Daily Bible Readings November 30, 2015

Malachi 3:1-4Common English Bible (CEB) 3 Look, I am sending my messenger who will clear the path before me;         suddenly the Lord whom you are seeking will come to his temple.         The messenger of the covenant in whom you take delight is coming, says the Lord of heavenly forces. 2 Who can endure the day of his coming?         Who can withstand his appearance? He is like the refiner’s fire or the cleaner’s soap. 3 He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver.         He will purify the Levites             and refine them like gold and silver.             They will belong to the Lord,                 presenting a righteous offering. 4 The offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord         as in ancient days and in former years. Common English Bible (CEB), used with permission Copyright © 2011 by Common English Bible

Daily Bible Readings November 29, 2015

Jeremiah 33:14-16Common English Bible (CEB) 14 The time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will fulfill my gracious promise with the people of Israel and Judah. 15 In those days and at that time, I will raise up a righteous branch from David’s line, who will do what is just and right in the land. 16 In those days, Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will live in safety. And this is what he will be called: The Lord Is Our Righteousness. Common English Bible (CEB), used with permission Copyright © 2011 by Common English Bible

Daily Bible Readings November 28, 2015

Jeremiah 33:14-16Common English Bible (CEB) 14 The time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will fulfill my gracious promise with the people of Israel and Judah. 15 In those days and at that time, I will raise up a righteous branch from David’s line, who will do what is just and right in the land. 16 In those days, Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will live in safety. And this is what he will be called: The Lord Is Our Righteousness. Common English Bible (CEB), used with permission Copyright © 2011 by Common English Bible

Daily Bible Readings November 27, 2015

John 8:33-37Common English Bible (CEB)

33 They responded, “We are Abraham’s children; we’ve never been anyone’s slaves. How can you say that we will be set free?”

34 Jesus answered, “I assure you that everyone who sins is a slave to sin. 35 A slave isn’t a permanent member of the household, but a son is. 36 Therefore, if the Son makes you free, you really will be free. 37 I know that you are Abraham’s children, yet you want to kill me because you don’t welcome my teaching.

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Daily Bible Readings November 26, 2015

Revelation 1:4-8Common English Bible (CEB)

4 John, to the seven churches that are in Asia:

Grace and peace to you from the one who is and was and is coming, and from the seven spirits that are before God’s throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ—the faithful witness, the firstborn from among the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.

To the one who loves us and freed us from our sins by his blood, 6 who made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father—to him be glory and power forever and always. Amen.

7 Look, he is coming with the clouds! Every eye will see him, including those who pierced him, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of him. This is so. Amen. 8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “the one who is and was and is coming, the Almighty.”

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Daily Bible Readings November 25, 2015

Psalm 132:1-12Common English Bible (CEB) Psalm 132 A pilgrimage song. 132 Lord, remember David—     all the ways he suffered 2     and how he swore to the Lord,         how he promised the strong one of Jacob: 3     “I won’t enter my house,     won’t get into my bed. 4     I won’t let my eyes close,     won’t let my eyelids sleep,                  a dwelling place for the strong one of Jacob.” 6 Yes, we heard about it in Ephrathah;     we found it[a] in the fields of Jaar. 7 Let’s enter God’s dwelling place;     let’s worship at the place God rests his feet! 8 Get up, Lord, go to your residence—     you and your powerful covenant chest! 9 Let your priests be dressed in righteousness;     let your faithful shout out with joy! 10 And for the sake of your servant David,     do not reject your anointed one. 11 The Lord swore to David     a true promise that God won’t take back:         “I will put one of your own children on your throne. 12 And if your children keep my covenant         and the laws that I will teach them,     then their children too will rule on your throne forever.” Footnotes: Psalm 132:6 It may refer to the covenant chest (132:8b). Common English Bible (CEB), used with permission Copyright © 2011 by Common English Bible

Daily BIble Readings November 24, 2015

2 Samuel 23:1-7Common English Bible (CEB)

David’s last words

23 These are David’s last words:

This is the declaration of Jesse’s son David,
    the declaration of a man raised high,
    a man anointed by the God of Jacob,
    a man favored by the strong one of Israel.[a]
2 The Lord’s spirit speaks through me;
    his word is on my tongue.
3 Israel’s God has spoken,
    Israel’s rock said to me:
“Whoever rules rightly over people,
    whoever rules in the fear of God,
4     is like the light of sunrise
    on a morning with no clouds,
        like the bright gleam after the rain
        that brings grass from the ground.”
5 Yes, my house is this way with God![b]
    He has made an eternal covenant with me,
    laid out and secure in every detail.
Yes, he provides every one of my victories
    and brings my every desire to pass.
6 But despicable people are like thorns,
    all of them good for nothing,
    because they can’t be carried by hand.
7 No one can touch them,
except with iron bar or the shaft of a spear.
    They must be burned up with fire right on the spot!

Footnotes:

1. 2 Samuel 23:1 Or Israel’s favorite singer or the favorite of Israel’s songs
2. 2 Samuel 23:5 Or Yes, my house is surely with God!

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Daily Bible Readings November 23, 2015

Jeremiah 33:14-16Common English Bible (CEB)

14 The time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will fulfill my gracious promise with the people of Israel and Judah. 15 In those days and at that time, I will raise up a righteous branch from David’s line, who will do what is just and right in the land. 16 In those days, Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will live in safety. And this is what he will be called: The Lord Is Our Righteousness.

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Daily Bible Readings November 22, 2015

Matthew 6:25-33Common English Bible (CEB)

Worry about necessities

25 “Therefore, I say to you, don’t worry about your life, what you’ll eat or what you’ll drink, or about your body, what you’ll wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds in the sky. They don’t sow seed or harvest grain or gather crops into barns. Yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you worth much more than they are? 27 Who among you by worrying can add a single moment to your life? 28 And why do you worry about clothes? Notice how the lilies in the field grow. They don’t wear themselves out with work, and they don’t spin cloth. 29 But I say to you that even Solomon in all of his splendor wasn’t dressed like one of these. 30 If God dresses grass in the field so beautifully, even though it’s alive today and tomorrow it’s thrown into the furnace, won’t God do much more for you, you people of weak faith?31 Therefore, don’t worry and say, ‘What are we going to eat?’ or ‘What are we going to drink?’ or ‘What are we going to wear?’ 32 Gentiles long for all these things. Your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 Instead, desire first and foremost God’s kingdom and God’s righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

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Daily Bible Readings November 21, 2015

Matthew 6:25-33Common English Bible (CEB)

Worry about necessities

25 “Therefore, I say to you, don’t worry about your life, what you’ll eat or what you’ll drink, or about your body, what you’ll wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds in the sky. They don’t sow seed or harvest grain or gather crops into barns. Yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you worth much more than they are? 27 Who among you by worrying can add a single moment to your life? 28 And why do you worry about clothes? Notice how the lilies in the field grow. They don’t wear themselves out with work, and they don’t spin cloth. 29 But I say to you that even Solomon in all of his splendor wasn’t dressed like one of these. 30 If God dresses grass in the field so beautifully, even though it’s alive today and tomorrow it’s thrown into the furnace, won’t God do much more for you, you people of weak faith?31 Therefore, don’t worry and say, ‘What are we going to eat?’ or ‘What are we going to drink?’ or ‘What are we going to wear?’ 32 Gentiles long for all these things. Your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 Instead, desire first and foremost God’s kingdom and God’s righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

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Daily Bible Readings November 20, 2015

Hebrews 10:11-14Common English Bible (CEB)

11 Every priest stands every day serving and offering the same sacrifices over and over, sacrifices that can never take away sins. 12 But when this priest offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, he sat down at the right side of God.13 Since then, he’s waiting until his enemies are made into a footstool for his feet, 14 because he perfected the people who are being made holy with one offering for all time.

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Daily Bible Readings November 19, 2015

Psalm 113Common English Bible (CEB) Psalm 113 113 Praise the Lord!     You who serve the Lord—praise!     Praise the Lord’s name! 2 Let the Lord’s name be blessed     from now until forever from now! 3 From sunrise to sunset,     let the Lord’s name be praised! 4 The Lord is high over all the nations;     God’s glory is higher than the skies! 5 Who could possibly compare to the Lord our God?     God rules from on high; 6     he has to come down to even see heaven and earth! 7 God lifts up the poor from the dirt     and raises up the needy from the garbage pile                  with the leaders of his own people! 9     God nests the once barren woman at home—         now a joyful mother with children! Praise the Lord! Common English Bible (CEB), used with permission Copyright © 2011 by Common English Bible