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Everywhere I Go: Learning to See Jesus

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Finding Jesus in 5 Psalms: Celebrating the Work and Character of Christ

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In Christ: A Journey Through Ephesians

Hustle and Pray: Work Hard. Stay Surrendered. Let God Lead.

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         <div class="label">75</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 75</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 75:1-10 is numbered 75:2-11.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. To the tune of &#8220;Do Not Destroy.&#8221; A psalm of Asaph. A song.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.75.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">We praise you, God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.75.1"><span class="content">we praise you, for your Name is near;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.75.1"><span class="content">people tell of your wonderful deeds.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.75.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.75.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">You say, &#8220;I choose the appointed time;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.75.2"><span class="content">it is I who judge with equity.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.75.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.75.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When the earth and all its people quake,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.75.3"><span class="content">it is I who hold its pillars firm.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">75:3 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.75.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.75.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">To the arrogant I say, &#8216;Boast no more,&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.75.4"><span class="content">and to the wicked, &#8216;Do not lift up your horns.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">75:4 </span><span class="fq">Horns </span><span class="ft">here symbolize strength; also in verses 5 and 10.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.75.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.75.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Do not lift your horns against heaven;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.75.5"><span class="content">do not speak so defiantly.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.75.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.75.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">No one from the east or the west</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.75.6"><span class="content">or from the desert can exalt themselves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.75.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.75.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">It is God who judges:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.75.7"><span class="content">He brings one down, he exalts another.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.75.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.75.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">In the hand of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is a cup</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.75.8"><span class="content">full of foaming wine mixed with spices;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.75.8"><span class="content">he pours it out, and all the wicked of the earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.75.8"><span class="content">drink it down to its very dregs.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.75.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.75.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">As for me, I will declare this forever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.75.9"><span class="content">I will sing praise to the God of Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.75.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.75.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">who says, &#8220;I will cut off the horns of all the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.75.10"><span class="content">but the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">76</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 76</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 76:1-12 is numbered 76:2-13.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm of Asaph. A song.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.76.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">God is renowned in Judah;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.76.1"><span class="content">in Israel his name is great.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.76.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.76.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">His tent is in Salem,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.76.2"><span class="content">his dwelling place in Zion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.76.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.76.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">There he broke the flashing arrows,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.76.3"><span class="content">the shields and the swords, the weapons of war.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">76:3 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 9.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.76.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.76.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">You are radiant with light,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.76.4"><span class="content">more majestic than mountains rich with game.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.76.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.76.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The valiant lie plundered,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.76.5"><span class="content">they sleep their last sleep;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.76.5"><span class="content">not one of the warriors</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.76.5"><span class="content">can lift his hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.76.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.76.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">At your rebuke, God of Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.76.6"><span class="content">both horse and chariot lie still.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.76.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.76.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">It is you alone who are to be feared.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.76.7"><span class="content">Who can stand before you when you are angry?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.76.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.76.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">From heaven you pronounced judgment,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.76.8"><span class="content">and the land feared and was quiet&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.76.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.76.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">when you, God, rose up to judge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.76.9"><span class="content">to save all the afflicted of the land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.76.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.76.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Surely your wrath against mankind brings you praise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.76.10"><span class="content">and the survivors of your wrath are restrained.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">76:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Surely the wrath of mankind brings you praise, / and with the remainder of wrath you arm yourself</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.76.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.76.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Make vows to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God and fulfill them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.76.11"><span class="content">let all the neighboring lands</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.76.11"><span class="content">bring gifts to the One to be feared.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.76.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.76.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">He breaks the spirit of rulers;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.76.12"><span class="content">he is feared by the kings of the earth.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">23</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 23</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.23.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is my shepherd, I lack nothing.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.23.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.23.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He makes me lie down in green pastures,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.23.2"><span class="content">he leads me beside quiet waters,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.23.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.23.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">he refreshes my soul.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.23.3"><span class="content">He guides me along the right paths</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.23.3"><span class="content">for his name&#8217;s sake.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.23.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.23.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Even though I walk</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.23.4"><span class="content">through the darkest valley,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">23:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the valley of the shadow of death</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.23.4"><span class="content">I will fear no evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.23.4"><span class="content">for you are with me;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.23.4"><span class="content">your rod and your staff,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.23.4"><span class="content">they comfort me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.23.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.23.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You prepare a table before me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.23.5"><span class="content">in the presence of my enemies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.23.5"><span class="content">You anoint my head with oil;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.23.5"><span class="content">my cup overflows.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.23.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.23.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Surely your goodness and love will follow me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.23.6"><span class="content">all the days of my life,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.23.6"><span class="content">and I will dwell in the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.23.6"><span class="content">forever.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">27</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 27</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.27.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is my light and my salvation&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.27.1"><span class="content">whom shall I fear?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.27.1"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is the stronghold of my life&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.27.1"><span class="content">of whom shall I be afraid?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.27.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.27.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When the wicked advance against me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.27.2"><span class="content">to devour</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">27:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">slander</span></span></span><span class="content"> me,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.27.2"><span class="content">it is my enemies and my foes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.27.2"><span class="content">who will stumble and fall.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.27.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.27.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Though an army besiege me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.27.3"><span class="content">my heart will not fear;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.27.3"><span class="content">though war break out against me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.27.3"><span class="content">even then I will be confident.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.27.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.27.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">One thing I ask from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.27.4"><span class="content">this only do I seek:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.27.4"><span class="content">that I may dwell in the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.27.4"><span class="content">all the days of my life,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.27.4"><span class="content">to gaze on the beauty of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.27.4"><span class="content">and to seek him in his temple.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.27.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.27.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For in the day of trouble</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.27.5"><span class="content">he will keep me safe in his dwelling;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.27.5"><span class="content">he will hide me in the shelter of his sacred tent</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.27.5"><span class="content">and set me high upon a rock.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.27.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.27.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then my head will be exalted</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.27.6"><span class="content">above the enemies who surround me;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.27.6"><span class="content">at his sacred tent I will sacrifice with shouts of joy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.27.6"><span class="content">I will sing and make music to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.27.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.27.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Hear my voice when I call, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.27.7"><span class="content">be merciful to me and answer me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.27.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.27.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">My heart says of you, &#8220;Seek his face!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.27.8"><span class="content">Your face, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, I will seek.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.27.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.27.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Do not hide your face from me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.27.9"><span class="content">do not turn your servant away in anger;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.27.9"><span class="content">you have been my helper.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.27.9"><span class="content">Do not reject me or forsake me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.27.9"><span class="content">God my Savior.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.27.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.27.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Though my father and mother forsake me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.27.10"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will receive me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.27.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.27.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Teach me your way, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.27.11"><span class="content">lead me in a straight path</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.27.11"><span class="content">because of my oppressors.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.27.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.27.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.27.12"><span class="content">for false witnesses rise up against me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.27.12"><span class="content">spouting malicious accusations.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.27.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.27.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I remain confident of this:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.27.13"><span class="content">I will see the goodness of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.27.13"><span class="content">in the land of the living.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.27.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.27.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Wait for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.27.14"><span class="content">be strong and take heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.27.14"><span class="content">and wait for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EST.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Now there was in the citadel of Susa a Jew of the tribe of Benjamin, named Mordecai son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EST.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">who had been carried into exile from Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, among those taken captive with Jehoiachin</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:6 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Jeconiah, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Jehoiachin</span></span></span><span class="content"> king of Judah. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EST.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Mordecai had a cousin named Hadassah, whom he had brought up because she had neither father nor mother. This young woman, who was also known as Esther, had a lovely figure and was beautiful. Mordecai had taken her as his own daughter when her father and mother died.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EST.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EST.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">When the king&#8217;s order and edict had been proclaimed, many young women were brought to the citadel of Susa and put under the care of Hegai. Esther also was taken to the king&#8217;s palace and entrusted to Hegai, who had charge of the harem. </span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EST.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When the turn came for Esther (the young woman Mordecai had adopted, the daughter of his uncle Abihail) to go to the king, she asked for nothing other than what Hegai, the king&#8217;s eunuch who was in charge of the harem, suggested. And Esther won the favor of everyone who saw her. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EST.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">She was taken to King Xerxes in the royal residence in the tenth month, the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EST.2.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EST.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Now the king was attracted to Esther more than to any of the other women, and she won his favor and approval more than any of the other virgins. So he set a royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EST.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">And the king gave a great banquet, Esther&#8217;s banquet, for all his nobles and officials. He proclaimed a holiday throughout the provinces and distributed gifts with royal liberality.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Mordecai Uncovers a Conspiracy</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EST.2.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EST.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">When the virgins were assembled a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king&#8217;s gate. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EST.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">But Esther had kept secret her family background and nationality just as Mordecai had told her to do, for she continued to follow Mordecai&#8217;s instructions as she had done when he was bringing her up.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EST.2.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EST.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">During the time Mordecai was sitting at the king&#8217;s gate, Bigthana</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:21 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Bigthan, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Bigthana</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Teresh, two of the king&#8217;s officers who guarded the doorway, became angry and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EST.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">But Mordecai found out about the plot and told Queen Esther, who in turn reported it to the king, giving credit to Mordecai. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EST.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">And when the report was investigated and found to be true, the two officials were impaled on poles. All this was recorded in the book of the annals in the presence of the king.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.17.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.17.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">So he reasoned in the synagogue with both Jews and God-fearing Greeks, as well as in the marketplace day by day with those who happened to be there. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.17.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to debate with him. Some of them asked, &#8220;What is this babbler trying to say?&#8221; Others remarked, &#8220;He seems to be advocating foreign gods.&#8221; They said this because Paul was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ACT.17.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Then they took him and brought him to a meeting of the Areopagus, where they said to him, &#8220;May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting? </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.17.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">You are bringing some strange ideas to our ears, and we would like to know what they mean.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.17.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">(All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing but talking about and listening to the latest ideas.)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.17.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ACT.17.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: &#8220;People of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.17.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">to an unknown god</span></span><span class="content">. So you are ignorant of the very thing you worship&#8212;and this is what I am going to proclaim to you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.17.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ACT.17.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.17.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.17.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ACT.17.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ACT.17.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">&#8216;For in him we live and move and have our being.&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">17:28 </span><span class="ft">From the Cretan philosopher Epimenides</span></span></span><span class="content"> As some of your own poets have said, &#8216;We are his offspring.&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">17:28 </span><span class="ft">From the Cilician Stoic philosopher Aratus</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ACT.17.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ACT.17.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore since we are God&#8217;s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone&#8212;an image made by human design and skill. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ACT.17.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ACT.17.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ACT.17.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ACT.17.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some of them sneered, but others said, &#8220;We want to hear you again on this subject.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ACT.17.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">At that, Paul left the Council. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="ACT.17.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Some of the people became followers of Paul and believed. Among them was Dionysius, a member of the Areopagus, also a woman named Damaris, and a number of others.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="JHN.12.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">Then Jesus cried out, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Whoever believes in me does not believe in me only, but in the one who sent me.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="JHN.12.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The one who looks at me is seeing the one who sent me.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="JHN.12.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="JHN.12.46"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="JHN.12.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;If anyone hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge that person. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="JHN.12.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; the very words I have spoken will condemn them at the last day.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="JHN.12.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For I did not speak on my own, but the Father who sent me commanded me to say all that I have spoken.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="JHN.12.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I know that his command leads to eternal life. So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to say.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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