Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
JANUARY
3
PSALMS: 3, 33, 63, 93,
123
PROVERBS: 3
OLD
TESTAMENT: DEUTERONOMY 4:1 - 49
NEW
TESTAMENT: LUKE 6:39 -
7:10
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: DEUTEROMONY 4:1 - 49
4
1
Hear
now, O Israel, the decrees and laws I am about to teach you. Follow them so that
you may live and may go in and take possession of the land that the LORD, the
God of your fathers, is giving you. 2 Do not add to what I command
you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the LORD your God that
I give you.
3
You
saw with your own eyes what the LORD did at Baal Peor. The LORD your God
destroyed from among you everyone who followed the Baal of Peor, 4
but all of you who held fast to the LORD your God are still alive today.
5
See,
I have taught you decrees and laws as the LORD my God commanded me, so that you
may follow them in the land you are entering to take possession of it. 6
Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding
to the nations, who will hear about all these decrees and say, "Surely this
great nation is a wise and understanding people." 7 What other nation
is so great as to have their gods near them the way the LORD our [10]
God is near us whenever we pray to him? 8 And what other nation is so
great as to have such righteous decrees and laws as this body of laws I am
setting before you today?
9
Only
be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things
your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach
them to your children and to their children after them. 10 Remember
the day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, when he said to me, "Assemble the people before me to hear my words so that
they may learn to revere me as long as they live in the land and may teach them
to their children." 11 You came near and stood at the foot of
the mountain while it blazed with fire to the very heavens, with black clouds
and deep darkness.
12
Then
the LORD spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of words but saw no
form; there was only a voice. 13 He declared to you his covenant, the
Ten Commandments, which he commanded you to follow and then wrote them on two
stone tablets. 14 And the LORD directed me at that time to teach you
the decrees and [11]
laws
you are to follow in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.
15
You
saw no form of any kind the day the LORD spoke to you at Horeb out of the fire.
Therefore watch yourselves very carefully, 16 so that you do not
become corrupt and make for yourselves an idol, an image of any shape, whether
formed like a man or a woman, 17 or like any animal on earth or any
bird that flies in the air, 18 or like any creature that moves along
the ground or any fish in the waters below. 19 And when you look up
to the sky and see the sun, the moon and the stars--all the heavenly array--do
not be enticed into bowing down to them and worshiping things the LORD your God
has apportioned to all the nations under heaven. 20 But as for you,
the LORD took you and brought you out of the iron-smelting furnace, out of
Egypt, to be the people of his inheritance, as you now are.
21
The
LORD was angry with me because of you, and he solemnly swore that I would not
cross the Jordan and enter the good land the LORD your God is giving you as your
inheritance. 22 I will die in this land; I will not [12]
cross the Jordan; but you are about to cross over and take possession of that
good land. 23 Be careful not to forget the covenant of the LORD your
God that he made with you; do not make for yourselves an idol in the form of
anything the LORD your God has forbidden. 24 For the LORD your God is
a consuming fire, a jealous God.
25
After
you have had children and grandchildren and have lived in the land a long
time--if you then become corrupt and make any kind of idol, doing evil in the
eyes of the LORD your God and provoking him to anger, 26 I call
heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish
from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live
there long but will certainly be destroyed. 27 The LORD will scatter
you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to
which the LORD will drive you. 28 There you will worship man-made
gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell. 29
But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you
look for him with all your heart [13]
and with all your soul. 30 When you are in distress and all these
things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your
God and obey him. 31 For the LORD your God is a merciful God; he will
not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your forefathers, which
he confirmed to them by oath.
32
Ask
now about the former days, long before your time, from the day God created man
on the earth; ask from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything so
great as this ever happened, or has anything like it ever been heard of? 33
Has any other people heard the voice of GodA speaking out of
fire, as you have, and lived? 34 Has any god ever tried to take for
himself one nation out of another nation, by testings, by miraculous signs and
wonders, by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, or by great and
awesome deeds, like all the things the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before
your very eyes?
35
You
were shown these things so that you might know that the LORD is God; besides
him[14]there
is no other. 36 From heaven he made you hear his voice to discipline
you. On earth he showed you his great fire, and you heard his words from out of
the fire.
37
Because
he loved your forefathers and chose their descendants after them, he brought you
out of Egypt by his Presence and his great strength, 38 to drive out
before you nations greater and stronger than you and to bring you into their
land to give it to you for your inheritance, as it is today.
39
Acknowledge
and take to heart this day that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth
below. There is no other. 40 Keep his decrees and commands, which I
am giving you today, so that it may go well with you and your children after you
and that you may live long in the land the LORD your God gives you for all time.
41
Then
Moses set aside three cities east of the Jordan, 42 to which anyone
who had killed a person could flee if he had unintentionally killed his neighbor
without malice aforethought. He could flee into one of these cities and save his
life. 43 The cities were these: Bezer in the desert plateau, for the
[15]Reubenites;
Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites.
44
This
is the law Moses set before the Israelites. 45 These are the
stipulations, decrees and laws Moses gave them when they came out of Egypt
46 and were in the valley near Beth Peor east of the Jordan, in the
land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon and was defeated by
Moses and the Israelites as they came out of Egypt.
47
They
took possession of his land and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two Amorite
kings east of the Jordan.
48
This
land extended from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge to Mount Siyon
B (that is, Hermon), 49 and included all the Arabah east
of the Jordan, as far as the Sea of the Arabah, C below the slopes of
Pisgah. [16]
NEW
TESTAMENT: LUKE 6:39 - 7:10
39
He
also told them this parable: "Can a blind man lead a
blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit? 40 A student is not above his teacher, but everyone who is
fully trained will be like his teacher.
41
"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no
attention to the plank in your own eye? 42
How can you say to your brother, `Brother, let me take the speck out of your
eye,' when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite,
first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove
the speck from your brother's eye.
43
"No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.
44
Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from
thornbushes, or grapes from briers. 45
The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the
evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of
the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.
46
"Why do you call me, `Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say? 47
I will show you what he is like who comes to me and hears my [17]words
and puts them into practice. 48
He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on
rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it,
because it was well built. 49
But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man
who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent
struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was
complete."
7
1
When
Jesus had finished saying all this in the hearing of the people, he entered
Capernaum. 2
There a centurion's servant, whom his master valued highly, was sick and about
to die. 3
The centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of the Jews to him, asking him
to come and heal his servant. 4
When they came to Jesus, they pleaded earnestly with him, "This man deserves to
have you do this, 5
because he loves our nation and has built our synagogue."
6 So Jesus went with them.
He
was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to say to him: "Lord,
don't trouble yourself, for I do not deserve to [18]
have you come under my roof. 7 That is why I did not even consider
myself worthy to come to you. But say the word, and my servant will be healed.
8 For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I
tell this one, `Go,' and he goes; and that one, `Come,' and he comes. I say to
my servant, `Do this,' and he does it."
9
When
Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him,
he said, "I tell you, I have not found such great
faith even in Israel." 10 Then the men who had been sent
returned to the house and found the servant well. [19]
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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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