Verse for the month: 'The righteous will flourish like a palm tree' - Psalm 92:12
Passages of Scripture for July 2011 taken from 'God's Wonderful World' calendar.
Complete verses from the ESV:
JULY 2011:
1, The gate of Heaven (Genesis 28:16, 17)
Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, "Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it."
2, Keep silence before Him (Habakkuk 2:20)
"But the Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him."
3, Purging from sin (Isaiah 6:5)
And I said, "Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the lord of hosts!"
4, Where the Spirit dwells (1 Corinthians 3:16)
Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?
5, Use words well (Proverbs 25:11)
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.
6, True refinement (Titus 3:2)
to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people.
7, Christian courtesy (John 13:34)
"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you also are to love one another."
8, Thoughtful of others (1 Peter 3:8)
Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.
9, Hospitality (1 Pet 4:9, 10)
Show hospitality to one another without grumbling.
10) As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another; as good stewards of God's varied grace
10, Cheerfulness (Romans 12:8)
the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the on who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.
11, Kind speech (Isa 50:4)
The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning he awakens; he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
12, The voluntary sacrifice of Jesus (Psalm 40:7, 8)
Then I said, "Behold I have come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me:
8) I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart."
13, The blood applied (Hebrews 9:13, 14)
For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify for the purification of the flesh,
14) how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.
14, Christ's atonement (Heb 9:12)
he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.
15, The centre of His word (Heb 8:1, 2)
Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,
2) a minister in the holy places, in the true tent that the Lord set up, not man.
16, Our representative in Heaven (Heb 9:24)
For Christ has entered , not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf.
17, Uttermost salvation (Heb 7:24, 25)
but he holds his priesthood permanently, because he continues forever.
18, The true Mediator (1 Timothy 2:5)
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus
19, Forgiveness through sacrifice (Heb 9:22, 23)
Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.
23) Thus it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
20, Righteousness enriches life (Prov 21:21)
Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life, righteousness, and honour.
21, Led by the Shepherd (Ps 23:2, 3)
He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.
3) He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
22, 'They shall be Mine' (Malachi 3:16, 17)
Then those who feared the Lord spoke with one another. The Lord paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the Lord and esteemed his name.
17) "They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, in the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.
23, 'The least of these' (Mk 9:37)
"Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me."
24, A choice (John 3:34-36)
"Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him."
25, Reward for overcomers (Revelation 3:5)
"The one who conquers, will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.
26, Recreation refreshes (Ps 16:11)
You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
27, Living for others (Rom 14:7)
For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself.
28, God's good gifts (Ecclesiastes 2:26)
For to the one who pleases him god has given wisdom, knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he has given the business of gathering and collecting only to give to one who pleases God.
29, Choose your path carefully (Prov 2:20)
So you will walk in the way of the good and keep to the paths of the righteous.
30, Watch out for the enemy (1 Pet 5:8)
Be sober-minded; be watchful. You adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
31, Choose your companions carefully (Ps 119:63)
I am a companion of all who fear you, of those who keep your precepts.
