David Ketter

Zephaniah 3:8-10

Zephaniah 3:8-10 (ESV)
"Therefore wait for me," declares the Lord, "for the day when I rise up to seize the prey. For my decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them my indignation, all my burning anger; for in the fire of my jealousy all the earth shall be consumed.

Thanksgiving offering (Eucharist)

Leviticus 7:12-15 (NET)
If he presents it on account of thanksgiving, along with the thank offering sacrifice he must present unleavened loaves mixed with olive oil, unleavened wafers smeared with olive oil, and well soaked ring-shaped loaves made of choice wheat flour mixed with olive oil.

Isaiah 58:6

Isaiah 58:6 (NET)
No, this is the kind of fast I want. I want you to remove the sinful chains, to tear away the ropes of the burdensome yoke, to set free the oppressed, and to break every burdensome yoke.

Hope

Romans 8:24-25 (NET)
For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope, because who hopes for what he sees?

Deuteronomy 30:12-14

Deuteronomy 30:12-14 (NET)
It is not in heaven, as though one must say, “Who will go up to heaven to get it for us and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?”

Foreigners saved

Isaiah 56:6-8 (NET)
As for foreigners who become followers of the Lord and serve him, who love the name of the Lord and want to be his servants – all who observe the Sabbath and do not defile it, and who are faithful to my covenant –

Psalm 119:49-50, Psalm 119:62, Psalm 119:71-72

Psalm 119:49-50 (NET)
Remember your word to your servant, for you have given me hope.

Psalm 119:62 (NET)
In the middle of the night I arise to thank you for your just regulations.

Psalm 119:71-72 (NET)
It was good for me to suffer, so that I might learn your statutes.

Isaiah 55:6-7, Isaiah 55:11

Isaiah 55:6-7 (NET)
Seek the Lord while he makes himself available; call to him while he is nearby!

Isaiah 55:11 (NET)
In the same way, the promise that I make does not return to me, having accomplished nothing. No, it is realized as I desire and is fulfilled as I intend.”

Servant

Isaiah 53:3-5 (NET)
He was despised and rejected by people, one who experienced pain and was acquainted with illness; people hid their faces from him; he was despised, and we considered him insignificant.

Prelude to the cross

Psalm 118:22-26 (NET)
The stone which the builders discarded has become the cornerstone.

Redemption of humanity

Isaiah 52:3 (NET)
For this is what the Lord says: “You were sold for nothing, and you will not be redeemed for money.”

Isaiah 52:7 (NET)
How delightful it is to see approaching over the mountains the feet of a messenger who announces peace, a messenger who brings good news, who announces deliverance, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”

Isaiah 52:10 (NET)
The Lord reveals his royal power in the sight of all the nations; the entire earth sees our God deliver.

New Jerusalem

Revelation 21:5-7 (NET)
And the one seated on the throne said: “Look! I am making all things new!” Then he said to me, “Write it down, because these words are reliable and true.”

Revelation 21:22-24 (NET)
Now I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God – the All-Powerful – and the Lamb are its temple.

Psalm 103:11-13

Psalm 103:11-13 (NET)
For as the skies are high above the earth, so his loyal love towers over his faithful followers.

Psalm 103:3-5

Psalm 103:3-5 (NET)
He is the one who forgives all your sins, who heals all your diseases,

Victory song

Revelation 12:10-11 (NET)
Then I heard a loud voice in heaven saying, “The salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the ruling authority of his Christ, have now come, because the accuser of our brothers and sisters, the one who accuses them day and night before our God, has been thrown down.

Psalm 100:5

Psalm 100:5 (NET)
For the Lord is good. His loyal love endures, and he is faithful through all generations.

Strength in the Strength of God

Isaiah 40:28-31 (NET)
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is an eternal God, the creator of the whole earth. He does not get tired or weary; there is no limit to his wisdom.

Blessed to Bless

Psalm 97:10-12 (NET)
You who love the Lord, hate evil! He protects the lives of his faithful followers; he delivers them from the power of the wicked.

Call to Holiness

Deuteronomy 10:12 (NET)
Now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you except to revere him, to obey all his commandments, to love him, to serve him with all your mind and being,

Deuteronomy 10:14 (NET)
The heavens – indeed the highest heavens – belong to the Lord your God, as does the earth and everything in it.

Deuteronomy 10:16 (NET)
Therefore, cleanse your heart and stop being so stubborn!

Truth of sovereignty

Isaiah 37:16 (NET)
“O Lord who commands armies, O God of Israel, who is enthroned on the cherubim! You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the sky and the earth.

It's good to give thanks

Psalm 92:2 (NET)
It is fitting to proclaim your loyal love in the morning, and your faithfulness during the night,

Psalm 92:4 (NET)
For you, O Lord, have made me happy by your work. I will sing for joy because of what you have done.

Divine Worship

Revelation 4:11 (NET)
“You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, since you created all things, and because of your will they existed and were created!”

Shema/Great Commandment

Deuteronomy 6:4-5 (NET)
Listen, Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord is one!

Deuteronomy 5:28-29

Deuteronomy 5:28-29 (NET)
When the Lord heard you speaking to me, he said to me, “I have heard what these people have said to you – they have spoken well.

Deuteronomy 4:23-24

Deuteronomy 4:23-24 (NET)
Be on guard so that you do not forget the covenant of the Lord your God that he has made with you, and that you do not make an image of any kind, just as he has forbidden you.