A Pretty Big Deal by Megan Marshman

An Extra Extra Christmas

In the Hospital? Comfort and Encouragement for You

Overcoming Overwhelm: God's Comfort for Working Mothers - Find Peace and Purpose in the Dance of Work and Motherhood

Daily Bible Reading—December 2024, God’s Guiding Word: Joy

Number Our Days

Advent Scripture Calendar

ADVENTure

[Songs of Praise] Songwriters

Trusting God's Plan When You Don't See Him: Lessons From the Book of Esther

The Listener’s Bible®: NIV Edition

New International Version™  (Anglicised), Audio Edition

Holy Bible, New International Version™ (Anglicised), South Asian Audio Edition

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
 <div class="book bkPSA">
 <div class="chapter ch76" data-usfm="PSA.76">
 <div class="label">76</div><div class="cl">Psalm 76#In Hebrew texts 76:1-12 is numbered 76:2-13.</div><div class="d">For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm of Asaph. A song.</div><div class="q1"> 1God is renowned in Judah;</div><div class="q2">in Israel his name is great.</div><div class="q1"> 2His tent is in Salem,</div><div class="q2">his dwelling place in Zion.</div><div class="q1"> 3There he broke the flashing arrows,</div><div class="q2">the shields and the swords, the weapons of war.#76:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 9.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 4You are radiant with light,</div><div class="q2">more majestic than mountains rich with game.</div><div class="q1"> 5The valiant lie plundered,</div><div class="q2">they sleep their last sleep;</div><div class="q1">not one of the warriors</div><div class="q2">can lift his hands.</div><div class="q1"> 6At your rebuke, God of Jacob,</div><div class="q2">both horse and chariot lie still.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 7It is you alone who are to be feared.</div><div class="q2">Who can stand before you when you are angry?</div><div class="q1"> 8From heaven you pronounced judgment,</div><div class="q2">and the land feared and was quiet&#8212;</div><div class="q1"> 9when you, God, rose up to judge,</div><div class="q2">to save all the afflicted of the land.</div><div class="q1"> 10Surely your wrath against mankind brings you praise,</div><div class="q2">and the survivors of your wrath are restrained.#76:10 Or Surely the wrath of mankind brings you praise, / and with the remainder of wrath you arm yourself</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 11Make vows to the Lord your God and fulfill them;</div><div class="q2">let all the neighboring lands</div><div class="q2">bring gifts to the One to be feared.</div><div class="q1"> 12He breaks the spirit of rulers;</div><div class="q2">he is feared by the kings of the earth.</div>
 </div>
 </div>
</div>

New International Version

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
 <div class="book bkNUM">
 <div class="chapter ch15" data-usfm="NUM.15.22+NUM.15.23+NUM.15.24+NUM.15.25+NUM.15.26+NUM.15.27+NUM.15.28+NUM.15.29+NUM.15.30+NUM.15.31+NUM.15.32+NUM.15.33+NUM.15.34+NUM.15.35+NUM.15.36+NUM.15.37+NUM.15.38+NUM.15.39+NUM.15.40+NUM.15.41">
 <div class="p">22&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Now if you as a community unintentionally fail to keep any of these commands the Lord gave Moses&#8212; 23any of the Lord&#8217;s commands to you through him, from the day the Lord gave them and continuing through the generations to come&#8212; 24and if this is done unintentionally without the community being aware of it, then the whole community is to offer a young bull for a burnt offering as an aroma pleasing to the Lord, along with its prescribed grain offering and drink offering, and a male goat for a sin offering.#15:24 Or purification offering; also in verses 25 and 27 25The priest is to make atonement for the whole Israelite community, and they will be forgiven, for it was not intentional and they have presented to the Lord for their wrong a food offering and a sin offering. 26The whole Israelite community and the foreigners residing among them will be forgiven, because all the people were involved in the unintentional wrong.</div><div class="p"> 27&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;But if just one person sins unintentionally, that person must bring a year-old female goat for a sin offering. 28The priest is to make atonement before the Lord for the one who erred by sinning unintentionally, and when atonement has been made, that person will be forgiven. 29One and the same law applies to everyone who sins unintentionally, whether a native-born Israelite or a foreigner residing among you.</div><div class="p"> 30&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;But anyone who sins defiantly, whether native-born or foreigner, blasphemes the Lord and must be cut off from the people of Israel. 31Because they have despised the Lord&#8217;s word and broken his commands, they must surely be cut off; their guilt remains on them.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</div><div class="s1">The Sabbath-Breaker Put to Death</div><div class="p"> 32While the Israelites were in the wilderness, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day. 33Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and the whole assembly, 34and they kept him in custody, because it was not clear what should be done to him. 35Then the Lord said to Moses, &#8220;The man must die. The whole assembly must stone him outside the camp.&#8221; 36So the assembly took him outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the Lord commanded Moses.</div><div class="s1">Tassels on Garments</div><div class="p"> 37The Lord said to Moses, 38&#8220;Speak to the Israelites and say to them: &#8216;Throughout the generations to come you are to make tassels on the corners of your garments, with a blue cord on each tassel. 39You will have these tassels to look at and so you will remember all the commands of the Lord, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by chasing after the lusts of your own hearts and eyes. 40Then you will remember to obey all my commands and will be consecrated to your God. 41I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt to be your God. I am the Lord your God.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</div>
 </div>
 </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
 <div class="book bkEPH">
 <div class="chapter ch4" data-usfm="EPH.4.17+EPH.4.18+EPH.4.19+EPH.4.20+EPH.4.21+EPH.4.22+EPH.4.23+EPH.4.24+EPH.4.25+EPH.4.26+EPH.4.27+EPH.4.28+EPH.4.29+EPH.4.30+EPH.4.31+EPH.4.32">
 <div class="p">17So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. 18They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. 19Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, and they are full of greed.</div><div class="p"> 20That, however, is not the way of life you learned 21when you heard about Christ and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus. 22You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.</div><div class="p"> 25Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body. 26&#8220;In your anger do not sin&#8221;#4:26 Psalm 4:4 (see Septuagint): Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, 27and do not give the devil a foothold. 28Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need.</div><div class="p"> 29Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. 30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. 32Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.</div>
 </div>
 </div>
</div>

Reading With the People of God - #3Sample

TODAY'S PRAYER:

Scripture

About this Plan

Related plans