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Everywhere I Go: Learning to See Jesus

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Praying Like Jesus

Leading With Faith in the Hard Places

How to Overcome Temptation

Acts 10:9-33 | When God Has a New Way

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         <div class="label">95</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 95</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.95.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Come, let us sing for joy to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.95.1"><span class="content">let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.95.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.95.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Let us come before him with thanksgiving</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.95.2"><span class="content">and extol him with music and song.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.95.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.95.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is the great God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.95.3"><span class="content">the great King above all gods.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.95.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.95.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">In his hand are the depths of the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.95.4"><span class="content">and the mountain peaks belong to him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.95.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.95.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The sea is his, for he made it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.95.5"><span class="content">and his hands formed the dry land.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.95.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.95.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Come, let us bow down in worship,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.95.6"><span class="content">let us kneel before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our Maker;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.95.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.95.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">for he is our God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.95.7"><span class="content">and we are the people of his pasture,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.95.7"><span class="content">the flock under his care.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.95.7"><span class="content">Today, if only you would hear his voice,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.95.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.95.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">95:8 </span><span class="fq">Meribah </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">quarreling.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.95.8"><span class="content">as you did that day at Massah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">95:8 </span><span class="fq">Massah </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">testing.</span></span></span><span class="content"> in the wilderness,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.95.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.95.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">where your ancestors tested me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.95.9"><span class="content">they tried me, though they had seen what I did.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.95.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.95.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For forty years I was angry with that generation;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.95.10"><span class="content">I said, &#8216;They are a people whose hearts go astray,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.95.10"><span class="content">and they have not known my ways.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.95.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.95.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">So I declared on oath in my anger,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.95.11"><span class="content">&#8216;They shall never enter my rest.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">102</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 102</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 102:1-28 is numbered 102:2-29.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A prayer of an afflicted person who has grown weak and pours out a lament before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.102.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Hear my prayer, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.102.1"><span class="content">let my cry for help come to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.102.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.102.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Do not hide your face from me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.102.2"><span class="content">when I am in distress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.102.2"><span class="content">Turn your ear to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.102.2"><span class="content">when I call, answer me quickly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.102.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.102.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For my days vanish like smoke;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.102.3"><span class="content">my bones burn like glowing embers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.102.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.102.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">My heart is blighted and withered like grass;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.102.4"><span class="content">I forget to eat my food.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.102.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.102.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">In my distress I groan aloud</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.102.5"><span class="content">and am reduced to skin and bones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.102.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.102.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I am like a desert owl,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.102.6"><span class="content">like an owl among the ruins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.102.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.102.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I lie awake; I have become</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.102.7"><span class="content">like a bird alone on a roof.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.102.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.102.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">All day long my enemies taunt me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.102.8"><span class="content">those who rail against me use my name as a curse.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.102.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.102.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For I eat ashes as my food</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.102.9"><span class="content">and mingle my drink with tears</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.102.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.102.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">because of your great wrath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.102.10"><span class="content">for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.102.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.102.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">My days are like the evening shadow;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.102.11"><span class="content">I wither away like grass.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.102.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.102.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, sit enthroned forever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.102.12"><span class="content">your renown endures through all generations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.102.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.102.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">You will arise and have compassion on Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.102.13"><span class="content">for it is time to show favor to her;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.102.13"><span class="content">the appointed time has come.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.102.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.102.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For her stones are dear to your servants;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.102.14"><span class="content">her very dust moves them to pity.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.102.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.102.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The nations will fear the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.102.15"><span class="content">all the kings of the earth will revere your glory.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.102.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.102.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will rebuild Zion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.102.16"><span class="content">and appear in his glory.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.102.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.102.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He will respond to the prayer of the destitute;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.102.17"><span class="content">he will not despise their plea.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.102.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.102.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Let this be written for a future generation,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.102.18"><span class="content">that a people not yet created may praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.102.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.102.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> looked down from his sanctuary on high,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.102.19"><span class="content">from heaven he viewed the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.102.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.102.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">to hear the groans of the prisoners</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.102.20"><span class="content">and release those condemned to death.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.102.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.102.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">So the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be declared in Zion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.102.21"><span class="content">and his praise in Jerusalem</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.102.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.102.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">when the peoples and the kingdoms</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.102.22"><span class="content">assemble to worship the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.102.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.102.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">In the course of my life</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">102:23 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">By his power</span></span></span><span class="content"> he broke my strength;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.102.23"><span class="content">he cut short my days.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.102.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.102.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">So I said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.102.24"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not take me away, my God, in the midst of my days;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.102.24"><span class="content">your years go on through all generations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.102.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.102.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.102.25"><span class="content">and the heavens are the work of your hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.102.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.102.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">They will perish, but you remain;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.102.26"><span class="content">they will all wear out like a garment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.102.26"><span class="content">Like clothing you will change them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.102.26"><span class="content">and they will be discarded.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.102.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.102.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">But you remain the same,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.102.27"><span class="content">and your years will never end.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.102.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.102.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">The children of your servants will live in your presence;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.102.28"><span class="content">their descendants will be established before you.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.107.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for he is good;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.107.1"><span class="content">his love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.107.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.107.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Let the redeemed of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> tell their story&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.107.2"><span class="content">those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.107.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.107.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">those he gathered from the lands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.107.3"><span class="content">from east and west, from north and south.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">107:3 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">north and the sea</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.107.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.107.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Some wandered in desert wastelands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.107.4"><span class="content">finding no way to a city where they could settle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.107.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.107.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They were hungry and thirsty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.107.5"><span class="content">and their lives ebbed away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.107.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.107.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then they cried out to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in their trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.107.6"><span class="content">and he delivered them from their distress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.107.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.107.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He led them by a straight way</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.107.7"><span class="content">to a city where they could settle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.107.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.107.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Let them give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> for his unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.107.8"><span class="content">and his wonderful deeds for mankind,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.107.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.107.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">for he satisfies the thirsty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.107.9"><span class="content">and fills the hungry with good things.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.107.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.107.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Some sat in darkness, in utter darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.107.10"><span class="content">prisoners suffering in iron chains,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.107.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.107.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">because they rebelled against God&#8217;s commands</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.107.11"><span class="content">and despised the plans of the Most High.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.107.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.107.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">So he subjected them to bitter labor;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.107.12"><span class="content">they stumbled, and there was no one to help.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.107.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.107.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then they cried to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in their trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.107.13"><span class="content">and he saved them from their distress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.107.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.107.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He brought them out of darkness, the utter darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.107.14"><span class="content">and broke away their chains.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.107.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.107.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Let them give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> for his unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.107.15"><span class="content">and his wonderful deeds for mankind,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.107.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.107.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">for he breaks down gates of bronze</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.107.16"><span class="content">and cuts through bars of iron.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.107.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.107.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Some became fools through their rebellious ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.107.17"><span class="content">and suffered affliction because of their iniquities.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.107.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.107.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">They loathed all food</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.107.18"><span class="content">and drew near the gates of death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.107.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.107.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Then they cried to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in their trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.107.19"><span class="content">and he saved them from their distress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.107.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.107.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He sent out his word and healed them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.107.20"><span class="content">he rescued them from the grave.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.107.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.107.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Let them give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> for his unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.107.21"><span class="content">and his wonderful deeds for mankind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.107.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.107.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Let them sacrifice thank offerings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.107.22"><span class="content">and tell of his works with songs of joy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.107.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.107.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Some went out on the sea in ships;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.107.23"><span class="content">they were merchants on the mighty waters.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.107.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.107.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">They saw the works of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.107.24"><span class="content">his wonderful deeds in the deep.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.107.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.107.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">For he spoke and stirred up a tempest</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.107.25"><span class="content">that lifted high the waves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.107.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.107.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.107.26"><span class="content">in their peril their courage melted away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.107.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.107.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">They reeled and staggered like drunkards;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.107.27"><span class="content">they were at their wits&#8217; end.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.107.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.107.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Then they cried out to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in their trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.107.28"><span class="content">and he brought them out of their distress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.107.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.107.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">He stilled the storm to a whisper;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.107.29"><span class="content">the waves of the sea</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">107:29 </span><span class="ft">Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">/ their waves</span></span></span><span class="content"> were hushed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.107.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.107.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">They were glad when it grew calm,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.107.30"><span class="content">and he guided them to their desired haven.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.107.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.107.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Let them give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> for his unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.107.31"><span class="content">and his wonderful deeds for mankind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.107.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.107.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.107.32"><span class="content">and praise him in the council of the elders.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch2" data-usfm="EXO.2.1+EXO.2.2+EXO.2.3+EXO.2.4+EXO.2.5+EXO.2.6+EXO.2.7+EXO.2.8+EXO.2.9+EXO.2.10+EXO.2.11+EXO.2.12+EXO.2.13+EXO.2.14+EXO.2.15+EXO.2.16+EXO.2.17+EXO.2.18+EXO.2.19+EXO.2.20+EXO.2.21+EXO.2.22">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now a man of the tribe of Levi married a Levite woman, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EXO.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EXO.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:3 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew can also mean </span><span class="fqa">ark</span><span class="ft">, as in Gen. 6:14.</span></span></span><span class="content"> for him and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">His sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EXO.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then Pharaoh&#8217;s daughter went down to the Nile to bathe, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her female slave to get it. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. &#8220;This is one of the Hebrew babies,&#8221; she said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then his sister asked Pharaoh&#8217;s daughter, &#8220;Shall I go and get one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EXO.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Yes, go,&#8221; she answered. So the girl went and got the baby&#8217;s mother. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Pharaoh&#8217;s daughter said to her, &#8220;Take this baby and nurse him for me, and I will pay you.&#8221; So the woman took the baby and nursed him. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When the child grew older, she took him to Pharaoh&#8217;s daughter and he became her son. She named him Moses,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:10 </span><span class="fq">Moses </span><span class="ft">sounds like the Hebrew for </span><span class="fqa">draw out.</span></span></span><span class="content"> saying, &#8220;I drew him out of the water.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Moses Flees to Midian</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to where his own people were and watched them at their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EXO.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Looking this way and that and seeing no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The next day he went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, &#8220;Why are you hitting your fellow Hebrew?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The man said, &#8220;Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian?&#8221; Then Moses was afraid and thought, &#8220;What I did must have become known.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EXO.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When Pharaoh heard of this, he tried to kill Moses, but Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in Midian, where he sat down by a well. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father&#8217;s flock. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Some shepherds came along and drove them away, but Moses got up and came to their rescue and watered their flock.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.2.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">When the girls returned to Reuel their father, he asked them, &#8220;Why have you returned so early today?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.2.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EXO.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">They answered, &#8220;An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds. He even drew water for us and watered the flock.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EXO.2.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EXO.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;And where is he?&#8221; Reuel asked his daughters. &#8220;Why did you leave him? Invite him to have something to eat.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EXO.2.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EXO.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Moses agreed to stay with the man, who gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EXO.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Zipporah gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:22 </span><span class="fq">Gershom </span><span class="ft">sounds like the Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">a foreigner </span><span class="fqa">there.</span></span></span><span class="content"> saying, &#8220;I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EXO.2.22"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1CO.12.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CO.12.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, and of different kinds of tongues. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1CO.12.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CO.12.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:30 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">other languages</span></span></span><span class="content">? Do all interpret? </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CO.12.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Now eagerly desire the greater gifts.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CO.12.31"><span class="content">And yet I will show you the most excellent way.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch9" data-usfm="MRK.9.2+MRK.9.3+MRK.9.4+MRK.9.5+MRK.9.6+MRK.9.7+MRK.9.8+MRK.9.9+MRK.9.10+MRK.9.11+MRK.9.12+MRK.9.13">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MRK.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John with him and led them up a high mountain, where they were all alone. There he was transfigured before them. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MRK.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">His clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MRK.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And there appeared before them Elijah and Moses, who were talking with Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MRK.9.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MRK.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Peter said to Jesus, &#8220;Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters&#8212;one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MRK.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">(He did not know what to say, they were so frightened.)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MRK.9.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MRK.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then a cloud appeared and covered them, and a voice came from the cloud: &#8220;This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MRK.9.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MRK.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Suddenly, when they looked around, they no longer saw anyone with them except Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MRK.9.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MRK.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MRK.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They kept the matter to themselves, discussing what &#8220;rising from the dead&#8221; meant.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MRK.9.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MRK.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">And they asked him, &#8220;Why do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MRK.9.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MRK.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;To be sure, Elijah does come first, and restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer much and be rejected?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MRK.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But I tell you, Elijah has come, and they have done to him everything they wished, just as it is written about him.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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