MARCH
27
PSALMS: 27, 57, 87, 117,
147
PROVERBS: 27
OLD
TESTAMENT: 1 KINGS 15:25 - 17:24
NEW
TESTAMENT: ACTS 10:24 - 48
Psalms
27
Of
David.
1
The
LORD is my light and my salvation--
whom
shall I fear?
The
LORD is the stronghold of my life--
of
whom shall I be afraid?
2
When
evil men advance against me
to
devour my flesh, A
when
my enemies and my foes attack me,
they
will stumble and fall.
3
Though
an army besiege me,
my
heart will not fear;
though
war break out against me,
even
then will I be confident.
4
One
thing I ask of the LORD,
this
is what I seek:
that
I may dwell in the house of the LORD
all
the days of my life,
to
gaze upon the beauty of the LORD
and
to seek him in his temple.
5
For
in the day of trouble
he
will keep me safe in his dwelling;
he
will hide me in the shelter of his tabernacle
and
set me high upon a rock.
6
Then
my head will be exalted
above
the enemies who surround me;
at
his tabernacle will I sacrifice with shouts of joy;
I
will sing and make music to the LORD. [1]
7
Hear
my voice when I call, O LORD;
be
merciful to me and answer me.
8
My
heart says of you, "Seek hisB face!"
Your
face, LORD, I will seek.
9
Do
not hide your face from me,
do
not turn your servant away in anger;
you
have been my helper.
Do
not reject me or forsake me,
O
God my Savior.
10
Though
my father and mother forsake me,
the
LORD will receive me.
11
Teach
me your way, O LORD;
lead
me in a straight path
because
of my oppressors.
12
Do
not turn me over to the desire of my foes,
for
false witnesses rise up against me,
breathing
out violence.
13
I
am still confident of this:
I
will see the goodness of the LORD
in
the land of the living.
14
Wait
for the LORD;
be
strong and take heart
and
wait for the LORD.
PSALMS: 57
1
Have
mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me,
for
in you my soul takes refuge.
I
will take refuge in the shadow of your wings
until
the disaster has passed.
2
I
cry out to God Most High,
to
God, who fulfills his purpose for me.
3
He
sends from heaven and saves me,
rebuking
those who hotly pursue me;
Selah
God
sends his love and his faithfulness.
4
I
am in the midst of lions;
I
lie among ravenous beasts--
men
whose teeth are spears and arrows,
whose
tongues are sharp swords.
5
Be
exalted, O God, above the heavens;
let
your glory be over all the earth.
6
They
spread a net for my feet--
I
was bowed down in distress.
They
dug a pit in my path--
but
they have fallen into it themselves.
Selah [2]
7
My
heart is steadfast, O God,
my
heart is steadfast;
I
will sing and make music.
8
Awake,
my soul!
Awake,
harp and lyre!
I
will awaken the dawn.
9
I
will praise you, O Lord, among the nations;
I
will sing of you among the peoples.
10
For
great is your love, reaching to the heavens;
your
faithfulness reaches to the skies.
11
Be
exalted, O God, above the heavens;
let
your glory be over all the earth. [3]
PSALMS: 87
Of
the Sons of Korah. A psalm. A song.
1
He
has set his foundation on the holy mountain;
2
the
LORD loves the gates of Zion
more
than all the dwellings of Jacob.
3
Glorious
things are said of you,
O
city of God:
Selah
4
"I will record Rahab A and Babylon
among
those who acknowledge me--
Philistia
too, and Tyre, along with Cush B--
and
will say, `This C
one was born in Zion.'"
5
Indeed,
of Zion it will be said,
"This one and that one were born in
her,
and
the Most High himself will establish her."
6
The
LORD will write in the register of the peoples:
"This one was born in Zion."
Selah
7
As
they make music they will sing,
"All my fountains are in you." [4]
PSALMS: 117
1
Praise
the LORD, all you nations;
extol
him, all you peoples.
2
For
great is his love toward us,
and
the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever.
Praise
the LORD. A [5]
PSALMS: 147
1
Praise
the LORD. A
How
good it is to sing praises to our God,
how
pleasant and fitting to praise him!
2
The
LORD builds up Jerusalem;
he
gathers the exiles of Israel.
3
He
heals the brokenhearted
and
binds up their wounds.
4
He
determines the number of the stars
and
calls them each by name.
5
Great
is our Lord and mighty in power;
his
understanding has no limit.
6
The
LORD sustains the humble
but
casts the wicked to the ground.
7
Sing
to the LORD with thanksgiving;
make
music to our God on the harp.
8
He
covers the sky with clouds;
he
supplies the earth with rain
and
makes grass grow on the hills.
9
He
provides food for the cattle
and
for the young ravens when they call.
10
His
pleasure is not in the strength of the horse,
nor
his delight in the legs of a man;
11
the
LORD delights in those who fear him,
who
put their hope in his unfailing love. [6]
12
Extol
the LORD, O Jerusalem;
praise
your God, O Zion,
13
for
he strengthens the bars of your gates
and
blesses your people within you.
14
He
grants peace to your borders
and
satisfies you with the finest of wheat.
15
He
sends his command to the earth;
his
word runs swiftly.
16
He
spreads the snow like wool
and
scatters the frost like ashes.
17
He
hurls down his hail like pebbles.
Who
can withstand his icy blast?
18
He
sends his word and melts them;
he
stirs up his breezes, and the waters flow.
19
He
has revealed his word to Jacob,
his
laws and decrees to Israel.
20
He
has done this for no other nation;
they
do not know his laws.
Praise
the LORD. [7]
PROVERBS: 27
27
1
Do not boast about tomorrow,
for
you do not know what a day may bring forth.
2
Let
another praise you, and not your own mouth;
someone
else, and not your own lips.
3
Stone
is heavy and sand a burden,
but
provocation by a fool is heavier than both.
4
Anger
is cruel and fury overwhelming,
but
who can stand before jealousy?
5
Better
is open rebuke
than
hidden love.
6
Wounds
from a friend can be trusted,
but
an enemy multiplies kisses.
7
He
who is full loathes honey,
but
to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.
8
Like
a bird that strays from its nest
is
a man who strays from his home.
9
Perfume
and incense bring joy to the heart,
and
the pleasantness of one's friend springs from his earnest
counsel.
10
Do
not forsake your friend and the friend of your father,
and
do not go to your brother's house when disaster strikes
you--
better
a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
11
Be
wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart;
then
I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt. [8]
12
The
prudent see danger and take refuge,
but
the simple keep going and suffer for it.
13
Take
the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger;
hold
it in pledge if he does it for a wayward woman.
14
If
a man loudly blesses his neighbor early in the morning,
it
will be taken as a curse.
15
A
quarrelsome wife is like
a
constant dripping on a rainy day;
16
restraining
her is like restraining the wind
or
grasping oil with the hand.
17
As
iron sharpens iron,
so
one man sharpens another.
18
He
who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,
and
he who looks after his master will be honored.
19
As
water reflects a face,
so
a man's heart reflects the man.
20
Death
and Destruction A are never satisfied,
and
neither are the eyes of man.
21
The
crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,
but
man is tested by the praise he receives.
22
Though
you grind a fool in a mortar,
grinding
him like grain with a pestle,
you
will not remove his folly from him. [9]
23
Be
sure you know the condition of your flocks,
give
careful attention to your herds;
24
for
riches do not endure forever,
and
a crown is not secure for all generations.
25
When
the hay is removed and new growth appears
and
the grass from the hills is gathered in,
26
the
lambs will provide you with clothing,
and
the goats with the price of a field.
27
You
will have plenty of goats' milk
to
feed you and your family
and
to nourish your servant girls. [10]
OLD
TESTAMENT: 1 KINGS 15:25 - 17:24
25 Nadab son of Jeroboam
became king of Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned
over Israel two years. 26 He did evil in the eyes of the LORD,
walking in the ways of his father and in his sin, which he had caused Israel to
commit.
27 Baasha son of Ahijah of
the house of Issachar plotted against him, and he struck him down at Gibbethon,
a Philistine town, while Nadab and all Israel were besieging it.
28 Baasha killed Nadab in
the third year of Asa king of Judah and succeeded him as king.
29 As soon as he began to
reign, he killed Jeroboam's whole family. He did not leave Jeroboam anyone that
breathed, but destroyed them all, according to the word of the LORD given
through his servant Ahijah the Shilonite—30 because of the sins
Jeroboam had committed and had caused Israel to commit, and because he provoked
the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger.
31 As for the other events
of Nadab's reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals
of the kings of Israel? 32 There was war between Asa and Baasha king
of Israel throughout their reigns.
33 In the third year of Asa
king of Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah became king of all Israel in Tirzah, and he
reigned twenty-four years. 34 He did evil in the eyes of the LORD,
walking in the ways of Jeroboam and in his sin, which he had caused Israel to
commit.
16 1 Then the word of the
LORD came to Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha: 2 "I lifted you up from the dust and made you leader of my
people Israel, but you walked in the ways of Jeroboam and caused [11] my people Israel to sin and to provoke me to anger by their
sins. 3 So I am about to consume
Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of
Nebat. 4 Dogs will eat those
belonging to Baasha who die in the city, and the birds of the air will feed on
those who die in the country."
5 As for the other events
of Baasha's reign, what he did and his achievements, are they not written in the
book of the annals of the kings of Israel? 6 Baasha rested with his
fathers and was buried in Tirzah. And Elah his son succeeded him as king.
7 Moreover, the word of
the LORD came through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani to Baasha and his house,
because of all the evil he had done in the eyes of the LORD, provoking him to
anger by the things he did, and becoming like the house of Jeroboam--and also
because he destroyed it.
8 In the twenty-sixth year
of Asa king of Judah, Elah son of Baasha became king of Israel, and he reigned
in Tirzah two years.
9 Zimri, one of his
officials, who had command of half his chariots, plotted against him. Elah was
in Tirzah at the time, getting drunk in the home of Arza, the man in charge of
the palace at Tirzah. 10 Zimri came in, struck him down and killed
him in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah. Then he succeeded him as
king.
11 As soon as he began to
reign and was seated on the throne, he killed off Baasha's whole family. He did
not spare a single male, whether relative or friend. 12 So Zimri
destroyed the whole family of Baasha, in accordance with the word of the LORD
spoken against Baasha through the prophet Jehu—13 because of all the
sins Baasha [12]
and his son Elah had committed and had caused Israel to commit, so that they
provoked the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger by their worthless idols.
14 As for the other events
of Elah's reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals
of the kings of Israel?
15 In the twenty-seventh
year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned in Tirzah seven days. The army was
encamped near Gibbethon, a Philistine town. 16 When the Israelites in
the camp heard that Zimri had plotted against the king and murdered him, they
proclaimed Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that very day there
in the camp. 17 Then Omri and all the Israelites with him withdrew
from Gibbethon and laid siege to Tirzah. 18 When Zimri saw that the
city was taken, he went into the citadel of the royal palace and set the palace
on fire around him. So he died, 19 because of the sins he had
committed, doing evil in the eyes of the LORD and walking in the ways of
Jeroboam and in the sin he had committed and had caused Israel to commit.
20 As for the other events
of Zimri's reign, and the rebellion he carried out, are they not written in the
book of the annals of the kings of Israel?
21 Then the people of
Israel were split into two factions; half supported Tibni son of Ginath for
king, and the other half supported Omri.
22 But Omri's followers
proved stronger than those of Tibni son of Ginath. So Tibni died and Omri became
king.
23 In the thirty-first year
of Asa king of Judah, Omri became king [13]
of Israel, and he reigned twelve years, six of them in Tirzah. 24 He
bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talentsA of silver and
built a city on the hill, calling it Samaria, after Shemer, the name of the
former owner of the hill.
25 But Omri did evil in the
eyes of the LORD and sinned more than all those before him. 26 He
walked in all the ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat and in his sin, which he had
caused Israel to commit, so that they provoked the LORD, the God of Israel, to
anger by their worthless idols.
27 As for the other events
of Omri's reign, what he did and the things he achieved, are they not written in
the book of the annals of the kings of Israel? 28 Omri rested with
his fathers and was buried in Samaria. And Ahab his son succeeded him as king.
29 In the thirty-eighth
year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel, and he
reigned in Samaria over Israel twenty-two years. 30 Ahab son of Omri
did more evil in the eyes of the LORD than any of those before him. 31
He not only considered it trivial to commit the sins of Jeroboam son of
Nebat, but he also married Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians,
and began to serve Baal and worship him. 32 He set up an altar for
Baal in the temple of Baal that he built in Samaria.
33 Ahab also made an
Asherah pole and did more to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger than
did all the kings of Israel before him.
34 In Ahab's time, Hiel of
Bethel rebuilt Jericho. He laid its foundations at the cost of his firstborn son
Abiram, and he set up its gates at the cost of his youngest son Segub, in
accordance with the word of the LORD spoken by Joshua son of Nun. [14]
17 1 Now Elijah the Tishbite,
from Tishbe A in Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the LORD, the God of
Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few
years except at my word."
2 Then the word of the
LORD came to Elijah: 3 "Leave here, turn
eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan.
4 You will drink from the brook, and
I have ordered the ravens to feed you there."
5 So he did what the LORD
had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed
there. 6 The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and
bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.
7 Some time later the
brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land. 8 Then the
word of the LORD came to him: 9 "Go at once
to Zarephath of Sidon and stay there. I have commanded a widow in that place to
supply you with food." 10 So he went to Zarephath. When he
came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and
asked, "Would you bring me a little water in a jar so I may have a drink?"
11 As she was going to get it, he called, "And bring me, please, a
piece of bread."
12 "As surely as the LORD
your God lives," she replied, "I don't have any bread--only a handful of flour
in a jar and a little oil in a jug. I am gathering a few sticks to take home and
make a meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it--and die."
13 Elijah said to her,
"Don't be afraid. Go home and do as you have said. But first make a small cake
of bread for me from what [15]
you have and bring it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son.
14 For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: `The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil
will not run dry until the day the LORD gives rain on the land.'"
15 She went away and did as
Elijah had told her. So there was food every day for Elijah and for the woman
and her family. 16 For the jar of flour was not used up and the jug
of oil did not run dry, in keeping with the word of the LORD spoken by Elijah.
17 Some time later the son
of the woman who owned the house became ill. He grew worse and worse, and
finally stopped breathing. 18 She said to Elijah, "What do you have
against me, man of God? Did you come to remind me of my sin and kill my son?"
19 "Give me your son,"
Elijah replied. He took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where
he was staying, and laid him on his bed. 20 Then he cried out to the
LORD, "O LORD my God, have you brought tragedy also upon this widow I am staying
with, by causing her son to die?" 21 Then he stretched himself out on
the boy three times and cried to the LORD, "O LORD my God, let this boy's life
return to him!"
22 The LORD heard Elijah's
cry, and the boy's life returned to him, and he lived.
23 Elijah picked up the
child and carried him down from the room into the house. He gave him to his
mother and said, "Look, your son is alive!"
24 Then the woman said to
Elijah, "Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the LORD from
your mouth is the truth." [16]
NEW
TESTAMENT: ACTS 10:24 - 48
The
next day Peter started out with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa went
along. 24 The following day he arrived in Caesarea. Cornelius was
expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends. 25
As Peter entered the house, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet in
reverence. 26 But Peter made him get up. "Stand up," he said, "I am
only a man myself."
27
Talking
with him, Peter went inside and found a large gathering of people. 28
He said to them: "You are well aware that it is against our law for a Jew
to associate with a Gentile or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not
call any man impure or unclean. 29 So when I was sent for, I came
without raising any objection. May I ask why you sent for me?"
30
Cornelius
answered: "Four days ago I was in my house praying at this hour, at three in the
afternoon. Suddenly a man in shining clothes stood before me 31 and
said, `Cornelius, God has heard your prayer and
remembered your gifts to the poor. 32 Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter. He is a guest
in the home of Simon the tanner, who lives by the sea.'
33 So I sent for you immediately,
and it was good of you to come. Now we are all here in the presence of God to
listen to everything the Lord has commanded you to tell us."
34
Then
Peter began to speak: "I now realize how true it is that God does not show
favoritism 35 but accepts men from every nation who fear him and do
what is right.
36
ou know the message God sent to the people of Israel, telling the good news of
peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all. 37 You know what has
happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John [17]
preached—38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit
and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the
power of the devil, because God was with him.
39
"We
are witnesses of everything he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem.
They killed him by hanging him on a tree, 40 but God raised him from
the dead on the third day and caused him to be seen. 41 He was not
seen by all the people, but by witnesses whom God had already chosen--by us who
ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. 42 He commanded
us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one whom God appointed
as judge of the living and the dead. 43 All the prophets testify
about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through
his name."
44
While
Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came on all who heard the
message. 45 The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were
astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the
Gentiles. 46 For they heard them speaking in tongues B and
praising God.
Then
Peter said, 47 "Can anyone keep these people from being baptized with
water? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have."
48
So
he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked
Peter to stay with them for a few days. [18]
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