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Psalm 6, part 2
Psalm 6:4-5 4 Turn, Lord, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love. 5 Among the dead no one proclaims your name. Who praises you from the grave?
On Being Disciplined, part 3
Hebrews 12:11-12 11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. 12 Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees.
On Being Disciplined, part 2
Hebrews 12:9-10 11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. 12 Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees.
On Being Disciplined, part 1
Hebrews 12:7-8 7 Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father? 8 If you are not disciplined - and everyone undergoes discipline - then you are not legitimate, not true sons ...
Psalm 6, part 1
Psalm 6:1-3 1 Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. 2 Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am faint; heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony. 3 My soul is in deep anguish. How long, Lord, how long?
Warning Against Debt, part 2
Proverbs 6:6-11 6 Look to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! 7/8 It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. 9 How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When ...
Warning Against Debt, part 1
Proverbs 6:1-5 1 My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger, 2 you have been trapped by what you said, ensnared by the words of your mouth. 3 So do this, my son, to free yourself, since ...
Shedding of Blood
Genesis 9:5-7 5 For your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each human being, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of another human being. 6 "Whoever sheds human blood, by humans ...
Replacing Judas
Acts 1: 15-20 15 Peter stood up among the believers (a group numbering about a hundred and twenty) 16 and said, “Brothers and sisters, the Scripture had to be fulfilled in which the Holy Spirit spoke long ago through David concerning Judas, who served ...
Running the Race
Hebrews 12: 1-3 1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on ...
Psalm 5, part 2
Psalm 5:8-11 8 Lord, I have many enemies. Lead me in your right path. Make your way smooth and straight for me. 9 Not a word from their mouths can be trusted. Their hearts are filled with plans to destroy others. Their throats are like open graves. With ...
God's Charge to Noah
Genesis 9:1-2 1 Then God gave his blessing to Noah and his sons. He said to them, "Have children and increase your numbers. Fill the earth." 2 "All of the land animals will be afraid of you. All of the birds of the air will fear you. Every creature that ...
The Promiscuous Woman Brings Death
Proverbs 5:5-9 5 The feet of a promiscuous woman go down to death; her steps take hold of Hades, the place of the dead. 6 She loses sight of and walks not in the path of life; her ways wind about aimlessly, and you cannot know them. 7 Now therefore, ...
Guard Against the Promiscuous Woman
Proverbs 5:1-4 1 My son, be attentive to my Wisdom and incline your ear to my understanding, 2 that you may exercise proper discrimination and discretion and your lips may guard and keep knowledge and the wise answer to temptation. 3 For the lips ...
The Disciples Learn About Jesus' Return
Acts 1:10-11 10 While Jesus was going up to heaven, the disciples kept on looking at the sky. Suddenly two men dressed in white clothing stood beside them. 11 "Men of Galilee," they said, "why do you stand here looking at the sky? Jesus has been taken ...
Jesus Ascends into Heaven
Acts 1:6-9 6 When the apostles met together, they asked Jesus a question. "Lord," they said, "are you going to give the kingdom back to Israel now?" 7 He said to them, "You should not be concerned about times or dates. The Father has set them by his ...
More of God's Promise
Genesis 8:21-22 21 I will never destroy all living things again, as I have just done. 22 "As long as the earth lasts, there will always be a time to plant and a time to gather the crops. As long as the earth lasts, there will always be cold and heat. ...
God's Promise to Noah
Genesis 8:19-21 19 Everything that moves on the earth came out of the ark. One kind after another came out. 20 Then Noah built an altar to honor the Lord. He took some of all of the "clean" animals and birds. He sacrificed burnt offerings to the Lord ...
Psalm 5, part 1
Psalm 5:3-7 3 In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly. 4 For you are not a God who is pleased with wickedness; with you, evil people are not welcome. 5 The arrogant cannot stand in ...
Jesus is Above All
Hebrews 1:8-9 8 But about the Son he says, "Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever; a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom." 9 "You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your ...
Proof of Jesus' Position
Hebrews 1:4-7 5 For to which of the angels did God ever say, "You are my Son; today I have become your Father"? Or again, "I will be his Father, and he will be my Son"? 6 And again, when God brings his firstborn into the world, he says, "Let all God’s ...
The Son is Superior to the Angels
Hebrews 1:3-4 3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. 4 So he ...
God’s Final Word: His Son
Hebrews 1:1-2 1 In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days He has spoken to us by his Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom also He made the universe. ...
Be Steadfast and Good
Proverbs 4:23-26 23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. 24 Keep your mouth free of perversity; keep corrupt talk far from your lips. 25 Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you. 26 ...
Jesus Appears to the Disciples
Acts 1:1-3 1/2 Theophilus, I wrote about Jesus in my earlier book. I wrote about all he did and taught until the day he was taken up to heaven. Before Jesus left, he gave orders to the apostles he had chosen. He did this through the Holy Spirit. 3 After ...