God's Word Today: September 2024

Monday, September 30, 2024

Psalm 85:5-7

Will you be angry with us always?

Will you prolong your wrath to all generations?

Won't you revive us again,

so your people can rejoice in you?

Show us your unfailing love, O LORD,

and grant us your salvation.

Will you be angry with us always? Will you prolong your wrath to all generations?

Psalm 74:1

O God, why have you rejected us so long?

Why is your anger so intense against

the sheep of your own pasture? (see all Psalm 74)

Psalm 79:5

O LORD, how long will you be angry with us? Forever?

How long will your jealousy burn like fire? (see all Psalm 79)

Psalm 80:4

O LORD of Heaven's Armies,

how long will you be angry with our prayers? (see all Psalm 80)

Won't you revive us again,

Psalm 80:18

Then we will never abandon you again.

Revive us so we can call on your name once more. (see all Psalm 80)

Isaiah 57:15

The high and lofty one who lives in eternity,

the Holy One, says this:

"I live in the high and holy place

with those whose spirits are contrite and humble.

I restore the crushed spirit of the humble

and revive the courage of those with repentant hearts."

(see verses 14-21)

Hosea 6:2

In just a short time he will restore us,

so that we may live in his presence. (see all chapter 6)

so your people can rejoice in you?

Psalm 5:11

But let all who take refuge in you rejoice;

let them sing joyful praises forever.

Spread your protection over them.

that all who love your name may be filled with joy.

(see all Psalm 5)

Philippians 3:1 Whatever happens, my dear brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord. I never get tired of telling you these things, and I do it to safeguard your faith. (see all Philippians)

Show us your unfailing love, O LORD,

Psalm 13:5

But I will trust in your unfailing love.

I will rejoice because you have rescued me. (see all Psalm 6)

Psalm 44:26

Rise up! Help us!

Ransom us because of your unfailing love. (see all Psalm 44)

and grant us your salvation.

Psalm 27:1

The LORD is my light and my salvation--

so why should I be afraid?

The LORD is my fortress, protecting me from danger,

so why should I tremble? (see all Psalm 27)

Psalm 51:12

Restore to me the joy of your salvation,

and make me willing to obey you. (see all Psalm 51)

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Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright ©1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. Limited to 15 verses per post.

Sunday, September 29, 2024

Psalm 85:3-4

You held back your fury.

You kept back your blazing anger.

Now restore us again, O God of our salvation.

Put aside your anger against us once more.

You held back your fury.

Psalm 78:38

Yet he was merciful and forgave their sins

and did not destroy them all.

Many times he held back his anger

and did not unleash his fury! (see all Psalm 78)

Psalm 106:23

So he declared he would destroy them.

But Moses, his chosen one,

stepped between the LORD and the people.

He begged him to turn from his anger

and not destroy them. (see all Psalm 106)

Daniel 9:16 "In view of all your faithful mercies, Lord, please turn your furious anger away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain. All the neighboring nations mock Jerusalem and your people because of our sins and the sins of our ancestors." (see verses 1-23)

You kept back your blazing anger.

Exodus 32:12 "Why let the Egyptians say, 'Their God rescued them with the evil intention of slaughtering them in the mountains and wiping them from the face of the earth'? Turn away from your fierce anger. Change your mind about this terrible disaster you have threatened against your people!" (see all chapter 32)

Deuteronomy 13:17 "Keep none of the plunder that has been set apart for destruction. Then the LORD will turn from his fierce anger and be merciful to you. He will have compassion on you and make you a large nation, just as he swore to your ancestors." (see all chapter 13)

Jonah 3:9 "Who can tell? Perhaps even yet God will change his mind and hold back his fierce anger from destroying us." (see all chapter 3)

Now restore us again,

Psalm 71:20

You have allowed me to suffer much hardship,

but you will restore me to life again

and lift me up from the depths of the earth. (see all Psalm 71)

Psalm 80:19

Turn us again to yourself, O LORD God of Heaven's Armies.

Make your face shine down on us.

Only then will we be saved. (see all Psalm 80)

Hosea 6:2

In just a short time he will restore us,

so that we may live in his presence. (see all chapter 6)

O God of our salvation. Put aside your anger against us once more.

Psalm 65:5

You faithfully answer our prayers with awesome deeds,

O God our savior.

You are the hope of everyone on earth,

even those who sail on distant seas. (see all Psalm 65)

Psalm 18:46

The LORD lives! Praise be my Rock!

May the God of my salvation be exalted! (see verses 46-50)

Psalm 68:19

Praise the Lord; praise God our savior!

For each day he carries us in his arms. (see verses 17-20)

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Saturday, September 28, 2024

Psalm 85:1-2

LORD, you poured out blessings on your land!

You restored the fortunes of Israel.

You forgave the guilt of your people--

yes, you covered all their sins.

LORD, you poured out blessings on your land! You restored the fortunes of Israel.

Deuteronomy 30:3 "... Then the LORD your God will restore your fortunes. He will have mercy on you and gather you back from all the nations where he has scattered you." (see verses 1-10)

Jeremiah 30:18 This is what the LORD says:

"When I bring Israel home again from captivity

and restore their fortunes,

Jerusalem will be rebuilt on its ruins,

and the palace reconstructed as before." (see verses 18-24)

Jeremiah 33:11 "... The joyful voices of bridegrooms and brides will be heard again, along with the joyous songs of people bringing thanksgiving offerings to the LORD. They will sing,

'Give thanks to the LORD of Heaven's Armies,

for the LORD is good.

His faithful love endures forever!'

For I will restore the prosperity of this land to what it was in the past, says the LORD." (see verses 6-14)

Joel 3:1

"At the time of those events," says the LORD,

when I restore the prosperity of Judah and Jerusalem, ..."

(see verses 1-16)

Zephaniah 2:7

The remnant of the tribe of Judah will pasture there.

They will rest at night in the abandoned houses in Ashkelon.

For the LORD their God will visit his people in kindness

and restore their prosperity again. (see verses 1-7)

You forgave the guilt of your people--yes, you covered all their sins.

Psalm 32:1

Oh, what joy for those

whose disobedience is forgiven,

whose sin is put out of sight! (see all Psalm 32)

Psalm 78:38

Yet he was merciful and forgave their sins

and did not destroy them all.

Many times he held back his anger

and did not unleash his fury! (see all Psalm 78)

Psalm 103:3-6

He forgives all my sins

and heals all my diseases.

He redeems me from death

and crowns me with love and tender mercies.

He fills my life with good things.

My youth is renewed like the eagle's!

The LORD gives righteousness

and justice to all who are treated unfairly. (see all Psalm 103)

Jeremiah 33:8 "I will cleanse them of their sins against me and forgive all their sins of rebellion." (see verses 6-9)

Hosea 14:2

Bring your confessions and return to the LORD.

Say to him,

"Forgive all our sins and graciously receive us,

so that we may offer you our praises." (see all chapter 14)

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Friday, September 27, 2024

Psalm 84:11-12

For the LORD God is our sun and our shield.

He gives us grace and glory.

The LORD will withhold no good thing

from those who do what is right.

O LORD of Heaven's Armies,

what joy for those who trust in you.

For the LORD God is our sun

Isaiah 9:2

The people who walk in darkness

will see a great light.

For those who live in a land of deep darkness,

a light will shine. (see verses 1-7)

Isaiah 60:19-20

"No longer will you need the sun to shine by day,

nor the moon to give its light by night,

for the LORD your God will be your everlasting light,

and your God will be your glory.

Your sun will never set;

your moon will not go down.

For the LORD will be your everlasting light.

Your days of mourning will come to an end." (see all chapter 60)

Revelation 22:5 And there will be no night there--no need for lamps or sun--for the Lord God will shine on them. And they will reign forever and ever. (see verses 1-5)

and our shield. He gives us grace and glory.

Deuteronomy 33:29

"How blessed you are, O Israel!

Who else is like you, a people saved by the LORD?

He is your protecting shield

and your triumphant sword!

Your enemies will cringe before you,

And you will stomp on their backs!" (see verses 26-29)

Psalm 119:114

You are my refuge and my shield;

your word is my source of hope. (see verses 113-120)

Proverbs 2:7

He grants a treasure of common sense to the honest.

He is a shield to those who walk in integrity. (see all chapter 2)

Proverbs 30:5

Every word of God proves true.

He is a shield to all who come to him for protection.

(see all chapter 30)

The LORD will withhold no good thing from those who do what is right.

Psalm 34:10

Even strong lions sometimes go hungry,

but those who trust in the LORD will lack no good thing.

(see all Psalm 34)

O LORD of Heaven's Armies, what joy for those who trust in you.

Psalm 2:12

Submit to God's royal son, or he will become angry,

and you will be destroyed in the midst of all your activities--

for his anger flares up in an instant.

But what joy for all who take refuge in him! (see all Psalm 2)

Psalm 28:7

The LORD is my strength and shield.

I trust him with all my heart.

He helps me, and my heart is filled with joy.

I burst out in songs of thanksgiving. (see all Psalm 28)

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Thursday, September 26, 2024

Psalm 84:9-10

O God, look with favor upon the king, our shield!

Show favor to the one you have anointed.

A single day in your courts

is better than a thousand anywhere else!

I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God

than live the good life in the homes of the wicked.

O God, look with favor upon the king, our shield!

Psalm 59:11

Don't kill them, for my people soon forget such lessons;

stagger them with your power, and bring them to their knees,

O LORD, our shield. (see all Psalm 59)

Psalm 3:3-4

But you, O LORD, are a shield around me;

you are my glory, the one who holds my head high.

I cried out to the LORD,

and he answered me from his holy mountain. (see all Psalm 3)

Show favor to the one you have anointed.

Psalm 2:2

The kings of the earth prepare for battle;

the rulers plot together

against the LORD

and against his anointed one. (see all Psalm 2)

Psalm 18:50

You give great victories to your king;

you show unfailing love to your anointed,

to David and all his descendants forever. (see all Psalm 18)

Psalm 132:17-18

"Here I will increase the power of David;

my anointed one will be a light for my people.

I will clothe his enemies with shame,

but he will be a glorious king." (see all Psalm 132)

A single day in your courts is better than a thousand anywhere else! I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God than live the good life in the homes of the wicked.

1 Chronicles 23:1-5 When David was an old man, he appointed his son Solomon to be king over Israel. David summoned all the leaders of Israel, together with the priests and Levites. All the Levites who were thirty years old or older were counted, and the total came to 38,000. Then David said, "From all the Levites, 24,000 will supervise the work at the Temple of the LORD. Another 6,000 will serve as officials and judges. Another 4,000 will work as gatekeepers, and 4,000 will praise the LORD with the musical instruments I have made."

1 Chronicles 23:32 And so, under the supervision of the priests, the Levites watched over the Tabernacle and the Temple and faithfully carried out their duties of service at the house of the LORD. (see all chapter 23)

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Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Psalm 84:7-8

They will continue to grow stronger,

and each of them will appear before God in Jerusalem.

O LORD God of Heaven's Armies, hear my prayer.

Listen, O God of Jacob.

They will continue to grow stronger,

Job 17:9

"The righteous keep moving forward,

and those with clean hands become stronger and stronger."

(see verses 6-9)

1 Samuel 2:4

"The bow of the mighty is now broken,

and those who stumbled are now strong." (see verses 1-10)

Isaiah 40:31

But those who trust in the LORD will find new strength.

They will soar high on wings like eagles.

They will run and not grow weary.

They will walk and not faint. (see verses 21-31)

Isaiah 52:1

Wake up, wake up, O Zion!

Clothe yourself with strength.

Put on your beautiful clothes, O holy city of Jerusalem,

for unclean and godless people will enter your gates no longer.

(see verses 1-12)

and each of them will appear before God in Jerusalem.

Deuteronomy 16:16 "Each year every man in Israel must celebrate these three festivals: the Festival of Unleavened Bread (see verses 1-8), the Festival of Harvest (see verses 9-12}, and the Festival of Shelters (see verses 13-15). On each of these occasions, all men must appear before the LORD your God at the place he chooses, but they must not appear before the LORD without a gift for him. (see verses 1-17)

Deuteronomy 31:10-11 Then Moses gave them this command: "At the end of every seventh year, the Year of Release (see Deuteronomy 15:1-11), during the Festival of Shelters, you must read this Book of Instruction to all the people of Israel when they assemble before the LORD your God at the place he chooses." (see verses 9-13)

1 Kings 8:1 Solomon then summoned to Jerusalem the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes--the leaders of the ancestral families of the Israelites. They were to bring the Ark of the LORD's Covenant to the Temple from its location in the City of David, also known as Zion. (see verses 1-11)

Psalm 76:1-2

God is honored in Judah;

his name is great in Israel.

Jerusalem is where he lives;

Mount Zion is his home. (see all Psalm 76)

O LORD of Heaven's Armies, hear my prayer. Listen, O God of Jacob.

Psalm 4:11

Answer me when I call to you,

O God who declares me innocent.

Free me from my troubles.

Have mercy on me and hear my prayer. (see all Psalm 4)

Psalm 13:3

Turn and answer me, O LORD my God!

Restore the sparkle to my eyes, or I will die. (see all Psalm 13)

Psalm 69:16

Answer my prayers, O LORD,

for your unfailing love is wonderful.

Take care of me,

for your mercy is so plentiful. (see all Psalm 69)

Psalm 102:2

Don't turn away from me

in my time of distress.

Bend down to listen,

and answer me quickly when I call to you. (see all Psalm 102)

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Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Psalm 84:5-6 Part 2 of 2

What joy for those whose strength comes from the LORD,

who have set their minds on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.

When they walk through the Valley of Weeping,

it will become a place of refreshing springs.

The autumn will clothe it with blessings.

When they walk through the Valley of Weeping, it will become a place of refreshing springs.

Psalm 107:35

But he also turns deserts into pools of water,

and dry land into springs of water. (see verses 33-38)

Isaiah 35:6-7

The lame will leap like a deer,

and those who cannot speak will sing for joy!

Springs will gush forth in the wilderness,

and streams will water the wasteland.

The parched ground will become a pool,

and springs of water will satisfy the thirsty land.

Marsh grass and reeds and rushes will flourish

where desert jackals once lived. (see verses 14-21)

Isaiah 41:18

"I will open up rivers for them on the high plateaus.

I will give them fountains of water in the valleys.

I will fill the desert with pools of water.

Rivers fed by springs will flow across the parched ground."

(see verses 17-20)

Isaiah 43:19

"For I am about to do something new.

See, I have already begun! Do you not see it?

I will make a pathway through the wilderness.

I will create rivers in the dry wasteland." (see verses 14-21)

Isaiah 51:3

The LORD will comfort Israel again

and have pity on her ruins.

Her desert will blossom like Eden,

her barren wilderness like the garden of the LORD.

Joy and gladness will be found there.

Songs of thanksgiving will fill the air. (see verses 1-16)

The autumn will clothe it with blessings.

Joel 2:23

Rejoice you people of Jerusalem!

Rejoice in the LORD your God!

For the rain he sends demonstrates his faithfulness.

Once more the autumn rains will come,

as well as the rains in spring. (see verses 22-27)

Job 36:28

"The rain pours down from the clouds,

and everyone benefits." (see verses 22-33)

Job 38:26-27

"Who makes the rain fall on barren land,

in a desert where no one lives?

Who sends rain to satisfy the parched ground

and make the tender grass spring up?" (see verses 22-30)

Isaiah 45:8

"Open up, O heavens,

and pour out your righteousness.

Let the earth open wide

so salvation and righteousness can sprout up together.

I, the LORD, created them." (see verses 1-13)

Ezekiel 34:26 "I will bless my people and their homes around my holy hill. And in the proper season I will send the showers they need. There will be showers of blessing." (see verses 25-31)

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Monday, September 23, 2024

Psalm 84:5-6 Part 1 of 2

What joy for those whose strength comes from the LORD,

who have set their minds on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.

When they walk through the Valley of Weeping,

it will become a place of refreshing springs.

The autumn will clothe it with blessings.

What joy for those whose strength comes from the LORD,

Psalm 81:1

Sing praises to God, our strength.

Sing to the God of Jacob. (see all Psalm 81)

Psalm 46:1

God is our refuge and strength,

always ready to help in times of trouble. (see all Psalm 46)

Psalm 59:16

But as for me, I will sing about your power.

Each morning I will sing for joy about your unfailing love.

For you have been my refuge,

a place of safety when I am in distress. (see all Psalm 59)

Psalm 66:1

Shout joyful praises to God, all the earth! (see all Psalm 66)

Palm 95:1

Come, let us sing to the LORD!

Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation. (see all Psalm 95)

Psalm 100:1

Shout with joy to the LORD, all the earth! (see all Psalm 100)

who have set their minds on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 31:6

"The day will come when watchmen will shout

from the hill country of Ephraim,

'Come, let us go up to Jerusalem

to worship the LORD our God.' "

Jeremiah 31:12

"They will come home and sing songs of joy on the heights of Jerusalem.

They will be radiant because of the LORD's good gifts--

the abundant crops of grain, new wine, and olive oil,

and the healthy flocks and herds.

Their life will be like a watered garden,

and all their sorrows will be gone. (see verses 1-14)

Jeremiah 50:4-5

"In those coming days,"

says the LORD,

"the people of Israel will return home

together with the people of Judah.

They will come weeping

and seeking the LORD their God.

They will ask the way to Jerusalem

and will start back home again.

They will bind themselves to the LORD

with an eternal covenant that will never be forgotten.

(see verses 1-10)

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Sunday, September 22, 2024

Psalm 84:3-4

Even the sparrow finds a home

and the swallow builds her nest and raises her young

at a place near your altar,

O LORD of Heaven's Armies, my King and my God!

What joy for those who can live in your house,

always singing your praises.

Even the sparrow finds a home and the swallow builds her nest and raises her young at a place near your altar, O LORD of Heaven's Armies, my King and my God!

Psalm 43:4

There I will go to the altar of God,

to God--the source of all my joy.

I will praise you with my harp,

O God, my God! (see all Psalm 43)

Psalm 26:6-7

I wash my hands to declare my innocence.

I come to your altar, O LORD,

singing a song of thanksgiving

and telling of all your wonders. (see all Psalm 26)

What joy for those who can live in your house,

Psalm 65:4

What joy for those you choose to bring near,

those who live in your holy courts.

What festivities await us

inside your holy Temple. (see all Psalm 65)

Psalm 33:12

What joy for the nation whose God is the LORD,

whose people he has chosen as his inheritance. (see all Psalm 33)

Psalm 36:7-8

How precious is your unfailing love, O God!

All humanity finds shelter

in the shadow of your wings.

You feed them from the abundance of your own house,

letting them drink from your river of delights. (see all Psalm 36)

Psalm 61:4

Let me live forever in your sanctuary,

safe in the shelter of your wings. (see all Psalm 61)

always singing your praises.

Psalm 23:6

Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me

all the days of my life,

and I will live in the house of the LORD

forever. (see all Psalm 23)

Psalm 27:4

The one thing I ask of the LORD--

the thing I seek most--

is to live in the house of the LORD all the days of my life,

delighting in the LORD's perfections

and meditating in his Temple. (see all Psalm 27)

Psalm 69:30

Then I will praise God's name with singing,

and I will honor him with thanksgiving. (see all Psalm 69)

Psalm 100:1-2

Shout with joy to the LORD, all the earth!

Worship the LORD with gladness.

Come before him, singing with joy. (see all Psalm 100)

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Saturday, September 21, 2024

Psalm 84:1-2

How lovely is your dwelling place,

O LORD of Heaven's Armies.

I long, yes, I faint with longing

to enter the courts of the LORD.

With my whole being, body and soul,

I will shout joyfully to the living God.

How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD of Heaven's Armies.

Psalm 27:4

The one thing I ask of the LORD--

the thing I seek most--

is to live in the house of the LORD all the days of my life,

delighting in the LORD's perfections

and meditating in his Temple. (see all Psalm 27)

Psalm 43:3

Send out your light and your truth;

let them guide me.

Let them lead me to your holy mountain,

to the place where you live. (see all Psalm 43)

I long, yes, I faint with longing to enter the courts of the LORD.

Job 19:27

"I will see him for myself.

Yes, I will see him with my own eyes.

I am overwhelmed with the thought! (see verses 25-27)

Psalm 42:1-2

As the deer longs for streams of water,

so I long for you, O God.

I thirst for God, the living God.

When can I go and stand before him? (see all Psalm 42)

Psalm 63:1

O God, you are my God;

I earnestly search for you.

My soul thirsts for you;

my whole body longs for you

in this parched and weary land

where there is no water. (see all Psalm 63)

With my whole being, body and soul, I will shout joyfully to the living God.

Joshua 3:10 "Today you will know that the living God is among you. He will surely drive out the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites ahead of you. (see all chapter 3)

Psalm 18:46

The LORD lives! Praise to my Rock!

May the God of my salvation be exalted! (see verses 46-50)

Jeremiah 10:10

But the LORD is the only true God.

He is the living God and the everlasting King!

The whole earth trembles at his anger.

The nations cannot stand up to his wrath. (see verses 1-16)

Daniel 6:26 "I decree that everyone throughout my kingdom should tremble with fear before the God of Daniel.

For he is the living God,

and he will endure forever.

His kingdom will never be destroyed,

and his rule will never end." (see verses 6-28)

Matthew 16:16 Simon Peter answered, "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God." (see verses 13-20)

Acts 14:15 "Friends, why are you doing this? We are merely human beings--just like you! We have come to bring you the Good News that you should turn from these worthless things and turn to the living God, who made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them." (see verses 8-20)

Hebrews 10:31 It is a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the living God. (see verses 19-39)

Hebrews 12:22 No, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to countless thousands of angels in a joyful gathering. (see verses 18-29)

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