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 How
blessed are those who reject the advice of the wicked,
don't
stand on the way of sinners or sit where scoffers sit!
2 Their
delight is in ADONAI's Torah;
on
his Torah they meditate day and night.
3
They
are like trees planted by streams -they bear their fruit in season,
their
leaves never wither, everything they do succeeds.
4 Not
so the wicked, who are like chaff driven by the wind.
5 For
this reason the wicked won't stand up to the judgment,
nor
will sinners at the gathering of the righteous.
6 For
ADONAI watches over the way of the righteous,
but
the way of the wicked is doomed.
PSALMS:
31
1 For
the leader.
A
psalm of David:
In
you, ADONAI, I take refuge;
let
me never be put to shame;
in
your justice, save me!
be
for me a rock of strength, a fortress to keep me safe.
7
I will rejoice and be glad in your grace,
for
you see my affliction,
you
know how distressed I am.
8 You
did not hand me over to the enemy;
you
set my feet where I can move freely.
9 Show
me favor, ADONAI, for I am in trouble.
My
eyes grow dim with anger, my soul and body as well.
10 For
my life is worn out with sorrow and my years with sighing;
my
strength gives out under my guilt, and my bones are wasting away.
11 I
am scorned by all my adversaries, and even more by my neighbors;
even
to acquaintances I am an object of fear when they see me in the
street,
they
turn away from me.
12 Like
a dead man, I have passed from their minds;
I
have become like a broken pot.
13 All
I hear is whispering, terror is all around me;
they
plot together against me, scheming to take my life.
14 But
I, I trust in you, ADONAI; I say, "You are my God."
15 My
times are in your hand;
rescue
me from my enemies' power, from those who persecute me.
16 Make
your face shine on your servant;
in
your grace, save me.
17 ADONAI,
don't let me be put to shame,
for
I have called on you;
let
the wicked be put to shame, l
et
them be silenced in Sh'ol.
18 May
lying lips be struck dumb,
that
speak insolently against the righteous with such pride and
contempt.
19
But
oh, how great is your goodness,
which
you have stored up for those who fear you,
which
you do for those who take refuge in you, before people's very eyes!
20 In
the shelter of your presence you hide them from human plots,
you
conceal them in your shelter, safe from contentious tongues.
21 Blessed
be ADONAI!
For
he has shown me his amazing grace when I was in a city under siege.
22
As
for me, in my alarm I said, "I have been cut off from your
sight!
"Nevertheless,
you heard my pleas when I cried out to you.
23
Love
ADONAI, you faithful of his.
ADONAI
preserves the loyal, but the proud he repays in full.
24 Be
strong, and fill your hearts with courage,
all
of you who hope in ADONAI.
PSALMS:
61
1 For
the leader.
A
psalm of David:
In
you, ADONAI, I take refuge;
let
me never be put to shame; in your justice, save me!
be
for me a rock of strength, a fortress to keep me safe.
for
you see my affliction,
you
know how distressed I am.
My
eyes grow dim with anger, my soul and body as well.
my
strength gives out under my guilt, and my bones are wasting away.
even
to acquaintances I am an object of fear when they see me in the
street,
they
turn away from me.
they
plot together against me, scheming to take my life.
for
I have called on you;
let
the wicked be put to shame,
let
them be silenced in Sh'ol.
that
speak insolently against the righteous with such pride and
contempt.
which
you have stored up for those who fear you,
which
you do for those who take refuge in you,
before
people's very eyes!
you
conceal them in your shelter, safe from contentious tongues.
"Nevertheless,
you heard my pleas when I cried out to you.
PSALMS:
91
1 You
who live in the shelter of 'Elyon,
who
spend your nights in the shadow of Shaddai,
and
under his wings you will find refuge;
his
truth is a shield and protection.
I
will be with him when he is in trouble.
I
will extricate him and bring him honor.
PSALMS:
121
1 A
song of ascents:
If
I raise my eyes to the hills,
from
where will my help come?
PROVERBS:
1
1 The
proverbs of Shlomo the son of David, king of Isra'el,
young
person with knowledge and discretion.
someone
who already understands will gain the ability to counsel well;
we'll
ambush somebody and kill him,
we'll
waylay some harmless soul, just for fun;
will
you love thoughtless living?
How
long will scorners find pleasure in mocking?
How
long will fools hate knowledge?
25 but
instead you neglected my counsel and would not accept my reproof;
26 I,
in turn, will laugh at your distress,
and
mock when terror comes over you
27 yes,
when terror overtakes you like a storm and your disaster approaches
like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble assail you.
28 Then
they will call me, but I won't answer;
they
will seek me earnestly, but they won't find me.
29 Because
they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of ADONAI,
30 they
refused my counsel and despised my reproof.
31 So
they will bear the consequences of their own way
and
be overfilled with their own schemes.
32 For
the aimless wandering of the thoughtless will kill them,
and
the smug overconfidence of fools will destroy them;
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 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 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 top 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 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. 17 He
measured the north side; it was five hundred cubits 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 of rushing waters, and the land was radiant with
his glory. 3
The
vision I saw was like the vision I had seen when he 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 people of Israel will never again defile my
holy name—neither they nor their kings—by their prostitution and
the funeral offerings for their kings at their death. 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 funeral
offerings for 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 its perfection, 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 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 and a handbreadth: Its gutter is a cubit deep and a cubit
wide, with a rim of one span around the edge. And this is the height
of the altar: 14 From
the gutter on the ground up to the lower ledge that goes around the
altar it is two cubits high, and the ledge is a cubit wide. From
this lower ledge to the upper ledge that goes around the altar it is
four cubits high, and that ledge is also a cubit wide. 15 Above
that, 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. All around the altar is a gutter of one cubit with a
rim of half a cubit. 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
splashing blood against the altar when it is built: 19
You
are to give a young bull as a sin offering to the Levitical priests
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 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 on the altar.
Then I will accept you, declares the Sovereign LORD.”
NEW
TESTAMENT:
JAMES 5:1 - 20
Warning to Rich Oppressors
1 Now
listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is
coming on 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 workers 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.
6 You
have condemned and murdered the innocent one, who was not opposing
you.
7
Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming.
See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop,
patiently waiting 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 one another, brothers and sisters, or you will be
judged. The Judge is standing at the door!
10 Brothers
and sisters, 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 count as 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 and sisters, do not swear—not by heaven or by
earth or by anything else. All you need to say is a simple “Yes”
or “No.” Otherwise you will be condemned.
13 Is
anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let
them sing songs of praise.
14 Is
anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to
pray over them and anoint them 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 them up. If they have sinned, they 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 person is powerful and
effective.
17
Elijah was a human being, even as we are. 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 and sisters, if one of you should wander from the truth and
someone should bring that person back,
20 remember
this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save
them from death and cover over a multitude of sins.
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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