Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
APRIL
30
PSALMS:
30, 60, 90, 120, 150
PROVERBS:
30
OLD
TESTAMENT: 2 CORINTHIANS 1:1 - 3:18
NEW
TESTAMENT: ROMANS 6:1 - 23
PSALMS:
30
A
psalm. A song. For the dedication of the temple. A
Of David.
1
I
will exalt you, O LORD,
for
you lifted me out of the depths
and
did not let my enemies gloat over me.
2
O
LORD my God, I called to you for help
and
you healed me.
3
O
LORD, you brought me up from the grave B;
you
spared me from going down into the pit.
4
Sing
to the LORD, you saints of his;
praise
his holy name.
5
For
his anger lasts only a moment,
but
his favor lasts a lifetime;
weeping
may remain for a night,
but
rejoicing comes in the morning.
6
When
I felt secure, I said,
"I
will never be shaken."
7
O
LORD, when you favored me,
you
made my mountain C
stand firm;
but
when you hid your face,
I
was dismayed.
8
To
you, O LORD, I called;
to
the Lord I cried for mercy:
9
"What
gain is there in my destruction, D
in
my going down into the pit?
Will
the dust praise you?
Will
it proclaim your faithfulness? 1
10
Hear,
O LORD, and be merciful to me;
O
LORD, be my help."
11
You
turned my wailing into dancing;
you
removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
12
that
my heart may sing to you and not be silent.
O
LORD my God, I will give you thanks forever. 2
PSALMS:
60
For
the director of music. To the tune of "The Lily of the
Covenant." A miktam
A
of David. For teaching. When he fought Aram Naharaim B
and Aram Zobah, C
and when Joab returned and struck down twelve thousand Edomites in
the Valley of Salt.
1
You
have rejected us, O God, and burst forth upon us;
you
have been angry--now restore us!
2
You
have shaken the land and torn it open;
mend
its fractures, for it is quaking.
3
You
have shown your people desperate times;
you
have given us wine that makes us stagger.
4
But
for those who fear you, you have raised a banner
to
be unfurled against the bow.
Selah
5
Save
us and help us with your right hand,
that
those you love may be delivered.
6
God
has spoken from his sanctuary:
"In
triumph I will parcel out Shechem
and
measure off the Valley of Succoth.
7
Gilead
is mine, and Manasseh is mine;
Ephraim
is my helmet,
Judah
my scepter.
8
Moab
is my washbasin,
upon
Edom I toss my sandal;
over
Philistia I shout in triumph."
9
Who
will bring me to the fortified city?
Who
will lead me to Edom?
10
Is
it not you, O God, you who have rejected us
and
no longer go out with our armies?
for
the help of man is worthless.
12
With
God we will gain the victory,
and
he will trample down our enemies. 4
PSALMS:
90
A
prayer of Moses the man of God.
1
Lord,
you have been our dwelling place
throughout
all generations.
2
Before
the mountains were born
or
you brought forth the earth and the world,
from
everlasting to everlasting you are God.
3
You
turn men back to dust,
saying,
"Return to dust, O sons of men."
4
For
a thousand years in your sight
are
like a day that has just gone by,
or
like a watch in the night.
5
You
sweep men away in the sleep of death;
they
are like the new grass of the morning--
6
though
in the morning it springs up new,
by
evening it is dry and withered.
7
We
are consumed by your anger
and
terrified by your indignation.
8
You
have set our iniquities before you,
our
secret sins in the light of your presence.
9
All
our days pass away under your wrath;
we
finish our years with a moan.
10
The
length of our days is seventy years--
or
eighty, if we have the strength;
yet
their span A
is but trouble and sorrow,
for
they quickly pass, and we fly away.
11
Who
knows the power of your anger?
For
your wrath is as great as the fear that is due you.
PSALMS:
120
A
song of ascents.
1
I
call on the LORD in my distress,
and
he answers me.
2
Save
me, O LORD, from lying lips
and
from deceitful tongues.
3
What
will he do to you,
and
what more besides, O deceitful tongue?
4
He
will punish you with a warrior's sharp arrows,
with
burning coals of the broom tree.
5
Woe
to me that I dwell in Meshech,
that
I live among the tents of Kedar!
6
Too
long have I lived
among
those who hate peace.
7
I
am a man of peace;
but
when I speak, they are for war. 6
PSALMS:
150
1
Praise
the LORD. A
Praise
God in his sanctuary;
praise
him in his mighty heavens.
2
Praise
him for his acts of power;
praise
him for his surpassing greatness.
3
Praise
him with the sounding of the trumpet,
praise
him with the harp and lyre,
4
praise
him with tambourine and dancing,
praise
him with the strings and flute,
5praise
him with the clash of cymbals,
praise
him with resounding cymbals.
6
Let
everything that has breath praise the LORD.
Praise
the LORD. 7
PROVERBS:
30
30
1
The
sayings of Agur son of Jakeh--an oracle A:
This
man declared to Ithiel,
to
Ithiel and to Ucal: B
2
"I
am the most ignorant of men;
I
do not have a man's understanding.
3
I
have not learned wisdom,
nor
have I knowledge of the Holy One.
4
Who
has gone up to heaven and come down?
Who
has gathered up the wind in the hollow of his hands?
Who
has wrapped up the waters in his cloak?
Who
has established all the ends of the earth?
What
is his name, and the name of his son?
Tell
me if you know!
5
"Every
word of God is flawless;
he
is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
6
Do
not add to his words,
or
he will rebuke you and prove you a liar.
7
"Two
things I ask of you, O LORD;
do
not refuse me before I die:
8
Keep
falsehood and lies far from me;
give
me neither poverty nor riches,
but
give me only my daily bread.
9
Otherwise,
I may have too much and disown you
and
say, `Who is the LORD?'
Or
I may become poor and steal,
and
so dishonor the name of my God.
10
"Do
not slander a servant to his master,
11
"There
are those who curse their fathers
and
do not bless their mothers;
12
those
who are pure in their own eyes
and
yet are not cleansed of their filth;
13
those
whose eyes are ever so haughty,
whose
glances are so disdainful;
14
those
whose teeth are swords
and
whose jaws are set with knives
to
devour the poor from the earth,
the
needy from among mankind.
15
"The
leech has two daughters.
`Give!
Give!' they cry.
"There
are three things that are never satisfied,
four
that never say,
`Enough!':
16
the
grave, C
the barren womb,
land,
which is never satisfied with water,
and
fire, which never says,
`Enough!'
17
"The
eye that mocks a father,
that
scorns obedience to a mother,
will
be pecked out by the ravens of the valley,
will
be eaten by the vultures.
18
"There
are three things that are too amazing for me,
four
that I do not understand:
19
the
way of an eagle in the sky,
the
way of a snake on a rock,
20
the way of a ship on the high seas,
21
"Under
three things the earth trembles,
under
four it cannot bear up:
22
a
servant who becomes king,
a
fool who is full of food,
23
an
unloved woman who is married,
and
a maidservant who displaces her mistress.
24
"Four
things on earth are small,
yet
they are extremely wise:
25
Ants
are creatures of little strength,
yet
they store up their food in the summer;
26
coneys
D
are creatures of little power,
yet
they make their home in the crags;
27
locusts
have no king,
yet
they advance together in ranks;
28
a
lizard can be caught with the hand,
yet
it is found in kings' palaces.
29
"There
are three things that are stately in their stride,
four
that move with stately bearing:
30
a
lion, mighty among beasts,
who
retreats before nothing;
31
a
strutting rooster, a he-goat,
and
a king with his army around him.
E
32
"If
you have played the fool and exalted yourself,
or
if you have planned evil,
OLD
TESTAMENT:
2 CORINTHIANS 1:1 - 3:18
1
1
Paul,
an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our
brother,
To
the church of God in Corinth, together with all the saints throughout
Achaia:
2
Grace
and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3
Praise
be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of
compassion and the God of all comfort, 4
who
comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any
trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. 5
For
just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also
through Christ our comfort overflows. 6
If
we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are
comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient
endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. 7
And
our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in
our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.
8
We
do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about the hardships we
suffered in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far
beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. 9
Indeed,
in our hearts we felt the sentence of death. But this happened that
we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.
10
He
has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and 11
he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will continue
to deliver us, 11
as
you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our A
behalf for the gracious favor granted us in answer to the prayers of
many.
12
Now
this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted
ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, in
the holiness and sincerity that are from God. We have done so not
according to worldly wisdom but according to God's grace. 13
For
we do not write you anything you cannot read or understand. And I
hope that, 14
as
you have understood us in part, you will come to understand fully
that you can boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of
the Lord Jesus.
15
Because
I was confident of this, I planned to visit you first so that you
might benefit twice. 16
I
planned to visit you on my way to Macedonia and to come back to you
from Macedonia, and then to have you send me on my way to Judea. 17
When
I planned this, did I do it lightly? Or do I make my plans in a
worldly manner so that in the same breath I say, "Yes, yes"
and "No, no"?
18
But
as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not "Yes"
and "No." 19
For
the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by me and
Silas B
and Timothy, was not "Yes" and "No," but in him
it has always been "Yes." 20
For
no matter how many promises God has made, they are "Yes" in
Christ. And so through him the "Amen" is spoken by us to
the glory of God. 21
Now
it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed
us, 22
set
his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in 12
our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
23
I
call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did
not return to Corinth. 24
Not
that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy,
because it is by faith you stand firm.
2
1
So
I made up my mind that I would not make another painful visit to you.
2
For
if I grieve you, who is left to make me glad but you whom I have
grieved? 3
I
wrote as I did so that when I came I should not be distressed by
those who ought to make me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you,
that you would all share my joy. 4
For
I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart and with many
tears, not to grieve you but to let you know the depth of my love for
you.
5
If
anyone has caused grief, he has not so much grieved me as he has
grieved all of you, to some extent--not to put it too severely. 6
The
punishment inflicted on him by the majority is sufficient for him. 7
Now
instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be
overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. 8
I
urge you, therefore, to reaffirm your love for him. 9
The
reason I wrote you was to see if you would stand the test and be
obedient in everything. 10
If
you forgive anyone, I also forgive him. And what I have forgiven--if
there was anything to forgive--I have forgiven in the sight of Christ
for your sake, 11
in
order that Satan might not outwit 13
us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.
12
Now
when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and found that
the Lord had opened a door for me, 13
I
still had no peace of mind, because I did not find my brother Titus
there. So I said good-by to them and went on to Macedonia.
14
But
thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in
Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the
knowledge of him. 15
For
we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and
those who are perishing. 16
To
the one we are the smell of death; to the other, the fragrance of
life. And who is equal to such a task? 17
Unlike
so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the
contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, like men sent
from God.
3
1
Are
we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some
people, letters of recommendation to you or from you? 2
You
yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by
everybody. 3
You
show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry,
written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on
tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
4
Such
confidence as this is ours through Christ before God. 5
Not
that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, 14
but our competence comes from God. 6
He
has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant--not of the
letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives
life.
7
Now
if the ministry that brought death, which was engraved in letters on
stone, came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look
steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory, fading though it
was, 8
will
not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious? 9
If
the ministry that condemns men is glorious, how much more glorious is
the ministry that brings righteousness! 10
For
what was glorious has no glory now in comparison with the surpassing
glory. 11
And
if what was fading away came with glory, how much greater is the
glory of that which lasts!
12
Therefore,
since we have such a hope, we are very bold. 13
We
are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the
Israelites from gazing at it while the radiance was fading away. 14
But
their minds were made dull, for to this day the same veil remains
when the old covenant is read. It has not been removed, because only
in Christ is it taken away. 15
Even
to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. 16
But
whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17
Now
the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is
freedom. 15
we, who with unveiled faces all reflect A
the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with
ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
16
NEW
TESTAMENT:
ROMANS 6:1 - 23
6
1
What
shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may
increase? 2
By
no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? 3
Or
don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus
were baptized into his death? 4
We
were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order
that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of
the Father, we too may live a new life.
5
If
we have been united with him like this in his death, we will
certainly also be united with him in his resurrection. 6
For
we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of
sin might be done away with, A
that we should no longer be slaves to sin—7
because
anyone who has died has been freed from sin.
8
Now
if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9
For
we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die
again; death no longer has mastery over him. 10
The
death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he
lives to God.
11
In
the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ
Jesus.
12
Therefore
do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil
desires.
13
Do
not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of
wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have
been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to
him as instruments of righteousness. 14
For
sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but
under grace.
15
What
then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By
no means! 16
Don't
you know that when you offer 17
yourselves to someone to obey him as slaves, you are slaves to the
one whom you obey--whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to
death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17
But
thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you
wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were
entrusted. 18
You
have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
19
I
put this in human terms because you are weak in your natural selves.
Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to
impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer them in
slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.
20
When
you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of
righteousness.
21
What
benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed
of? Those things result in death! 22
But
now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to
God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is
eternal life.
23
For
the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in
B
Christ Jesus our Lord. 18
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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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