Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
MARCH
16
PSALMS:
16, 46, 76, 106, 136
PROVERBS:
16
OLD
TESTAMENT:
2 SAMUEL 23:24 - 24:25
NEW
TESTAMENT:
ACTS 3:1 - 26
PSALMS:
16
A
miktam
A
of David.
1
Keep
me safe, O God,
for
in you I take refuge.
2
I
said to the LORD, "You are my Lord;
apart
from you I have no good thing."
3
As
for the saints who are in the land,
they
are the glorious ones in whom is all my delight. B
4
The
sorrows of those will increase
who
run after other gods.
I
will not pour out their libations of blood
or
take up their names on my lips.
5
LORD,
you have assigned me my portion and my cup;
you
have made my lot secure.
6
The
boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
surely
I have a delightful inheritance.
7
I
will praise the LORD, who counsels me;
even
at night my heart instructs me.
8
I
have set the LORD always before me.
Because
he is at my right hand,
I
will not be shaken. 1
9
Therefore
my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
my
body also will rest secure,
10
because
you will not abandon me to the grave, C
nor
will you let your Holy One D
see decay.
11
You
have made E
known to me the path of life;
you
will fill me with joy in your presence,
with
eternal pleasures at your right hand. 2
PSALMS:
46
For
the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. According to alamoth.
A
A song.
1
God
is our refuge and strength,
an
ever-present help in trouble.
2
Therefore
we will not fear, though the earth give way
and
the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
3
though
its waters roar and foam
and
the mountains quake with their surging.
Selah
4
There
is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the
holy place where the Most High dwells.
5
God
is within her, she will not fall;
God
will help her at break of day.
6
Nations
are in uproar, kingdoms fall;
he
lifts his voice, the earth melts.
7
The
LORD Almighty is with us;
the
God of Jacob is our fortress.
Selah
8
Come
and see the works of the LORD,
the
desolations he has brought on the earth.
9
He
makes wars cease to the ends of the earth;
he
breaks the bow and shatters the spear,
he
burns the shields B
with fire.
10
"Be
still, and know that I am God;
I
will be exalted among the nations,
I
will be exalted in the earth."
11
The
LORD Almighty is with us;
the
God of Jacob is our fortress.
Selah
3
PSALMS:
76
For
the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm of Asaph. A
song.
1
In
Judah God is known;
his
name is great in Israel.
2
His
tent is in Salem,
his
dwelling place in Zion.
3
There
he broke the flashing arrows,
the
shields and the swords, the weapons of war.
Selah
4
You
are resplendent with light,
more
majestic than mountains rich with game.
5
Valiant
men lie plundered,
they
sleep their last sleep;
not
one of the warriors
can
lift his hands.
6
At
your rebuke, O God of Jacob,
both
horse and chariot lie still.
7
You
alone are to be feared.
Who
can stand before you when you are angry?
8
From
heaven you pronounced judgment,
and
the land feared and was quiet--
9
when
you, O God, rose up to judge,
to
save all the afflicted of the land.
Selah
10
Surely
your wrath against men brings you praise,
and
the survivors of your wrath are restrained. A
11
Make
vows to the LORD your God and fulfill them;
let
all the neighboring lands
bring
gifts to the One to be feared.
12
He
breaks the spirit of rulers; 4
he
is feared by the kings of the earth 5
PSALMS:
106
1
Praise
the LORD. A
Give
thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
his
love endures forever.
2
Who
can proclaim the mighty acts of the LORD
or
fully declare his praise?
3
Blessed
are they who maintain justice,
who
constantly do what is right.
4
Remember
me, O LORD, when you show favor to your people,
come
to my aid when you save them,
5
that
I may enjoy the prosperity of your chosen ones,
that
I may share in the joy of your nation
and
join your inheritance in giving praise.
6
We
have sinned, even as our fathers did;
we
have done wrong and acted wickedly.
7
When
our fathers were in Egypt,
they
gave no thought to your miracles;
they
did not remember your many kindnesses,
and
they rebelled by the sea, the Red Sea. B
8
Yet
he saved them for his name's sake,
to
make his mighty power known.
9
He
rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up;
he
led them through the depths as through a desert.
10
He
saved them from the hand of the foe;
from
the hand of the enemy he redeemed them.
11
The
waters covered their adversaries;
not
one of them survived.
12
Then
they believed his promises
and
sang his praise. 6
13
But
they soon forgot what he had done
and
did not wait for his counsel.
14
In
the desert they gave in to their craving;
in
the wasteland they put God to the test.
15
So
he gave them what they asked for,
but
sent a wasting disease upon them.
16
In
the camp they grew envious of Moses
and
of Aaron, who was consecrated to the LORD.
17
The
earth opened up and swallowed Dathan;
it
buried the company of Abiram.
18
Fire
blazed among their followers;
a
flame consumed the wicked.
19
At
Horeb they made a calf
and
worshiped an idol cast from metal.
20
They
exchanged their Glory
for
an image of a bull, which eats grass.
21
They
forgot the God who saved them,
who
had done great things in Egypt,
22
miracles
in the land of Ham
and
awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
23
So
he said he would destroy them--
had
not Moses, his chosen one,
stood
in the breach before him
to
keep his wrath from destroying them.
24
Then
they despised the pleasant land;
they
did not believe his promise.
25
They
grumbled in their tents
and
did not obey the LORD.
26
So
he swore to them with uplifted hand
that
he would make them fall in the desert,
27
make
their descendants fall among the nations 7
and
scatter them throughout the lands.
28
They
yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor
and
ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;
29
they
provoked the LORD to anger by their wicked deeds,
and
a plague broke out among them.
30
But
Phinehas stood up and intervened,
and
the plague was checked.
31
This
was credited to him as righteousness
for
endless generations to come.
32
By
the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD,
and
trouble came to Moses because of them;
33
for
they rebelled against the Spirit of God,
and
rash words came from Moses' lips. C
34
They
did not destroy the peoples
as
the LORD had commanded them,
35
but
they mingled with the nations
and
adopted their customs.
36
They
worshiped their idols,
which
became a snare to them.
37
They
sacrificed their sons
and
their daughters to demons.
38
They
shed innocent blood,
the
blood of their sons and daughters,
whom
they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
and
the land was desecrated by their blood.
39
They
defiled themselves by what they did;
by
their deeds they prostituted themselves.
40
Therefore
the LORD was angry with his people
and
abhorred his inheritance.
41
He
handed them over to the nations,
and
their foes ruled over them. 8
42
Their
enemies oppressed them
and
subjected them to their power.
43
Many
times he delivered them,
but
they were bent on rebellion
and
they wasted away in their sin.
44
But
he took note of their distress
when
he heard their cry;
45
for
their sake he remembered his covenant
and
out of his great love he relented.
46
He
caused them to be pitied
by
all who held them captive.
47
Save
us, O LORD our God,
and
gather us from the nations,
that
we may give thanks to your holy name
and
glory in your praise.
48
Praise
be to the LORD, the God of Israel,
from
everlasting to everlasting.
Let
all the people say, "Amen!"
Praise
the LORD. 9
PSALMS:
136
1
Give
thanks to the LORD, for he is good.
His
love endures forever.
2
Give
thanks to the God of gods.
His
love endures forever.
3
Give
thanks to the Lord of lords:
His
love endures forever.
4
to
him who alone does great wonders,
His
love endures forever.
5
who
by his understanding made the heavens,
His
love endures forever.
6
who
spread out the earth upon the waters,
His
love endures forever.
7
who
made the great lights--
His
love endures forever.
8
the
sun to govern the day,
His
love endures forever.
9
the
moon and stars to govern the night;
His
love endures forever.
10
to
him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt
His
love endures forever.
11
and
brought Israel out from among them
His
love endures forever.
12
with
a mighty hand and outstretched arm;
His
love endures forever.
13
to
him who divided the Red Sea A
asunder
His
love endures forever.
14
and
brought Israel through the midst of it,
His
love endures forever.
15
but
swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea;
His
love endures forever.
16
to
him who led his people through the desert,
His
love endures forever.
17
who
struck down great kings,
His
love endures forever.
18
and
killed mighty kings--
His
love endures forever.
19
Sihon
king of the Amorites
His
love endures forever.
20
and
Og king of Bashan--
His
love endures forever.
21
and
gave their land as an inheritance,
His
love endures forever.
22
an
inheritance to his servant Israel;
His
love endures forever.
23
to
the One who remembered us in our low estate
His
love endures forever.
24
and
freed us from our enemies,
His
love endures forever.
25
and
who gives food to every creature.
His
love endures forever.
26
Give
thanks to the God of heaven.
PROVERBS:
16
16
1
To man belong the plans of the heart,
but
from the LORD comes the reply of the tongue.
2
All
a man's ways seem innocent to him,
but
motives are weighed by the LORD.
3
Commit
to the LORD whatever you do,
and
your plans will succeed.
4
The
LORD works out everything for his own ends--
even
the wicked for a day of disaster.
5
The
LORD detests all the proud of heart.
Be
sure of this: They will not go unpunished.
6
Through
love and faithfulness sin is atoned for;
through
the fear of the LORD a man avoids evil.
7
When
a man's ways are pleasing to the LORD,
he
makes even his enemies live at peace with him.
8
Better
a little with righteousness
than
much gain with injustice.
9
In
his heart a man plans his course,
but
the LORD determines his steps.
10
The
lips of a king speak as an oracle,
and
his mouth should not betray justice.
11
Honest
scales and balances are from the LORD;
all
the weights in the bag are of his making. 12
12
Kings
detest wrongdoing,
for
a throne is established through righteousness.
13
Kings
take pleasure in honest lips;
they
value a man who speaks the truth.
14
A
king's wrath is a messenger of death,
but
a wise man will appease it.
15
When
a king's face brightens, it means life;
his
favor is like a rain cloud in spring.
16
How
much better to get wisdom than gold,
to
choose understanding rather than silver!
17
The
highway of the upright avoids evil;
he
who guards his way guards his life.
18
Pride
goes before destruction,
a
haughty spirit before a fall.
19
Better
to be lowly in spirit and among the oppressed
than
to share plunder with the proud.
20
Whoever
gives heed to instruction prospers,
and
blessed is he who trusts in the LORD.
21
The
wise in heart are called discerning,
and
pleasant words promote instruction. A
22
Understanding
is a fountain of life to those who have it,
but
folly brings punishment to fools. 13
23
A
wise man's heart guides his mouth,
and
his lips promote instruction. B
24
Pleasant
words are a honeycomb,
sweet
to the soul and healing to the bones.
25
There
is a way that seems right to a man,
but
in the end it leads to death.
26
The
laborer's appetite works for him;
his
hunger drives him on.
27
A
scoundrel plots evil,
and
his speech is like a scorching fire.
28
A
perverse man stirs up dissension,
and
a gossip separates close friends.
29
A
violent man entices his neighbor
and
leads him down a path that is not good.
30
He
who winks with his eye is plotting perversity;
he
who purses his lips is bent on evil.
31
Gray
hair is a crown of splendor;
it
is attained by a righteous life.
32
Better
a patient man than a warrior,
a
man who controls his temper than one who takes a city.
33
The
lot is cast into the lap,
but
its every decision is from the LORD. 14
OLD
TESTAMENT:
2 SAMUEL 23:24 - 24:25
24
Among
the Thirty were:
Asahel
the brother of Joab,
Elhanan
son of Dodo from Bethlehem,
25
Shammah
the Harodite,
Elika
the Harodite,
26
Helez
the Paltite,
Ira
son of Ikkesh from Tekoa,
27
Abiezer
from Anathoth,
Mebunnai
G
the Hushathite,
28
Zalmon
the Ahohite,
Maharai
the Netophathite,
29
Heled
H
son of Baanah the Netophathite,
Ithai
son of Ribai from Gibeah in Benjamin,
30
Benaiah
the Pirathonite,
Hiddai
I
from the ravines of Gaash,
31
Abi-Albon
the Arbathite,
Azmaveth
the Barhumite,
32
Eliahba
the Shaalbonite,
the
sons of Jashen,
Jonathan
33
son
of J
Shammah the Hararite,
Ahiam
son of Sharar K
the Hararite,
34
Eliphelet
son of Ahasbai the Maacathite,
Eliam
son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
35
Hezro
the Carmelite,
Paarai
the Arbite,
36
Igal
son of Nathan from Zobah,
37
Zelek
the Ammonite,
Naharai
the Beerothite, the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah,
38
Ira
the Ithrite,
Gareb
the Ithrite
39
and
Uriah the Hittite.
There
were thirty-seven in all.
24
1
Again
the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and he incited David
against them, saying, "Go
and take a census of Israel and Judah."
2
So
the king said to Joab and the army commanders A
with him, "Go throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to
Beersheba and enroll the fighting men, so that I may know how many
there are."
3
But
Joab replied to the king, "May the LORD your God multiply the
troops a hundred times over, and may the eyes of my lord the king see
it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?"
4
The
king's word, however, overruled Joab and the army commanders; so they
left the presence of the king to enroll the fighting men of Israel.
5
After
crossing the Jordan, they camped near Aroer, south of the town in the
gorge, and then went through Gad and on to Jazer. 6
They
went to Gilead and the region of Tahtim Hodshi, and on to Dan Jaan 16
and
around toward Sidon. 7
Then
they went toward the fortress of Tyre and all the towns of the
Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went on to Beersheba in the
Negev of Judah.
8
After
they had gone through the entire land, they came back to Jerusalem at
the end of nine months and twenty days.
9
Joab
reported the number of the fighting men to the king: In Israel there
were eight hundred thousand able-bodied men who could handle a sword,
and in Judah five hundred thousand.
10
David
was conscience-stricken after he had counted the fighting men, and he
said to the LORD, "I have sinned greatly in what I have done.
Now, O LORD, I beg you, take away the guilt of your servant. I have
done a very foolish thing."
11
Before
David got up the next morning, the word of the LORD had come to Gad
the prophet, David's seer: 12
"Go
and tell David, `This is what the LORD says: I am giving you three
options. Choose one of them for me to carry out against you.' "
13
So
Gad went to David and said to him, "Shall there come upon you
three B
years of famine in your land? Or three months of fleeing from your
enemies while they pursue you? Or three days of plague in your land?
Now then, think it over and decide how I should answer the one who
sent me."
14
David
said to Gad, "I am in deep distress. Let us fall into the hands
of the LORD, for his mercy is great; but do not let me fall into the
hands of men."
15
So
the LORD sent a plague on Israel from that morning until the end of
the time designated, and seventy thousand of the people from 17
Dan to Beersheba died. 16
When
the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD was
grieved because of the calamity and said to the angel who was
afflicting the people, "Enough! Withdraw your hand." The
angel of the LORD was then at the threshing floor of Araunah the
Jebusite.
17
When
David saw the angel who was striking down the people, he said to the
LORD, "I am the one who has sinned and done wrong. These are but
sheep. What have they done? Let your hand fall upon me and my
family."
18
On
that day Gad went to David and said to him, "Go up and build an
altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite."
19
So
David went up, as the LORD had commanded through Gad. 20
When
Araunah looked and saw the king and his men coming toward him, he
went out and bowed down before the king with his face to the ground.
21
Araunah
said, "Why has my lord the king come to his servant?"
"To
buy your threshing floor," David answered, "so I can build
an altar to the LORD, that the plague on the people may be stopped."
22
Araunah
said to David, "Let my lord the king take whatever pleases him
and offer it up. Here are oxen for the burnt offering, and here are
threshing sledges and ox yokes for the wood. 23
O
king, Araunah gives all this to the king." Araunah also said to
him, "May the LORD your God accept you." 18
24
But
the king replied to Araunah, "No, I insist on paying you for it.
I will not sacrifice to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me
nothing."
So
David bought the threshing floor and the oxen and paid fifty shekels
C
of silver for them. 25
David
built an altar to the LORD there and sacrificed burnt offerings and
fellowship offerings. D
Then the LORD answered prayer in behalf of the land, and the plague
on Israel was stopped. 19
NEW
TESTAMENT:
ACTS 3:1 - 26
3
1
One
day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of
prayer--at three in the afternoon. 2
Now
a man crippled from birth was being carried to the temple gate called
Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into
the temple courts.
3
When
he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money. 4
Peter
looked straight at him, as did John. Then Peter said, "Look at
us!" 5
So
the man gave them his attention, expecting to get something from
them.
6
Then
Peter said, "Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I
give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk." 7
Taking
him by the right hand, he helped him up, and instantly the man's feet
and ankles became strong. 8
He
jumped to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the
temple courts, walking and jumping, and praising God. 9
When
all the people saw him walking and praising God, 10
they
recognized him as the same man who used to sit begging at the temple
gate called Beautiful, and they were filled with wonder and amazement
at what had happened to him.
11
While
the beggar held on to Peter and John, all the people were astonished
and came running to them in the place called Solomon's Colonnade. 12
When
Peter saw this, he said to them: "Men of Israel, why does this
surprise you? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or
godliness we had made this man walk? 13
The
God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has
glorified his servant Jesus. You handed him over to be killed, and
you disowned him before Pilate, though he had decided to let him 20
go. 14
You
disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be
released to you. 15
You
killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. We are
witnesses of this. 16
By
faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know was made
strong. It is Jesus' name and the faith that comes through him that
has given this complete healing to him, as you can all see.
17
"Now,
brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders. 18
But
this is how God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the
prophets, saying that his Christ A
would suffer. 19
Repent,
then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times
of refreshing may come from the Lord, 20
and
that he may send the Christ, who has been appointed for you--even
Jesus. 21
He
must remain in heaven until the time comes for God to restore
everything, as he promised long ago through his holy prophets. 22
For
Moses said, `The
Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your
own people; you must listen to everything he tells you.
23
Anyone
who does not listen to him will be completely cut off from among his
people.'
B
24
"Indeed,
all the prophets from Samuel on, as many as have spoken, have
foretold these days. 25
And
you are heirs of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your
fathers. He said to Abraham, `Through
your offspring all peoples on earth will be blessed.'
C
26
When
God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you to bless you by
turning each of you from your wicked ways." 21
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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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