The Daily Practice

Psalm 107:33-43   New International Version     He turned rivers into a desert,      flowing springs into thirsty ground, and fruitful land into a salt waste,      because of the wickedness of those who lived there. He turned the desert into pools of water      and the parched ground into flowing springs; there he brought the hungry to live,      and they founded a city where they could settle. Th...

Psalm 107:17-32   New International Version     Some became fools through their rebellious ways      and suffered affliction because of their iniquities. They loathed all food      and drew near the gates of death. Then they cried to the  Lord  in their trouble,      and he saved them from their distress. He sent out his word and healed them;      he rescued them from the grave. Let them give than...

Psalm 107:1-16   New International Version     Psalms 107–150 Give thanks to the  Lord , for he is good;      his love endures forever. Let the redeemed of the  Lord  tell their story—      those he redeemed from the hand of the foe, those he gathered from the lands,      from east and west, from north and south. Some wandered in desert wastelands,      finding no way to a city where they could se...

John 1:29-34   New International Version     The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!   This is the one I meant when I said, 'A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.'   I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel." Then John gave...

1 John 3:11-18   New International Version     For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another.   Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother's were righteous.   Do not be surprised, my brothers and sisters, if the world hates you.   We know that we have pas...

Ezekiel 37:21-28   New International Version     and say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign  Lord  says: I will take the Israelites out of the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from all around and bring them back into their own land.   I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel. There will be one king over all of them and they will never again be two natio...

Psalm 106:34-48   New International Version     They did not destroy the peoples      as the  Lord  had commanded them, but they mingled with the nations      and adopted their customs. They worshiped their idols,      which became a snare to them. They sacrificed their sons      and their daughters to false gods. They shed innocent blood,      the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacr...

Psalm 106:16-33   New International Version     In the camp they grew envious of Moses      and of Aaron, who was consecrated to the  Lord . The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan;      it buried the company of Abiram. Fire blazed among their followers;      a flame consumed the wicked. At Horeb they made a calf      and worshiped an idol cast from metal. They exchanged their glorious God      f...

Matthew 10:34-42   New International Version     "Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.   For I have come to turn "'a man against his father,      a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—      a man's enemies will be the members of his own household.' "Anyone who loves their father or mother more...

1 John 3:1-10   New International Version     See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.   Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see...

Ezekiel 34:1-16   New International Version     The word of the  Lord  came to me:   "Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy and say to them: 'This is what the Sovereign  Lord  says: Woe to you shepherds of Israel who only take care of yourselves! Should not shepherds take care of the flock?   You eat the curds, clothe yourselves with the wool and slaughter the choice anima...

Psalm 105:16-38   New International Version     He called down famine on the land      and destroyed all their supplies of food; and he sent a man before them—      Joseph, sold as a slave. They bruised his feet with shackles,      his neck was put in irons, till what he foretold came to pass,      till the word of the  Lord  proved him true. The king sent and released him,      the ruler of peopl...

Psalm 105:1-15   New International Version     Give praise to the  Lord , proclaim his name;      make known among the nations what he has done. Sing to him, sing praise to him;      tell of all his wonderful acts. Glory in his holy name;      let the hearts of those who seek the  Lord  rejoice. Look to the  Lord  and his strength;      seek his face always. Remember the wonders he has done,     ...

Matthew 10:24-33   New International Version     "The student is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his master.   It is enough for students to be like their teachers, and servants like their masters. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household! "So do not be afraid of them, for there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidd...

1 John 2:18-29   New International Version     Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour.   They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us...

Psalm 104:31-35   New International Version     May the glory of the  Lord  endure forever;      may the  Lord  rejoice in his works— he who looks at the earth, and it trembles,      who touches the mountains, and they smoke. I will sing to the  Lord  all my life;      I will sing praise to my God as long as I live. May my meditation be pleasing to him,      as I rejoice in the  Lord . But may sin...

Matthew 10:16-23   New International Version     "I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.   Be on your guard; you will be handed over to the local councils and be flogged in the synagogues.   On my account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.   But when they arrest you, do not worry...

1 John 2:12-17   New International Version     I am writing to you, dear children,      because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name. I am writing to you, fathers,      because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men,      because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, dear children,      because you know the Father. I write to you, fathers,  ...

Ezekiel 33:1-11   New International Version     The word of the  Lord  came to me:   "Son of man, speak to your people and say to them: 'When I bring the sword against a land, and the people of the land choose one of their men and make him their watchman,   and he sees the sword coming against the land and blows the trumpet to warn the people,   then if anyone hears the trumpet but does not heed t...

Psalm 104:19-30   New International Version     He made the moon to mark the seasons,      and the sun knows when to go down. You bring darkness, it becomes night,      and all the beasts of the forest prowl. The lions roar for their prey      and seek their food from God. The sun rises, and they steal away;      they return and lie down in their dens. Then people go out to their work,      to the...

Psalm 104:1-18   New International Version     Praise the  Lord , my soul. Lord  my God, you are very great;      you are clothed with splendor and majesty. The  Lord  wraps himself in light as with a garment;      he stretches out the heavens like a tent      and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters. He makes the clouds his chariot      and rides on the wings of the wind. He makes...

Matthew 10:5-15   New International Version     These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions:  "Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans.   Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.   As you go, proclaim this message: 'The kingdom of heaven has come near.'   Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received...

1 John 2:1-11   New International Version     My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.   He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands.   Whoever says, "I know h...

Deuteronomy 16:9-12   New International Version     Count off seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain.   Then celebrate the Festival of Weeks to the  Lord  your God by giving a freewill offering in proportion to the blessings the  Lord  your God has given you.   And rejoice before the  Lord  your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name—you, yo...

Psalm 103:13-22   New International Version     As a father has compassion on his children,      so the  Lord  has compassion on those who fear him; for he knows how we are formed,      he remembers that we are dust. The life of mortals is like grass,      they flourish like a flower of the field; the wind blows over it and it is gone,      and its place remembers it no more. But from everlasting...