daily Bible verse

[JediJohnnie]

Psalm 35


 Contend, Lord, with those who contend with me;
    fight against those who fight against me.
Take up shield and armor;
    arise and come to my aid.
 Brandish spear and javelin
    against those who pursue me.
Say to me,
    “I am your salvation.”


May those who seek my life
    be disgraced and put to shame;
may those who plot my ruin
    be turned back in dismay.
May they be like chaff before the wind,
    with the angel of the Lord driving them away;
may their path be dark and slippery,
    with the angel of the Lord pursuing them.


Since they hid their net for me without cause
    and without cause dug a pit for me,
may ruin overtake them by surprise—
    may the net they hid entangle them,
    may they fall into the pit, to their ruin.
 Then my soul will rejoice in the Lord
    and delight in his salvation.
 My whole being will exclaim,
    “Who is like you, Lord?
You rescue the poor from those too strong for them,
    the poor and needy from those who rob them.”


 Ruthless witnesses come forward;
    they question me on things I know nothing about.
 They repay me evil for good
    and leave me like one bereaved.
 Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth
    and humbled myself with fasting.
When my prayers returned to me unanswered,
   I went about mourning
    as though for my friend or brother.
I bowed my head in grief
    as though weeping for my mother.
 But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee;
    assailants gathered against me without my knowledge.
    They slandered me without ceasing.
Like the ungodly they maliciously mocked;
    they gnashed their teeth at me.


 How long, Lord, will you look on?
    Rescue me from their ravages,
    my precious life from these lions.
I will give you thanks in the great assembly;
    among the throngs I will praise you.
Do not let those gloat over me
    who are my enemies without cause;
do not let those who hate me without reason
    maliciously wink the eye.
 They do not speak peaceably,
    but devise false accusations
    against those who live quietly in the land.
 They sneer at me and say, “Aha! Aha!
    With our own eyes we have seen it.”


 Lord, you have seen this; do not be silent.
    Do not be far from me, Lord.
 Awake, and rise to my defense!
    Contend for me, my God and Lord.
Vindicate me in your righteousness, Lord my God;
    do not let them gloat over me.
Do not let them think, “Aha, just what we wanted!”
    or say, “We have swallowed him up.”


 May all who gloat over my distress
    be put to shame and confusion;
may all who exalt themselves over me
    be clothed with shame and disgrace.
 May those who delight in my vindication
    shout for joy and gladness;
may they always say, “The Lord be exalted,
    who delights in the well-being of his servant.”


My tongue will proclaim your righteousness,
    your praises all day long.

[jcribb16]

~ Psalm 37:4 ~
(King James Version)

"Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart."

The thing is, is when you delight yourself in the Lord, and are truly wanting to please Him, then the "desires of your heart" will become less of the selfish desires and more of the Godly desires.

Having compassion for those who are needy, sick, disabled, elderly, etc., and reaching out to help, offer, give, donate, and/or to just spend a few minutes with them, is a deep desire I have. It usually ends up that I'm the one blessed with peace, inner joy, comfort, and gratefulness (for what I have or struggle with) after helping others.

Hope you have a nice week! 

[gramev64]

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding, In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6

[jcribb16]

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding, In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6

These are my favorite Bible verses! 

[king4cash]

"Now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as dept." Romans 4:4

[JediJohnnie]

Ephesians 3:14-21
For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.  I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.

 

[jcribb16]

Have a great new week! 

[IceKittyNM]

~ Psalm 37:4 ~
(King James Version)

"Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart."

The thing is, is when you delight yourself in the Lord, and are truly wanting to please Him, then the "desires of your heart" will become less of the selfish desires and more of the Godly desires.

Having compassion for those who are needy, sick, disabled, elderly, etc., and reaching out to help, offer, give, donate, and/or to just spend a few minutes with them, is a deep desire I have. It usually ends up that I'm the one blessed with peace, inner joy, comfort, and gratefulness (for what I have or struggle with) after helping others.

Hope you have a nice week! 

I absolutely agree with you on this!! There is such a content feeling that goes along with helping others ahead of myself.

"Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others." Philippians 2:3-4 NIV

[IceKittyNM]

1 Corinthians 13

New International Version (NIV)

13 If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.

4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

 

[IceKittyNM]

2 Chronicles 7:14

New International Version (NIV)

14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

[lovekat]

John 18:38-19:16;

38 "What is truth?" Pilate asked. With this he went out again to the Jews and said, "I find no basis for a charge against him. 39 But it is your custom for me to release to you one prisoner at the time of the Passover. Do you want me to release 'the king of the Jews'?" 40 They shouted back, "No, not him! Give us Barabbas!" Now Barabbas had taken part in a rebellion.

[lovekat]

Hezekiah Purifies the Temple
29:1-2pp -- 2Ki 18:2-3
1 Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother's name was Abijah daughter of Zechariah. 2 He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done. 3 In the first month of the first year of his reign, he opened the doors of the temple of the LORD and repaired them. 4 He brought in the priests and the Levites, assembled them in the square on the east side 5 and said: "Listen to me, Levites! Consecrate yourselves now and consecrate the temple of the LORD, the God of your fathers. Remove all defilement from the sanctuary. 6 Our fathers were unfaithful; they did evil in the eyes of the LORD our God and forsook him. They turned their faces away from the LORD's dwelling place and turned their backs on him.

[jcribb16]

~ Psalm 37:4 ~
(King James Version)

"Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart."

The thing is, is when you delight yourself in the Lord, and are truly wanting to please Him, then the "desires of your heart" will become less of the selfish desires and more of the Godly desires.

Having compassion for those who are needy, sick, disabled, elderly, etc., and reaching out to help, offer, give, donate, and/or to just spend a few minutes with them, is a deep desire I have. It usually ends up that I'm the one blessed with peace, inner joy, comfort, and gratefulness (for what I have or struggle with) after helping others.

Hope you have a nice week! 

I absolutely agree with you on this!! There is such a content feeling that goes along with helping others ahead of myself.

"Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others." Philippians 2:3-4 NIV

I love that verse - Philippians 2:3-4!!  It sure says it all! 

[jcribb16]

2 Chronicles 7:14

New International Version (NIV)

14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

This is most definitely a much needed verse for prayer, for today, and for our country.

[JediJohnnie]

Acts 12:1-11

It was about this time that King Herod arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to persecute them.  He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword. When he saw that this met with approval among the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. This happened during the Festival of Unleavened Bread.  After arresting him, he put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out for public trial after the Passover.

 So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him.

The night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries stood guard at the entrance. Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up. “Quick, get up!” he said, and the chains fell off Peter’s wrists.

Then the angel said to him, “Put on your clothes and sandals.” And Peter did so. “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me,” the angel told him. Peter followed him out of the prison, but he had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening; he thought he was seeing a vision.  They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went through it. When they had walked the length of one street, suddenly the angel left him.

 Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know without a doubt that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from Herod’s clutches and from everything the Jewish people were hoping would happen.”

 


I also ask that all those so inclined,please pray for me.I've been going through some difficult times lately.Thanks in advance,and may God also bless you in his mercy and kindness.