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Day 138

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Today's Reading: Psalm 131Psalm 138Psalm 139Psalm 143Psalm 144Psalm 145 In Psalm 138:2, David said something amazing about God: “You have exalted Your word above all Your name.” God’s name is already the greatest there is. Yet in His kindness, He has chosen to make His promises...

Day 137

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Today's Reading:1 Chronicles  231 Chronicles  241 Chronicles  251 Chronicles  26 In the pages of 1 Chronicles 23, we witness God’s grace through this shift. For generations, the Levites had carried the heavy burden of the tabernacle through the wilderness, packing and...

Day 136

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Today's Reading: Psalm 108Psalm 109 The curses in these psalms may seem harsh, but there is a deep longing for righteousness in a world full of injustice. David knows God will defend the righteous, just like Jesus felt betrayed and yet still continued to pray for his enemies. These were honest...

Day 135

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Today's Reading: 2 Samuel 241 Chronicles  211 Chronicles  22Psalm 30 Another book finished, you are over a third of the way through the year! The first section of the readings today seemed to pit God versus Satan. Did David use discernment? We must listen for God. In a grace-filled...

Day 134

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Today's Reading: Psalm 97Psalm 98Psalm 99 Psalms #93-99 are grouped together because they are known as the “Enthronement Psalms” or “The Lord Reigns” psalms. They all celebrate with joy how God is King, and reigns as the sovereign over all the earth. Psalm 97 focuses on...

Day 133

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Today's Reading: There is no reading today, but you can use this time to catch up on any days that you may have missed this week. Click here to access prior days.  Prove me, O Lord, and try me; test my heart and my mind. For your steadfast love is before my eyes, and I walk in your...

Day 132

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Today's Reading: 2 Samuel 222 Samuel 23Psalm 57 Even in despair, hiding alone in dark caves while being hunted by Saul, David chose to worship God with all his heart. Instead of keeping God’s goodness to himself in private, he declared: “I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the...

Day 131

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Today's Reading: 2 Samuel 192 Samuel 202 Samuel 21Psalm 5Psalm 38Psalm 42 When David returned to Jerusalem, Shimei begged for mercy after cursing him and throwing rocks at him. Abishai immediately demanded, “Shall not Shimei be put to death for cursing the Lord’s anointed?&rdquo...

Day 130

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Today's Reading: Psalm 26Psalm 40Psalm 41Psalm 58Psalm 61Psalm 62Psalm 64 In Psalm 40, David rejoiced that God lifted him from the pit and put a new song in his mouth. This points to the Messiah. “Behold, I have come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me: I delight to do your...

Day 129

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Today's Reading: 2 Samuel 162 Samuel 172 Samuel 18 When Absalom gathered the people of Israel to his side and forced David to flee Jerusalem, God was working in the background. He sent unexpected grace from a foreigner named Ittai the Gittite. Just days earlier, Ittai was recorded in Scripture...