March 22: Deuteronomy 4:9; Isaiah 41:10; Isaiah 41:13; Mark 13:37; Hebrews 10:38–39; 1 Peter 4:7; 1 Peter 5:8; Revelation 3:2; Numbers 14:18; Psalm 77:8; Psalm 136:23; Micah 7:18–19; 2 Corinthians 1:3–4; Titus 3:5; Hebrews 2:17–18 - a podcast by Crossway

“Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die.”

The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers.—Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.—“Only take care, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life.”—“But my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.” But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.—“And what I say to you I say to all: Stay awake.”

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. For I, theLordyour God, hold your right hand.

Deuteronomy 4:9(Listen)

9 “Only take care, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. Make them known to your children and your children’s children—

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Isaiah 41:10(Listen)

10   fear not, for I am with you;
    be not dismayed, for I am your God;
  I will strengthen you, I will help you,
    I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

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Isaiah 41:13(Listen)

13   For I, the LORD your God,
    hold your right hand;
  it is I who say to you, “Fear not,
    I am the one who helps you.”

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Mark 13:37(Listen)

37 And what I say to you I say to all: Stay awake.”

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Hebrews 10:38–39(Listen)

38   but my righteous one shall live by faith,
    and if he shrinks back,
  my soul has no pleasure in him.”

39 But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.

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1 Peter 4:7(Listen)

7 The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers.

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1 Peter 5:8(Listen)

8 Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

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Revelation 3:2(Listen)

2 Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God.

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Has his steadfast love forever ceased?

His steadfast love endures forever.—“TheLordis slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.”—Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity…. He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love. He will again have compassion on us; he will tread our iniquities under foot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.—He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

A merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.

Numbers 14:18(Listen)

18 ‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, to the third and the fourth generation.’

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Psalm 77:8(Listen)

8   Has his steadfast love forever ceased?
    Are his promises at an end for all time?

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Psalm 136:23(Listen)

23   It is he who remembered us in our low estate,
    for his steadfast love endures forever;

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Micah 7:18–19(Listen)

God’s Steadfast Love and Compassion

18   Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity
    and passing over transgression
    for the remnant of his inheritance?
  He does not retain his anger forever,
    because he delights in steadfast love.
19   He will again have compassion on us;
    he will tread our iniquities underfoot.
  You will cast all our¹sins
    into the depths of the sea.

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2 Corinthians 1:3–4(Listen)

God of All Comfort

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,4 who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

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Titus 3:5(Listen)

5 he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,

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Hebrews 2:17–18(Listen)

17 Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.18 For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.

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