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last night reading

Matthew 2:11 (MSG)
They entered the house and saw the child in the arms of Mary, his mother. Overcome, they kneeled and worshiped him. Then they opened their luggage and presented gifts: gold, frankincense, myrrh.

Matthew 28:17

Matthew 28:17 (MSG)
The moment they saw him they worshiped him. Some, though, held back, not sure about worship, about risking themselves totally.

left off

Exodus 10:21 (MSG)
god said to Moses: "Stretch your hand to the skies. Let darkness descend on the land of Egypt—a darkness so dark you can touch it."

effect

1 John 5:10 (MSG)
Whoever believes in the Son of God inwardly confirms God's testimony. Whoever refuses to believe in effect calls God a liar, refusing to believe God's own testimony regarding his Son.

hate

1 John 4:20 (MSG)
If anyone boasts, "I love God," and goes right on hating his brother or sister, thinking nothing of it, he is a liar. If he won't love the person he can see, how can he love the God he can't see? The command we have from Christ is blunt: Loving God includes loving people. You've got to love both.

Numbers 22:1

Numbers 22:1 (MSG)
The People of Israel marched on and camped on the Plains of Moab at Jordan-Jericho.

Exodus 8:17

Exodus 8:17 (MSG)
He did it. Aaron grabbed his staff and struck the dust of the Earth; it turned into gnats, gnats all over people and animals. All the dust of the Earth turned into gnats, gnats everywhere in Egypt.

1 Timothy 4:16

1 Timothy 4:16 (MSG)
Keep a firm grasp on both your character and your teaching. Don't be diverted. Just keep at it. Both you and those who hear you will experience salvation.

Exodus 34:15

Exodus 34:15 (MSG)
Be careful that you don't make a covenant with the people who live in the land and take up with their sex-and-religion life, join them in meals at their altars,

Exodus 33:15

Exodus 33:15 (MSG)
Moses said, "If your presence doesn't take the lead here, call this trip off right now. How else will it be known that you're with me in this, with me and your people? Are you traveling with us or not? How else will we know that we're special, I and your people, among all other people on this planet Earth?"

Hebrews 12:27

Hebrews 12:27 (MSG)
The phrase "one last shaking" means a thorough housecleaning, getting rid of all the historical and religious junk so that the unshakable essentials stand clear and uncluttered.

Romans 9:27

Romans 9:27 (MSG)
Isaiah maintained this same emphasis: If each grain of sand on the seashore were numbered and the sum labeled "chosen of God," They'd be numbers still, not names; salvation comes by personal selection.

Ezekiel 12:22

Ezekiel 12:22 (MSG)
"Son of man, what's this proverb making the rounds in the land of Israel that says, 'Everything goes on the same as ever; all the prophetic warnings are false alarms'?

2 Samuel 7:3

2 Samuel 7:3 (MSG)
Nathan told the king, "Whatever is on your heart, go and do it. god is with you."

James 1:18

James 1:18 (MSG)
He brought us to life using the true Word, showing us off as the crown of all his creatures.

James 1:12

James 1:12 (MSG)
Anyone who meets a testing challenge head-on and manages to stick it out is mighty fortunate. For such persons loyally in love with God, the reward is life and more life.

Revelation 2:12

Revelation 2:12 (MSG)
Write this to Pergamum, to the Angel of the church. The One with the sharp-biting sword draws from the sheath of his mouth—out come the sword words:

Genesis 20:1

Genesis 20:1 (MSG)
Abraham traveled from there south to the Negev and settled down between Kadesh and Shur. While he was camping in Gerar, Abraham said of his wife Sarah, "She's my sister."

Isaiah 51:1

Isaiah 51:1 (MSG)
"Listen to me, all you who are serious about right living and committed to seeking God. Ponder the rock from which you were cut, the quarry from which you were dug. Yes, ponder Abraham, your father, and Sarah, who bore you. Think of it! One solitary man when I called him, but once I blessed him, he multiplied. Likewise I, God, will comfort Zion, comfort all her mounds of ruins. I'll transform her dead ground into Eden, her moonscape into the garden of God, A place filled with exuberance and laughter, thankful voices and melodic songs.

1 Samuel 1:19

1 Samuel 1:19 (MSG)
Up before dawn, they worshiped god and returned home to Ramah. Elkanah slept with Hannah his wife, and god began making the necessary arrangements in response to what she had asked.

James 1:27

James 1:27 (AMP)
External religious worship [religion as it is expressed in outward acts] that is pure and unblemished in the sight of God the Father is this: to visit and help and care for the orphans and widows in their affliction and need, and to keep oneself unspotted and uncontaminated from the world.

1 Chronicles 17:1

1 Chronicles 17:1 (MSG)
After the king had made himself at home, he said to Nathan the prophet, "Look at this: Here I am comfortable in a luxurious palace of cedar and the Chest of the Covenant of god sits under a tent."

Mark 8:36

Mark 8:36 (MSG)
What good would it do to get everything you want and lose you, the real you?

Deuteronomy 28:5

Deuteronomy 28:5 (AMP)
Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading trough.

Matthew 13:16

Matthew 13:16 (AMP)
But blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) are your eyes because they do see, and your ears because they do hear.