September 22: Genesis 50:20; Psalm 76:10; Romans 8:28; 1 Corinthians 3:21–23; 2 Corinthians 4:15–17; James 1:2–4; John 14:16–17; John 16:13–14; Romans 5:5; Romans 8:26; 1 Corinthians 6:17; 1 Corinthians 6:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Ephesians 4:30

Morning:

Genesis 50:20; Psalm 76:10; Romans 8:28; 1 Corinthians 3:21–23; 2 Corinthians 4:15–17; James 1:2–4

We know that for those who love God all things work together for good.

Surely the wrath of man shall praise you; the remnant of wrath you will put on like a belt.—“You meant evil against me, but God meant it for good.”

All things are yours, whether… the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours, and you are Christ's, and Christ is God's.—It is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God. So we do not lose heart. Though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. For this slight momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

Genesis 50:20 (Listen)

20 As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people1 should be kept alive, as they are today.

Footnotes

[1] 50:20 Or a numerous people

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Psalm 76:10 (Listen)

10   Surely the wrath of man shall praise you;
    the remnant1 of wrath you will put on like a belt.

Footnotes

[1] 76:10 Or extremity

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Romans 8:28 (Listen)

28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good,1 for those who are called according to his purpose.

Footnotes

[1] 8:28 Some manuscripts God works all things together for good, or God works in all things for the good

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1 Corinthians 3:21–23 (Listen)

21 So let no one boast in men. For all things are yours, 22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours, 23 and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.

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2 Corinthians 4:15–17 (Listen)

15 For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.

16 So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self1 is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. 17 For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,

Footnotes

[1] 4:16 Greek man

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James 1:2–4 (Listen)
Testing of Your Faith

2 Count it all joy, my brothers,1 when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

Footnotes

[1] 1:2 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters; also verses 16, 19

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Evening:

John 14:16–17; John 16:13–14; Romans 5:5; Romans 8:26; 1 Corinthians 6:17; 1 Corinthians 6:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Ephesians 4:30

The fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

“I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.”—“He will not speak on his own authority…. He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.”

God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

He who is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with him. Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own.

Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.—The Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.

John 14:16–17 (Listen)

16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper,1 to be with you forever, 17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be2 in you.

Footnotes

[1] 14:16 Or Advocate, or Counselor; also 14:26; 15:26; 16:7


[2] 14:17 Some manuscripts and is

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John 16:13–14 (Listen)

13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. 14 He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

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Romans 5:5 (Listen)

5 and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

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Romans 8:26 (Listen)

26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.

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1 Corinthians 6:17 (Listen)

17 But he who is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with him.

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1 Corinthians 6:19 (Listen)

19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,

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2 Corinthians 13:14 (Listen)

14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

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Ephesians 4:30 (Listen)

30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

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