THEINC-HIM DAILY BIBLE MEDITATION: April 26

Saturday, October 24, 2009

April 26

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

APRIL 26

PSALMS: 26, 56, 86, 116, 146

PROVERBS: 26

OLD TESTAMENT

1 CHRONICLES 22:1 - 23:32

NEW TESTAMENT

ROMANS 3:9 - 31

PSALMS: 26

Of David.

1Vindicate me, O LORD,

for I have led a blameless life;

I have trusted in the LORD

without wavering.

2Test me, O LORD, and try me,

examine my heart and my mind;

3for your love is ever before me,

and I walk continually in your truth.

4I do not sit with deceitful men,

nor do I consort with hypocrites;

5I abhor the assembly of evildoers

and refuse to sit with the wicked.

6I wash my hands in innocence,

and go about your altar, O LORD,

7proclaiming aloud your praise

and telling of all your wonderful deeds.

8I love the house where you live, O LORD,

the place where your glory dwells.

9Do not take away my soul along with sinners,

my life with bloodthirsty men,

10in whose hands are wicked schemes,

whose right hands are full of bribes.

11But I lead a blameless life;

redeem me and be merciful to me.

12My feet stand on level ground;

in the great assembly I will praise the LORD. [1]

PSALMS: 56

For the director of music. To the tune of "A Dove on Distant Oaks." Of David. A miktam.A When the Philistines had seized him in Gath.

1Be merciful to me, O God, for men hotly pursue me;

all day long they press their attack.

2My slanderers pursue me all day long;

many are attacking me in their pride.

3When I am afraid,

I will trust in you.

4In God, whose word I praise,

in God I trust; I will not be afraid.

What can mortal man do to me?

5All day long they twist my words;

they are always plotting to harm me.

6They conspire, they lurk,

they watch my steps,

eager to take my life.

7On no account let them escape;

in your anger, O God, bring down the nations.

8Record my lament;

list my tears on your scrollB--

are they not in your record?

9Then my enemies will turn back

when I call for help.

By this I will know that God is for me.

10In God, whose word I praise,

in the LORD, whose word I praise--

11in God I trust; I will not be afraid.

What can man do to me? [2]

12I am under vows to you, O God;

I will present my thank offerings to you.

13For you have delivered meC from death

and my feet from stumbling,

that I may walk before God

in the light of life.D [3]

PSALMS: 86

A prayer of David.

1Hear, O LORD, and answer me,

for I am poor and needy.

2Guard my life, for I am devoted to you.

You are my God; save your servant

who trusts in you.

3Have mercy on me, O Lord,

for I call to you all day long.

4Bring joy to your servant,

for to you, O Lord,

I lift up my soul.

5You are forgiving and good, O Lord,

abounding in love to all who call to you.

6Hear my prayer, O LORD;

listen to my cry for mercy.

7In the day of my trouble I will call to you,

for you will answer me.

8Among the gods there is none like you, O Lord;

no deeds can compare with yours.

9All the nations you have made

will come and worship before you, O Lord;

they will bring glory to your name.

10For you are great and do marvelous deeds;

you alone are God.[4]

11Teach me your way, O LORD,

and I will walk in your truth;

give me an undivided heart,

that I may fear your name.

12I will praise you, O Lord my God, with all my heart;

I will glorify your name forever.

13For great is your love toward me;

you have delivered me from the depths of the grave.A

14The arrogant are attacking me, O God;

a band of ruthless men seeks my life--

men without regard for you.

15But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,

slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.

16Turn to me and have mercy on me;

grant your strength to your servant

and save the son of your maidservant.B

17Give me a sign of your goodness,

that my enemies may see it and be put to shame,

for you, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me. [5]

PSALMS: 116

1I love the LORD, for he heard my voice;

he heard my cry for mercy.

2Because he turned his ear to me,

I will call on him as long as I live.

3The cords of death entangled me,

the anguish of the graveA came upon me;

I was overcome by trouble and sorrow.

4Then I called on the name of the LORD:

"O LORD, save me!"

5The LORD is gracious and righteous;

our God is full of compassion.

6The LORD protects the simplehearted;

when I was in great need, he saved me.

7Be at rest once more, O my soul,

for the LORD has been good to you.

8For you, O LORD, have delivered my soul from death,

my eyes from tears,

my feet from stumbling,

9that I may walk before the LORD

in the land of the living.

10I believed; thereforeB I said,

"I am greatly afflicted."

11And in my dismay I said,

"All men are liars."

12How can I repay the LORD

for all his goodness to me?

13I will lift up the cup of salvation

and call on the name of the LORD.

14I will fulfill my vows to the LORD

in the presence of all his people. [6]

15Precious in the sight of the LORD

is the death of his saints.

16O LORD, truly I am your servant;

I am your servant, the son of your maidservantC;

you have freed me from my chains.

17I will sacrifice a thank offering to you

and call on the name of the LORD.

18I will fulfill my vows to the LORD

in the presence of all his people,

19in the courts of the house of the LORD--

in your midst, O Jerusalem.

Praise the LORD.D [7]

PSALMS: 146

1Praise the LORD.A

Praise the LORD, O my soul.

2I will praise the LORD all my life;

I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.

3Do not put your trust in princes,

in mortal men, who cannot save.

4When their spirit departs, they return to the ground;

on that very day their plans come to nothing.

5Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,

whose hope is in the LORD his God,

6the Maker of heaven and earth,

the sea, and everything in them--

the LORD, who remains faithful forever.

7He upholds the cause of the oppressed

and gives food to the hungry.

The LORD sets prisoners free,

8the LORD gives sight to the blind,

the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down,

the LORD loves the righteous.

9The LORD watches over the alien

and sustains the fatherless and the widow,

but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.

10The LORD reigns forever,

your God, O Zion, for all generations.

Praise the LORD. [8]

PROVERBS: 26

261 Like snow in summer or rain in harvest,

honor is not fitting for a fool.

2Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow,

an undeserved curse does not come to rest.

3A whip for the horse, a halter for the donkey,

and a rod for the backs of fools!

4Do not answer a fool according to his folly,

or you will be like him yourself.

5Answer a fool according to his folly,

or he will be wise in his own eyes.

6Like cutting off one's feet or drinking violence

is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.

7Like a lame man's legs that hang limp

is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

8Like tying a stone in a sling

is the giving of honor to a fool.

9Like a thornbush in a drunkard's hand

is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

10Like an archer who wounds at random

is he who hires a fool or any passer-by.

11As a dog returns to its vomit,

so a fool repeats his folly.

[9]12Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?

There is more hope for a fool than for him.

13The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road,

a fierce lion roaming the streets!"

14As a door turns on its hinges,

so a sluggard turns on his bed.

15The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;

he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.

16The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes

than seven men who answer discreetly.

17Like one who seizes a dog by the ears

is a passer-by who meddles in a quarrel not his own.

18Like a madman shooting

firebrands or deadly arrows

19is a man who deceives his neighbor

and says, "I was only joking!"

20Without wood a fire goes out;

without gossip a quarrel dies down.

21As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire,

so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife. [10]

22The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;

they go down to a man's inmost parts.

23Like a coating of glazeA over earthenware

are fervent lips with an evil heart.

24A malicious man disguises himself with his lips,

but in his heart he harbors deceit.

25Though his speech is charming, do not believe him,

for seven abominations fill his heart.

26His malice may be concealed by deception,

but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

27If a man digs a pit, he will fall into it;

if a man rolls a stone, it will roll back on him.

28A lying tongue hates those it hurts,

and a flattering mouth works ruin. [11]

OLD TESTAMENT

1 CHRONICLES 22:1 - 23:32

221Then David said, "The house of the LORD God is to be here, and also the altar of burnt offering for Israel."

2So David gave orders to assemble the aliens living in Israel, and from among them he appointed stonecutters to prepare dressed stone for building the house of God. 3He provided a large amount of iron to make nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, and more bronze than could be weighed. 4He also provided more cedar logs than could be counted, for the Sidonians and Tyrians had brought large numbers of them to David.

5David said, "My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the LORD should be of great magnificence and fame and splendor in the sight of all the nations. Therefore I will make preparations for it." So David made extensive preparations before his death.

6Then he called for his son Solomon and charged him to build a house for the LORD, the God of Israel. 7David said to Solomon: "My son, I had it in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God. 8But this word of the LORD came to me: `You have shed much blood and have fought many wars. You are not to build a house for my Name, because you have shed much blood on the earth in my sight. 9But you will have a son who will be a man of peace and rest, and I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side. His name will be Solomon,A and I will grant Israel peace and quiet during his reign. 10He is the one who will build a house for my Name. He will be my son, and I will be his father. And I will [12]establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.'

11"Now, my son, the LORD be with you, and may you have success and build the house of the LORD your God, as he said you would. 12May the LORD give you discretion and understanding when he puts you in command over Israel, so that you may keep the law of the LORD your God. 13Then you will have success if you are careful to observe the decrees and laws that the LORD gave Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged.

14"I have taken great pains to provide for the temple of the LORD a hundred thousand talentsB of gold, a million talentsC of silver, quantities of bronze and iron too great to be weighed, and wood and stone. And you may add to them. 15You have many workmen: stonecutters, masons and carpenters, as well as men skilled in every kind of work 16in gold and silver, bronze and iron--craftsmen beyond number. Now begin the work, and the LORD be with you."

17Then David ordered all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon. 18He said to them, "Is not the LORD your God with you? And has he not granted you rest on every side? For he has handed the inhabitants of the land over to me, and the land is subject to the LORD and to his people. 19Now devote your heart and soul to seeking the LORD your God. Begin to build the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the sacred articles belonging to God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the LORD."[13]

231When David was old and full of years, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

2He also gathered together all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and Levites. 3The Levites thirty years old or more were counted, and the total number of men was thirty-eight thousand. 4David said, "Of these, twenty-four thousand are to supervise the work of the temple of the LORD and six thousand are to be officials and judges. 5Four thousand are to be gatekeepers and four thousand are to praise the LORD with the musical instruments I have provided for that purpose."

6David divided the Levites into groups corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

7Belonging to the Gershonites:

Ladan and Shimei.

8The sons of Ladan:

Jehiel the first, Zetham and Joel--three in all.

9The sons of Shimei:

Shelomoth, Haziel and Haran--three in all.

These were the heads of the families of Ladan.

10And the sons of Shimei:

Jahath, Ziza,A Jeush and Beriah.

These were the sons of Shimei--four in all.

11Jahath was the first and Ziza the second, but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons; so they were counted as one family with one assignment. [14] 12The sons of Kohath:

Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel--four in all.

13The sons of Amram:

Aaron and Moses.

Aaron was set apart, he and his descendants forever, to consecrate the most holy things, to offer sacrifices before the LORD, to minister before him and to pronounce blessings in his name forever. 14The sons of Moses the man of God were counted as part of the tribe of Levi.

15The sons of Moses:

Gershom and Eliezer.

16The descendants of Gershom:

Shubael was the first.

17The descendants of Eliezer:

Rehabiah was the first.

Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very numerous.

18The sons of Izhar:

Shelomith was the first.

19The sons of Hebron:

Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third and Jekameam the fourth.

20The sons of Uzziel:

Micah the first and Isshiah the second.

21The sons of Merari:

Mahli and Mushi. [15]The sons of Mahli:

Eleazar and Kish.

22Eleazar died without having sons: he had only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.

23The sons of Mushi:

Mahli, Eder and Jerimoth--three in all.

24These were the descendants of Levi by their families--the heads of families as they were registered under their names and counted individually, that is, the workers twenty years old or more who served in the temple of the LORD. 25For David had said, "Since the LORD, the God of Israel, has granted rest to his people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever, 26the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the articles used in its service." 27According to the last instructions of David, the Levites were counted from those twenty years old or more.

28The duty of the Levites was to help Aaron's descendants in the service of the temple of the LORD: to be in charge of the courtyards, the side rooms, the purification of all sacred things and the performance of other duties at the house of God. 29They were in charge of the bread set out on the table, the flour for the grain offerings, the unleavened wafers, the baking and the mixing, and all measurements of quantity and size. 30They were also to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD. They were to do the same in [16]the evening 31and whenever burnt offerings were presented to the LORD on Sabbaths and at New Moon festivals and at appointed feasts. They were to serve before the LORD regularly in the proper number and in the way prescribed for them.

32And so the Levites carried out their responsibilities for the Tent of Meeting, for the Holy Place and, under their brothers the descendants of Aaron, for the service of the temple of the LORD. [17]

NEW TESTAMENT

ROMANS 3:9 - 31

9What shall we conclude then? Are we any betterB? Not at all! We have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under sin. 10As it is written:

"There is no one righteous, not even one;

11 there is no one who understands,

no one who seeks God.

12All have turned away,

they have together become worthless;

there is no one who does good,

not even one."C

13"Their throats are open graves;

their tongues practice deceit."D

"The poison of vipers is on their lips."E

14 "Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness."F

15"Their feet are swift to shed blood;

16 ruin and misery mark their ways,

17and the way of peace they do not know."G

18 "There is no fear of God before their eyes."H

19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. 20Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin.

21But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. 22This [18]righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, 23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. 25God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement,I through faith in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished-- 26he did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.

27Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of observing the law? No, but on that of faith. 28For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from observing the law. 29Is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too, 30since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith. 31Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law.[19]

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. 17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18Whoever 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 19This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21But 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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