Scripture for Today

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  • Numbers 17-18

    Passage:

    Numbers 17:12–13
    “And the people of Israel said to Moses, ‘Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone. Everyone who comes near, who comes near to the tabernacle of the Lord, shall die. Are we all to perish?’”

    Song:

    Mercy by Lindsey Sweat and Taya Gaukrodger

    Lyrics:

    I know you never thought it'd hurt this bad
    The wounds look healed but they're still sore
    The Healer caught your tears
    He's been with you all these years
    That's just who He is
    The humble King is here

    There's never been a kingdom like His

    Where the poor in spirit are the richest
    When you're crushed He comes in
    Binds your heart in His hands
    That's just who He is

    The merciful and righteous King

    I'm unworthy yet He took on my sin
    Oh and He comes and lives and dwells
    In this earthly vessel
    And I can't comprehend
    The foolish in His hands

    I plead mercy mercy

    Mercy before the King

    Oh I plead mercy mercy

    Oh mercy oh mercy
    Oh mercy before the King

    I humbly come and bow on bended knee

    For I know I can do nothing without Thee
    Come pain or grief or hell
    In You all will be well
    All will be well
    All will be well

    Prayer:

    Almighty and eternal God,
    draw my heart to you,
    guide my mind,
    fill my imagination,
    control my will,
    that I may be wholly yours,
    utterly dedicated to you;
    and then use me, I pray,
    as you will,
    but always to your glory
    and the welfare of your people;
    through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.
    — William Temple

    8 min
  • Numbers 16

    Passage:

    1 Now Korah the son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men. 2 And they rose up before Moses, with a number of the people of Israel, 250 chiefs of the congregation, chosen from the assembly, well-known men. 3 They assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron and said to them, “You have gone too far! For all in the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the Lord?”
    (Numbers 16:1-3)

    Song:

    Open Space by Kirby Kaple and Rob Kaple

    Lyrics:

    Pull me in closer close to Your heart
    May I be a pure reflection of all You are
    Love that is patient love that is kind
    A love that keeps no offenses or wrongs in mind

    Make me like Jesus

    Make me like Jesus

    My heart is an open space

    For You to come and have Your way
    I'm open I'm open

    You're faithful to find me right where I am

    Even in my wandering You call me friend
    Mercy receives me and lifts me to my feet
    And I'm caught up in the wonder and mystery

    Of knowing Jesus

    Of knowing Jesus

    Do whatever You want to do

    Say whatever You want to say
    Move however You want to move
    Change whatever You want to change

    What are You saying

    Where are You going
    My heart is open wide
    My eyes are open wide

    Prayer:

    O Lord, grant that I may not be puffed up with worldly wisdom,
    which passes away,
    but may be built up in love.
    May I submit to your will
    and not seek to please myself or others,
    but only you.
    Amen.
    —John Calvin

    11 min
  • Psalm 51

    Passage:

    1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.
    2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin!
    3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.
    4 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment.
    5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
    6 Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.
    7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
    8 Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have broken rejoice.
    9 Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.
    10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
    11 Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me.
    12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.

    Song:

    Create In Me (Psalm 51) by Paul Zach, iAmSon, and Jessica Fox

    Lyrics:

    Create in me
    A clean heart oh Lord
    Create in me
    A clean heart oh Lord

    Against you only I’ve sinned

    Done evil in your side
    But you’ve shown me what I’ve done
    With mercy in your eyes
    Then wash my shame and guilty way
    My wearies all renew
    From all my sin into your face
    Let me turn to you

    Create in me

    A clean heart oh Lord
    Create in me
    A clean heart oh Lord

    So I will give you what you asked

    A humble broken heart
    A spirit burning down to ash
    With a flame oh God
    Then ask will be your mercy Lord
    Transforming all of me
    To every act and every way
    Your love and glories speaks

    Create in me

    A clean heart oh Lord (Create in me a clean heart oh Lord)
    Create in me
    A clean heart oh Lord (Create in me a clean heart oh Lord)

    Have mercy on me

    According to your endless love
    Have mercy on me
    According to your endless love
    Oh have mercy on me
    According to your endless love
    Have mercy on me
    According to your endless love
    According to your endless love
    According to your endless love

    Prayer:

    Almighty and most merciful Father, you hate nothing that you have made, nor desire the death of a sinner—look down with mercy upon me, and grant that I may turn from my wickedness and live. Forgive the days and years which I have passed in folly, idleness, and sin. Fill me with such sorrow for the time misspent, that I may amend my life according to your holy Word; strengthen me against habitual idleness, and enable me to direct my thoughts to the performance of every duty; that while I live I may serve you in the state to which you shall call me, and at last by a holy and happy death be delivered from the struggles and sorrows of this life, and obtain eternal happiness by your mercy, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
    —Samuel Johnson

    8 min
  • Numbers 14

    Passage:

    Numbers 14:1–9
    1 Then all the congregation raised a loud cry, and the people wept that night.
    2 And all the people of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron. The whole congregation said to them, “Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness!
    3 Why is the Lord bringing us into this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will become a prey. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?”
    4 And they said to one another, “Let us choose a leader and go back to Egypt.”
    5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the people of Israel.
    6 And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes
    7 and said to all the congregation of the people of Israel, “The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceedingly good land.
    8 If the Lord delights in us, he will bring us into this land and give it to us, a land that flows with milk and honey.
    9 Only do not rebel against the Lord. And do not fear the people of the land, for they are bread for us. Their protection is removed from them, and the Lord is with us; do not fear them.”

    Song:

    Courage by Brandon Lake, Jacob Sooter, Lee Worley, and Tyler Roberts

    Lyrics:

    To face a life-long idol and burn it
    To open up my heart and let You search it
    To fall down on my knees in earnest
    God give us courage
    God give us courage

    To love the ones who openly condemn us

    To shine a light into the deepest darkness
    To leave behind my mask and truly worship
    God give us courage
    God give us courage

    Singing bolder bolder

    We come into Your presence singing
    Closer closer
    Let Heaven fill the earth with holy
    Fire fire
    Don’t stop until our hearts are burning
    Bolder bolder now
    Holy courage breaking out

    To crucify my will in holy service

    To never bow even if it means the furnace
    To pledge my every breath ‘cause You deserve it
    God give us courage
    God give us courage

    Let the trembling heart be brave

    Let His ransomed people pray
    Watch the strongholds start to break
    At just the mention of His name
    Let the captives leave their chains
    Let the voiceless start to praise
    Watch the miracles take shape
    At just the mention of His name

    Singing bolder bolder

    We come into Your presence singing
    Closer closer
    Let heaven fill the earth with holy
    Fire fire
    Don’t stop until our hearts are burning
    Bolder bolder
    We come into Your presence singing
    Closer closer
    Let heaven fill the earth with holy
    Fire fire
    Don’t stop until our hearts are burning
    Bolder bolder now
    Holy courage breaking out

    Prayer:

    Write your blessed name, O Lord, upon my heart,
    there to remain so indelibly engraved,
    that no prosperity, no adversity shall ever move me from your love.
    Be to me a strong tower of defense,
    a comforter in tribulation,
    a deliverer in distress,
    a very present help in trouble,
    and a guide to heaven through the many temptations and dangers of this life. Amen.
    —Thomas à Kempis

    9 min
  • Numbers 12-13

    Passage:

    1 Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married, for he had married a Cushite woman.
    2 And they said, “Has the Lord indeed spoken only through Moses? Has he not spoken through us also?” And the Lord heard it.
    3 Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all people who were on the face of the earth.
    4 And suddenly the Lord said to Moses and to Aaron and Miriam, “Come out, you three, to the tent of meeting.” And the three of them came out.
    5 And the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the tent and called Aaron and Miriam, and they both came forward.
    6 And he said, “Hear my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the Lord make myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in a dream.
    7 Not so with my servant Moses. He is faithful in all my house.
    8 With him I speak mouth to mouth, clearly, and not in riddles, and he beholds the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”
    9 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them, and he departed.

    Numbers 13:30–33

    30 But Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “Let us go up at once and occupy it, for we are well able to overcome it.”
    31 Then the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are.”
    32 So they brought to the people of Israel a bad report of the land that they had spied out, saying, “The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people that we saw in it are of great height.
    33 And there we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak, who come from the Nephilim), and we seemed to ourselves like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them.”

    Song:

    Simple Kingdom by Bryan Torwalt, Cody Carnes, Katie Torwalt, and Paul Duncan

    Lyrics:

    Your kingdom is simple
    As simple as love
    You welcomed the children
    You stopped for the one
    We want to see people
    The way Jesus does
    Your kingdom is simple
    Lord teach it to us

    Your kingdom is humble

    As humble as death
    His King is a savior
    Who gave His last breath
    So may we die daily
    Our pride laid to rest
    His kingdom is humble
    And the broken are blessed

    Hallelujah

    Hallowed be Your name
    May we live and breathe Your praise
    Hallelujah
    Let all creation say
    Oh The King of heaven reigns
    (Yes he does yes he does)

    Your kingdom is coming

    Your kingdom is here
    Alive in our waiting
    At work in our tears
    So come to us quickly
    Forever our prayer
    Your kingdom is coming
    Lord Jesus come near (hallelujah)

    Your kingdom is backwards

    It flows in reverse
    What You call a treasure
    This world calls a curse
    The small become great and
    The last become first
    Your kingdom is backwards
    Lord teach us to serve
    As it is with Your kingdom
    Let it be with Your church

    He reigns forever

    He reigns forever

    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

    12 min
  • Numbers 9

    Passage:

    1 And the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
    2 “Let the people of Israel keep the Passover at its appointed time.
    3 On the fourteenth day of this month, at twilight, you shall keep it at its appointed time; according to all its statutes and all its rules you shall keep it.”
    4 So Moses told the people of Israel that they should keep the Passover.
    5 And they kept the Passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, in the wilderness of Sinai; according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so the people of Israel did.

    (Numbers 9:1-5)

    Song:

    Thank You, Jesus by Chris Davenport, Ethan Hulse, and 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 God, who hast commanded us to be holy as thou art holy,
    we draw near to thee with awe and reverence.
    We confess how far short we fall of thy glory;
    cleanse us from all our sins,
    restore us through thy pardoning grace,
    and make us ready to serve thee with joy.
    Help us to remember all thy mercies,
    to rest in thy promises,
    and to walk in the light of thy presence,
    all our days. Amen.
    —John Calvin

    8 min
  • Numbers 8

    Passage:

    14 “Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the people of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.
    15 And after that the Levites shall go in to serve at the tent of meeting, when you have cleansed them and offered them as a wave offering.
    16 For they are wholly given to me from among the people of Israel. Instead of all who open the womb, the firstborn of all the people of Israel, I have taken them for myself.
    17 For all the firstborn among the people of Israel are mine, both of man and of beast. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I consecrated them for myself,
    18 and I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the people of Israel.
    19 And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the people of Israel, to do the service for the people of Israel at the tent of meeting and to make atonement for the people of Israel, that there may be no plague among the people of Israel when the people of Israel come near the sanctuary.”
    (Numbers 8:14–19)

    Song:

    Setting Us Apart by Leslie McKee, Theresa Amundrud, and Trent Smith

    Lyrics:

    On this ground that you've made holy
    In these lives that bear your name
    Spirit of God search our hearts today
    Realign our souls' affections
    And reveal our hidden sin
    Spirit of God cleanse us from within

    You're setting us apart setting us apart for You

    You finish what you start finish what you start
    So Spirit move do what you do

    Let our passion and our purpose

    Be ignited by your love
    Spirit of God let your will be done

    Purify purify

    Fit us for your kingdom
    Purify purify
    Fit us for your kingdom

    Take our hearts take our lives

    Fit us for your kingdom
    We give it all a sacrifice
    Fit us for your kingdom

    Prayer:

    Take me, O Lord, and make me
    worthy of this calling—
    not by any strength I possess,
    but by your grace alone.
    Put your hand upon me.
    Sanctify me for your work.
    Let me not draw back from the difficulties or the unknown,
    but grant that in joy or sorrow, in weakness or in strength,
    I may always be yours—
    wholly, gladly, and forever. Amen.
    —John Wesley

    3 min
  • Psalm 42

    Passage:

    1 As a deer pants for flowing streams,
     so pants my soul for you, O God.
    2 My soul thirsts for God,
     for the living God.
     When shall I come and appear before God?
    3 My tears have been my food
     day and night,
     while they say to me all the day long,
     “Where is your God?”
    4 These things I remember,
     as I pour out my soul:
    how I would go with the throng
     and lead them in procession to the house of God
    with glad shouts and songs of praise,
     a multitude keeping festival.
    5 Why are you cast down, O my soul,
     and why are you in turmoil within me?
    Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
     my salvation and my God.

    6 My soul is cast down within me;

     therefore I remember you
    from the land of Jordan and of Hermon,
     from Mount Mizar.
    7 Deep calls to deep
     at the roar of your waterfalls;
    all your breakers and your waves
     have gone over me.
    8 By day the LORD commands his steadfast love,
     and at night his song is with me,
     a prayer to the God of my life.
    9 I say to God, my rock:
     “Why have you forgotten me?
    Why do I go mourning
     because of the oppression of the enemy?”
    10 As with a deadly wound in my bones,
     my adversaries taunt me,
     while they say to me all the day long,
     “Where is your God?”
    11 Why are you cast down, O my soul,
     and why are you in turmoil within me?
    Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
     my salvation and my God.
    (Psalm 42:1–11)

    Song:

    Psalm 42 (I Will Praise Him Again) by Jonny Robinson and Tiarne Tranter

    Lyrics:

    Why my soul are you downcast
    Why are you troubled within
    For I will hope in my Saviour my God
    And will praise Him yet praise Him again

    Hallelujah

    Hallelujah
    Hallelujah
    I will praise Him yet praise Him again

    Morning by morning new mercies are streaming

    I trust in your goodness where I cannot see
    You have been faithful whenever I wandered
    Lord give me the hope that I need

    Prayer:

    Come, O Lord my God,
    my soul is a thirst for thee.
    As the deer longs for the waterbrooks,
    so longs my soul for thee.
    Hasten to my aid.
    Draw me to thyself.
    Fill me with thy presence.
    Make me a temple of thy Spirit. Amen.
    —Ambrose of Milan

    9 min
  • Numbers 6

    Passage:

    22 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
    23 “Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, Thus you shall bless the people of Israel: you shall say to them,
    24 The LORD bless you and keep you;
    25 the LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;
    26 the LORD lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.
    27 “So shall they put my name upon the people of Israel, and I will bless them.”
    (Numbers 6:22–27)

    Song:

    The Blessing by Chris Brown, Cody Carnes, Kari Jobe, and Steven Furtick, recorded by Every Season

    Lyrics:

    The Lord bless you
    And keep you
    Make his face shine upon you
    And be gracious to you
    The Lord turn his
    Face toward you
    And give you peace

    Amen

    Amen
    Amen

    May his favor

    Be upon you
    And a thousand generations
    And your family
    And your children
    And their children
    And their children

    May his presence

    Go before you
    And behind you
    And beside you
    All around you
    And within you
    He is with you
    He is with you

    In the morning

    In the evening
    In your coming
    And your going
    In your weeping
    And rejoicing
    He is for you
    He is for you

    He is for you

    He is for you

    Prayer:

    Take my life, and let it be
    consecrated, Lord, to thee.
    Take my moments and my days;
    let them flow in ceaseless praise.
    Take my will, and make it thine;
    it shall be no longer mine.
    Take my heart—it is thine own;
    it shall be thy royal throne. Amen.
    —Frances Ridley Havergal

    7 min
  • Psalm 39

    Passage:

    4 “O LORD, make me know my end
     and what is the measure of my days;
     let me know how fleeting I am!
    5 Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths,
     and my lifetime is as nothing before you.
    Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath!
    6 Surely a man goes about as a shadow!
     Surely for nothing they are in turmoil;
     man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!
    7 “And now, O Lord, for what do I wait?
     My hope is in you.
    (Psalm 39:4–7)

    Song:

    Psalm 39 by Poor Bishop Hooper

    Lyrics:

    God, remind me
    Just how brief
    My time on
    This shallow earth will be

    God, remind me

    That every
    Single morning
    My days are numbered and they're not that many

    God, remind me

    Just how brief
    My time on
    This shallow earth will be

    God, remind me

    That every
    Single morning
    My days are numbered and they're not that many

    How fleeting this life is

    How fleeting this life is
    How fleeting this life is
    How fleeting this life is

    My entire life is but a moment to You

    At very best, a breath in the way You see it, see it, see it
    Heaping mounds of wealth are merely shadows on the move
    All our busy rushing ends in nothing, nothing, nothing
    My entire life is but a moment to You
    At very best, a breath in the way You see it, see it, see it
    Heaping mounds of wealth are merely shadows on the move
    And all our busy rushing ends in nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing

    So where can my hope go?

    Where can my hope go?
    Where can my hope go?
    Where can my hope go?
    Where can my hope go? (My hope is in You)
    Where can my hope go? (In You alone)
    Where can my hope go? (My hope is in You)
    Where can my hope go? (In You alone)
    Where can my hope go? (My hope is in You, God)
    Where can my hope go? (Only in You, God)
    Where can my hope go? (My hope is in You)
    Where can my hope go? (In You alone)

    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

    8 min

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