Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
SEPTEMBER
3
PSALMS: 3,
33, 63, 93, 123
PROVERBS: 3
OLD
TESTAMENT: EZEKIEL 45:13 - 46:35
NEW
TESTAMENT: 1 PETER 1:13 -
2:10
PSALMS:
3
A
psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom.
1
O
LORD, how many are my foes!
How
many rise up against me!
2
Many
are saying of me,
"God
will not deliver him."
Selah
A
3
But
you are a shield around me, O LORD;
you
bestow glory on me and lift B up my head.
4
To
the LORD I cry aloud,
and
he answers me from his holy hill.
Selah
5
I
lie down and sleep;
I
wake again, because the LORD sustains me.
6
I
will not fear the tens of thousands
drawn
up against me on every side.
7
Arise,
O LORD!
Deliver
me, O my God!
Strike
all my enemies on the jaw;
break
the teeth of the wicked.
8
From
the LORD comes deliverance.
May
your blessing be on your people.
Selah [1]
PSALMS: 33
1
Sing
joyfully to the LORD, you righteous;
it
is fitting for the upright to praise him.
2
Praise
the LORD with the harp;
make
music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.
3
Sing
to him a new song;
play
skillfully, and shout for joy.
4
For
the word of the LORD is right and true;
he
is faithful in all he does.
5
The
LORD loves righteousness and justice;
the
earth is full of his unfailing love.
6
By
the word of the LORD were the heavens made,
their
starry host by the breath of his mouth.
7
He
gathers the waters of the sea into jars A;
he
puts the deep into storehouses.
8
Let
all the earth fear the LORD;
let
all the people of the world revere him.
9
For
he spoke, and it came to be;
he
commanded, and it stood firm.
10
The
LORD foils the plans of the nations;
he
thwarts the purposes of the peoples.
11
But
the plans of the LORD stand firm forever,
the
purposes of his heart through all generations.
12
Blessed
is the nation whose God is the LORD,
the
people he chose for his inheritance.
13
From
heaven the LORD looks down
and
sees all mankind;
14
from
his dwelling place he watches
all
who live on earth--
15
he
who forms the hearts of all,
who
considers everything they do.
16
No
king is saved by the size of his army;
no
warrior escapes by his great strength. [2]
17
A
horse is a vain hope for deliverance;
despite
all its great strength it cannot save.
18
But
the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear him,
on
those whose hope is in his unfailing love,
19
to
deliver them from death
and
keep them alive in famine.
20
We
wait in hope for the LORD;
he
is our help and our shield.
21
In
him our hearts rejoice,
for
we trust in his holy name.
22
May
your unfailing love rest upon us, O LORD,
even
as we put our hope in you. [3]
PSALMS: 63
A
psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah.
1
O
God, you are my God,
earnestly
I seek you;
my
soul thirsts for you,
my
body longs for you,
in
a dry and weary land
where
there is no water.
2
I
have seen you in the sanctuary
and
beheld your power and your glory.
3 Because
your love is better than life,
my
lips will glorify you.
4
I
will praise you as long as I live,
and
in your name I will lift up my hands.
5
My
soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods;
with
singing lips my mouth will praise you.
6
On
my bed I remember you;
I
think of you through the watches of the night.
7
Because
you are my help,
I
sing in the shadow of your wings.
8
My
soul clings to you;
your
right hand upholds me.
9
They
who seek my life will be destroyed;
they
will go down to the depths of the earth.
10
They
will be given over to the sword
and
become food for jackals.[4]
11
But
the king will rejoice in God;
all
who swear by God's name will praise him,
while
the mouths of liars will be silenced. [5]
PSALMS: 93
1
The
LORD reigns, he is robed in majesty;
the
LORD is robed in majesty
and
is armed with strength.
The
world is firmly established;
it
cannot be moved.
2
Your
throne was established long ago;
you
are from all eternity.
3
The
seas have lifted up, O LORD,
the
seas have lifted up their voice;
the
seas have lifted up their pounding waves.
4
Mightier
than the thunder of the great waters,
mightier
than the breakers of the sea--
the
LORD on high is mighty.
5
Your
statutes stand firm;
holiness
adorns your house
for
endless days, O LORD. [6]
PSALMS: 123
A
song of ascents.
1
I
lift up my eyes to you,
to
you whose throne is in heaven.
2
As
the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master,
as
the eyes of a maid look to the hand of her mistress,
so
our eyes look to the LORD our God,
till
he shows us his mercy.
3
Have
mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy on us,
for
we have endured much contempt.
4
We
have endured much ridicule from the proud,
much
contempt from the arrogant. [7]
PROVERBS: 3
3
1
My son, do not forget my teaching,
but
keep my commands in your heart,
2
for
they will prolong your life many years
and
bring you prosperity.
3
Let
love and faithfulness never leave you;
bind
them around your neck,
write
them on the tablet of your heart.
4
Then
you will win favor and a good name
in
the sight of God and man.
5
Trust
in the LORD with all your heart
and
lean not on your own understanding;
6
in
all your ways acknowledge him,
and
he will make your paths straight. A
7
Do
not be wise in your own eyes;
fear
the LORD and shun evil.
8
This
will bring health to your body
and
nourishment to your bones.
9
Honor
the LORD with your wealth,
with
the firstfruits of all your crops;
10
then
your barns will be filled to overflowing,
and
your vats will brim over with new wine.
11
My
son, do not despise the LORD's discipline
and
do not resent his rebuke,
12
because
the LORD disciplines those he loves,
as
a father B the son he delights in. [8]
13
Blessed
is the man who finds wisdom,
the
man who gains understanding,
14
for
she is more profitable than silver
and
yields better returns than gold.
15
She
is more precious than rubies;
nothing
you desire can compare with her.
16
Long
life is in her right hand;
in
her left hand are riches and honor.
17
Her
ways are pleasant ways,
and
all her paths are peace.
18
She
is a tree of life to those who embrace her;
those
who lay hold of her will be blessed.
19
By
wisdom the LORD laid the earth's foundations,
by
understanding he set the heavens in place;
20
by
his knowledge the deeps were divided,
and
the clouds let drop the dew.
21
My
son, preserve sound judgment and discernment,
do
not let them out of your sight;
22
they
will be life for you,
an
ornament to grace your neck.
23
Then
you will go on your way in safety,
and
your foot will not stumble;
24
when
you lie down, you will not be afraid;
when
you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
25
Have
no fear of sudden disaster
or
of the ruin that overtakes the wicked,
26
for
the LORD will be your confidence
and
will keep your foot from being snared.
27
Do
not withhold good from those who deserve it,
when
it is in your power to act. [9]
28
Do
not say to your neighbor,
"Come
back later; I'll give it tomorrow"--
when
you now have it with you.
29
Do
not plot harm against your neighbor,
who
lives trustfully near you.
30
Do
not accuse a man for no reason--
when
he has done you no harm.
31Do
not envy a violent man
or
choose any of his ways,
32
for
the LORD detests a perverse man
but
takes the upright into his confidence.
33
The
LORD's curse is on the house of the wicked,
but
he blesses the home of the righteous.
34
He
mocks proud mockers
but
gives grace to the humble.
35
The
wise inherit honor,
but
fools he holds up to shame.
OLD
TESTAMENT: EZEKIEL 45:13 - 46:35
13
"`This is the special gift you are to offer: a sixth of an
ephah from each homer of wheat and a sixth of an ephah from each homer of
barley. 14 The prescribed portion of oil, measured by the bath, is a
tenth of a bath from each cor (which consists of ten baths or one homer, for ten
baths are equivalent to a homer). 15
Also one sheep is to be taken from every
flock of two hundred from the well-watered pastures of Israel. These will be
used for the grain offerings, burnt offerings and fellowship offerings
J to make atonement for the people,
declares the Sovereign LORD. 16
All the people of the land will
participate in this special gift for the use of the prince in Israel.
17 It will
be the duty of the prince to provide the burnt offerings, grain offerings and
drink offerings at the festivals, the New Moons and the Sabbaths--at all the
appointed feasts of the house of Israel. He will provide the sin offerings,
grain offerings, burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to make atonement for
the house of Israel.
18
"`This is what the Sovereign LORD says: In the first month on
the first day you are to take a young bull without defect and purify the
sanctuary. 19 The priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering
and put it on the doorposts of the temple, on the four corners of the upper
ledge of the altar and on the gateposts of the inner court. 20 You are to do the
same on the seventh day of the month for anyone who sins unintentionally or
through ignorance; so you are to make atonement for the temple.
21
"`In the first month on the fourteenth day you are to observe
the Passover, a feast lasting seven days, during which you shall eat bread made
without yeast. 22 On that day the prince is to provide a bull as a sin
offering for himself and for all the people of the land. 23 Every day during the
seven days of the Feast he is to provide seven bulls and seven rams without
defect as a burnt offering to the LORD, and a male goat for a sin
offering. 24 He is to provide as a grain offering an ephah for each bull
and an ephah for each ram, along with a hin K of oil for each ephah.
25
"`During the seven days of the Feast, which begins in the
seventh month on the fifteenth day, he is to make the same provision for sin
offerings, burnt offerings, grain offerings and
oil.
46
1
"`This is what the Sovereign LORD says: The gate of the inner
court facing east is to be shut on the six working days, but on the Sabbath day
and on the day of the New Moon it is to be opened. 2 The prince is to
enter from the outside through the portico of the gateway and stand by the
gatepost. The priests are to sacrifice his burnt offering and his fellowship
offerings. A He is to worship at the
threshold of the gateway and then go out, but the gate will not be shut until
evening. 3 On the Sabbaths and New Moons the people of the land are to
worship in the presence of the LORD at the entrance to that gateway.
4 The
burnt offering the prince brings to the LORD on the Sabbath day is to be six
male lambs and a ram, all without defect. 5 The grain offering
given with the ram is to be an ephah, B and the grain offering with the lambs is to be as much as
he pleases, along with a hin C of
oil for each ephah. 6 On the day of the New Moon he is to offer a young bull, six
lambs and a ram, all without defect.
7
He
is to provide as a grain offering one ephah with the bull, one ephah with the
ram, and with the lambs as much as he wants to give, along with a hin [10]
of oil with each ephah.
8 When the
prince enters, he is to go in through the portico of the gateway, and he is to
come out the same way.
9
"`When the people of the land come before the LORD at the
appointed feasts, whoever enters by the north gate to worship is to go out the
south gate; and whoever enters by the south gate is to go out the north gate. No
one is to return through the gate by which he entered, but each is to go out the
opposite gate. 10 The prince is to be among them, going in when they go in and
going out when they go out.
11
"`At the festivals and the appointed feasts, the grain
offering is to be an ephah with a bull, an ephah with a ram, and with the lambs
as much as one pleases, along with a hin of oil for each ephah.
12 When
the prince provides a freewill offering to the LORD--whether a burnt offering or
fellowship offerings--the gate facing east is to be opened for him. He shall
offer his burnt offering or his fellowship offerings as he does on the Sabbath
day. Then he shall go out, and after he has gone out, the gate will be
shut.
13
"`Every day you are to provide a year-old lamb without defect
for a burnt offering to the LORD; morning by morning you shall provide
it. 14 You are also to provide with it morning by morning a grain
offering, consisting of a sixth of an ephah with a third of a hin of oil to
moisten the flour. The presenting of this grain offering to the LORD is a
lasting ordinance. 15 So the lamb and the grain offering and the oil shall be
provided morning by morning for a regular burnt offering.
16
"`This is what the Sovereign LORD says: If the prince makes a
gift from his inheritance to one of his sons, it will also belong to his
descendants; it is to be their property by inheritance. 17 If, however, he
makes a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, the servant may keep
it until the year of freedom; then it will revert to the prince. His inheritance
belongs to his sons only; it is theirs. 18
The prince must not take any of the
inheritance of the people, driving them off their property. He is to give his
sons their inheritance out of his own property, so that none of my people will
be separated from his property.' "
19
Then
the man brought me through the entrance at the side of the gate to the sacred
rooms facing north, which belonged to the priests, and showed me a place at the
western end. 20 He said to me, "This is the
place where the priests will cook the guilt offering and the sin offering and
bake the grain offering, to avoid bringing them into the outer court and
consecrating the people."
21
He
then brought me to the outer court and led me around to its four corners, and I
saw in each corner another court. 22 In the four corners of the outer
court were enclosed D courts, forty cubits long and thirty cubits
wide; each of the courts in the four corners was the same size. 23
Around the inside of each of the four courts was a ledge of stone, with
places for fire built all around under the ledge. 24 He said to me,
"These are the kitchens where those who minister at
the temple will cook the sacrifices of the people." [11]
NEW
TESTAMENT: 1 PETER 1:13 -
2:10
13
Therefore,
prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the
grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. 14 As obedient
children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in
ignorance. 15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in
all you do; 16 for it is written: "Be
holy, because I am holy." A
17
Since
you call on a Father who judges each man's work impartially, live your lives as
strangers here in reverent fear. 18 For you know that it was not with
perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty
way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, 19 but with the
precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. 20 He was
chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times
for your sake. 21 Through him you believe in God, who raised him from
the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God.
22
Now
that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere
love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from the heart. B
23 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of
imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. 24 For,
"All men are like grass,
and
all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the
grass withers and the flowers fall,
25
but the word of the Lord stands forever."
C
And
this is the word that was preached to you.
2
1
Therefore,
rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of
every kind. 2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that
by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3 now that you have tasted
that the Lord is good.
4
As
you come to him, the living Stone--rejected by men but chosen by God and
precious to him—5 you also, like living stones, are being built into
a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices
acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For in Scripture it says:
"See, I lay a stone in Zion, [12] a chosen and precious cornerstone,
and
the one who trusts in him
will
never be put to shame."
A
7 Now to you who believe, this
stone is precious. But to those who do not believe,
"The stone the builders rejected
has
become the capstone,
B"C
8 and,
"A stone that causes men to stumble
and
a rock that makes them fall."
D
They
stumble because they disobey the message--which is also what they were destined
for.
9
But
you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging
to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness
into his wonderful light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you
are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have
received mercy. [13]
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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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