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2 Corinthians 1: 8-11  We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters,  a  about the troubles we experienced in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself. 9 Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. 10 He has...

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, 11 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: 2 a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, 3 a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, 4 a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, 5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embra...

Psalm 90 - Selected Verses 2 Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. 3 You turn people back to dust, saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.” 4 A thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night. 5 Yet you sweep people away in the sleep of death— they are like the new grass of the...

Ecclesiastes 12:11-14 Not only was the Teacher wise, but also he imparted knowledge to the people. He pondered and searched out and set in order many proverbs. 10 The Teacher searched to find just the right words, and what he wrote was upright and true. 11 The words of the wise are like goads, their collected sayings like firmly embedded nails—given by one Shepherd. 12 Be warned, my son, of anythi...

Colossians 3:1-4 Since then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 3 For you, died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

Ecclesiastes 12:1-7 Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, “I find no pleasure in them”—2 before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds return after the rain; 3 when keepers of the house tremble and strong men stoop, when the grinders cease because they are few, and those looking...

Ephesians 1: 4-10 Long ago, even before He made the world, God chose us to be His very own through what Christ would do for us…with His love. 5 His unchanging plan has always been to adopt us into His own family by sending Jesus Christ to die for us. And He did this because He wanted to…10 And this was His purpose: that when the time is right He will gather us all together to be with Him in Christ...

Ecclesiastes 1:2-11 “Meaningless! Meaningless,” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless!” 3 What does man gain from all his labor at which he toils under the sun? 4 Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever…. 5 The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises. 6 The wind blows to the south and turns to the north; round and round...

Friday –  Titus 3:3-7 3  At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.  4  But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared,  5  he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and rene...

Thursday – Luke 5:18-24 18 Some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat and tried to take him into the house to lay him before Jesus. 19 When they could not find a way to do this because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus. 20 When Jesus saw their faith, he said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven...

Wednesday  - 1 John 4:7-12 7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sen...

Tuesday - Mark 10:13-16 13  People were bringing little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them, but the disciples rebuked them.  14  When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.  15  Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little chi...

Monday – Ephesians 3:16-18 16  I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being,  17  so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love,  18  may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,  19  an...

1 Peter 1:3-9 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, 5 who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to...

Job 42:7-11 7  After the Lord had said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.  8  So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer and not deal wi...

Psalm 145 selected verses Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise;    his greatness no one can fathom. 4 One generation commends your works to another;    they tell of your mighty acts. 8 The Lord is gracious and compassionate,    slow to anger and rich in love. 14 The Lord upholds all who fall    and lifts up all who are bowed down. 15 The eyes of all look to you,    and you give them their f...

Job 42:1-6 Then Job replied to the Lord: 2 “I know that you can do anything,    and no one can stop you. 3 You asked, ‘Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorance?’     It is I—and I was talking about things I knew nothing about,    things far too wonderful for me. 4 You said, ‘Listen and I will speak!     I have some questions for you,     and you must answer them.’ 5 I had only hear...

Job 38:1-18 and 40:1-5      Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind: 2 “Who is this that questions my wisdom    with such ignorant words? 3 Brace yourself like a man,    because I have some questions for you,     and you must answer them. 4 “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?     Tell me, if you know so much 5  Who determined its dimensions and stretched out the surveyi...

Friday – Psalm 40 selected verses    I waited patiently for the Lord;    he turned to me and heard my cry. 2  He lifted me out of the slimy pit,    out of the mud and mire;he set my feet on a rock    and gave me a firm place to stand. 11  Do not withhold your mercy from me, Lord;    may your love and faithfulness always protect me. 12  For troubles without number surround me;    my sins have overt...

Thursday – Romans 8:28-39 28  And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who[ i ] have been called according to his purpose  31  What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?  32  He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things…. Christ...

Wednesday – Psalm 34 Selected Verses I will extol the Lord at all times;    his praise will always be on my lips.2 I will glory in the Lord;    let the afflicted hear and rejoice.3 Glorify the Lord with me;    let us exalt his name together.4 I sought the Lord, and he answered me;    he delivered me from all my fears.6 This poor man called, and the Lord heard him;   he saved him out of all his tro...

Tuesday – Job 2:3-10 3 Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.”4 “Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give all he has for his own life. 5 But now stretch out your...

Job 1:18-22 18  While he was still speaking, yet another messenger came and said, “Your sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother’s house,  19  when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on them and they are dead, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!” Job’s Response to Unspeakable and Inst...

 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 7 Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. 8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power ma...

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