Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
OCTOBER
1
PSALMS:
1, 31, 61, 91, 121
PROVERBS:
1
OLD
TESTAMENT:
ZECHARIAH 1:1 - 21
NEW
TESTAMENT:
REVELATIONS 12:1 - 17
PSALMS:
1
1
Blessed
is the man
who
does not walk in the counsel of the wicked
or
stand in the way of sinners
or
sit in the seat of mockers.
2
But
his delight is in the law of the LORD,
and
on his law he meditates day and night.
3
He
is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which
yields its fruit in season
and
whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever
he does prospers.
4
Not
so the wicked!
They
are like chaff
that
the wind blows away.
5
Therefore
the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor
sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
6
For
the LORD watches over the way of the righteous,
but
the way of the wicked will perish. 1
PSALMS:
31
For
the director of music. A psalm of David.
1
In
you, O LORD, I have taken refuge;
let
me never be put to shame;
deliver
me in your righteousness.
2
Turn
your ear to me,
come
quickly to my rescue;
be
my rock of refuge,
a
strong fortress to save me.
3
Since
you are my rock and my fortress,
for
the sake of your name lead and guide me.
4
Free
me from the trap that is set for me,
for
you are my refuge.
5
Into
your hands I commit my spirit;
redeem
me, O LORD, the God of truth.
6
I
hate those who cling to worthless idols;
I
trust in the LORD.
7
I
will be glad and rejoice in your love,
for
you saw my affliction
and
knew the anguish of my soul.
8
You
have not handed me over to the enemy
but
have set my feet in a spacious place.
9
Be
merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress;
my
eyes grow weak with sorrow,
my
soul and my body with grief.
10
My
life is consumed by anguish
and
my years by groaning;
my
strength fails because of my affliction, A
and
my bones grow weak. 2
11
Because
of all my enemies,
I
am the utter contempt of my neighbors;
I
am a dread to my friends--
those
who see me on the street flee from me.
12
I
am forgotten by them as though I were dead;
I
have become like broken pottery.
13
For
I hear the slander of many;
there
is terror on every side;
they
conspire against me
and
plot to take my life.
14
But
I trust in you, O LORD;
I
say, "You are my God."
15
My
times are in your hands;
deliver
me from my enemies
and
from those who pursue me.
16
Let
your face shine on your servant;
save
me in your unfailing love.
17
Let
me not be put to shame, O LORD,
for
I have cried out to you;
but
let the wicked be put to shame
and
lie silent in the grave. B
18
Let
their lying lips be silenced,
for
with pride and contempt
they
speak arrogantly against the righteous.
19
How
great is your goodness,
which
you have stored up for those who fear you,
which
you bestow in the sight of men
on
those who take refuge in you.
20
In
the shelter of your presence you hide them
from
the intrigues of men;
in
your dwelling you keep them safe 3
from
accusing tongues.
21
Praise
be to the LORD,
for
he showed his wonderful love to me
when
I was in a besieged city.
22
In
my alarm I said,
"I
am cut off from your sight!"
Yet
you heard my cry for mercy
when
I called to you for help.
23
Love
the LORD, all his saints!
The
LORD preserves the faithful,
but
the proud he pays back in full.
24
Be
strong and take heart,
all
you who hope in the LORD. 4
PSALMS:
61
For
the director of music. With stringed instruments. Of David.
1
Hear
my cry, O God;
listen
to my prayer.
2
From
the ends of the earth I call to you,
I
call as my heart grows faint;
lead
me to the rock that is higher than I.
3
For
you have been my refuge,
a
strong tower against the foe.
4
I
long to dwell in your tent forever
and
take refuge in the shelter of your wings.
Selah
5
For
you have heard my vows, O God;
you
have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.
6
Increase
the days of the king's life,
his
years for many generations.
7
May
he be enthroned in God's presence forever;
appoint
your love and faithfulness to protect him.
8
Then
will I ever sing praise to your name
and
fulfill my vows day after day. 5
PSALMS:
91
1
He
who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will
rest in the shadow of the Almighty. A
2
I
will say B
of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress,
my
God, in whom I trust."
3
Surely
he will save you from the fowler's snare
and
from the deadly pestilence.
4
He
will cover you with his feathers,
and
under his wings you will find refuge;
his
faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
5
You
will not fear the terror of night,
nor
the arrow that flies by day,
6
nor
the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
nor
the plague that destroys at midday.
7
A
thousand may fall at your side,
ten
thousand at your right hand,
but
it will not come near you.
8
You
will only observe with your eyes
and
see the punishment of the wicked.
9
If
you make the Most High your dwelling--
even
the LORD, who is my refuge--
10
then
no harm will befall you,
no
disaster will come near your tent.
11
For
he will command his angels concerning you
to
guard you in all your ways;
12
they
will lift you up in their hands,
so
that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
13
You
will tread upon the lion and the cobra;
you
will trample the great lion and the serpent. 6
14
"Because
he loves me,"
says the LORD, "I
will rescue him;
I
will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
15
He
will call upon me, and I will answer him;
I
will be with him in trouble,
I
will deliver him and honor him.
16
With long life will I satisfy him
PSALMS:
121
A
song of ascents.
1
I
lift up my eyes to the hills--
where
does my help come from?
2
My
help comes from the LORD,
the
Maker of heaven and earth.
3
He
will not let your foot slip--
he
who watches over you will not slumber;
4
indeed,
he who watches over Israel
will
neither slumber nor sleep.
5
The
LORD watches over you--
the
LORD is your shade at your right hand;
6
the
sun will not harm you by day,
nor
the moon by night.
7
The
LORD will keep you from all harm--
he
will watch over your life;
8
the
LORD will watch over your coming and going
both
now and forevermore. 8
PROVERBS:
1
1
1
The
proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:
2
for
attaining wisdom and discipline;
for
understanding words of insight;
3
for
acquiring a disciplined and prudent life,
doing
what is right and just and fair;
4
for
giving prudence to the simple,
knowledge
and discretion to the young--
5
let
the wise listen and add to their learning,
and
let the discerning get guidance--
6
for
understanding proverbs and parables,
the
sayings and riddles of the wise.
7
The
fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge,
but
fools
A
despise wisdom and discipline.
8
Listen,
my son, to your father's instruction
and
do not forsake your mother's teaching.
9
They
will be a garland to grace your head
and
a chain to adorn your neck.
10
My
son, if sinners entice you,
do
not give in to them.
11
If
they say, "Come along with us;
let's
lie in wait for someone's blood,
let's
waylay some harmless soul;
and
whole, like those who go down to the pit;
13
we
will get all sorts of valuable things
and
fill our houses with plunder;
14
throw
in your lot with us,
and
we will share a common purse"--
15
my
son, do not go along with them,
do
not set foot on their paths;
16
for
their feet rush into sin,
they
are swift to shed blood.
17
How
useless to spread a net
in
full view of all the birds!
18
These
men lie in wait for their own blood;
they
waylay only themselves!
19
Such
is the end of all who go after ill-gotten gain;
it
takes away the lives of those who get it.
20
Wisdom
calls aloud in the street,
she
raises her voice in the public squares;
21
at
the head of the noisy streets C
she cries out,
in
the gateways of the city she makes her speech:
22
"How
long will you simple ones D
love your simple ways?
How
long will mockers delight in mockery
and
fools hate knowledge?
23
If
you had responded to my rebuke,
I
would have poured out my heart to you
and
made my thoughts known to you.
24
But
since you rejected me when I called
and
no one gave heed when I stretched out my hand,
2
5since
you ignored all my advice
and
would not accept my rebuke,
I
will mock when calamity overtakes you--
27
when
calamity overtakes you like a storm,
when
disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind,
when
distress and trouble overwhelm you.
28
"Then
they will call to me but I will not answer;
they
will look for me but will not find me.
29
Since they hated knowledge
and
did not choose to fear the LORD,
30
since they would not accept my advice
and
spurned my rebuke,
31
they will eat the fruit of their ways
and
be filled with the fruit of their schemes.
32
For the waywardness of the simple will kill them,
and
the complacency of fools will destroy them;
33
but whoever listens to me will live in safety
OLD
TESTAMENT: ZECHARIAH 1:1 - 21
1
1
In
the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD
came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berekiah, the son of Iddo:
2
"The
LORD was very angry with your forefathers.
3
Therefore
tell the people:
This is what the LORD Almighty says:
`Return
to me,'
declares the LORD Almighty, `and I will return to you,' says the LORD
Almighty.
4
Do
not be like your forefathers, to whom the earlier prophets
proclaimed:
This
is what the LORD Almighty says:
`Turn
from your evil ways and your evil practices.'
But
they would not listen or pay attention to me, declares the LORD.
5
Where
are your forefathers now?
And the prophets, do they live forever?
6
But
did not my words and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the
prophets, overtake your forefathers?
"Then
they repented and said,
`The
LORD Almighty has done to us what our ways and practices deserve,
just as he determined to do.'
"
7
On
the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month of Shebat, in
the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet
Zechariah son of Berekiah, the son of Iddo.
8
During
the night I had a vision--and there before me was a man riding a red
horse! He was standing among the myrtle trees in a ravine. Behind him
were red, brown and white horses.
9
I
asked, "What are these, my lord?"
The
angel who was talking with me answered, "I
will show you what they are."
10
Then
the man standing among the myrtle trees explained, "They
are the ones the LORD has sent to go throughout the earth."
11
And
they reported to the angel of the LORD, who was standing among the
myrtle trees, "We
have gone throughout the earth and found the whole world at rest and
in peace."
12
Then
the angel of the LORD said, "LORD
Almighty, how long will you withhold mercy from Jerusalem and from
the towns of Judah, which you have been angry with these seventy
years?"
13
So
the LORD spoke kind and comforting words to the angel who talked with
me.
14
Then
the angel who was speaking to me said, "Proclaim
this word: This is what the LORD Almighty says:
`I
am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion,
15
but
I am very angry with the nations that feel secure. I was only a
little angry, but they added to the calamity.'
16
"Therefore,
this is what the LORD says:
`I
will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there my house will be
rebuilt. And the measuring line will be stretched out over
Jerusalem,' declares the LORD Almighty.
17
"Proclaim
further: This is what the LORD Almighty says:
`My
towns will again overflow with prosperity, and the LORD will again
comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.'"
18
Then
I looked up--and there before me were four horns! 19
I
asked the angel who was speaking to me, "What are these?" 12
He
answered me, "These are
the horns that scattered Judah, Israel and Jerusalem."
20
Then
the LORD showed me four craftsmen. 21
I
asked, "What are these coming to do?"
He
answered, "These
are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could raise his
head, but the craftsmen have come to terrify them and throw down
these horns of the nations who lifted up their horns against the land
of Judah to scatter its people."
13
NEW
TESTAMENT:
REVELATIONS 12:1 - 17
12
1
A
great and wondrous sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the
sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her
head. 2
She
was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth. 3
Then
another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven
heads and ten horns and seven crowns on his heads. 4
His
tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the
earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give
birth, so that he might devour her child the moment it was born. 5
She
gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with
an iron scepter. And her child was snatched up to God and to his
throne. 6
The
woman fled into the desert to a place prepared for her by God, where
she might be taken care of for 1,260 days.
7
And
there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the
dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. 8
But
he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. 9
The
great dragon was hurled down--that ancient serpent called the devil,
or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the
earth, and his angels with him.
10
Then
I heard a loud voice in heaven say:
"Now
have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God,
and
the authority of his Christ.
For
the accuser of our brothers,
who
accuses them before our God day and night,
has
been hurled down.
11
They
overcame him
by
the blood of the Lamb
and
by the word of their testimony;
they
did not love their lives so much
as
to shrink from death.
12
Therefore
rejoice, you heavens
and
you who dwell in them!
But
woe to the earth and the sea,
because
the devil has gone down to you!
He
is filled with fury,
13
When
the dragon saw that he had been hurled to the earth, he pursued the
woman who had given birth to the male child. 14
The
woman was given the two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly
to the place prepared for her in the desert, where she would be taken
care of for a time, times and half a time, out of the serpent's
reach. 15
Then
from his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river, to overtake the
woman and sweep her away with the torrent. 16
But
the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the
river that the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. 17
Then
the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to make war against
the rest of her offspring--those who obey God's commandments and hold
to the testimony of Jesus. 15
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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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