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Dwelling in God’s Presence // Psalm 63

Sunday, October 31, 2010
I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory. Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. Psalm 63: 2-3

Praising in God’s Presence // 2 Samuel 22:2–7

Saturday, October 30, 2010
I call to the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my enemies. 2 Samuel 22:4

Refreshing at God’s Presence // Acts 3:17–26

Friday, October 29, 2010
Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord. Acts 3:19-20

Coming into God’s Presence // Psalm 100

Thursday, October 28, 2010
Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. Psalm 100:2-4

Trembling at God’s Presence // Psalm 114

Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob, who turned the rock into a pool, the hard rock into springs of water. Psalm 114:7-8

Fleeing from God’s Presence // Jonah 1:1–10

Tuesday, October 26, 2010
But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the Lord. Jonah 1: 3

Hiding from God’s Presence // Genesis 3:1–8

Monday, October 25, 2010
Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. Genesis 3:8

The Lord Is Worthy of Praise // Psalm 47

Sunday, October 24, 2010
Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with cries of joy. How awesome is the Lord Most High, the great King over all the earth! Psalm 47:1-2

The Lord Loves Justice // Psalm 99

Saturday, October 23, 2010
Let them praise your great and awesome name— he is holy. The King is mighty, he loves justice—you have established equity; in Jacob you have done what is just and right. Psalm 99:3-4

The Lord Keeps Safe // Deuteronomy 33:26–29

Friday, October 22, 2010
The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He will drive out your enemy before you, saying, 'Destroy him!' So Israel will live in safety alone; Jacob's spring is secure in a land of grain and new wine, where the heavens drop dew. Deuteronomy 33:27-28

The Lord Delivers // Psalm 3

Thursday, October 21, 2010
But you are a shield around me, O Lord; you bestow glory on me and lift up my head. To the Lord I cry aloud, and he answers me from his holy hill. Psalm 3:3-4

The Lord Rules over All // 2 Chronicles 20:5–12

Wednesday, October 20, 2010
"O Lord, God of our fathers, are you not the God who is in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. Power and might are in your hand, and no one can withstand you. 2 Chronicles 20:6

The Lord Is King // Psalm 97

Tuesday, October 19, 2010
The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice. Psalm 97:1

There Is None like God // Jeremiah 10:6–10

Monday, October 18, 2010
No one is like you, O Lord; you are great, and your name is mighty in power. Jeremiah 10:6

God’s Help in Times of Trouble // Psalm 46:1–7

Sunday, October 17, 2010
God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day. Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; he lifts his voice, the earth melts. The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah Psalm 46:5-7

God’s Provision for the Needy // Psalm 68:4–10

Saturday, October 16, 2010
You gave abundant showers, O God; you refreshed your weary inheritance. Your people settled in it, and from your bounty, O God, you provided for the poor. Psalm 68:9-10

God before and after Us // Isaiah 52:7–12

Friday, October 15, 2010
But you will not leave in haste or go in flight; for the Lord will go before you, the God of Israel will be your rear guard. Isaiah 52:12

Our Rescuing God // 2 Corinthians 1:8–11

Thursday, October 14, 2010
Indeed, in our hearts we felt the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us. 2 Corinthians 1:9-10

Our Comforting God // 2 Corinthians 1:3–7

Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort. 2 Corinthians 1:3

Our Faithful God // Deuteronomy 7:7–11

Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands. Deuteronomy 7:9

Our Strong Yet Gentle God // Isaiah 40:6–11

Monday, October 11, 2010
See, the Sovereign Lord comes with power, and his arm rules for him. See, his reward is with him, and his recompense accompanies him, He tends his flock like a shepherd:
He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young. Isaiah 40: 10-11

The Testimony of the Law // Psalm 19:7–14

Sunday, October 10, 2010
The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul. The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple. Psalm 19:7

The Law as Covenant // Jeremiah 31:31–37

Saturday, October 9, 2010
"This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time," declares the Lord. "I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. Jeremiah 31:33

The Law as Witness // Deuteronomy 31:19–26

Friday, October 8, 2010
Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God. There it will remain as a witness against you. Deuteronomy 31:26

The Law as Obedient Love // Deuteronomy 30:1–10

Thursday, October 7, 2010
When you and your children return to the Lord your God and obey him with all your heart and with all your soul according to everything I command you today, Deuteronomy 30:2

The Law as Revelation // Deuteronomy 29:25–29

Wednesday, October 6, 2010
The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law. Deuteronomy 29:29

An Everlasting Covenant // Psalm 105:1–11

Tuesday, October 5, 2010
He remembers his covenant forever, the word he commanded, for a thousand generations, the covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac. Psalm 105:8-9

The Testimony of Creation // Psalm 19:1–6

Monday, October 4, 2010
The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. Psalm 19:1-2

God’s Majesty in All the Earth // Psalm 8

Sunday, October 3, 2010
O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. Psalm 8:1

God’s Image in Humanity // Genesis 1:26–31

Saturday, October 2, 2010
Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground." Genesis 1:26

All God’s Works Give Thanks // Psalm 145:8–13

Friday, October 1, 2010
All you have made will praise you, O Lord; your saints will extol you. They will tell of the glory of your kingdom and speak of your might. Psalm 145:10-11