Daily Pause

Colossians 1:3-12  3  We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,  4  because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all God’s people—  5  the faith and love that spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven and about which you have already heard in the true message of the gospel  6  that has come to you. In the same way, th...

Ephesians 1:13-19 13  And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, ……  15  For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people,  16  I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. ...

Philippians 1:3-11 3  I thank my God every time I remember you.  4  In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy  5  because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now,  6  being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. 7  It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have y...

1 Corinthians 12:18-27 18  But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be.  19  If they were all one part, where would the body be?  20  As it is, there are many parts, but one body. 21  The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!”  22  On the contrary, those parts of the body that se...

Exodus 3:9-15 7  The Lord said,  9  And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them.  10  So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.” 11  But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?” 12  And God said, “I will be with you. And this will be...

Isaiah 6:1-8   In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple.  2  Above him were seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.  3  And they were calling to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty;     the whole...

Romans 12:3-8 3  For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you.  4  For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function,  5  so in Christ we, though many, form one body, a...

Ephesians 4:7-13 7  But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it.  8  This is why it says: “When he ascended on high,    he took many captives    and gave gifts to his people.”[ b ] 9  (What does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions[ c ]?  10  He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill...

1  Sing to the Lord a new song;     sing to the Lord, all the earth. 2  Sing to the Lord, praise his name;     proclaim his salvation day after day. 3  Declare his glory among the nations,     his marvelous deeds among all peoples. 4  For great is the Lord and most worthy of praise;     he is to be feared above all gods. 5  For all the gods of the nations are idols,     but the Lord made the heave...

23  The desire of the righteous ends only in good,     but the hope of the wicked only in wrath. 24  One person gives freely, yet gains even more;     another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty. 25  A generous person will prosper;     whoever refreshes others will be refreshed. 26  People curse the one who hoards grain,     but they pray God’s blessing on the one who is willing to sell. 27  Wh...

6  Then the leaders of families, the officers of the tribes of Israel, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, and the officials in charge of the king’s work gave willingly.  7  They gave toward the work on the temple of God five thousand talents[ a ] and ten thousand darics[ b ] of gold, ten thousand talents[ c ] of silver, eighteen thousand talents[ d ] of bronze and a hundred th...

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 Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. ...

7  Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.  8  And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.  9  As it is written: “They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor;     their righteousness endures forever.”...

2 Corinthians 9:6-11     6  Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.  7  Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.  8  And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you...

2 Corinthians 8:1-9 And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches.  2  In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity.  3  For I testify that they gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability. Entirely on their own,  4  they urgently pleaded with us fo...

Proverbs 3:5-8 Trust in the Lord with all your heart    and lean not on your own understanding; 6  in all your ways submit to him,    and he will make your paths straight. 7  Do not be wise in your own eyes;    fear the Lord and shun evil. 8  This will bring health to your body    and nourishment to your bones. 9  Honor the Lord with your wealth,    with the firstfruits of all your crops; 10  then...

Malachi 3:6-12 Return to me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord Almighty.  “But you ask, ‘How are we to return?’ 8  “Will a mere mortal rob God? Yet you rob me.   “But you ask, ‘How are we robbing you?’ “In tithes and offerings.  9  You are under a curse—your whole nation—because you are robbing me.  10  Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me i...

1 Kings 17:8-16    Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah:  9  “Go at once to Zarephath in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a widow there to supply you with food.”  10  So he went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, “Would you bring me a little water in a jar so I may have a drink?”  11  As she was going...

Matthew 6:25-33 25  “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?  26  Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? ….. 31  So do not worry, saying,...

Matthew 6:19-24 19  “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.  20  But store up treasures for yourselves in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.  21  For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.  22  “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are...

1 Timothy 6:6-11 6  But godliness with contentment is great gain.  7  For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.  8  But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.  9  Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.  10  For the love of money is a root...

Romans 8:5-11 5  Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.  6  The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.  7  The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it d...

Romans 12:1-2 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.  2  Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

Psalm 107 and Hebrews 13 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love   and his wonderful deeds for mankind. 22  Let them sacrifice thank offerings  and tell of his works with songs of joy. 15  Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that openly profess his name. 16 And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with...

Mark 12:41-44 41 Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. 42 But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents. 43 Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all th...