Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
MARCH
8
PSALMS:
8, 38, 68, 98, 128
PROVERBS:
8
OLD
TESTAMENT:
2 SAMUEL 13:1 - 39
NEW
TESTAMENT:
JOHN 17:1 - 26
PSALMS:
8
For
the director of music. According to gittith.
A
A psalm of David.
1
O
LORD, our Lord,
how
majestic is your name in all the earth!
You
have set your glory
above
the heavens.
2
From
the lips of children and infants
you
have ordained praise B
because
of your enemies,
to
silence the foe and the avenger.
3
When
I consider your heavens,
the
work of your fingers,
the
moon and the stars,
which
you have set in place,
4
what
is man that you are mindful of him,
the
son of man that you care for him?
5
You
made him a little lower than the heavenly beings C
and
crowned him with glory and honor.
6
You
made him ruler over the works of your hands;
you
put everything under his feet:
7
all
flocks and herds,
and
the beasts of the field,
8
the
birds of the air,
and
the fish of the sea,
all
that swim the paths of the seas. 1
9
O
LORD, our Lord,
how
majestic is your name in all the earth! 2
PSALMS:
38
A
psalm of David. A petition.
1
O
LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger
or
discipline me in your wrath.
2
For
your arrows have pierced me,
and
your hand has come down upon me.
3
Because
of your wrath there is no health in my body;
my
bones have no soundness because of my sin.
4
My
guilt has overwhelmed me
like
a burden too heavy to bear.
5
My
wounds fester and are loathsome
because
of my sinful folly.
6
I
am bowed down and brought very low;
all
day long I go about mourning.
7
My
back is filled with searing pain;
there
is no health in my body.
8
I
am feeble and utterly crushed;
I
groan in anguish of heart.
9
All
my longings lie open before you, O Lord;
my
sighing is not hidden from you.
10
My
heart pounds, my strength fails me;
even
the light has gone from my eyes.
11
My
friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;
my
neighbors stay far away.
12
Those
who seek my life set their traps,
those
who would harm me talk of my ruin;
all
day long they plot deception. 3
13
I
am like a deaf man, who cannot hear,
like
a mute, who cannot open his mouth;
14
I
have become like a man who does not hear,
whose
mouth can offer no reply.
15
I
wait for you, O LORD;
you
will answer, O Lord my God.
16
For
I said, "Do not let them gloat
or
exalt themselves over me when my foot slips."
17
For
I am about to fall,
and
my pain is ever with me.
18
I
confess my iniquity;
I
am troubled by my sin.
19
Many
are those who are my vigorous enemies;
those
who hate me without reason are numerous.
20
Those
who repay my good with evil
slander
me when I pursue what is good.
21
O
LORD, do not forsake me;
be
not far from me, O my God.
22
Come
quickly to help me,
O
Lord my Savior. 4
PSALMS:
68
For
the director of music. Of David. A psalm. A song.
1
May
God arise, may his enemies be scattered;
may
his foes flee before him.
2
As
smoke is blown away by the wind,
may
you blow them away;
as
wax melts before the fire,
may
the wicked perish before God.
3
But
may the righteous be glad
and
rejoice before God;
may
they be happy and joyful.
4
Sing
to God, sing praise to his name,
extol
him who rides on the clouds A--
his
name is the LORD--
and
rejoice before him.
5
A
father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,
is
God in his holy dwelling.
6
God
sets the lonely in families, B
he
leads forth the prisoners with singing;
but
the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.
7
When
you went out before your people, O God,
when
you marched through the wasteland,
Selah
8
the
earth shook,
the
heavens poured down rain,
before
God, the One of Sinai,
before
God, the God of Israel.
9
You
gave abundant showers, O God;
you
refreshed your weary inheritance. 5
10
Your
people settled in it,
and
from your bounty, O God, you provided for the poor.
11
The
Lord announced the word,
and
great was the company of those who proclaimed it:
12
"Kings
and armies flee in haste;
in
the camps men divide the plunder.
Even
while you sleep among the campfires,
C
the
wings of my dove are sheathed with silver,
its
feathers with shining gold."
14
When
the Almighty D
scattered the kings in the land,
it
was like snow fallen on Zalmon.
15
The
mountains of Bashan are majestic mountains;
rugged
are the mountains of Bashan.
16
Why
gaze in envy, O rugged mountains,
at
the mountain where God chooses to reign,
where
the LORD himself will dwell forever?
17
The
chariots of God are tens of thousands
and
thousands of thousands;
the
Lord has come from Sinai into his sanctuary.
18
When
you ascended on high,
you
led captives in your train;
you
received gifts from men,
even
from E
the rebellious--
that
you, F
O LORD God, might dwell there.
19
Praise
be to the Lord, to God our Savior,
who
daily bears our burdens.
Selah
20
Our
God is a God who saves;
from
the Sovereign LORD comes escape from death. 6
21
Surely
God will crush the heads of his enemies,
the
hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins.
22
The
Lord says, "I
will bring them from Bashan;
I
will bring them from the depths of the sea,
23
that you may plunge your feet in the blood of your foes,
while
the tongues of your dogs have their share."
24
Your
procession has come into view, O God,
the
procession of my God and King into the sanctuary.
25
In
front are the singers, after them the musicians;
with
them are the maidens playing tambourines.
26
Praise
God in the great congregation;
praise
the LORD in the assembly of Israel.
27
There
is the little tribe of Benjamin, leading them,
there
the great throng of Judah's princes,
and
there the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.
28
Summon
your power, O God G;
show
us your strength, O God, as you have done before.
29
Because
of your temple at Jerusalem
kings
will bring you gifts.
30
Rebuke
the beast among the reeds,
the
herd of bulls among the calves of the nations.
Humbled,
may it bring bars of silver.
Scatter
the nations who delight in war.
31
Envoys
will come from Egypt;
Cush
H
will submit herself to God.
32
Sing
to God, O kingdoms of the earth,
sing
praise to the Lord,
Selah
7
33
to
him who rides the ancient skies above,
who
thunders with mighty voice.
34
Proclaim
the power of God,
whose
majesty is over Israel,
whose
power is in the skies.
35
You
are awesome, O God, in your sanctuary;
the
God of Israel gives power and strength to his people.
Praise
be to God! 8
PSALMS:
98
A
psalm.
1
Sing
to the LORD a new song,
for
he has done marvelous things;
his
right hand and his holy arm
have
worked salvation for him.
2
The
LORD has made his salvation known
and
revealed his righteousness to the nations.
3
He
has remembered his love
and
his faithfulness to the house of Israel;
all
the ends of the earth have seen
the
salvation of our God.
4
Shout
for joy to the LORD, all the earth,
burst
into jubilant song with music;
5
make
music to the LORD with the harp,
with
the harp and the sound of singing,
6
with
trumpets and the blast of the ram's horn--
shout
for joy before the LORD, the King.
7
Let
the sea resound, and everything in it,
the
world, and all who live in it.
8
Let
the rivers clap their hands,
let
the mountains sing together for joy;
9
let
them sing before the LORD,
for
he comes to judge the earth.
He
will judge the world in righteousness
and
the peoples with equity. 9
PSALMS:
128
A
song of ascents.
1
Blessed
are all who fear the LORD,
who
walk in his ways.
2
You
will eat the fruit of your labor;
blessings
and prosperity will be yours.
3
Your
wife will be like a fruitful vine
within
your house;
your
sons will be like olive shoots
around
your table.
4
Thus
is the man blessed
who
fears the LORD.
5
May
the LORD bless you from Zion
all
the days of your life;
may
you see the prosperity of Jerusalem,
6
and
may you live to see your children's children.
Peace
be upon Israel. 10
PROVERBS:
8
8
1
Does not wisdom call out?
Does
not understanding raise her voice?
2
On
the heights along the way,
where
the paths meet, she takes her stand;
3
beside
the gates leading into the city,
at
the entrances, she cries aloud:
4
"To
you, O men, I call out;
I
raise my voice to all mankind.
5
You
who are simple, gain prudence;
you
who are foolish, gain understanding.
6
Listen,
for I have worthy things to say;
I
open my lips to speak what is right.
7
My
mouth speaks what is true,
for
my lips detest wickedness.
8
All
the words of my mouth are just;
none
of them is crooked or perverse.
9
To
the discerning all of them are right;
they
are faultless to those who have knowledge.
10
Choose
my instruction instead of silver,
knowledge
rather than choice gold,
11
for
wisdom is more precious than rubies,
and
nothing you desire can compare with her.
12
"I,
wisdom, dwell together with prudence;
I
possess knowledge and discretion.
13
To
fear the LORD is to hate evil;
I
hate pride and arrogance,
evil
behavior and perverse speech.
14
Counsel
and sound judgment are mine;
I
have understanding and power.
15
By
me kings reign
and
rulers make laws that are just;
and
all nobles who rule on earth. A
17
I
love those who love me,
and
those who seek me find me.
18
With
me are riches and honor,
enduring
wealth and prosperity.
19
My
fruit is better than fine gold;
what
I yield surpasses choice silver.
20
I
walk in the way of righteousness,
along
the paths of justice,
21
bestowing
wealth on those who love me
and
making their treasuries full.
22
"The
LORD brought me forth as the first of his works, BC
before
his deeds of old;
23
I
was appointed D
from eternity,
from
the beginning, before the world began.
24
When
there were no oceans, I was given birth,
when
there were no springs abounding with water;
25
before
the mountains were settled in place,
before
the hills, I was given birth,
26
before
he made the earth or its fields
or
any of the dust of the world.
27
I
was there when he set the heavens in place,
when
he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep,
28
when
he established the clouds above
and
fixed securely the fountains of the deep,
29
when
he gave the sea its boundary
so
the waters would not overstep his command,
and
when he marked out the foundations of the earth.
30
Then I was the craftsman at his side.
I
was filled with delight day after day,
rejoicing
always in his presence,
31rejoicing
in his whole world
and
delighting in mankind.
12
32
"Now
then, my sons, listen to me;
blessed
are those who keep my ways.
33
Listen
to my instruction and be wise;
do
not ignore it.
34
Blessed
is the man who listens to me,
watching
daily at my doors,
waiting
at my doorway.
35
For
whoever finds me finds life
and
receives favor from the LORD.
36
But
whoever fails to find me harms himself;
all
who hate me love death."
13
OLD
TESTAMENT:
2 SAMUEL 13:1 - 39
13
1
In
the course of time, Amnon son of David fell in love with Tamar, the
beautiful sister of Absalom son of David.
2
Amnon
became frustrated to the point of illness on account of his sister
Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed impossible for him to do
anything to her.
3
Now
Amnon had a friend named Jonadab son of Shimeah, David's brother.
Jonadab was a very shrewd man. 4
He
asked Amnon, "Why do you, the king's son, look so haggard
morning after morning? Won't you tell me?"
Amnon
said to him, "I'm in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom's
sister."
5
"Go
to bed and pretend to be ill," Jonadab said. "When your
father comes to see you, say to him, `I would like my sister Tamar to
come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare the food in my
sight so I may watch her and then eat it from her hand.' "
6
So
Amnon lay down and pretended to be ill. When the king came to see
him, Amnon said to him, "I would like my sister Tamar to come
and make some special bread in my sight, so I may eat from her hand."
7
David
sent word to Tamar at the palace: "Go to the house of your
brother Amnon and prepare some food for him." 8
So
Tamar went to the house of her brother Amnon, who was lying down. She
took some dough, kneaded it, made the bread in his sight and baked
it.
9
Then
she took the pan and served him the bread, but he refused to eat.
"Send
everyone out of here," Amnon said. So everyone left him. 10
Then
Amnon said to Tamar, "Bring the food here into my bedroom 14
so I may eat from your hand." And Tamar took the bread she had
prepared and brought it to her brother Amnon in his bedroom.
11
But
when she took it to him to eat, he grabbed her and said, "Come
to bed with me, my sister."
12
"Don't,
my brother!" she said to him. "Don't force me. Such a thing
should not be done in Israel! Don't do this wicked thing. 13
What
about me? Where could I get rid of my disgrace? And what about you?
You would be like one of the wicked fools in Israel. Please speak to
the king; he will not keep me from being married to you." 14
But
he refused to listen to her, and since he was stronger than she, he
raped her.
15
Then
Amnon hated her with intense hatred. In fact, he hated her more than
he had loved her. Amnon said to her, "Get up and get out!"
16
"No!"
she said to him. "Sending me away would be a greater wrong than
what you have already done to me."
But
he refused to listen to her. 17
He
called his personal servant and said, "Get this woman out of
here and bolt the door after her." 18
So
his servant put her out and bolted the door after her. She was
wearing a richly ornamented A
robe, for this was the kind of garment the virgin daughters of the
king wore. 19
Tamar
put ashes on her head and tore the ornamented B
robe she was wearing. She put her hand on her head and went away,
weeping aloud as she went.
20
Her
brother Absalom said to her, "Has that Amnon, your brother, been
with you? Be quiet now, my sister; he is your brother. Don't take
this thing to heart." And Tamar lived in her brother 15
Absalom's house, a desolate woman.
21
When
King David heard all this, he was furious. 22
Absalom
never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad; he hated Amnon
because he had disgraced his sister Tamar.
23
Two
years later, when Absalom's sheepshearers were at Baal Hazor near the
border of Ephraim, he invited all the king's sons to come there. 24
Absalom
went to the king and said, "Your servant has had shearers come.
Will the king and his officials please join me?"
25
"No,
my son," the king replied. "All of us should not go; we
would only be a burden to you." Although Absalom urged him, he
still refused to go, but gave him his blessing.
26
Then
Absalom said, "If not, please let my brother Amnon come with
us."
The
king asked him, "Why should he go with you?" 27
But
Absalom urged him, so he sent with him Amnon and the rest of the
king's sons.
28
Absalom
ordered his men, "Listen! When Amnon is in high spirits from
drinking wine and I say to you, `Strike Amnon down,' then kill him.
Don't be afraid. Have not I given you this order? Be strong and
brave." 29
So
Absalom's men did to Amnon what Absalom had ordered. Then all the
king's sons got up, mounted their mules and fled.
30
While
they were on their way, the report came to David: "Absalom has
struck down all the king's sons; not one of them is 16
left." 31
The
king stood up, tore his clothes and lay down on the ground; and all
his servants stood by with their clothes torn.
32
But
Jonadab son of Shimeah, David's brother, said, "My lord should
not think that they killed all the princes; only Amnon is dead. This
has been Absalom's expressed intention ever since the day Amnon raped
his sister Tamar. 33
My
lord the king should not be concerned about the report that all the
king's sons are dead. Only Amnon is dead."
34
Meanwhile,
Absalom had fled.
Now
the man standing watch looked up and saw many people on the road west
of him, coming down the side of the hill. The watchman went and told
the king, "I see men in the direction of Horonaim, on the side
of the hill." C
35
Jonadab
said to the king, "See, the king's sons are here; it has
happened just as your servant said."
36
As
he finished speaking, the king's sons came in, wailing loudly. The
king, too, and all his servants wept very bitterly.
37
Absalom
fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. But King
David mourned for his son every day.
38
After
Absalom fled and went to Geshur, he stayed there three years. 39
And
the spirit of the king D
longed to go to Absalom, for he was consoled concerning Amnon's
death. 17
NEW
TESTAMENT:
JOHN 17:1 - 26
17
1
After
Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed:
"Father,
the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. 2
For you granted him authority over all people that he might give
eternal life to all those you have given him. 3
Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God,
and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. 4
I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me
to do. 5
And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had
with you before the world began.
6"
I have revealed you A
to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave
them to me and they have obeyed your word. 7
Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. 8
For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They
knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you
sent me.
9
I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you
have given me, for they are yours. 10
All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to
me through them. 11
I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the
world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power
of your name--the name you gave me--so that they may be one as we are
one. 12
While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that
name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to
destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled.
13
"I
am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the
world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within 18
them. 14
I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they
are not of the world any more than I am of the world. 15
My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you
protect them from the evil one. 16
They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. 17
Sanctify B
them by the truth; your word is truth. 18
As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. 19
For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.
20
"My
prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe
in me through their message, 21
that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am
in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you
have sent me. 22
I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as
we are one: 23
I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let
the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have
loved me.
24
"Father,
I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see
my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the
creation of the world.
25
"Righteous
Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know
that you have sent me. 26
I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in
order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself
may be in them."
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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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