584 CHOOSING LIFE
Deuteronomy 30:11-16, 19, 20; Jeremiah 31:31-34
Min: See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil,
In that I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways.
Min: I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life,
That you may love the Lord your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your life and the length of your days.
Min: This commandment which I command you today, it is not too mysterious for you, nor is it far off.
It is not in heaven, that you should say, "Who will ascend into heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?"
Min: Nor is it beyond the sea, that you should say, "Who will go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?"
But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it.
Min: "Behold, the days are coming," says the Lord, "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
"Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt;
Min: But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel:
After those days," says the Lord, "I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people."
Min: No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, "Know the Lord."
"For they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them," says the Lord. "For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more."
585 SPIRITUAL SERVICE
Romans 12:1-16, 21
Min: I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Min: For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think,
But to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.
Min: For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function,
So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.
Min: Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith;
Or ministry, let us use it in our ministering; he who teaches, in teaching;
Min: He who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence;
He who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
Min: Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.
Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another;
Min: Not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;
Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer;
Min: Distributing to the needs of the saints, given to hospitality.
Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.
Min: Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
Be of the same mind toward one another.
Min: Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion.
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
586 GOD OUR REFUGE
Psalm 46
Min: God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, Though the earth be removed, And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
Min: Though its waters roar and be troubled, Though the mountains shake with its swelling.
There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God, The holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High.
Min: God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved; God shall help her, just at the break of dawn.
The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved;
Min: He uttered His voice, the earth melted.
The Lord of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge.
Min: Come, behold the works of the Lord, Who has made desolations in the earth.
He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two; He burns the chariot in the fire.
Min: Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!
The Lord of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge.
587 WALKING UPRIGHTLY
Psalm 15: 41:1-3, 12, 13
Min: Lord, who may abide in Your tabernacle? Who may dwell in Your holy hill?
He who walks uprightly, And works righteousness, And speaks the truth in his heart.
Min: He who does not backbite with his tongue, Nor does evil to his neighbor, Nor does he take up a reproach against his friend.
In whose eyes a vile person is despised, But he honors those who fear the Lord; He who swears to his own hurt and does not change.
Min: He who does not put out his money at usury, Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.
Blessed is he who considers the poor; The Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.
Min: The Lord will preserve him and keep him alive, And he will be blessed on the earth; You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies.
The Lord will strengthen him on his bed of illness; You will sustain him on his sickbed.
Min: As for me, You uphold me in my integrity, And set me before Your face forever.
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel From everlasting to everlasting! Amen and Amen.
588 THE WORTH OF HUMANITY
Psalm 8
Min: O Lord, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth, You who set Your glory above the heavens!
Out of the mouth of babes and infants You have ordained strength, Because of Your enemies, That You may silence the enemy and the avenger.
Min: When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained,
What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him?
Min: For You have made him a little lower than the angels, And You have crowned him with glory and honor.
You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands;
Min: You have put all things under his feet,
All sheep and oxen Even the beasts of the field,
Min: The birds of the air, And the fish of the sea That pass through the paths of the seas.
O Lord, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth!
589 UNTO THE HILLS
Psalm 121
Min: I will lift up my eyes to the hills. From whence comes my help?
My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.
Min: He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber.
Behold, He who keeps Israel Shall neither slumber nor sleep.
Min: The Lord is your keeper; The Lord is your shade at your right hand.
The sun shall not strike you by day, Nor the moon by night.
Min: The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul.
The Lord shall preserve your going out and your coming in From this time forth, and even forevermore.
590 THE MIND OF CHRIST
Phillipians 2:1-11
Min: Therefore if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercy, fulfill my joy.
By being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
Min: Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.
Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.
Min: Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,
Who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God,
Min: But made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a servant, and coming in the likeness of men.
And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.
Min: Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name,
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
591 THE HALLOWED HOUSE
Psalm 122
Min: I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go into the house of the Lord.
Our feet have been standing Within your gates, O Jerusalem!
Min: Jerusalem is built As a city that is compact together,
Where the tribes go up, The tribes of the Lord, To the Testimony of Israel, To give thanks to the name of the Lord.
Min: For thrones are set there for judgment, The thrones of the house of David.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: "May they prosper who love you. Peace be within your walls, Prosperity within your palaces.
Min: For the sake of my brethren and companions, I will now say, "Peace be within you.
Because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek your good.
592 JUSTIFIED BY FAITH
Romans 5:1-11
Min: Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Min: And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance;
and perseverance, character; and character, hope.
Min: Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
Min: For scarcely for a righteous man will one die;
yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die.
Min: But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.
Min: For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
593 PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING
Psalm 147:1, 3-9, 11-20
Min: Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant, and praise is beautiful.
He heals the broken-hearted And binds up their wounds. He counts the number of the stars; He calls them all by name.
Min: Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite.
The Lord lifts up the humble; He casts the wicked down to the ground.
Min: Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; Sing praises on the harp to our God,
Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who prepares rain for the earth, Who makes grass to grow on the mountains.
Min: He gives to the beast its food, And to the young ravens that cry.
Lord takes pleasure in those who fear Him, In those who hope in His mercy.
Min: Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!
For He has strengthened the bars of your gates; He has blessed your children within you.
Min: He makes peace in your borders, And fills you with the finest wheat.
He sends out His command to the earth; His word runs very swiftly.
Min: He gives snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes;
He casts out His hail like morsels; Who can stand before His cold?
Min: He sends out His word and melts them; He causes His wind to blow, and the waters flow.
He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and His judgments to Israel. Praise the Lord!
594 THE SECRET PLACES OF GOD
Psalm 91
Min: He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust.
Min: Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler And from the perilous pestilence.
He shall cover you with His feathers, And under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler.
Min: You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day,
Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.
Min: A thousand may fall at your side, And ten thousand at your right hand; But it shall not come near you.
Only with your eyes shall you look, And see the reward of the wicked.
Min: Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge, Even the Most High, your habitation,
No evil shall befall you, Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;
Min: For He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you in all your ways.
They shall bear you up in their hands, Lest you dash your foot against a stone.
Min: You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra, The young lion and the serpent you shall trample under foot.
Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on high, because he has known My name.
Min: He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him.
With long life I will satisfy him, And show him My salvation.
595 THE WAY OF HOLINESS
Isaiah 35
Min: The wilderness and the wasteland shall be glad for them, and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose;
It shall blossom abundantly and rejoice, even with joy and singing.
Min: The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the excellence of Carmel and Sharon. They shall see the glory of the Lord, the excellency of our God.
Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees.
Min: Say to those who are fearful-hearted, "Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God; He will come and save you.
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
Min: Then the lame shall leap like a deer, and the tongue of the dumb sing. For waters shall burst forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.
The parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water;
Min: A highway shall be there, and a road, and it shall be called the Highway of Holiness.
No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast go up on it; it shall not be found there. But the redeemed shall walk there,
Min: And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with singing, with everlasting joy on their heads.
They shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
596 THE PRINCE OF PEACE
Isaiah 9:2, 6, 7; 12:2-6; 49:6, 10, 13; 52:7-10
Min: The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them a light has shined.
For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder.
Min: And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end.
Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, to order it and establish it with judgment and justice from that time forward, even forever.
Min: Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; `For Jehovah, the Lord, is my strength and my song.
He also has become my salvation. Therefore with joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.
Min: In that day you will say: Praise the Lord, call upon His name.
Declare His deeds among the peoples, make mention that His name is exalted.
Min: Sing to the Lord, For He has done excellent things; this is known in all the earth.
Cry out and shout, O inhabitant of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel in your midst!
Min: I will also give You as a light to the Gentiles, that You should be My salvation to the ends of the earth.
For He who has mercy on them will lead them, even by the springs of water He will guide them.
Min: Sing, O heavens! Be joyful, O earth! And break out in singing, O mountains!
For the Lord has comforted His people, and will have mercy on His afflicted.
Min: How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who proclaims peace
who brings glad tidings of good things, who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, "Your God reigns!"
597 MESSIAH'S REIGN
Isaiah 11:1-7, 9, 10, 12; 2:2-5
Min: There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots.
The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.
Min: His delight is in the fear of the Lord, and He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, nor decide by the hearing of His ears.
But with righteousness He shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth. Righteousness shall be the belt of His loins, and faithfulness the belt of His waist.
Min: The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the young goat.
The calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Min: The cow and the bear shall graze; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.
Min: And in that day there shall be a Root of Jesse, who shall stand as a banner to the people.
For the Gentiles shall seek Him, and His resting place shall be glorious. He will set up a banner for the nations.
Min: Now it shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established on the top of the mountains.
It shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow to it.
Min: Many people shall come and say, "Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob.
He will teach us His ways, and we shall walk in His paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem."
Min: He shall judge between the nations, and shall rebuke many people; they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks;
Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore. O come and let us walk in the light of the Lord.
598 THE MAGNIFICAT
Luke 1:46-55
Min: My soul magnifies the Lord,
and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.
Min: For He has regarded the lowly state of His maidservant; for behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed.
For He who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is His name.
Min: And His mercy is on those who fear Him from generation to generation.
He has shown strength with His arm; he has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
Min: He has put down the mighty from their thrones, and exalted the lowly.
He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich He has sent away empty.
599 THE KING OF GLORY
Psalm 24
Min: The earth is the Lord's, and all its fullness, The world and those who dwell therein.
For He has founded it upon the seas, And established it upon the waters.
Min: Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord? Or who may stand in His holy place?
He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, Nor sworn deceitfully.
Min: He shall receive blessing from the Lord, And righteousness from the God of his salvation.
This is Jacob, the generation of those who seek Him, Who seek Your face.
Min: Lift up your heads, O you gates! And be lifted up, you everlasting doors!
And the King of glory shall come in.
Min: Who is this King of glory?
The Lord strong and mighty, The Lord mighty in battle.
Min: Who is this King of glory?
The Lord of hosts, He is the King of glory.
Min: Lift up your heads, O you gates! And lift them up, you everlasting doors!
And the King of glory shall come in.
600 THE EVERLASTING GOD
Psalm 90
Min: Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations.
Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever You had formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.
Min: You turn man to destruction, And say, "Return, O children of men."
For a thousand years in Your sight Are like yesterday when it is past, And like a watch in the night.
Min: You carry them away like a flood; They are like a sleep. In the morning they are like grass which grows up.
In the morning it flourishes and grows up; In the evening it is cut down and withers.
Min: For we have been consumed by Your anger, And by Your wrath we are terrified.
You have set our iniquities before You, Our secret sins in the light of Your countenance.
Min: For all our days have passed away in Your wrath; We finish our years like a sigh. The days of our lives are seventy years.
And if by reason of strength they are eighty years, yet their boast is only labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Min: Who knows the power of Your anger? For as the fear of You, so is Your wrath.
So teach us to number our days, That we may gain a heart of wisdom.
601 PALM SUNDAY
Zechariah 9:9, 10; Psalm 45:2-4, 6; Isaiah 40:9; 52:7
Min: "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is coming to you;
He is just and having salvation, lowly and riding on a donkey, a colt, the foal of a donkey.
Min: I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem; the battle bow shall be cut off.
He shall speak peace to the nations; His dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
Min: You are fairer than the sons of men; Grace is poured upon Your lips; Therefore God has blessed You forever.
Gird Your sword upon Your thigh, O Mighty One, With Your glory and Your majesty.
Min: And in Your majesty ride prosperously because of truth, humility, and righteousness.
Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.
Min: O Zion, you who bring good tidings, get up into the high mountain;
O Jerusalem, you who bring good tidings, lift up your voice with strength,
Min: Lift it up, be not afraid; say to the cities of Judah, "Behold your God!"
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who proclaims peace, who brings glad tidings of good things, who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, "Your God reigns!"
602 EASTER DAY
1 Corinthians 15:20-22; 35, 39-45, 51, 53, 57, 58
Min: Now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive.
Min: But someone will say, "How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come?"
All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fish, and another of birds.
Min: There are also celestial bodies and terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory.
Min: So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption.
It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.
Min: It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
And so it is written, "The first man Adam became a living being." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
Min: Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
Min: Thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.