THEINC-HIM DAILY BIBLE MEDITATION: THEINC-HIM Daily Bible Meditation - August 4 - Full Text

Friday, August 4, 2017

THEINC-HIM Daily Bible Meditation - August 4 - Full Text - Shabbat Shalom!

Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

THEINC-HIM Daily Bible Meditation

AUGUST 4

PSALMS: 4, 34, 64, 94, 124

PROVERBS: 4

OLD TESTAMENT: JEREMIAH 44:24 - 47:7

NEW TESTAMENT: 2 TIMOTHY 2:22 - 3:17

PSALMS: 4

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm of David.

¹Answer me when I call to you,

O my righteous God.

Give me relief from my distress;

be merciful to me and hear my prayer.

²How long, O men, will you turn my glory into shame ^A?

How long will you love delusions and seek false gods ^B?

Selah

³Know that the LORD has set apart the godly for himself;

the LORD will hear when I call to him.

⁴In your anger do not sin;

when you are on your beds,

search your hearts and be silent.

Selah

⁵Offer right sacrifices

and trust in the LORD.

⁶Many are asking, "Who can show us any good?"

Let the light of your face shine upon us, O LORD.

⁷You have filled my heart with greater joy

than when their grain and new wine abound.

⁸I will lie down and sleep in peace,

for you alone, O LORD,

make me dwell in safety. ¹

PSALMS: 34

Of David. When he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he left.

¹I ^A will extol the LORD at all times;

his praise will always be on my lips.

²My soul will boast in the LORD;

let the afflicted hear and rejoice.

³Glorify the LORD with me;

let us exalt his name together.

⁴I sought the LORD, and he answered me;

he delivered me from all my fears.

⁵Those who look to him are radiant;

their faces are never covered with shame.

⁶This poor man called, and the LORD heard him;

he saved him out of all his troubles.

⁷The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him,

and he delivers them.

⁸Taste and see that the LORD is good;

blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.

⁹Fear the LORD, you his saints,

for those who fear him lack nothing.

¹⁰The lions may grow weak and hungry,

but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

¹¹Come, my children, listen to me;

I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

¹²Whoever of you loves life

and desires to see many good days, ²

¹³keep your tongue from evil

and your lips from speaking lies.

¹⁴Turn from evil and do good;

seek peace and pursue it.

¹⁵The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous

and his ears are attentive to their cry;

¹⁶the face of the LORD is against those who do evil,

to cut off the memory of them from the earth.

¹⁷The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them;

he delivers them from all their troubles.

¹⁸The LORD is close to the brokenhearted

and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

¹⁹A righteous man may have many troubles,

but the LORD delivers him from them all;

²⁰he protects all his bones,

not one of them will be broken.

²¹Evil will slay the wicked;

the foes of the righteous will be condemned.

²²The LORD redeems his servants;

no one will be condemned who takes refuge in him. ³

PSALMS: 64

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

¹Hear me, O God, as I voice my complaint;

protect my life from the threat of the enemy.

²Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked,

from that noisy crowd of evildoers.

³They sharpen their tongues like swords

and aim their words like deadly arrows.

⁴They shoot from ambush at the innocent man;

they shoot at him suddenly, without fear.

⁵They encourage each other in evil plans,

they talk about hiding their snares;

they say, "Who will see them ^A?"

⁶They plot injustice and say,

"We have devised a perfect plan!"

Surely the mind and heart of man are cunning.

⁷But God will shoot them with arrows;

suddenly they will be struck down.

⁸He will turn their own tongues against them

and bring them to ruin;

all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.

⁹All mankind will fear;

they will proclaim the works of God

and ponder what he has done.

¹⁰Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD

and take refuge in him;

let all the upright in heart praise him! ⁴

PSALMS: 94

¹O LORD, the God who avenges,

O God who avenges, shine forth.

²Rise up, O Judge of the earth;

pay back to the proud what they deserve.

³How long will the wicked, O LORD,

how long will the wicked be jubilant?

⁴They pour out arrogant words;

all the evildoers are full of boasting.

⁵They crush your people, O LORD;

they oppress your inheritance.

⁶They slay the widow and the alien;

they murder the fatherless.

⁷They say, "The LORD does not see;

the God of Jacob pays no heed."

⁸Take heed, you senseless ones among the people;

you fools, when will you become wise?

⁹Does he who implanted the ear not hear?

Does he who formed the eye not see?

¹⁰Does he who disciplines nations not punish?

Does he who teaches man lack knowledge?

¹¹The LORD knows the thoughts of man;

he knows that they are futile.

¹²Blessed is the man you discipline, O LORD,

the man you teach from your law;

¹³you grant him relief from days of trouble,

till a pit is dug for the wicked.

¹⁴For the LORD will not reject his people;

he will never forsake his inheritance.

¹⁵Judgment will again be founded on righteousness,

and all the upright in heart will follow it.⁵

¹⁶Who will rise up for me against the wicked?

Who will take a stand for me against evildoers?

¹⁷Unless the LORD had given me help,

I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.

¹⁸When I said, "My foot is slipping,"

your love, O LORD, supported me.

¹⁹When anxiety was great within me,

your consolation brought joy to my soul.

²⁰Can a corrupt throne be allied with you--

one that brings on misery by its decrees?

²¹They band together against the righteous

and condemn the innocent to death.

²²But the LORD has become my fortress,

and my God the rock in whom I take refuge.

²³He will repay them for their sins

and destroy them for their wickedness;

the LORD our God will destroy them. ⁶

PSALMS: 124

A song of ascents. Of David.

¹If the LORD had not been on our side--

let Israel say--

²if the LORD had not been on our side

when men attacked us,

³when their anger flared against us,

they would have swallowed us alive;

⁴the flood would have engulfed us,

the torrent would have swept over us,

⁵the raging waters

would have swept us away.

⁶Praise be to the LORD,

who has not let us be torn by their teeth.

⁷We have escaped like a bird

out of the fowler's snare;

the snare has been broken,

and we have escaped.

⁸Our help is in the name of the LORD,

the Maker of heaven and earth. ⁷

PROVERBS: 4

4 ¹ Listen, my sons, to a father's instruction;

pay attention and gain understanding.

²I give you sound learning,

so do not forsake my teaching.

³When I was a boy in my father's house,

still tender, and an only child of my mother,

⁴he taught me and said,

"Lay hold of my words with all your heart;

keep my commands and you will live.

⁵Get wisdom, get understanding;

do not forget my words or swerve from them.

⁶Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you;

love her, and she will watch over you.

⁷Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom.

Though it cost all you have, ^A get understanding.

⁸Esteem her, and she will exalt you;

embrace her, and she will honor you.

⁹She will set a garland of grace on your head

and present you with a crown of splendor."

¹⁰Listen, my son, accept what I say,

and the years of your life will be many.

¹¹I guide you in the way of wisdom

and lead you along straight paths.

¹²When you walk, your steps will not be hampered;

when you run, you will not stumble.

¹³Hold on to instruction, do not let it go;

guard it well, for it is your life.

¹⁴Do not set foot on the path of the wicked

or walk in the way of evil men.

¹⁵Avoid it, do not travel on it;

turn from it and go on your way.

¹⁶For they cannot sleep till they do evil; ⁸

they are robbed of slumber till they make someone fall.

¹⁷They eat the bread of wickedness

and drink the wine of violence.

¹⁸The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn,

shining ever brighter till the full light of day.

¹⁹But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness;

they do not know what makes them stumble.

²⁰My son, pay attention to what I say;

listen closely to my words.

²¹Do not let them out of your sight,

keep them within your heart;

²²for they are life to those who find them

and health to a man's whole body.

²³Above all else, guard your heart,

for it is the wellspring of life.

²⁴Put away perversity from your mouth;

keep corrupt talk far from your lips.

²⁵Let your eyes look straight ahead,

fix your gaze directly before you.

²⁶Make level ^B paths for your feet

and take only ways that are firm.

²⁷Do not swerve to the right or the left;

keep your foot from evil. ⁹

OLD TESTAMENT: JEREMIAH 44:24 - 47:7

²⁴Then Jeremiah said to all the people, including the women, "Hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah in Egypt. ²⁵This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: You and your wives have shown by your actions what you promised when you said, `We will certainly carry out the vows we made to burn incense and pour out drink offerings to the Queen of Heaven.'

"Go ahead then, do what you promised! Keep your vows! ²⁶But hear the word of the LORD, all Jews living in Egypt: `I swear by my great name,' says the LORD, `that no one from Judah living anywhere in Egypt will ever again invoke my name or swear, "As surely as the Sovereign LORD lives." ²⁷For I am watching over them for harm, not for good; the Jews in Egypt will perish by sword and famine until they are all destroyed.

²⁸Those who escape the sword and return to the land of Judah from Egypt will be very few. Then the whole remnant of Judah who came to live in Egypt will know whose word will stand--mine or theirs.

²⁹"`This will be the sign to you that I will punish you in this place,' declares the LORD, `so that you will know that my threats of harm against you will surely stand.' ³⁰This is what the LORD says: `I am going to hand Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt over to his enemies who seek his life, just as I handed Zedekiah king of Judah over to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the enemy who was seeking his life.'"

45 ¹This is what Jeremiah the prophet told Baruch son of Neriah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, after Baruch had written on a scroll the words Jeremiah was then dictating: ²"This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch: ³You said, `Woe to me! The LORD has added sorrow to my pain; I am worn out with groaning and find no rest.' "

⁴The LORD said, "Say this to him: `This is what the LORD says: I will overthrow what I have built and uproot what I have planted, throughout the land. ⁵Should you then seek great things for yourself? Seek them not. For I will bring disaster on all people, declares the LORD, but wherever you go I will let you escape with your life.'"

46 ¹This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations:

²Concerning Egypt:

This is the message against the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by ¹⁰Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah:

³"Prepare your shields, both large and small,

and march out for battle!

⁴Harness the horses,

mount the steeds!

Take your positions

with helmets on!

Polish your spears,

put on your armor!

⁵What do I see?

They are terrified,

they are retreating,

their warriors are defeated.

They flee in haste

without looking back,

and there is terror on every side,"

declares the LORD.

⁶"The swift cannot flee

nor the strong escape.

In the north by the River Euphrates

they stumble and fall.

⁷"Who is this that rises like the Nile,

like rivers of surging waters?

⁸Egypt rises like the Nile,

like rivers of surging waters. ¹¹

She says, `I will rise and cover the earth;

I will destroy cities and their people.'

⁹Charge, O horses!

Drive furiously, O charioteers!

March on, O warriors--

men of Cush ^A and Put who carry shields,

men of Lydia who draw the bow.

¹⁰But that day belongs to the Lord, the LORD Almighty--

a day of vengeance, for vengeance on his foes.

The sword will devour till it is satisfied,

till it has quenched its thirst with blood.

For the Lord, the LORD Almighty, will offer sacrifice

in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.

¹¹"Go up to Gilead and get balm,

O Virgin Daughter of Egypt.

But you multiply remedies in vain;

there is no healing for you.

¹²The nations will hear of your shame;

your cries will fill the earth.

One warrior will stumble over another;

both will fall down together."

¹³This is the message the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to attack Egypt:

¹⁴"Announce this in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol; ¹²

proclaim it also in Memphis ^B and Tahpanhes:

`Take your positions and get ready,

for the sword devours those around you.'

¹⁵Why will your warriors be laid low?

They cannot stand, for the LORD will push them down.

¹⁶They will stumble repeatedly;

they will fall over each other.

They will say, `Get up, let us go back

to our own people and our native lands,

away from the sword of the oppressor.'

¹⁷There they will exclaim,

`Pharaoh king of Egypt is only a loud noise;

he has missed his opportunity.'

¹⁸"As surely as I live," declares the King,

whose name is the LORD Almighty,

"one will come who is like Tabor among the mountains,

like Carmel by the sea.

¹⁹Pack your belongings for exile,

you who live in Egypt,

for Memphis will be laid waste

and lie in ruins without inhabitant.

²⁰"Egypt is a beautiful heifer,

but a gadfly is coming

against her from the north. ¹³

²¹The mercenaries in her ranks

are like fattened calves.

They too will turn and flee together,

they will not stand their ground,

for the day of disaster is coming upon them,

the time for them to be punished.

²²Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent

as the enemy advances in force;

they will come against her with axes,

like men who cut down trees.

²³They will chop down her forest,"

declares the LORD,

"dense though it be.

They are more numerous than locusts,

they cannot be counted.

²⁴The Daughter of Egypt will be put to shame,

handed over to the people of the north."

²⁵The LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: "I am about to bring punishment on Amon god of Thebes,^C on Pharaoh, on Egypt and her gods and her kings, and on those who rely on Pharaoh. ²⁶I will hand them over to those who seek their lives, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. Later, however, Egypt will be inhabited as in times past," declares the LORD.

²⁷"Do not fear, O Jacob my servant;

do not be dismayed, O Israel.

I will surely save you out of a distant place,

your descendants from the land of their exile. ¹⁴

Jacob will again have peace and security,

and no one will make him afraid.

²⁸Do not fear, O Jacob my servant,

for I am with you," declares the LORD.

"Though I completely destroy all the nations

among which I scatter you,

I will not completely destroy you.

I will discipline you but only with justice;

I will not let you go entirely unpunished."

47 ¹This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines before Pharaoh attacked Gaza:

²This is what the LORD says:

"See how the waters are rising in the north;

they will become an overflowing torrent.

They will overflow the land and everything in it,

the towns and those who live in them.

The people will cry out;

all who dwell in the land will wail

³at the sound of the hoofs of galloping steeds,

at the noise of enemy chariots

and the rumble of their wheels.

Fathers will not turn to help their children;

their hands will hang limp.

⁴For the day has come ¹⁵

to destroy all the Philistines

and to cut off all survivors

who could help Tyre and Sidon.

The LORD is about to destroy the Philistines,

the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor. ^A

⁵Gaza will shave her head in mourning;

Ashkelon will be silenced.

O remnant on the plain,

how long will you cut yourselves?

⁶"`Ah, sword of the LORD,' you cry,

`how long till you rest?

Return to your scabbard;

cease and be still.'

⁷But how can it rest

when the LORD has commanded it,

when he has ordered it

to attack Ashkelon and the coast?" ¹⁶

NEW TESTAMENT: 2 TIMOTHY 2:22 - 3:17

²²Flee the evil desires of youth, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. ²³Don't have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels. ²⁴And the Lord's servant must not quarrel; instead, he must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful. ²⁵Those who oppose him he must gently instruct, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth, ²⁶and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.

3 ¹But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. ²People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, ³without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, ⁴treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God—⁵having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them.

⁶They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over weak-willed women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires,

⁷always learning but never able to acknowledge the truth. ⁸Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth--men of depraved minds, who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected. ⁹But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those men, their folly will be clear to everyone.

¹⁰You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, ¹¹persecutions, sufferings--what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, the persecutions I endured. Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them. ¹²In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, ¹³while evil men and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

¹⁴But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, ¹⁵and how from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. ¹⁶All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, ¹⁷so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. ¹⁷

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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