Daily Pause

Daily Pause

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  • November 29th, 2022 -- Isaiah 61:8-11

    8“For I, the Lord, love justice;

    I hate robbery and wrongdoing.

    In my faithfulness I will reward my people

    and make an everlasting covenant with them.

    9Their descendants will be known among the nations

    and their offspring among the peoples.

    All who see them will acknowledge

    that they are a people the Lord has blessed.”

    10I delight greatly in the Lord;

    my soul rejoices in my God.

    For he has clothed me with garments of salvation

    and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness,

    as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest,

    and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

    11For as the soil makes the sprout come up

    and a garden causes seeds to grow,

    so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness

    and praise spring up before all nations.

    13 min
  • November 28th, 2022 -- Isaiah 61:1-4

    The Year of the Lord’s Favor

    1The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,

    because the Lord has anointed me

    to proclaim good news to the poor.

    He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,

    to proclaim freedom for the captives

    and release from darkness for the prisoners,61:1 Hebrew; Septuagint the blind

    2to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor

    and the day of vengeance of our God,

    to comfort all who mourn,

    3and provide for those who grieve in Zion—

    to bestow on them a crown of beauty

    instead of ashes,

    the oil of joy

    instead of mourning,

    and a garment of praise

    instead of a spirit of despair.

    They will be called oaks of righteousness,

    a planting of the Lord

    for the display of his splendor.

    4They will rebuild the ancient ruins

    and restore the places long devastated;

    they will renew the ruined cities

    that have been devastated for generations.

    13 min
  • November 25th, 2022 -

    1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;    his love endures forever.

    2 Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story—
8 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind,
9 for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.

    15 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind,
16 for he breaks down gates of bronze and cuts through bars of iron.

    21 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind.
22 Let them sacrifice thank offerings and tell of his works with songs of joy.

    31 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind.
32 Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people and praise him in the council of the elders.

    14 min
  • November 24th, 2022 - Psalm 100

    1-2 On your feet now—applaud God!
    

    Bring a gift of laughter,
    

    sing yourselves into his presence.

    3 Know this: God is God, and God, God.
    

    He made us; we didn’t make him.
    

    We’re his people, his well-tended sheep.

    4 Enter with the password: “Thank you!”
    

    Make yourselves at home, talking praise.
    

    Thank him. Worship him.

    5 For God is sheer beauty,
    

    all-generous in love,
    

    loyal always and ever.

    Psalm 100 The Message Translation

    13 min
  • November 23rd, 2022 - 1 Thessalonians 5

    16 Rejoice always, 17 pray continually, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

    19 Do not quench the Spirit. 20 Do not treat prophecies with contempt 21 but test them all; hold on to what is good, 22 reject every kind of evil.

    23 May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.

    1 Thessalonians 5

    13 min
  • November 22nd, 2022 - Phillippians 4

    4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4

    12 min
  • November 21st, 2022 - Luke 17
    Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. 12 As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy[b] met him. They stood at a distance 13 and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!”
    14 When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed.
    15 One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. 16 He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan.
    17 Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? 18 Has no one returned to give praise to God except this foreigner?” 19 Then he said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well.” Luke 17
    14 min
  • November 18th, 2022 - Psalm 107

    Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.

    2 Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story— those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,
    3 those he gathered from the lands,  from east and west, from north and south.[a]
    4 Some wandered in desert wastelands,  finding no way to a city where they could settle.
    5 They were hungry and thirsty, and their lives ebbed away.
    6 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,  and he delivered them from their distress.
    7 He led them by a straight way to a city where they could settle.
    8 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love  and his wonderful deeds for mankind,
    9 for he satisfies the thirsty  and fills the hungry with good things.
    Psalm 107

    14 min
  • November 17th, 2022 - 1 Peter 3

    8 Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble. 9 Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.

    13 Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good? 14 But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear their threats; do not be frightened.” 15 But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, 16 keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander. 17 For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
    1 Peter 3

    14 min
  • November 16th, 2022 - John 9

    24 A second time they summoned the man who had been blind. “Give glory to God by telling the truth,” they said. “We know this man is a sinner.” 25 He replied, “Whether he is a sinner or not, I don’t know. One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!” 26 Then they asked him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”

    27 He answered, “I have told you already and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples too?”
    28 Then they hurled insults at him and said, “You are this fellow’s disciple! We are disciples of Moses! 29 We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this fellow, we don’t even know where he comes from.”
    30 The man answered, “Now that is remarkable! You don’t know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes. 31 We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does his will. 32 Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind. 33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”
    34 To this they replied, “You were steeped in sin at birth; how dare you lecture us!” And they threw him out.
    35 Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him, he said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
    36 “Who is he, sir?” the man asked. “Tell me so that I may believe in him.”
    37 Jesus said, “You have now seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you.”
    38 Then the man said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him.     John 9

    16 min

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