February 18: Psalm 4:6; Psalm 30:5–10; Psalm 59:16; Isaiah 54:7–8; Jeremiah 17:17; John 16:20; Genesis 5:3; Job 14:4; Psalm 51:5; Romans 5:12; Romans 5:15; Romans 5:19; Romans 7:14–15; Romans 7:18; Romans 8:2; 1 Corinthians 15:57; Ephesians 2:1; Ephesians 2:3 - a podcast by Crossway

You are my refuge in the day of disaster.

There are many who say, “Who will show us some good? Lift up the light of your face upon us, OLord!”—But I will sing of your strength; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been to me a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress.

As for me, I said in my prosperity, “I shall never be moved.” You hid your face; I was dismayed. To you, OLord, I cry, and to the Lord I plead for mercy: “What profit is there in my death, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it tell of your faithfulness? Hear, OLord, and be merciful to me! OLord, be my helper!”

“For a brief moment I deserted you, but with great compassion I will gather you. In overflowing anger for a moment I hid my face from you, but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,” says theLord, your Redeemer.—“Your sorrow will turn into joy.”—Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.

Psalm 4:6(Listen)

6   There are many who say, “Who will show us some good?
    Lift up the light of your face upon us, O LORD!”

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Psalm 30:5–10(Listen)

5   For his anger is but for a moment,
    and his favor is for a lifetime.¹
  Weeping may tarry for the night,
    but joy comes with the morning.
6   As for me, I said in my prosperity,
    “I shall never be moved.”
7   By your favor, O LORD,
    you made my mountain stand strong;
  you hid your face;
    I was dismayed.
8   To you, O LORD, I cry,
    and to the Lord I plead for mercy:
9   “What profit is there in my death,²
    if I go down to the pit?³
  Will the dust praise you?
    Will it tell of your faithfulness?
10   Hear, O LORD, and be merciful to me!
    O LORD, be my helper!”

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Psalm 59:16(Listen)

16   But I will sing of your strength;
    I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning.
  For you have been to me a fortress
    and a refuge in the day of my distress.

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Isaiah 54:7–8(Listen)

7   For a brief moment I deserted you,
    but with great compassion I will gather you.
8   In overflowing anger for a moment
    I hid my face from you,
  but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,”
    says the LORD, your Redeemer.

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Jeremiah 17:17(Listen)

17   Be not a terror to me;
    you are my refuge in the day of disaster.

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John 16:20(Listen)

20 Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy.

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Adam… fathered a son in his own likeness.

“Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?”—Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.

And you were dead in the trespasses and sins… and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.—I am of the flesh, sold under sin. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate…. For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh.

Sin came into the world through one man… by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners.—If many died through one man's trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many.

For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Genesis 5:3(Listen)

3 When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.

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Job 14:4(Listen)

4   Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
    There is not one.

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Psalm 51:5(Listen)

5   Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
    and in sin did my mother conceive me.

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Romans 5:12(Listen)

Death in Adam, Life in Christ

12 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men¹because all sinned—

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Romans 5:15(Listen)

15 But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man’s trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many.

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Romans 5:19(Listen)

19 For as by the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous.

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Romans 7:14–15(Listen)

14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold under sin.15 For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.

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Romans 7:18(Listen)

18 For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out.

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Romans 8:2(Listen)

2 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you¹free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.

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1 Corinthians 15:57(Listen)

57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Ephesians 2:1(Listen)

By Grace Through Faith

2 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins

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Ephesians 2:3(Listen)

3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body¹and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.²

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