Morning:

Psalm 4:6; Psalm 31:16; Psalm 89:6; Psalm 104:34; Song of Solomon 2:3; Song of Solomon 5:10–11; Song of Solomon 5:13; Song of Solomon 5:15; Matthew 13:46; Mark 7:24; John 7:46; Ephesians 1:22; Colossians 1:18; Revelation 1:5



May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the Lord.


As an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. With great delight I sat in his shadow, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.—For who in the skies can be compared to the Lord? Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord?


My beloved is radiant and ruddy, distinguished among ten thousand.—“One pearl of great value.”—The ruler of kings on earth.


His head is the finest gold; his locks are wavy, black as a raven.—Head over all things.—He is the head of the body, the church.


His cheeks are like beds of spices, mounds of sweet-smelling herbs.—He could not be hidden.—His lips are lilies, dripping liquid myrrh.—“No one ever spoke like this man!”—His appearance is like Lebanon, choice as the cedars.—Make your face shine on your servant.—“Lift up the light of your face upon us, O Lord!”





Psalm 4:6 (Listen)


  There are many who say, “Who will show us some good?
    Lift up the light of your face upon us, O LORD!”


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Psalm 31:16 (Listen)


16   Make your face shine on your servant;
    save me in your steadfast love!


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Psalm 89:6 (Listen)


  For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD?
    Who among the heavenly beings1 is like the LORD,

Footnotes

[1] 89:6 Hebrew the sons of God, or the sons of might

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Psalm 104:34 (Listen)


34   May my meditation be pleasing to him,
    for I rejoice in the LORD.


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Song of Solomon 2:3 (Listen)

She

  As an apple tree among the trees of the forest,
    so is my beloved among the young men.
  With great delight I sat in his shadow,
    and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

(ESV)





Song of Solomon 5:10–11 (Listen)
The Bride Praises Her Beloved

She

10   My beloved is radiant and ruddy,
    distinguished among ten thousand.
11   His head is the finest gold;
    his locks are wavy,
    black as a raven.

(ESV)





Song of Solomon 5:13 (Listen)


13   His cheeks are like beds of spices,
    mounds of sweet-smelling herbs.
  His lips are lilies,
    dripping liquid myrrh.


(ESV)





Song of Solomon 5:15 (Listen)


15   His legs are alabaster columns,
    set on bases of gold.
  His appearance is like Lebanon,
    choice as the cedars.


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Matthew 13:46 (Listen)

46 who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it.


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Mark 7:24 (Listen)
The Syrophoenician Woman’s Faith

24 And from there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon.1 And he entered a house and did not want anyone to know, yet he could not be hidden.

Footnotes

[1] 7:24 Some manuscripts omit and Sidon

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John 7:46 (Listen)

46 The officers answered, “No one ever spoke like this man!”


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Ephesians 1:22 (Listen)

22 And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church,


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Colossians 1:18 (Listen)

18 And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.


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Revelation 1:5 (Listen)

and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth.


To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood


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Evening:

Matthew 26:39; Matthew 26:53; Luke 24:46–47; John 6:38; John 12:27; Philippians 2:8; Hebrews 5:7–8



“My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.”


“Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But for this purpose I have come to this hour.”


“I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me.”—He humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.— In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence. Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered.


“Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels?”—“Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.”





Matthew 26:39 (Listen)

39 And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.”


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Matthew 26:53 (Listen)

53 Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels?


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Luke 24:46–47 (Listen)

46 and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, 47 and that repentance for1 the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

Footnotes

[1] 24:47 Some manuscripts and

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John 6:38 (Listen)

38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me.


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John 12:27 (Listen)
The Son of Man Must Be Lifted Up

27 “Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But for this purpose I have come to this hour.


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Philippians 2:8 (Listen)

And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.


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Hebrews 5:7–8 (Listen)

In the days of his flesh, Jesus1 offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence. 8 Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered.

Footnotes

[1] 5:7 Greek he

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