Scripture for Today

Scripture for Today

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  • Deuteronomy 10 (Final Episode)

    Passage:

    12 “And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you,
    but to fear the LORD your God,
    to walk in all his ways,
    to love him,
    to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
    13 and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD,
    which I am commanding you today for your good?
    14 Behold, to the LORD your God belong heaven and the heaven of heavens,
    the earth with all that is in it.
    15 Yet the LORD set his heart in love on your fathers and chose their offspring after them,
    you above all peoples, as you are this day.”
    (Deuteronomy 10:12–15 ESV)

    Song:

    Instrument of Peace by Isaac Wardell, Jessica Fox, Liz Vice, Orlando Palmer, and Paul Zach

    Lyrics:

    Lord make me
    An instrument of peace
    An instrument of peace
    Where is there hatred let me sow love
    Where there is darkness let me sow light
    For in the giving we shall receive
    And in the dying we’re given life
    Lord make me
    An instrument of peace
    An instrument of peace
    Where there is sorrow let me sow hope
    Where there is doubt let me sow faith
    Where is injury your pardon give
    Your consolation to those in pain
    Lord make me
    An instrument of peace
    An instrument of peace

    Prayer:

    Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
    Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
    Where there is injury, pardon;
    Where there is doubt, faith;
    Where there is despair, hope;
    Where there is darkness, light;
    Where there is sadness, joy.

    O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek

    To be consoled as to console;
    To be understood as to understand;
    To be loved as to love.
    For it is in giving that we receive;
    It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
    And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
    Amen.
    -A prayer attributed to St. Francis (ca. 1181–1226) of Assisi, Italy

    8 min
  • Deuteronomy 9

    Passage:

    3 Know therefore today that he who goes over before you as a consuming fire is the LORD your God. He will destroy them and subdue them before you…
    4 Do not say in your heart, after the LORD your God has thrust them out before you, “It is because of my righteousness that the LORD has brought me in to possess this land,”
    6 Know, therefore, that the LORD your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stubborn people.
    (Deuteronomy 9:3–4, 6 ESV)

    Song:

    All My Boast is in Jesus by Bryan Fowler, Keith Getty, Matt Boswell, and Matt Papa

    Lyrics:

    What wonder of wonders what love is this
    That Christ would die for me
    His goodness His merit His righteousness
    This sinner’s only plea
    O foolish pride be crucified
    The work is finished

    All my boast is in Jesus

    All my hope is His love
    And I will glory forever
    In what the cross has done

    Now fully forgiven my life is filled

    With graces undeserved
    For mercy that flowed down that sacred hill
    Let praises now return
    Rise up my soul and bless the Lord
    Who else is worthy

    O praise the One forever blessed

    Him alone my heart adores
    And I will boast in nothing less
    Than the love of Christ my Lord

    I boast not in riches in strength or might

    But in the grace of God
    I glory in weakness to live is Christ
    In plenty or in want
    That I may know that all may see
    His pow’r within me

    Now I stand in His freedom

    Ransomed clean in His sight
    And I cannot be ashamed for
    My boast is Jesus Christ
    My boast is Jesus Christ
    Forever my boast is Jesus Christ

    Prayer:

    Almighty God, eternal Father,
    we have sat at your feet,
    learned from your word,
    and eaten from your table.
    We give you thanks and praise
    for accepting us into your family.
    Send us out with your blessing,
    to live and to witness for you in the power of your Spirit,
    through Jesus Christ, the firstborn from the dead.
    Amen.
    -From the Eucharistic Rite of the Anglican Church in Kenya

    7 min
  • Deuteronomy 8

    Passage:

    2 And you shall remember the whole way that the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not.
    3 And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna… that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.
    (Deuteronomy 8:2–3 ESV)

    Song:

    Honey in the Rock by Brooke Ligertwood and Brandon Lake

    Lyrics:

    There's honey in the rock
    Water in the stone
    Manna on the ground
    No matter where I go
    I don't need to worry
    Now that I know
    Everything I need You've got
    There's honey in the rock

    Praying for a miracle

    Thirsty for the Living Well
    Only You can satisfy
    Sweetness at the mercy seat
    Now I've tasted it's not hard to see
    Only You can satisfy

    There's honey in the rock (4X)

    Freedom where the Spirit is

    Bounty in the wilderness
    You will always satisfy

    There's honey in the rock

    Water in the stone
    Manna on the ground
    No matter where I go
    I don't need to worry
    Now that I know
    Everything I need You've got
    There's honey in the rock
    Purpose in Your plan
    Power in the blood
    Healing in Your hands
    Started flowing when You said it is done
    Everything You did's enough

    I keep looking

    I keep finding
    You keep giving
    Keep providing
    I have all that I need
    You are all that I need
    I keep praying
    You keep moving
    I keep praising
    You keep proving
    I have all that I need
    You are all that I need

    I have all that I need

    You are all that I need yeah

    There's honey in the rock

    Water in the stone
    Manna on the ground
    No matter where I go
    I don't need to worry
    Now that I know
    Everything I need You've got
    There's honey in the rock
    Purpose in Your plan
    Power in the blood
    Healing in Your hands
    Started flowing when You said it is done
    Jesus who You are is enough

    There's honey in the rock

    There's honey in the rock
    There's honey in the rock

    Oh how sweet

    How sweet it is to trust in You Jesus
    Oh how sweet
    How sweet it is to trust in You Jesus
    Oh how sweet
    How sweet it is to trust in You Jesus

    Prayer:

    Do not fear what may happen tomorrow; the same
    everlasting Father who cares for you today will take
    care of you then and every day. He will either shield you
    from suffering, or will give you unfailing strength to
    bear it.

    Be at peace, then, and put aside all anxious thoughts

    and imaginations. Amen.
    -A prayer of St. Francis de Sales (1567–1622)

    8 min
  • Deuteronomy 7

    Passage:

    6 “For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
    7 It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the LORD set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples,
    8 but it is because the LORD loves you and is keeping the oath that he swore to your fathers…”
    (Deuteronomy 7:6–8 ESV)

    Song:

    Chosen by Alvymarie Rodriguez, Danielle Cruz, Jeffrey Todd McVicker, and Sean Hill

    Lyrics:

    How sweet it is to be loved by a King
    How kind it is to be called by Majesty
    How wonderful to fully know that I am Yours

    How can it be I am favored in Your eyes

    How can You see I'm a child of Your delight
    How beautiful to always know that I am Yours
    Oh I am Yours

    Oh I am chosen I am Yours

    Oh I am chosen I am Yours

    You call me out to be Your hands and feet

    For here and now a light for all to see
    I'll show Your love and tell the world
    That they are Yours
    Oh they are Yours

    Oh we are chosen we are Yours

    Oh we are chosen we are Yours

    Adorned in robes of royalty

    The Bride of Christ can stand and sing
    We're forever chosen
    We're forever chosen
    Hear the sound of people free
    Sing the song of the redeemed
    We're forever chosen
    We're forever chosen

    Hallelujah we are chosen we are Yours

    Hallelujah we are chosen we are Yours

    We're forever chosen

    We're forever chosen
    We're forever chosen
    We're forever chosen

    Prayer:

    Preserve your work, Lord. Guard the gift you have given even to those who pulled back. For I knew I was not worthy to be called your servant, but by your grace I am what I am… Amen.
    —Ambrose of Milan

    10 min
  • Deuteronomy 6

    Passage:

    4 “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.
    5 You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
    6 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart.
    7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
    8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
    9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
    (Deuteronomy 6:4–9 ESV)

    Song:

    Every Mother Every Father by Andy Bast and Bruce Benedict

    Lyrics:

    Every mother every father
    Called to raise up sons or daughters
    May your heart be patient
    May your mind be clear
    May our God be with you and calm your fears

    Prayer:

    This is another day, O Lord. I know not what it will bring forth, but make me ready, Lord, for whatever it may be. If I am to stand up, help me to stand bravely. If I am to sit still, help me to sit quietly. If I am to lie low, help me to do it patiently. And if I am to do nothing, let me do it gallantly. Make these words more than words, and give me the Spirit of Jesus. Amen.
    -The Book of Common Prayer

    6 min
  • Psalm 85

    Passage:

    8 Let me hear what God the Lord will speak,
    for he will speak peace to his people, to his saints;
    but let them not turn back to folly.
    9 Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him,
    that glory may dwell in our land.
    10 Steadfast love and faithfulness meet;
    righteousness and peace kiss each other.
    11 Faithfulness springs up from the ground,
    and righteousness looks down from the sky.
    (Psalm 85:8–11 ESV)

    Song:

    Your Will Be Done by Jonny Robinson and Rich Thompson

    Lyrics:

    Your will be done my God and Father
    As in heaven so on earth
    My heart is drawn to self-exalting
    Help me seek Your kingdom first
    As Jesus walked so shall I walk
    Held by Your same unchanging love
    Be still my soul O lift your voice and pray
    Father not my will but Yours be done

    How in that garden he persisted

    I may never fully know
    The fearful weight of true obedience
    It was held by him alone
    What wondrous faith to bear that cross
    To bear my sin what wondrous love
    My hope was sure when there my Saviour prayed
    Father not my will but Yours be done

    When I am lost when I am broken

    In the night of fear and doubt
    Still I will trust in my good Father
    Yes to one great King I bow
    As Jesus rose so I shall rise
    In ransomed glory at the throne
    My heart restored with all Your saints I sing
    Father not my will but Yours be done

    As we go forth our God and Father

    Lead us daily in the fight
    That all the world might see Your glory
    And Your Name be lifted high
    And in this Name we overcome
    For You shall see us safely home
    Now as Your church we lift our voice and pray
    Father not my will but Yours be done

    And in this Name we overcome

    For You shall see us safely home
    Now as Your church we lift our voice and pray
    Father not my will but Yours be done
    Father not my will but Yours be done
    Father not my will but Yours be done

    Prayer:

    You, Lord, have become my hope, my comfort, my strength, my all! In you does my soul rejoice. The darkness vanished from before my eyes, and I beheld you, the sun of righteousness. When I loved darkness, I knew you not, but wandered on from night to night. But you led me out of that blindness; you took me by the hand and called me to yourself, and now I can thank you, and your mighty voice which has penetrated to my inmost heart. Amen.
    -Augustine

    8 min
  • Psalm 84

    Passage:

    11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
    the Lord bestows favor and honor.
    No good thing does he withhold
    from those who walk uprightly.
    12 O Lord of hosts,
    blessed is the one who trusts in you!
    (Psalm 84:11–12 ESV)

    Song:

    I Will Dwell (Psalm 84) by Carrie Elizabeth Hardcastle, Dinah Kathryn Wright, and Laela Beth Dasher

    Lyrics:

    How lovely Your dwelling place
    My soul longs and even faints
    Just to meet You in the courts
    Of the presence of the Lord

    Oh how pleasing oh how sweet

    At Your altar at Your feet

    I will dwell in the house of the Lord

    I will rest in the sound of His voice
    Oh my heart my flesh will sing for joy
    As I dwell in the house of the Lord

    If the sparrow finds a home

    And the swallow brings her young
    Then I will find my rest in You
    And I'll bring all my treasures too

    Holy refuge hiding place

    Lead me on from strength to strength

    No good thing will You withhold from

    Those who love you Lord we love you
    Just one day within Your presence
    So much better Lord You're better

    Oh my heart my flesh will sing for joy

    As I dwell in the house of the Lord
    I will dwell in the house of the Lord

    Prayer:

    Father, what we know not, teach us; what we have not, give us; what we are not, make us; for the sake of your Son our Savior. Amen.
    -Old Anglican Prayer

    8 min
  • Psalm 81

    Passage:

    8 “Hear, O my people, while I admonish you!
    O Israel, if you would but listen to me!
    9 There shall be no strange god among you;
    you shall not bow down to a foreign god.
    10 I am the Lord your God,
    who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
    Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
    11 But my people did not listen to my voice;
    Israel would not submit to me.
    12 So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts,
    to follow their own counsels.
    13 Oh, that my people would listen to me,
    that Israel would walk in my ways!”

    (Psalm 81:8–13 ESV)

    Song:

    Yes, Jesus, I Receive by Avery Collins

    Lyrics:

    Yes Jesus I receive
    Yes Jesus I receive
    Yes Jesus I receive

    The waiting 'cause Your timing's perfect

    Yes Jesus I receive
    Remaining still when I want to act
    Yes Jesus I receive
    Desiring Your will and not my own
    Yes Jesus I receive
    Saying yes to joy through it all
    Yes Jesus I receive

    Going out into the dark night

    Yes Jesus I receive
    The crosses You have for me
    Yes Jesus I receive
    The pain and the suffering
    Yes Jesus I receive
    Embracing death 'cause I was made for eternity
    Yes Jesus I receive
    All that You will for me
    Yes Jesus I receive

    Yes Jesus I receive

    Yes Jesus I receive

    Prayer:

    Most loving Father, whose will it is for us to give thanks for all things, to fear nothing but the loss of you, and to cast all our care on you who care for us: Preserve us from faithless fears and worldly anxieties, that no clouds of this mortal life may hide from us the light of that love which is immortal, and which you have manifested to us in your Son Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
    -Book of Common Prayer

    7 min
  • Numbers 36

    Passage:

    5 And Moses commanded the people of Israel according to the word of the Lord, saying, “The tribe of the people of Joseph is right.
    6 This is what the Lord commands concerning the daughters of Zelophehad: ‘Let them marry whom they think best, only they shall marry within the clan of the tribe of their father.
    7 The inheritance of the people of Israel shall not be transferred from one tribe to another, for every one of the people of Israel shall hold on to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
    10 The daughters of Zelophehad did as the Lord commanded Moses,
    11 for Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to sons of their father’s brothers.

    (Numbers 36:5–7, 10–11 ESV)

    Song:

    Let Us Be Known By Our Love by Matt Armstrong, Micah Massey, Nate Moore, and Ryan Flanigan

    Lyrics:

    Let us be known by our love
    In every word in every deed honor the Son
    Let our light shine in every eye
    Let us be known by our love

    For the glory of the Father

    For the glory of the Son
    For the glory of the Spirit
    Let us be known by our love (joy) (peace)

    Let us be known by our joy

    In every home in every heart sing to the Lord
    Let our life show goodness and hope
    Let us be known by our joy

    Let us be known by our peace

    In every town in every tribe Jesus is king
    Let us go forth heal and restore
    Let us be known by our peace

    Prayer:

    Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name; your kingdom come; your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

    8 min
  • Numbers 35

    Passage:

    6 “The cities that you give to the Levites shall be the six cities of refuge, where you shall permit the manslayer to flee, and in addition to them you shall give forty-two cities.
    7 All the cities that you give to the Levites shall be forty-eight, with their pasturelands.
    25 And the congregation shall rescue the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge to which he had fled, and he shall live in it until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil.
    28 But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the boundaries of his city of refuge to which he fled,
    29 and the avenger of blood finds him outside the boundaries of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the manslayer, he shall not be guilty of blood.
    (Numbers 35:6–7, 25, 28–29 ESV)

    Song:

    Amen by Anna Hamilton and Grace Ibbott

    Lyrics:

    We’ve built kingdoms in our own names
    We’ve been distant walked our own way
    Seeking idols and not Your face
    But Father You’re too precious to us to trade away

    So we come again

    Kneel at Your feet again
    And we say amen
    Let Your will be done in us

    We’ve seen injustice and let it be

    Drawn our own lines on Your masterpiece
    So with repentance in humility
    Father form in us the church You long to see

    With no questions no reservations

    Here we are King of love
    You have our hearts
    Let justice roll like a mighty river
    On and on as we pray
    Your kingdom come

    Prayer:

    This is another day, O Lord. I know not what it will bring forth, but make me ready, Lord, for whatever it may be. If I am to stand up, help me to stand bravely. If I am to sit still, help me to sit quietly. If I am to lie low, help me to do it patiently. And if I am to do nothing, let me do it gallantly. Make these words more than words, and give me the Spirit of Jesus. Amen.
    -The Book of Common Prayer

    9 min

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