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ESV — Daily Light on the Daily Path: Day 173
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Morning
1 Pet. 2:21; Mark 10:45; Mark 10:44; Acts 10:38; Gal. 6:2; 2 Cor. 10:1; Phil. 2:3; Luke 23:34; Eph. 4:32; 1 John 2:6; Heb. 12:2

Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps.

“Even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve.”—“Whoever would be first among you must be slave of all.”

Jesus of Nazareth… went about doing good.—Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

The meekness and gentleness of Christ.—In humility count others more significant than yourselves.

“Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”—Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.—Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Evening
Song 5:6; Josh. 7:8, 10, 11; Isa. 59:1, 2; Ps. 66:18; 1 John 3:21, 22

I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he gave no answer.

“O Lord, what can I say, when Israel has turned their backs before their enemies!”… The Lord said to Joshua, “Get up! Why have you fallen on your face? Israel has sinned;… they have taken some of the devoted things… and put them among their own belongings.”

Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, or his ear dull, that it cannot hear; but your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear.

If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.

21 For zto this you have been called, ybecause Christ also suffered for you, aleaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps.

45 For even the Son of Man came not to be served but uto serve, and vto give his life as a ransom for wmany.”

44 and whoever would be first among you must be tslave1 of all.

Footnotes

[1] 10:44 Greek bondservant (doulos)

38 how oGod anointed Jesus of Nazareth pwith the Holy Spirit and with qpower. He went about doing good and healing all rwho were oppressed by the devil, sfor God was with him.

rBear one another's burdens, and sso fulfill tthe law of Christ.

Paul Defends His Ministry

10 iI, Paul, myself entreat you, by the jmeekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold toward you when I am away!—

Do nothing from kselfish ambition or lconceit, but in mhumility count others more significant than yourselves.

34 And Jesus said, “Father, rforgive them, sfor they know not what they do.”1 And they cast lots tto divide his garments.

Footnotes

[1] 23:34 Some manuscripts omit the sentence And Jesus . . . what they do

32 hBe kind to one another, tenderhearted, iforgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

whoever says he gabides in him hought to walk in the same way in which he walked.

looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, awho for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising bthe shame, and cis seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

I opened to my beloved,

but my beloved had turned and gone.

My soul failed me when he vspoke.

wI sought him, but found him not;

xI called him, but he gave no answer.

O Lord, what can I say, when Israel has turned their backs before their enemies!

The Sin of Achan

10 The Lord said to Joshua, “Get up! Why have you fallen on your face?

11 Israel has sinned; they have jtransgressed my covenant that I commanded them; they have taken some of the kdevoted things; they have stolen and lied and put them among their own belongings.

Evil and Oppression

59 Behold, bthe Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save,

or his ear dull, that it cannot hear;

cbut your iniquities have made a separation

between you and your God,

and your sins have hidden his face from you

so that he does not hear.

18 If I had scherished iniquity in my heart,

tthe Lord would not have listened.

21 Beloved, kif our heart does not condemn us, lwe have confidence before God;

22 and mwhatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and ndo what pleases him.