January 3: Deuteronomy 32:10–12; Job 36:22; Psalm 23:3–4; Psalm 48:14; Psalm 107:7; Isaiah 46:4; Isaiah 58:11; Psalm 119:18; Luke 18:41; Luke 24:45; John 14:26; Ephesians 1:17–19; James 1:17 - a podcast by Crossway

He led them by a straight way.

“He found [Jacob] in a desert land, and in the howling waste of the wilderness; he encircled him, he cared for him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that flutters over its young, spreading out its wings, catching them, bearing them on its pinions, the Lord alone guided him.”—“Even to your old age I am he, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.”

He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

“And the Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.”—This is God, our God forever and ever. He will guide us forever.—“Who is a teacher like him?”

Deuteronomy 32:10–12 (Listen)

10   “He found him in a desert land,
    and in the howling waste of the wilderness;
  he encircled him, he cared for him,
    he kept him as the apple of his eye.
11   Like an eagle that stirs up its nest,
    that flutters over its young,
  spreading out its wings, catching them,
    bearing them on its pinions,
12   the LORD alone guided him,
    no foreign god was with him.

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Job 36:22 (Listen)

22   Behold, God is exalted in his power;
    who is a teacher like him?

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Psalm 23:3–4 (Listen)

3     He restores my soul.
  He leads me in paths of righteousness¹
    for his name’s sake.


4   Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,²
    I will fear no evil,
  for you are with me;
    your rod and your staff,
    they comfort me.

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Psalm 48:14 (Listen)

14     that this is God,
  our God forever and ever.
    He will guide us forever.¹

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Psalm 107:7 (Listen)

7   He led them by a straight way
    till they reached a city to dwell in.

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Isaiah 46:4 (Listen)

4   even to your old age I am he,
    and to gray hairs I will carry you.
  I have made, and I will bear;
    I will carry and will save.

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Isaiah 58:11 (Listen)

11   And the LORD will guide you continually
    and satisfy your desire in scorched places
    and make your bones strong;
  and you shall be like a watered garden,
    like a spring of water,
    whose waters do not fail.

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“What do you want me to do for you?” He said, “Lord, let me recover my sight.”

Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.

Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.—“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things.”—Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights.

The God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might.

Psalm 119:18 (Listen)

18   Open my eyes, that I may behold
    wondrous things out of your law.

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Luke 18:41 (Listen)

41 “What do you want me to do for you?” He said, “Lord, let me recover my sight.”

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Luke 24:45 (Listen)

45 Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,

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John 14:26 (Listen)

26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

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Ephesians 1:17–19 (Listen)

17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, 18 having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might

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James 1:17 (Listen)

17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.¹

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