Faith Formation Framework Series 2: Faith Internalized Through Spiritual Practices and Learning

Psalm 91: Supernatural Protection in Times of Anxiety

Prayers for Peace of Mind: Help for Anxiety, Worry, or Stress

Faith Formation Framework Series 3: Faith Applied Through Service and Justice

When a Fresh Start Goes Wrong

Flags of Fellowship

Faith Formation Framework Series 4: Faith Catalyzed by Family Intimacy and Intentionality

Hope and Healing for Single Moms

Faith Formation Framework Series 1: Faith Shared by Adults

Faith Formation Framework Series 5: Faith Prioritized by the Entire Faith Community and Leadership

The Listener’s Bible®: NIV Edition

New International Version™  (Anglicised), Audio Edition

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

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkREV">
      <div class="chapter ch1" data-usfm="REV.1">
         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Prologue</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">who testifies to everything he saw&#8212;that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Greetings and Doxology</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">John,</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.1.4"><span class="content">To the seven churches in the province of Asia:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.1.4"><span class="content">Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:4 </span><span class="ft">That is, the sevenfold Spirit</span></span></span><span class="content"> before his throne, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.1.5"><span class="content">To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father&#8212;to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Look, he is coming with the clouds,&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:7 </span><span class="ft">Daniel 7:13</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.1.7"><span class="content">and &#8220;every eye will see him,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.1.7"><span class="content">even those who pierced him&#8221;;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.1.7"><span class="content">and all peoples on earth &#8220;will mourn because of him.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:7 </span><span class="ft">Zech. 12:10</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.1.7"><span class="content">So shall it be! Amen.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;I am the Alpha and the Omega,&#8221; says the Lord God, &#8220;who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">John&#8217;s Vision of Christ</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">On the Lord&#8217;s Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">which said: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands, </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">and among the lampstands was someone like a son of man,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:13 </span><span class="ft">See Daniel 7:13.</span></span></span><span class="content"> dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.1.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:20 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">messengers</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.</span></span></span></div>
      </div>
   </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkREV">
      <div class="chapter ch2" data-usfm="REV.2">
         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">To the Church in Ephesus</span></div><div class="m"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;To the angel</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">2:1 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fqa">messenger</span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">; also in verses 8, 12 and 18</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">of the church in Ephesus write:</span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.2.1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.</span></span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.</span></span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">To the Church in Smyrna</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;To the angel of the church in Smyrna write:</span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.2.8"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">These are the words of him who is the First and the Last, who died and came to life again.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I know your afflictions and your poverty&#8212;yet you are rich! I know about the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor&#8217;s crown.</span></span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who is victorious will not be hurt at all by the second death.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">To the Church in Pergamum</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;To the angel of the church in Pergamum write:</span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.2.12"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">These are the words of him who has the sharp, double-edged sword.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I know where you live&#8212;where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me, not even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death in your city&#8212;where Satan lives.</span></span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: There are some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols and committed sexual immorality.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Likewise, you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Repent therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.</span></span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.2.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give that person a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to the one who receives it.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">To the Church in Thyatira</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.2.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;To the angel of the church in Thyatira write:</span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.2.18"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first.</span></span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.2.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="REV.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="REV.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.</span></span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="REV.2.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="REV.2.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Now I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan&#8217;s so-called deep secrets, &#8216;I will not impose any other burden on you,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="REV.2.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">except to hold on to what you have until I come.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="REV.2.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="REV.2.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">To the one who is victorious and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations&#8212;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="REV.2.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">that one &#8216;will rule them with an iron scepter and will dash them to pieces like pottery&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:27 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 2:9</span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8212;just as I have received authority from my Father.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="REV.2.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I will also give that one the morning star.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="REV.2.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.</span></span></span></div>
      </div>
   </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkREV">
      <div class="chapter ch3" data-usfm="REV.3">
         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">To the Church in Sardis</span></div><div class="m"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;To the angel</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">3:1 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fqa">messenger</span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">; also in verses 7 and 14</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">of the church in Sardis write:</span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.3.1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">3:1 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">That is, the sevenfold Spirit</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you.</span></span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes. They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The one who is victorious will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life, but will acknowledge that name before my Father and his angels.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">To the Church in Philadelphia</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:</span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.3.7"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews though they are not, but are liars&#8212;I will make them come and fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth.</span></span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The one who is victorious I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them my new name.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">To the Church in Laodicea</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;To the angel of the church in Laodicea write:</span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.3.14"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God&#8217;s creation.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other!</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So, because you are lukewarm&#8212;neither hot nor cold&#8212;I am about to spit you out of my mouth.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">You say, &#8216;I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.&#8217; But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.</span></span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.3.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.</span></span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.3.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat down with my Father on his throne.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="REV.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
      </div>
   </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkISA">
      <div class="chapter ch46" data-usfm="ISA.46">
         <div class="label">46</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Gods of Babylon</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.46.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Bel bows down, Nebo stoops low;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.46.1"><span class="content">their idols are borne by beasts of burden.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">46:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">are but beasts and cattle</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.46.1"><span class="content">The images that are carried about are burdensome,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.46.1"><span class="content">a burden for the weary.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.46.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.46.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">They stoop and bow down together;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.46.2"><span class="content">unable to rescue the burden,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.46.2"><span class="content">they themselves go off into captivity.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.46.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.46.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Listen to me, you descendants of Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.46.3"><span class="content">all the remnant of the people of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.46.3"><span class="content">you whom I have upheld since your birth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.46.3"><span class="content">and have carried since you were born.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.46.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.46.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Even to your old age and gray hairs</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.46.4"><span class="content">I am he, I am he who will sustain you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.46.4"><span class="content">I have made you and I will carry you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.46.4"><span class="content">I will sustain you and I will rescue you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.46.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.46.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;With whom will you compare me or count me equal?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.46.5"><span class="content">To whom will you liken me that we may be compared?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.46.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.46.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Some pour out gold from their bags</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.46.6"><span class="content">and weigh out silver on the scales;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.46.6"><span class="content">they hire a goldsmith to make it into a god,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.46.6"><span class="content">and they bow down and worship it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.46.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.46.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They lift it to their shoulders and carry it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.46.7"><span class="content">they set it up in its place, and there it stands.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.46.7"><span class="content">From that spot it cannot move.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.46.7"><span class="content">Even though someone cries out to it, it cannot answer;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.46.7"><span class="content">it cannot save them from their troubles.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.46.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.46.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Remember this, keep it in mind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.46.8"><span class="content">take it to heart, you rebels.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.46.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.46.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Remember the former things, those of long ago;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.46.9"><span class="content">I am God, and there is no other;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.46.9"><span class="content">I am God, and there is none like me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.46.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.46.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I make known the end from the beginning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.46.10"><span class="content">from ancient times, what is still to come.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.46.10"><span class="content">I say, &#8216;My purpose will stand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.46.10"><span class="content">and I will do all that I please.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.46.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.46.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">From the east I summon a bird of prey;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.46.11"><span class="content">from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.46.11"><span class="content">What I have said, that I will bring about;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.46.11"><span class="content">what I have planned, that I will do.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.46.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.46.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Listen to me, you stubborn-hearted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.46.12"><span class="content">you who are now far from my righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.46.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.46.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I am bringing my righteousness near,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.46.13"><span class="content">it is not far away;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.46.13"><span class="content">and my salvation will not be delayed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.46.13"><span class="content">I will grant salvation to Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.46.13"><span class="content">my splendor to Israel.</span></span></div>
      </div>
   </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkPSA">
      <div class="chapter ch71" data-usfm="PSA.71">
         <div class="label">71</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 71</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.71.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, I have taken refuge;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.71.1"><span class="content">let me never be put to shame.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.71.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.71.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">In your righteousness, rescue me and deliver me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.71.2"><span class="content">turn your ear to me and save me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.71.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.71.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Be my rock of refuge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.71.3"><span class="content">to which I can always go;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.71.3"><span class="content">give the command to save me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.71.3"><span class="content">for you are my rock and my fortress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.71.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.71.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Deliver me, my God, from the hand of the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.71.4"><span class="content">from the grasp of those who are evil and cruel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.71.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.71.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For you have been my hope, Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.71.5"><span class="content">my confidence since my youth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.71.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.71.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">From birth I have relied on you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.71.6"><span class="content">you brought me forth from my mother&#8217;s womb.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.71.6"><span class="content">I will ever praise you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.71.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.71.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I have become a sign to many;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.71.7"><span class="content">you are my strong refuge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.71.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.71.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">My mouth is filled with your praise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.71.8"><span class="content">declaring your splendor all day long.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.71.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.71.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Do not cast me away when I am old;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.71.9"><span class="content">do not forsake me when my strength is gone.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.71.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.71.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For my enemies speak against me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.71.10"><span class="content">those who wait to kill me conspire together.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.71.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.71.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They say, &#8220;God has forsaken him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.71.11"><span class="content">pursue him and seize him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.71.11"><span class="content">for no one will rescue him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.71.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.71.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Do not be far from me, my God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.71.12"><span class="content">come quickly, God, to help me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.71.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.71.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">May my accusers perish in shame;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.71.13"><span class="content">may those who want to harm me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.71.13"><span class="content">be covered with scorn and disgrace.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.71.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.71.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">As for me, I will always have hope;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.71.14"><span class="content">I will praise you more and more.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.71.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.71.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">My mouth will tell of your righteous deeds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.71.15"><span class="content">of your saving acts all day long&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.71.15"><span class="content">though I know not how to relate them all.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.71.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.71.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">I will come and proclaim your mighty acts, Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.71.16"><span class="content">I will proclaim your righteous deeds, yours alone.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.71.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.71.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Since my youth, God, you have taught me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.71.17"><span class="content">and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.71.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.71.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Even when I am old and gray,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.71.18"><span class="content">do not forsake me, my God,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.71.18"><span class="content">till I declare your power to the next generation,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.71.18"><span class="content">your mighty acts to all who are to come.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.71.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.71.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Your righteousness, God, reaches to the heavens,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.71.19"><span class="content">you who have done great things.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.71.19"><span class="content">Who is like you, God?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.71.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.71.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Though you have made me see troubles,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.71.20"><span class="content">many and bitter,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.71.20"><span class="content">you will restore my life again;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.71.20"><span class="content">from the depths of the earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.71.20"><span class="content">you will again bring me up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.71.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.71.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">You will increase my honor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.71.21"><span class="content">and comfort me once more.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.71.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.71.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">I will praise you with the harp</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.71.22"><span class="content">for your faithfulness, my God;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.71.22"><span class="content">I will sing praise to you with the lyre,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.71.22"><span class="content">Holy One of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.71.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.71.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">My lips will shout for joy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.71.23"><span class="content">when I sing praise to you&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.71.23"><span class="content">I whom you have delivered.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.71.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.71.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">My tongue will tell of your righteous acts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.71.24"><span class="content">all day long,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.71.24"><span class="content">for those who wanted to harm me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.71.24"><span class="content">have been put to shame and confusion.</span></span></div>
      </div>
   </div>
</div>

Kingdom Discipleship Bible Reading PlanSample

Scripture

About this Plan

Related Plans