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Week of November 28, 2022

Monday November 28, 2022

Scripture: Psalm 4

The Safety of the Faithful
To the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.
1 Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness!
​​You have relieved me in my distress;
​​Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.
​2 ​​How long, O you sons of men,
​​Will you turn my glory to shame?
​​How long will you love worthlessness
​​And seek falsehood?Selah
3 ​​But know that the LORD has set apart[fn] for Himself him who is godly;
​​The LORD will hear when I call to Him.
​4 ​​Be angry, and do not sin.
​​Meditate within your heart on your bed, and be still.Selah
5 ​​Offer the sacrifices of righteousness,
​​And put your trust in the LORD.
​6 ​​There are many who say,
​​“Who will show us any good?”
​​LORD, lift up the light of Your countenance upon us.
7 ​​You have put gladness in my heart,
​​More than in the season that their grain and wine increased.
8 ​​I will both lie down in peace, and sleep;
​​For You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.

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Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Scripture: Psalm 16

The Hope of the Faithful, and the Messiah’s Victory
A Michtam of David.
1 Preserve me, O God, for in You I put my trust.
2 ​​O my soul, you have said to the LORD,
​​“You are my Lord,
​​My goodness is nothing apart from You.”
3 ​​As for the saints who are on the earth,
​​“They are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.”
4 ​​Their sorrows shall be multiplied who hasten after another god;
​​Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer,
​​Nor take up their names on my lips.
5 ​​O LORD, You are the portion of my inheritance and my cup;
​​You maintain my lot.
6 ​​The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places;
​​Yes, I have a good inheritance.​
7 ​​I will bless the LORD who has given me counsel;
​​My heart also instructs me in the night seasons.
8 ​​I have set the LORD always before me;
​​Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.
9 ​​Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices;
​​My flesh also will rest in hope.
10 ​​For You will not leave my soul in Sheol,
​​Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption.
11 ​​You will show me the path of life;
​​In Your presence is fullness of joy;
​​At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

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Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Scripture: Hosea 2:14-23

God’s Mercy on His People
14 ​​“Therefore, behold, I will allure her, Will bring her into the wilderness,
​​And speak comfort to her.
15 ​​I will give her her vineyards from there, And the Valley of Achor as a door of hope;
​​She shall sing there, As in the days of her youth,
​​As in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt.
16 ​​“And it shall be, in that day,”
​​Says the LORD, “That you will call Me ‘My Husband,’
​​And no longer call Me ‘My Master,’
17 ​​For I will take from her mouth the names of the Baals,
​​And they shall be remembered by their name no more.
18 ​​In that day I will make a covenant for them
​​With the beasts of the field,
​​With the birds of the air,
​​And with the creeping things of the ground.
​​Bow and sword of battle I will shatter from the earth,
​​To make them lie down safely.
19 ​​“I will betroth you to Me forever;
​​Yes, I will betroth you to Me
​​In righteousness and justice,
​​In lovingkindness and mercy;
20 ​​I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness,
​​And you shall know the LORD.
​21 ​​“It shall come to pass in that day
​​That I will answer,” says the LORD;
​​“I will answer the heavens,
​​And they shall answer the earth.
22 ​​The earth shall answer
​​With grain,
​​With new wine,
​​And with oil;
​​They shall answer Jezreel.
23 ​​Then I will sow her for Myself in the earth,
​​And I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy;
​​Then I will say to those who were not My people,
​‘​You are My people!’
​​And they shall say, ‘You are my God!’ ”

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Thursday, December 1, 2022

Scripture: Romans 5:1-5

Faith Triumphs in Trouble
1 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; 4 and perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

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Friday, December 2, 2022

Scripture: James 2:14-26

 

Faith Without Works Is Dead
(cf. Gen. 22; Josh. 2 )
14 What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? 17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. 18 But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. 19 You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble! 20 But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead? 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? 22 Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect? 23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”And he was called the friend of God. 24 You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only. 25 Likewise, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way? 26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

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