Daily Pause

Luke 10:38-42 38  As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him.  39  She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said.  40  But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by mysel...

Psalm 95 Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. 2  Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. 3  For the Lord is the great God, the great King above all gods. 4  In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him. 5  The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land. 6  Come...

Psalm 100 Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. 2   Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. 3  Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. 4  Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. 5  For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his f...

6  Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits[ a ] of God sent out into all the earth.  7  He went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne.  8  And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and...

Prophecy of Scripture 12  So I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth you now have.  13  I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of this body,  14  because I know that I will soon put it aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.  15  And I will make every effort to see that after my depa...

Today's Scripture Reading: 53  Who has believed our message     and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 2  He grew up before him like a tender shoot,     and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,     nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. 3  He was despised and rejected by mankind,     a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. L...

Today's Scripture Reading: 13  For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves,  14  in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. 15  The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.  16  For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or ru...

Today's Scripture Reading: The Transfiguration 17  After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.  2  There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light.  3  Just then there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus. 4  Peter said to Jesus...

Psalm 63:1-8 You, God, are my God,    earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you,    my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched 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 I will be full...

John 12:1-7  Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 2 Here a dinner was given in Jesus’ honor. Martha served, while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with him. 3 Then Mary took about a pint[ a ] of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was fil...

John 21:15-19 15 When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he said, “you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Feed my lambs.” 16 Again Jesus said, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” He answered, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Take care of my sheep.” 17 The third time he said to him, “Simon son o...

Luke 7:36-50    36  When one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, he went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table.  37  A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, so she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume.  38  As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then sh...

Ephesians 3:16-19 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  and to know...

Acts 16:16-19 16  Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a female slave who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling.  17  She followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way to be saved.”  18  She kept this up for many days. Finall...

Luke 10:1, 17-21 After this the Lord appointed seventy-two[ a ] others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. …….   17 The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.” 18 He replied, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19 I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to over...

Matthew 8:28-34 28 When he arrived at the other side in the region of the Gadarenes,[ c ] two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were so violent that no one could pass that way. 29 “What do you want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have you come here to torture us before the appointed time?” 30 Some distance from them a large herd of pigs was feeding. 31 The demons begged...

Luke 4:31-37 31  Then he went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath he taught the people.  32  They were amazed at his teaching, because his words had authority. 33  In the synagogue there was a man possessed by a demon, an impure spirit. He cried out at the top of his voice,  34  “Go away! What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you...

Matthew 6:9-13 9 “This, then, is how you should pray: “‘Our Father in heaven,    hallowed be your name, 10 your kingdom come,    your will be done,                                         … on earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us today our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts,     as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation,[ a ]     but deliver us from the evil on...

Psalm 116 I love the Lord, for he heard my voice;    he heard my cry for mercy. 2  Because he turned his ear to me,    I will call on him as long as I live. 3  The cords of death entangled me,    the anguish of the grave came over me;     I was overcome by distress and sorrow. 4  Then I called on the name of the Lord:     “Lord, save me!” 5  The Lord is gracious and righteous;    our God is full o...

Psalm 113:1-8 Praise the Lord.[ a ] Praise the Lord, you his servants;    praise the name of the Lord. 2  Let the name of the Lord be praised,    both now and forevermore. 3  From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets,    the name of the Lord is to be praised. 4  The Lord is exalted over all the nations,    his glory above the heavens. 5  Who is like the Lord our God,    the One who sit...

 1 Samuel 17:45-50 45  David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.  46  This day the Lord will deliver you into my hands, and I’ll strike you down and cut off your head. This very day I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds a...

1 Samuel 17:38-45 38  Then Saul dressed David in his own tunic. He put a coat of armor on him and a bronze helmet on his head.  39  David fastened on his sword over the tunic and tried walking around, because he was not used to them. “I cannot go in these,” he said to Saul, “because I am not used to them.” So he took them off.  40  Then he took his staff in his hand, chose five smooth stones from...

1 Samuel 17:32-37 32  David said to Saul, “Let no one lose heart on account of this Philistine; your servant will go and fight him.” 33  Saul replied, “You are not able to go out against this Philistine and fight him; you are only a young man, and he has been a warrior from his youth.” 34  But David said to Saul, “Your servant has been keeping his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and car...

Ephesians 6:17 Take…the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.   John 14:25-27 All this I have spoken while still with you. 26 But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance the things I have said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give 

Ephesians 6:17 Take…the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.   Colossians 3:15-17 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. 16 Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in yo...