The Daily Digest

Psalm 109 For the choir director: A psalm of David.1 O God, whom I praise,don’t stand silent and aloof2 while the wicked slander meand tell lies about me.3 They surround me with hateful wordsand fight against me for no reason.4 I love them, but they try to destroy me with accusationseven as I am praying…

Psalm 108 A song. A psalm of David. 1 My heart is confident in you, O God;no wonder I can sing your praises with all my heart!2 Wake up, lyre and harp!I will wake the dawn with my song.3 I will thank you, Lord, among all the people.I will sing your praises among the nations.4…

The key to this psalm lies in the first and last verses. The psalmist starts by exhorting us to thank God because he is good, and his faithful love continues forever. At the end of the psalm, we are reminded to look back and see how God’s faithful love has worked in our lives. In…

Philippians 4:15-23 15 As you know, you Philippians were the only ones who gave me financial help when I first brought you the Good News and then traveled on from Macedonia. No other church did this. 16 Even when I was in Thessalonica you sent help more than once. 17 I don’t say this because…

Philippians 4:10-14 10 How I praise the Lord that you are concerned about me again. I know you have always been concerned for me, but you didn’t have the chance to help me. 11 Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to be content with whatever I have. 12 I…

Philippians 4:8-9 8 And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. 9 Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me—everything you heard from me…

Philippians 4:2-7 2 Now I appeal to Euodia and Syntyche. Please, because you belong to the Lord, settle your disagreement. 3 And I ask you, my true partner, to help these two women, for they worked hard with me in telling others the Good News. They worked along with Clement and the rest of my…

Philippians 3:17 – 4:1 17 Dear brothers and sisters, pattern your lives after mine, and learn from those who follow our example. 18 For I have told you often before, and I say it again with tears in my eyes, that there are many whose conduct shows they are really enemies of the cross of…

Philippians 3:12-16 12 I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me. 13 No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing:…

Philippians 3:7-11 7 I once thought these things were valuable, but now I consider them worthless because of what Christ has done. 8 Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that…