Journey Through Esther

Lent | Week 4: Jesus' Journey to the Cross

30 Days of Praying for Your Teenage Daughter

UNSHAKABLE BLESSINGS: WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE in CHRIST

Two-Year Chronological Bible Reading Plan (First Year-February)

Judges: Repeating Cycles

Depression and the Lies It Tells

Made for More

Faith Over Fame: Rethinking Influence in the Light of the Gospel

Written in Red

The Listener’s Bible®: NIV Edition

New International Version™  (Anglicised), Audio Edition

Holy Bible, New International Version™ (Anglicised), South Asian Audio Edition

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         <div class="label">100</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 100</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm. For giving grateful praise.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.100.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Shout for joy to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, all the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.100.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.100.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Worship the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> with gladness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.100.2"><span class="content">come before him with joyful songs.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.100.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.100.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Know that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is God.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.100.3"><span class="content">It is he who made us, and we are his</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">100:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">and not we ourselves</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.100.3"><span class="content">we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.100.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.100.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Enter his gates with thanksgiving</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.100.4"><span class="content">and his courts with praise;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.100.4"><span class="content">give thanks to him and praise his name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.100.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.100.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is good and his love endures forever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.100.5"><span class="content">his faithfulness continues through all generations.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">101</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 101</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">Of David. A psalm.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.101.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I will sing of your love and justice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.101.1"><span class="content">to you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, I will sing praise.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.101.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.101.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I will be careful to lead a blameless life&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.101.2"><span class="content">when will you come to me?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.101.2"><span class="content">I will conduct the affairs of my house</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.101.2"><span class="content">with a blameless heart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.101.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.101.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I will not look with approval</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.101.3"><span class="content">on anything that is vile.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.101.3"><span class="content">I hate what faithless people do;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.101.3"><span class="content">I will have no part in it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.101.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.101.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The perverse of heart shall be far from me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.101.4"><span class="content">I will have nothing to do with what is evil.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.101.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.101.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Whoever slanders their neighbor in secret,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.101.5"><span class="content">I will put to silence;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.101.5"><span class="content">whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.101.5"><span class="content">I will not tolerate.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.101.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.101.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">My eyes will be on the faithful in the land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.101.6"><span class="content">that they may dwell with me;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.101.6"><span class="content">the one whose walk is blameless</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.101.6"><span class="content">will minister to me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.101.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.101.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">No one who practices deceit</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.101.7"><span class="content">will dwell in my house;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.101.7"><span class="content">no one who speaks falsely</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.101.7"><span class="content">will stand in my presence.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.101.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.101.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Every morning I will put to silence</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.101.8"><span class="content">all the wicked in the land;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.101.8"><span class="content">I will cut off every evildoer</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.101.8"><span class="content">from the city of 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 v17" data-usfm="EXO.13.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter. For God said, &#8220;If they face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.13.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">So God led the people around by the desert road toward the Red Sea.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the Sea of Reeds</span></span></span><span class="content"> The Israelites went up out of Egypt ready for battle.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.13.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EXO.13.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the Israelites swear an oath. He had said, &#8220;God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up with you from this place.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:19 </span><span class="ft">See Gen. 50:25.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EXO.13.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EXO.13.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">After leaving Sukkoth they camped at Etham on the edge of the desert. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EXO.13.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">By day the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EXO.13.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of the people.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="COL.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I want you to know how hard I am contending for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me personally. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="COL.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="COL.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="COL.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I tell you this so that no one may deceive you by fine-sounding arguments. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="COL.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit and delight to see how disciplined you are and how firm your faith in Christ is.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Spiritual Fullness in Christ</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="COL.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="COL.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="COL.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="COL.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="COL.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the basic principles</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 20</span></span></span><span class="content"> of this world rather than on Christ.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="COL.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="COL.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="COL.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="COL.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:11 </span><span class="ft">In contexts like this, the Greek word for </span><span class="fq">flesh </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">sarx</span>) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verse 13.</span></span></span><span class="content"> was put off when you were circumcised by</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">put off in the circumcision of</span></span></span><span class="content"> Christ, </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="COL.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="COL.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="COL.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:13 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">us</span></span></span><span class="content"> alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="COL.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="COL.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">them in him</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Freedom From Human Rules</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="COL.2.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="COL.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="COL.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="COL.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you. Such a person also goes into great detail about what they have seen; they are puffed up with idle notions by their unspiritual mind. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="COL.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">They have lost connection with the head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="COL.2.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="COL.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Since you died with Christ to the elemental spiritual forces of this world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules: </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="COL.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!&#8221;? </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="COL.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">These rules, which have to do with things that are all destined to perish with use, are based on merely human commands and teachings. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="COL.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence.</span></span></div>
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