August 15: Nehemiah 8:10; Psalm 28:7; Isaiah 12:2; Isaiah 49:13; Isaiah 61:10; Habakkuk 3:18; Romans 5:11; Romans 15:17; 2 Samuel 23:5; Romans 8:28–30; Ephesians 1:3–5; 2 Timothy 1:12 - a podcast by Crossway

“The joy of the Lord is your strength.”

Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing! for the Lord has comforted his people and will have compassion on his afflicted.—“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.”—The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.—My soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

In Christ Jesus, then, I have reason to be proud of my work for God.—We also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.—I will take joy in the God of my salvation.

Nehemiah 8:10 (Listen)

10 Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”

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Psalm 28:7 (Listen)

7   The LORD is my strength and my shield;
    in him my heart trusts, and I am helped;
  my heart exults,
    and with my song I give thanks to him.

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Isaiah 12:2 (Listen)

2   “Behold, God is my salvation;
    I will trust, and will not be afraid;
  for the LORD GOD¹ is my strength and my song,
    and he has become my salvation.”

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Isaiah 49:13 (Listen)

13   Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth;
    break forth, O mountains, into singing!
  For the LORD has comforted his people
    and will have compassion on his afflicted.

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Isaiah 61:10 (Listen)

10   I will greatly rejoice in the LORD;
    my soul shall exult in my God,
  for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation;
    he has covered me with the robe of righteousness,
  as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress,
    and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

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Habakkuk 3:18 (Listen)

18   yet I will rejoice in the LORD;
    I will take joy in the God of my salvation.

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Romans 5:11 (Listen)

11 More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

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Romans 15:17 (Listen)

17 In Christ Jesus, then, I have reason to be proud of my work for God.

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“He has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things and secure.”

I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will.

We know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son…. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.

2 Samuel 23:5 (Listen)

5   “For does not my house stand so with God?
    For he has made with me an everlasting covenant,
    ordered in all things and secure.
  For will he not cause to prosper
    all my help and my desire?

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Romans 8:28–30 (Listen)

28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good,¹ for those who are called according to his purpose. 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. 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.

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Ephesians 1:3–5 (Listen)

Spiritual Blessings in Christ

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, 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 5 he predestined us¹ for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will,

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2 Timothy 1:12 (Listen)

12 which is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that day what has been entrusted to me.¹

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