There was an outer wall parallel to the rooms and the outer court; it
extended in front of the rooms for fifty cubits. 8 While the row of
rooms on the side next to the outer court was fifty cubits long, the row on the
side nearest the sanctuary was a hundred cubits long. 9 The lower
rooms had an entrance on the east side as one enters them from the outer court.
10
On
the south side C along the length of the wall of the outer court,
adjoining the temple courtyard and opposite the outer wall, were rooms 11
with a passageway in front of them. These were like the rooms on the
north; they had the same length and width, with similar exits and dimensions.
Similar to the doorways on the north 12 were the doorways of the
rooms on the south. There was a doorway at the beginning of the passageway that
was parallel to the corresponding wall extending eastward, by which one enters
the rooms.
13
Then
he said to me, "The north and south rooms facing
the temple courtyard are the priests' rooms, where the priests who approach the
LORD will eat the most holy offerings. There they will put the most holy
offerings--the grain offerings, the sin offerings and the guilt offerings--for
the place is holy. 14 Once the
priests enter the holy precincts, they are not to go into the outer court until
they leave behind the garments in which they minister, for these are holy. They
are to put on other clothes before they go near the places that are for the
people."
15
When
he had finished measuring what was inside the temple area, he led me out by the
east gate and measured the area all around: 16 He measured the east
side with the measuring rod; it was five hundred cubits. D 17
He measured the north side; it was five hundred cubits E by the
measuring rod. 18 He measured the south side; it was five hundred
cubits by the measuring rod. 19 Then he turned to the west side and
measured; it was five hundred cubits by the measuring rod. 20 So he
measured the area on all four sides. It had a wall around it, five hundred
cubits long and five hundred cubits wide, to separate the holy from the
common.
43
1
Then
the man brought me to the gate facing east, 2 and I saw the glory of
the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the roar [12]
of rushing waters, and the land was radiant with his glory. 3 The
vision I saw was like the vision I had seen when heA came to destroy
the city and like the visions I had seen by the Kebar River, and I fell
facedown. 4 The glory of the LORD entered the temple through the gate
facing east.
5
Then
the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court, and the glory of
the LORD filled the temple.
6
While
the man was standing beside me, I heard someone speaking to me from inside the
temple. 7 He said: "Son of man, this is
the place of my throne and the place for the soles of my feet. This is where I
will live among the Israelites forever. The house of Israel will never again
defile my holy name--neither they nor their kings--by their prostitution
B and the lifeless idols
C of their kings at their high places. 8
When they placed their threshold next to my
threshold and their doorposts beside my doorposts, with only a wall between me
and them, they defiled my holy name by their detestable practices. So I
destroyed them in my anger. 9 Now
let them put away from me their prostitution and the lifeless idols of their
kings, and I will live among them forever.
10
"Son of man, describe the temple to the people of Israel,
that they may be ashamed of their sins. Let them consider the plan,
11 and if they are ashamed of all they
have done, make known to them the design of the temple--its arrangement, its
exits and entrances--its whole design and all its regulations
D and laws. Write these down before them
so that they may be faithful to its design and follow all its
regulations.
12
"This is the law of the temple: All the surrounding area
on top of the mountain will be most holy. Such is the law of the temple.
13
"These are the measurements of the altar in long cubits, that
cubit being a cubit E and a
handbreadth F: Its gutter is a cubit
deep and a cubit wide, with a rim of one span G around the edge. And this is the height of the altar:
14 From
the gutter on the ground up to the lower ledge it is two cubits high and a cubit
wide, and from the smaller ledge up to the larger ledge it is four cubits high
and a cubit wide. 15 The altar hearth is four cubits high, and four horns project
upward from the hearth. 16
The altar hearth is square, twelve cubits
long and twelve cubits wide. 17
The upper ledge also is square, fourteen
cubits long and fourteen cubits wide, with a rim of half a cubit and a gutter of
a cubit all around. The steps of the altar face east."
18
Then
he said to me, "Son of man, this is what the Sovereign
LORD says: These will be the regulations for sacrificing burnt offerings and
sprinkling blood upon the altar when it is built: 19 You are to give a
young bull as a sin offering to the priests, who are Levites, of the family of
Zadok, who come near to minister before me, declares the Sovereign LORD.
20 You are
to take some of its blood and put it on the four horns of the altar and on the
four corners of the upper ledge and all around the rim, and so purify the altar
and make atonement for it. 21
You are to take the bull for the sin
offering and burn it in the designated part of the temple area outside the
sanctuary.
22
"On the second day you are to offer a male goat without
defect for a sin offering, and the altar is to be purified as it was purified
with the bull. 23 When you have finished purifying it, you are to offer a
young bull and a ram from the flock, both without defect. 24 You are to offer
them [13] before the LORD, and the priests are to sprinkle salt on
them and sacrifice them as a burnt offering to the LORD.
25
"For seven days you are to provide a male goat daily for a
sin offering; you are also to provide a young bull and a ram from the flock,
both without defect. 26 For seven days they are to make atonement for the altar and
cleanse it; thus they will dedicate it. 27
At the end of these days, from the eighth
day on, the priests are to present your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings
H on the altar. Then I will accept
you, declares the Sovereign LORD." [14]
NEW
TESTAMENT: JAMES 5:1 - 20
5
1
Now
listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming upon
you. 2 Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes.
3 Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify
against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last
days. 4 Look! The wages you failed to pay the workmen who mowed your
fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the
ears of the Lord Almighty. 5 You have lived on earth in luxury and
self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter.
A 6 You have condemned and murdered innocent men, who were
not opposing you.
7
Be
patient, then, brothers, until the Lord's coming. See how the farmer waits for
the land to yield its valuable crop and how patient he is for the autumn and
spring rains.
8
You
too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord's coming is near. 9
Don't grumble against each other, brothers, or you will be judged. The
Judge is standing at the door!
10
Brothers,
as an example of patience in the face of suffering, take the prophets who spoke
in the name of the Lord. 11 As you know, we consider blessed those
who have persevered. You have heard of Job's perseverance and have seen what the
Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
12
Above
all, my brothers, do not swear--not by heaven or by earth or by anything else.
Let your "Yes" be yes, and your "No," no, or you will be condemned.
13
Is
any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs
of praise. 14 Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of
the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.
15 And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well;
the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. 16
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that
you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
17
Elijah
was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did
not rain on the land for three and a half years. 18 Again he prayed,
and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops.
19
My
brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring
him back, 20 remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of
his way will save him from death and cover over a multitude of sins .[15]
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John 3:16-21 16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, F that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.G 19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God." H
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