Scripture for Today

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  • Genesis 32

    Passage:

    9 And Jacob said, “O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O Lord who said to me, ‘Return to your country and to your kindred, that I may do you good,’ 10 I am not worthy of the least of all the deeds of steadfast love and all the faithfulness that you have shown to your servant, for with only my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps. 11 Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I fear him, that he may come and attack me, the mothers with the children. 12 But you said, ‘I will surely do you good, and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.’”

    22 The same night he arose and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 23 He took them and sent them across the stream, and everything else that he had. 24 And Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day. 25 When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched his hip socket, and Jacob’s hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. 26 Then he said, “Let me go, for the day has broken.” But Jacob said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” 27 And he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” 28 Then he said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed.” 29 Then Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, “Why is it that you ask my name?” And there he blessed him. 30 So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, “For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been delivered.”

    (Genesis 32:9-12, 22-30 ESV)

    Song:

    I Surrender by David Leonard, Jason Ingram, Leslie Jordan

    Lyrics:

    The riches of this world will fade
    The treasures of our God remain
    Here I empty myself to owe this world nothing
    And find ev'rything in You

    I surrender I surrender I surrender all to You

    Take my life a sacrifice

    In You alone I'm satisfied
    Here I empty myself to owe this world nothing
    And find ev'rything in You
    Oh oh ev'rything in You

    Not my will but Yours be done

    Not my strength but Yours alone
    Nothing else but You O Lord
    I find ev'rything in You

    Prayer:

    Spirit of Christ… Make me strong, not with the strength of recklessness, but with that strength which comes from an increased burden of care. Inspire me with your sacrificial love, and I shall be a stranger to selfish fear; I shall have the courage to dare all things when I am made a captain in your band. Amen. 
    -George Matheson

    10 min
  • Mark 2

    Passage:

    18 Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. And people came and said to him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?” 19 And Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. 20 The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day. 21 No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the patch tears away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear is made. 22 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins—and the wine is destroyed, and so are the skins. But new wine is for fresh wineskins.”
    (Mark 2:18-22 ESV)

    Song:

    The Wedding Feast by Paul Zach

    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.

    9 min
  • Genesis 30

    Passage:

    1 When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I shall die!” 2 Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?” 3 Then she said, “Here is my servant Bilhah; go in to her, so that she may give birth on my behalf, that even I may have children through her.” 4 So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her. 5 And Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son. 6 Then Rachel said, “God has judged me, and has also heard my voice and given me a son.” Therefore she called his name Dan.

    7 Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. 8 Then Rachel said, “With mighty wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister and have prevailed.” So she called his name Naphtali.

    9 When Leah saw that she had ceased bearing children, she took her servant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife. 10 Then Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son. 11 And Leah said, “Good fortune has come!” So she called his name Gad. 12 Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son. 13 And Leah said, “Happy am I! For women have called me happy.” So she called his name Asher.

    14 In the days of wheat harvest Reuben went and found mandrakes in the field and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.” 15 But she said to her, “Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my son’s mandrakes also?” Rachel said, “Then he may lie with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.” 16 When Jacob came from the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come in to me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he lay with her that night.

    (Genesis 30:1-16 ESV)

    Song:

    Thank You, Jesus by Chris Davenport, Ethan Hulse, Josh Baldwin

    Lyrics:

    Thank You Jesus for finding me
    Like a good shepherd Your mercy leads
    Back to Your arms where I’m meant to be
    So I thank You Jesus for finding me

    Thank You Jesus for saving me

    You took my place on that cursed tree
    Died for sinners but rose as a King
    So I thank You Jesus for saving me

    Oh it’s only because of all You’ve done

    That I can be called a friend of God
    Oh beautiful Savior what else can I do
    But lift up my voice and say thank You

    Thank You Jesus for loving me

    Shame lost its hold when You set me free
    Every fear has to bow at Your feet
    So I thank You Jesus for loving me

    I enter the gates of the Lord with thanksgiving

    I enter the courts of the Lord with praise

    Oh thank You

    Oh thank You

    Prayer:

    O you plenteous source of every good and perfect gift, shed abroad the cheering light of your sevenfold grace over our hearts. Yes, Spirit of love and gentleness, we most humbly implore your assistance. You know our faults, our failings, our necessities, the dullness of our understanding, the waywardness of our affections, the perverseness of our will. When, therefore, we neglect to practice what we know, visit us, we ask you, with your grace; enlighten our minds, rectify our desires, correct our wanderings, and pardon our omissions, so that by your guidance we may be preserved from making shipwreck of faith, and keep a good conscience, and may at length be landed safe in the haven of eternal rest; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
    -Anselm

    10 min
  • Matthew 28

    Passage:

    16 Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. 17 And when they saw him, they worshiped him, but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
    (Matthew 28:16-20 ESV)

    Song:

    Always by Ben Glover, Chris Tomlin, Daniel Carson, Jeff Sojka, Jess Cates

    Lyrics:

    I believe You gave sight to the blind
    I believe that the dead came to life
    I believe there were wonders and signs
    And You're still the same

    I believe every word that You said

    I believe there are scars in Your hands
    That Your goodness is good without end
    And You'll never change

    I will tell of Your wonders sing of Your grace

    The God of creation knows me by name
    The Lord is faithful yesterday now and always
    Always
    Your mercy is mighty age after age
    All generations will bow down and praise
    The Lord is faithful yesterday now and always
    Always

    I believe You will come in the clouds

    I believe You are here even now
    In Your presence I know there is power
    Power to save oh

    You were You are You always will be God

    You were You are You always will be God
    Yes You always will be God

    Your mercy is mighty age after age

    All generations will bow down and praise
    The Lord is faithful yesterday now and always

    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.
    -The Book of Common Prayer

    8 min
  • Genesis 28

    Passage:

    10 Jacob left Beersheba and went toward Haran. 11 And he came to a certain place and stayed there that night, because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place to sleep. 12 And he dreamed, and behold, there was a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. And behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it! 13 And behold, the Lord stood above it and said, “I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. The land on which you lie I will give to you and to your offspring. 14 Your offspring shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south, and in you and your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed. 15 Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”

    16 Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.” 17 And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.” 18 So early in the morning Jacob took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up for a pillar and poured oil on the top of it. 19 He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.

    (Genesis 28:10-19 ESV)

    Song:

    My Lighthouse by Chris Llewellyn and Gareth Gilkeson

    Lyrics:

    In my wrestling and in my doubts
    In my failures You won't walk out
    Your great love will lead me through
    You are the peace in my troubled sea whoa oh
    You are the peace in my troubled sea

    In the silence You won't let go

    In the questions Your truth will hold
    Your great love will lead me through
    You are the peace in my troubled sea whoa oh
    You are the peace in my troubled sea

    My Lighthouse my Lighthouse

    Shining in the darkness
    I will follow You oh
    My Lighthouse my Lighthouse
    I will trust the promise
    You will carry me safe to shore
    Safe to shore safe to shore safe to shore

    I won't fear what tomorrow brings

    With each morning I'll rise and sing
    My God's love will lead me through
    You are the peace in my troubled sea whoa oh
    You are the peace in my troubled sea

    Fire before us

    You're the brightest
    You will lead us
    Through the storms (hey)

    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
  • Matthew 24

    Passage:

    36 “But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. 37 For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, 39 and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 40 Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left. 41 Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one left. 42 Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. 43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into. 44 Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”
    (Matthew 24:36-44 ESV)

    Song:

    Even So Come - Passion, Kristian Stanfill

    Lyrics:

    All of creation
    All of the earth
    Make straight a highway
    A path for the Lord
    Jesus is coming soon

    Call back the sinner

    Wake up the saint
    Let every nation shout of Your fame
    Jesus is coming soon

    Like a bride waiting for her groom

    We'll be a Church ready for You
    Every heart longing for our King
    We sing
    Even so come
    Lord Jesus, come

    Even so come

    Lord Jesus, come

    There will be justice

    All will be new
    Your name forever
    Faithful and true
    Jesus is coming soon

    Like a bride waiting for her groom

    We'll be a Church ready for You
    Every heart longing for our King
    We sing
    Even so come
    Lord Jesus, come

    Even so come

    Lord Jesus, come

    So we wait

    We wait for You
    God, we wait
    You're coming soon

    So we wait

    We wait for You
    God, we wait
    You're coming soon

    Like a bride waiting for her groom

    We'll be a Church ready for You
    Every heart longing for our King
    We sing

    Like a bride waiting for her groom

    We'll be a Church ready for You
    Every heart longing for our King
    We sing

    Even so come

    Lord Jesus, come

    Prayer:

    Almighty God, give us grace, that we may cast away the works
    of darkness, and put upon us the armor of light, now in the
    time of this mortal life (in which your Son Jesus Christ came
    to visit us in great humility); that in the last day when he shall
    come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the living
    and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal, through him
    who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, now and
    forever. Amen.
    -Book of Common Prayer (1552)

    9 min
  • Matthew 23

    Passage:

    23 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. 24 You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!

    25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. 26 You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.

    27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people’s bones and all uncleanness. 28 So you also outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.”

    (Matthew 23:23-28 ESV)

    Song:

    Clean Heart by Austin Johnson, Bryan Torwalt, Hank Bentley, Katie Torwalt

    Lyrics:

    For the times that I’ve misused Your name
    And leveraged it for my own fame
    For the kingdoms I’ve been building on my own
    For the times I chose to play it safe
    When You said give it all away
    For the idols that I’ve let into my home

    Create in me a clean heart God

    And renew a right spirit
    And renew a right spirit within me
    Create in me a clean heart God
    And renew a right spirit
    And renew a right spirit within me

    For the times I chose the counterfeit

    Dismissed Your voice like Jonah did
    When I leaned into fear instead of faith
    For the narrow path I didn’t take
    When I fell short in my own strength
    You said look and I just looked away
    Well I’m looking now

    Renew a right spirit

    A right spirit within me

    The kindness of God

    It leads to repentance
    The arms of the Father
    Are full of forgiveness
    You gave me a clean heart
    A place where Your glory can rest
    You made me a temple
    A place where Your presence can live

    You gave me a clean heart

    A place where Your glory can rest
    You made me a temple
    A place where Your presence can live

    Create in me a clean heart God

    And renew a right spirit
    And renew a right spirit within me
    Create in me a clean heart God
    And renew a right spirit
    A right spirit
    A right spirit

    Prayer:

    O Lord my God, light of the blind, and strength of the weak;
    yes, also light of those that see, and strength of the strong—
    hearken unto my soul, and hear it crying out of the depths.
    Woe is me! . . . Lord, help us to turn and seek you; for not as
    we have forsaken our Creator have you forsaken your cre-
    ation. Let us turn and seek you, for we know you are here in
    our heart, when we confess to you, when we cast ourselves
    upon you, and weep in your bosom, after all our rugged
    ways; and you gently wipe away our tears, and we weep
    the more for joy; because you, Lord—not man of flesh and
    blood—but you, Lord, who made us, remake and comfort
    us. Amen.
    -Augustine

    11 min
  • Matthew 22

    Passage:

    41 Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question, 42 saying, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “The son of David.” 43 He said to them, “How is it then that David, in the Spirit, calls him Lord, saying, 44 ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet”’? 45 If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?” 46 And no one was able to answer him a word, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.
    (Matthew 22:41-46 ESV)

    Song:

    Behold Him by Mitch Wong, Paul Baloche

    Lyrics:

    He who was before there was light
    Walked across the pages of time
    He who made every living thing
    Behold Him
    He who heard humanity's cry
    Left His throne to wake as a child
    He became like the least of us
    Behold Him

    Jesus Son of God Messiah

    The Lamb the roaring Lion
    Oh be still and behold Him

    He who dined with sinners and saints

    Healed the blind the lost and the lame
    Even now He is in our midst
    Behold Him
    He who chose a criminal's end
    Paid with blood to settle our debt
    Buried death as He rose to life
    Behold Him

    Jesus Son of God Messiah

    The Lamb the roaring Lion
    Oh be still and behold Him
    Jesus Alpha and Omega
    Our God the risen Savior
    Oh be still and behold Him

    Holy holy holy

    Is the Lord God Almighty
    Worthy worthy worthy
    To receive all praise

    Prayer:

    We praise and glorify you, our Lord and owner, for we and
    all things are your own. We praise and glorify you, our king
    and ruler, for we are your subjects, and our perfect obedience
    is your due. Just are all your laws and judgment; true and
    sure is all your Word. We praise and glorify you, our great
    benefactor. In you we live, and move, and are: all that we are,
    or have, or can do, is wholly from you, the cause of all; and
    all is for you, for you are our end. Delightfully to love you is
    our greatest duty, and our only felicity, for you are love itself,
    and infinitely amiable. Amen.
    -Richard Baxter

    11 min
  • Genesis 22

    Passage:

    1 After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” 2 He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.” 3 So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and his son Isaac. And he cut the wood for the burnt offering and arose and went to the place of which God had told him. 4 On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from afar. 5 Then Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; I and the boy will go over there and worship and come again to you.”

    6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. And he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So they went both of them together. 7 And Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, “Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?” 8 Abraham said, “God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they went both of them together.

    9 When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood in order and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. 10 Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son. 11 But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” 12 He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.” 13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son. 14 So Abraham called the name of that place, “The Lord will provide”; as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided.”

    (Genesis 22:1-14 ESV)

    Song:

    Trust in You by Lauren Daigle, Michael Farren, Paul Mabury

    Lyrics:

    Letting go of every single dream
    I lay each one down at Your feet
    Every moment of my wondering
    Never changes what You see

    I've tried to win this war I confess

    My hands are weary I need Your rest
    Mighty warrior King of the fight
    No matter what I face You're by my side

    When You don't move the mountains

    I'm needing You to move
    When You don't part the waters
    I wish I could walk through
    When You don't give the answers
    As I cry out to You
    I will trust I will trust
    I will trust in You

    Truth is You know what tomorrow brings

    There's not a day ahead You have not seen
    So in all things be my life and breath
    I want what You want Lord and nothing less

    You are my strength and comfort

    You are my steady hand
    You are my firm foundation
    The Rock on which I stand
    Your ways are always higher
    Your plans are always good
    There's not a place where I'll go
    You've not already stood

    Prayer:

    Like the eyes of a son to his father, O Lord, so are my eyes toward you at all times. For with you are my consolations and my delight. Do not turn your mercies from me, O Lord, and do not take away your kindness. Stretch out to me your right hand at all times, and be my guide even to the end. Let me be well-pleasing before you, because of your glory and your name. Preserve me from evil, and let your meekness abide with me, and the fruits of your love. Teach me the psalms of your truth, that I may bring forth fruit in you. And open to me the harp of your Holy Spirit, that with all its notes I may praise you, O Lord. Give to me according to the multitude of your tender mercies, and grant our prayers very soon. You are able to provide for all our needs. Hallelujah! Amen.
    —Odes of Solomon

    10 min
  • Matthew 20

    Passage:

    25 But Jesus called them to him and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. 26 It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, 27 and whoever would be first among you must be your slave, 28 even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
    (Matthew 20:25-28 ESV)

    Song:

    Teach Us Your Ways by Isaac Wardell, Leslie Jordan, Orlando Palmer, Paul Zach

    Lyrics:

    Teach us Your ways teach us Your ways
    As we learn from one another
    Learn to love each other
    Teach us Your ways

    Teach us to give teach us to give

    Give ourselves for one another
    Learn to love each other
    Teach us to give

    Teach us to weep teach us to weep

    Let us weep with one another
    Learn to love each other
    Teach us to weep

    Hallelujah hallelujah

    Let us learn from one another
    Learn to love each other
    Teach us Your ways

    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

    7 min

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