Weekend Meditations 10-21-2012

Psalms 101 — ESV
1 A Psalm of David. I will sing of steadfast love and justice; to you, O LORD, I will make music.
2 I will ponder the way that is blameless. Oh when will you come to me? I will walk with integrity of heart within my house;
3 I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.
4 A perverse heart shall be far from me; I will know nothing of evil.
5 Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure.
6 I will look with favor on the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way that is blameless shall minister to me.
7 No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who utters lies shall continue before my eyes.
8 Morning by morning I will destroy all the wicked in the land, cutting off all the evildoers from the city of the LORD.



Psalms 102 — ESV
1 A Prayer of one afflicted, when he is faint and pours out his complaint before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry come to you!
2 Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress! Incline your ear to me; answer me speedily in the day when I call!
3 For my days pass away like smoke, and my bones burn like a furnace.
4 My heart is struck down like grass and has withered; I forget to eat my bread.
5 Because of my loud groaning my bones cling to my flesh.
6 I am like a desert owl of the wilderness, like an owl of the waste places;
7 I lie awake; I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop.
8 All the day my enemies taunt me; those who deride me use my name for a curse.
9 For I eat ashes like bread and mingle tears with my drink,
10 because of your indignation and anger; for you have taken me up and thrown me down.
11 My days are like an evening shadow; I wither away like grass.
12 But you, O LORD, are enthroned forever; you are remembered throughout all generations.
13 You will arise and have pity on Zion; it is the time to favor her; the appointed time has come.
14 For your servants hold her stones dear and have pity on her dust.
15 Nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear your glory.
16 For the LORD builds up Zion; he appears in his glory;
17 he regards the prayer of the destitute and does not despise their prayer.
18 Let this be recorded for a generation to come, so that a people yet to be created may praise the LORD:
19 that he looked down from his holy height; from heaven the LORD looked at the earth,
20 to hear the groans of the prisoners, to set free those who were doomed to die,
21 that they may declare in Zion the name of the LORD, and in Jerusalem his praise,
22 when peoples gather together, and kingdoms, to worship the LORD.
23 He has broken my strength in midcourse; he has shortened my days.
24 "O my God," I say, "take me not away in the midst of my days-- you whose years endure throughout all generations!"
25 Of old you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
26 They will perish, but you will remain; they will all wear out like a garment. You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away,
27 but you are the same, and your years have no end.
28 The children of your servants shall dwell secure; their offspring shall be established before you.



Psalms 103 — ESV
1 Of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name!
2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits,
3 who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases,
4 who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
5 who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
6 The LORD works righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed.
7 He made known his ways to Moses, his acts to the people of Israel.
8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
9 He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever.
10 He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities.
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
12 as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
13 As a father shows compassion to his children, so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him.
14 For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust.
15 As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field;
16 for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more.
17 But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children's children,
18 to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments.
19 The LORD has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all.
20 Bless the LORD, O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his word, obeying the voice of his word!
21 Bless the LORD, all his hosts, his ministers, who do his will!
22 Bless the LORD, all his works, in all places of his dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul!

Weekend Meditation reprise 2011-2-5

ESV

Psa 91:1  He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
Psa 91:2  I will say to the LORD, "My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust."
Psa 91:3  For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence.
Psa 91:4  He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.
Psa 91:5  You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day,
Psa 91:6  nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.
Psa 91:7  A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.
Psa 91:8  You will only look with your eyes and see the recompense of the wicked.
Psa 91:9  Because you have made the LORD your dwelling place-- the Most High, who is my refuge--
Psa 91:10  no evil shall be allowed to befall you, no plague come near your tent.
Psa 91:11  For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.
Psa 91:12  On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.
Psa 91:13  You will tread on the lion and the adder; the young lion and the serpent you will trample underfoot.
Psa 91:14  "Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him; I will protect him, because he knows my name.
Psa 91:15  When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him.
Psa 91:16  With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation."  




Pro 21:1  The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the LORD; he turns it wherever he will.
Pro 21:2  Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the heart.
Pro 21:3  To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Pro 21:4  Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin.
Pro 21:5  The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.
Pro 21:6  The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.
Pro 21:7  The violence of the wicked will sweep them away, because they refuse to do what is just.
Pro 21:8  The way of the guilty is crooked, but the conduct of the pure is upright.
Pro 21:9  It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.
Pro 21:10  The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.
Pro 21:11  When a scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise; when a wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge.
Pro 21:12  The Righteous One observes the house of the wicked; he throws the wicked down to ruin.
Pro 21:13  Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself call out and not be answered.
Pro 21:14  A gift in secret averts anger, and a concealed bribe, strong wrath.
Pro 21:15  When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.
Pro 21:16  One who wanders from the way of good sense will rest in the assembly of the dead.
Pro 21:17  Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.
Pro 21:18  The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and the traitor for the upright.
Pro 21:19  It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.
Pro 21:20  Precious treasure and oil are in a wise man's dwelling, but a foolish man devours it.
Pro 21:21  Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life, righteousness, and honor.
Pro 21:22  A wise man scales the city of the mighty and brings down the stronghold in which they trust.
Pro 21:23  Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble.
Pro 21:24  "Scoffer" is the name of the arrogant, haughty man who acts with arrogant pride.
Pro 21:25  The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.
Pro 21:26  All day long he craves and craves, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.
Pro 21:27  The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with evil intent.
Pro 21:28  A false witness will perish, but the word of a man who hears will endure.
Pro 21:29  A wicked man puts on a bold face, but the upright gives thought to his ways.
Pro 21:30  No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel can avail against the LORD.
Pro 21:31  The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but the victory belongs to the LORD.  




Jer 28:1  In that same year, at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fifth month of the fourth year, Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet from Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and all the people, saying,
Jer 28:2  "Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
Jer 28:3  Within two years I will bring back to this place all the vessels of the LORD's house, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place and carried to Babylon.
Jer 28:4  I will also bring back to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and all the exiles from Judah who went to Babylon, declares the LORD, for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon."
Jer 28:5  Then the prophet Jeremiah spoke to Hananiah the prophet in the presence of the priests and all the people who were standing in the house of the LORD,
Jer 28:6  and the prophet Jeremiah said, "Amen! May the LORD do so; may the LORD make the words that you have prophesied come true, and bring back to this place from Babylon the vessels of the house of the LORD, and all the exiles.
Jer 28:7  Yet hear now this word that I speak in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people.
Jer 28:8  The prophets who preceded you and me from ancient times prophesied war, famine, and pestilence against many countries and great kingdoms.
Jer 28:9  As for the prophet who prophesies peace, when the word of that prophet comes to pass, then it will be known that the LORD has truly sent the prophet."
Jer 28:10  Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke-bars from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke them.
Jer 28:11  And Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, "Thus says the LORD: Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all the nations within two years." But Jeremiah the prophet went his way.
Jer 28:12  Sometime after the prophet Hananiah had broken the yoke-bars from off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:
Jer 28:13  "Go, tell Hananiah, 'Thus says the LORD: You have broken wooden bars, but you have made in their place bars of iron.
Jer 28:14  For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: I have put upon the neck of all these nations an iron yoke to serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they shall serve him, for I have given to him even the beasts of the field.'"
Jer 28:15  And Jeremiah the prophet said to the prophet Hananiah, "Listen, Hananiah, the LORD has not sent you, and you have made this people trust in a lie.
Jer 28:16  Therefore thus says the LORD: 'Behold, I will remove you from the face of the earth. This year you shall die, because you have uttered rebellion against the LORD.'"
Jer 28:17  In that same year, in the seventh month, the prophet Hananiah died.  




Mat 7:1  "Judge not, that you be not judged.
Mat 7:2  For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.
Mat 7:3  Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?
Mat 7:4  Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when there is the log in your own eye?
Mat 7:5  You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.
Mat 7:6  "Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.
Mat 7:7  "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
Mat 7:8  For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
Mat 7:9  Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?
Mat 7:10  Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent?
Mat 7:11  If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
Mat 7:12  "So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
Mat 7:13  "Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many.
Mat 7:14  For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.
Mat 7:15  "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.
Mat 7:16  You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
Mat 7:17  So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit.
Mat 7:18  A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit.
Mat 7:19  Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Mat 7:20  Thus you will recognize them by their fruits.
Mat 7:21  "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
Mat 7:22  On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?'
Mat 7:23  And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.'
Mat 7:24  "Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
Mat 7:25  And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.
Mat 7:26  And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
Mat 7:27  And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it."
Mat 7:28  And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching,
Mat 7:29  for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.  

Weekend Meditation 2011-4-30

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Psa 17:1  A Prayer of David. Hear a just cause, O LORD; attend to my cry! Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit!
Psa 17:2  From your presence let my vindication come! Let your eyes behold the right!
Psa 17:3  You have tried my heart, you have visited me by night, you have tested me, and you will find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.
Psa 17:4  With regard to the works of man, by the word of your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.
Psa 17:5  My steps have held fast to your paths; my feet have not slipped.
Psa 17:6  I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God; incline your ear to me; hear my words.
Psa 17:7  Wondrously show your steadfast love, O Savior of those who seek refuge from their adversaries at your right hand.
Psa 17:8  Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings,
Psa 17:9  from the wicked who do me violence, my deadly enemies who surround me.
Psa 17:10  They close their hearts to pity; with their mouths they speak arrogantly.
Psa 17:11  They have now surrounded our steps; they set their eyes to cast us to the ground.
Psa 17:12  He is like a lion eager to tear, as a young lion lurking in ambush.
Psa 17:13  Arise, O LORD! Confront him, subdue him! Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword,
Psa 17:14  from men by your hand, O LORD, from men of the world whose portion is in this life. You fill their womb with treasure; they are satisfied with children, and they leave their abundance to their infants.
Psa 17:15  As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness. 

Pro 17:1  Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
Pro 17:2  A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.
Pro 17:3  The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the LORD tests hearts.
Pro 17:4  An evildoer listens to wicked lips, and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.
Pro 17:5  Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.
Pro 17:6  Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers.
Pro 17:7  Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a prince.
Pro 17:8  A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of the one who gives it; wherever he turns he prospers.
Pro 17:9  Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.
Pro 17:10  A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool.
Pro 17:11  An evil man seeks only rebellion, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
Pro 17:12  Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs rather than a fool in his folly.
Pro 17:13  If anyone returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house.
Pro 17:14  The beginning of strife is like letting out water, so quit before the quarrel breaks out.
Pro 17:15  He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the LORD.
Pro 17:16  Why should a fool have money in his hand to buy wisdom when he has no sense?
Pro 17:17  A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Pro 17:18  One who lacks sense gives a pledge and puts up security in the presence of his neighbor.
Pro 17:19  Whoever loves transgression loves strife; he who makes his door high seeks destruction.
Pro 17:20  A man of crooked heart does not discover good, and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity.
Pro 17:21  He who sires a fool gets himself sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.
Pro 17:22  A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Pro 17:23  The wicked accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice.
Pro 17:24  The discerning sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
Pro 17:25  A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
Pro 17:26  To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good, nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.
Pro 17:27  Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
Pro 17:28  Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.  

Gal 5:1  For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
Gal 5:2  Look: I, Paul, say to you that if you accept circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you.
Gal 5:3  I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that he is obligated to keep the whole law.
Gal 5:4  You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace.
Gal 5:5  For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.
Gal 5:6  For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.
Gal 5:7  You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?
Gal 5:8  This persuasion is not from him who calls you.
Gal 5:9  A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
Gal 5:10  I have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other view than mine, and the one who is troubling you will bear the penalty, whoever he is.
Gal 5:11  But if I, brothers, still preach circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed.
Gal 5:12  I wish those who unsettle you would emasculate themselves!
Gal 5:13  For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
Gal 5:14  For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
Gal 5:15  But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.
Gal 5:16  But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
Gal 5:17  For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.
Gal 5:18  But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
Gal 5:19  Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality,
Gal 5:20  idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions,
Gal 5:21  envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Gal 5:22  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Gal 5:23  gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
Gal 5:24  And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Gal 5:25  If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.
Gal 5:26  Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.