December 20:

[Post-o-Matic 3.16† 0]

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• Morning: Ephesians 1:4; Ephesians 1:4; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Thessalonians 2:14; Romans 8:29; Romans 8:30; 1 Peter 1:1; 1 Peter 1:2; Ezekiel 36:26; 1 Thessalonians 4:7
  
  
  
• Evening: 2 Kings 7:2; Mark 11:22; Hebrews 11:6; Matthew 19:26; Isaiah 50:2; Isaiah 55:8; Isaiah 55:9; Malachi 3:10; Isaiah 59:1; 2 Chronicles 14:11; 2 Corinthians 1:9
  
  
  

Morning: Ephesians 1:4; Ephesians 1:4; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Thessalonians 2:14; Romans 8:29; Romans 8:30; 1 Peter 1:1; 1 Peter 1:2; Ezekiel 36:26; 1 Thessalonians 4:7
Ephesians 1:4; Ephesians 1:4; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Thessalonians 2:14; Romans 8:29; Romans 8:30; 1 Peter 1:1; 1 Peter 1:2; Ezekiel 36:26; 1 Thessalonians 4:7

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Ephesians 1:4

4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love (ESV)

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Ephesians 1:4

4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love (ESV)

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2 Thessalonians 2:13

Stand Firm

13 But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits¹ to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.

Footnotes

[1] 2:13 Some manuscripts chose you from the beginning

(ESV)

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2 Thessalonians 2:14

14 To this he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. (ESV)

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Romans 8:29

29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. (ESV)

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Romans 8:30

30 And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified. (ESV)

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1 Peter 1:1

Greeting

1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,

To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, (ESV)

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1 Peter 1:2

2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood:

May grace and peace be multiplied to you. (ESV)

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Ezekiel 36:26

26 And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. (ESV)

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1 Thessalonians 4:7

7 For God has not called us for impurity, but in holiness. (ESV)

Evening: 2 Kings 7:2; Mark 11:22; Hebrews 11:6; Matthew 19:26; Isaiah 50:2; Isaiah 55:8; Isaiah 55:9; Malachi 3:10; Isaiah 59:1; 2 Chronicles 14:11; 2 Corinthians 1:9
2 Kings 7:2; Mark 11:22; Hebrews 11:6; Matthew 19:26; Isaiah 50:2; Isaiah 55:8; Isaiah 55:9; Malachi 3:10; Isaiah 59:1; 2 Chronicles 14:11; 2 Corinthians 1:9

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2 Kings 7:2

2 Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned said to the man of God, “If the LORD himself should make windows in heaven, could this thing be?” But he said, “You shall see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat of it.” (ESV)

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Mark 11:22

22 And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God. (ESV)

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Hebrews 11:6

6 And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. (ESV)

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Matthew 19:26

26 But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” (ESV)

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Isaiah 50:2

2   Why, when I came, was there no man;
    why, when I called, was there no one to answer?
  Is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem?
    Or have I no power to deliver?
  Behold, by my rebuke I dry up the sea,
    I make the rivers a desert;
  their fish stink for lack of water
    and die of thirst.

(ESV)

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Isaiah 55:8

8   For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
    neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD.

(ESV)

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Isaiah 55:9

9   For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
    so are my ways higher than your ways
    and my thoughts than your thoughts.

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Malachi 3:10

10 Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the LORD of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need. (ESV)

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Isaiah 59:1

Evil and Oppression

59   Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save,
    or his ear dull, that it cannot hear;

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2 Chronicles 14:11

11 And Asa cried to the LORD his God, “O LORD, there is none like you to help, between the mighty and the weak. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, you are our God; let not man prevail against you.” (ESV)

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2 Corinthians 1:9

9 Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead. (ESV)

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