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Posted December 31, 2006; back-dated.
Today´s reading:
OT: Zechariah 9
NT: Revelation 17
Ps: Psalm 145
Pr: Proverbs 30:32
Today´s notable verse:
Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures through all generations. The LORD is faithful to all his promises and loving toward all he has made.
Psalm 145:13 (NIV)
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Posted December 31, 2006; back-dated.
Today´s reading:
OT: Zechariah 8
NT: Revelation 16
Ps: Psalm 144
Pr: Proverbs 30:29-31
Today´s notable verse:
…blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.
Psalm 144:15 (NIV)
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Posted December 31, 2006; back-dated.
Today´s reading:
OT: Zechariah 6-7
NT: Revelation 15
Ps: Psalm 143
Pr: Proverbs 30:24-28
Today´s notable verse:
9 This is what the LORD Almighty says: ‘Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another. 10 Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the alien or the poor. In your hearts do not think evil of each other.’
Zechariah 7:9-10 (NIV)
Rather than fasts or feasts, God wants sacrifices of mercy and compassion. In this Word we have a glimpse of the Higher Calling of the Gospel: it is not merely enough to act in love toward others, but rather we must think in love toward others. God is more concerned with our inward state, since what is internal bears that which is seen externally.
Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
Psalm 143:10 (NIV)
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Posted December 31, 2006; back-dated.
Today´s reading:
OT: Zechariah 4-5
NT: Revelation 14
Ps: Psalm 142
Pr: Proverbs 30:21-23
Today´s notable verses:
So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD Almighty.
Zechariah 4:6 (NIV)
Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit – what was true for Zerubbabel then is true for us today. Let us remember that everything we accomplish is done so by neither our own might nor our own power, but by the Holy Spirit working within and through us.
Then I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.”
“Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them.”Revelation 14:13 (NIV)
Christians truly have no need to fear death, because for us death brings an end to earthly labor and strife and the beginning of our rest in the presence of God – for all eternity.
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Posted December 30, 2006; back-dated.
Today´s reading:
OT: Zechariah 2-3
NT: Revelation 13
Ps: Psalm 141
Pr: Proverbs 30:18-20
Today´s notable verse:
Set a guard over my mouth, O LORD; keep watch over the door of my lips.
Psalm 141:3 (NIV)
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Posted December 30, 2006; back-dated.
Today´s reading:
OT: Zechariah 1
NT: Revelation 12:1-17
Ps: Psalm 140
Pr: Proverbs 30:17
Today´s notable verse:
They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.
Revelation 12:11 (NIV)
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Posted December 30, 2006; back-dated.
Today´s reading:
OT: Haggai 1-2
NT: Revelation 11
Ps: Psalm 139
Pr: Proverbs 30:15-16
Today´s notable verse:
13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.Psalm 139:13-14 (NIV)
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Today´s reading:
OT: Zephaniah 1-3
NT: Revelation 10
Ps: Psalm 138
Pr: Proverbs 30:11-14
Today´s notable verse:
The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your love, O LORD, endures forever—do not abandon the works of your hands.
Psalm 138:8 (NIV)
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Today´s reading:
OT: Habakkuk 1-3
NT: Revelation 9
Ps: Psalm 137
Pr: Proverbs 30:10
Today´s notable verse:
…but the righteous will live by his faith
Habakkuk 2:4 (NIV)
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Today´s reading:
OT: Nahum 1-3
NT: Revelation 8
Ps: Psalm 136
Pr: Proverbs 30:7-9
Today´s notable verse:
The LORD is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him,
Nahum 1:7 (NIV)
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