November 25: Matthew 7:21; Luke 8:21; Luke 11:28; John 4:34; John 15:14; Galatians 5:6; Hebrews 2:11–12; 1 John 1:6; 1 John 2:5; 1 Kings 19:9; Job 23:10; Psalm 37:24; Psalm 103:13; Psalm 139:1–3; Psalm 139:7; Psalm 139:9–10; Proverbs 24:16; Proverbs 29:25; Matthew 26:41; Galatians 6:9; James 5:17 - a podcast by Crossway

“My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.”

He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one origin. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers, saying, “I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise.”—In Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.—“You are my friends if you do what I command you.”—“Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.”—“My food is to do the will of him who sent me.”

If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.—Whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may be sure that we are in him.

Matthew 7:21(Listen)

I Never Knew You

21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

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Luke 8:21(Listen)

21 But he answered them,“My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.”

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Luke 11:28(Listen)

28 But he said,“Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”

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John 4:34(Listen)

34 Jesus said to them,“My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.

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John 15:14(Listen)

14 You are my friends if you do what I command you.

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Galatians 5:6(Listen)

6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.

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Hebrews 2:11–12(Listen)

11 For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source.¹That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers,²12 saying,

  “I will tell of your name to my brothers;
    in the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise.”

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1 John 1:6(Listen)

6 If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

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1 John 2:5(Listen)

5 but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him:

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“What are you doing here, Elijah?”

“He knows the way that I take.”—O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways…. Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence?… If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me.

Elijah was a man with a nature like ours.—The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.—Though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the Lord upholds his hand.—The righteous falls seven times and rises again.—Let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.—“The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”—As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.

1 Kings 19:9(Listen)

TheLordSpeaks to Elijah

9 There he came to a cave and lodged in it. And behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

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Job 23:10(Listen)

10   But he knows the way that I take;
    when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold.

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Psalm 37:24(Listen)

24   though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong,
    for the LORD upholds his hand.

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Psalm 103:13(Listen)

13   As a father shows compassion to his children,
    so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him.

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Psalm 139:1–3(Listen)

Search Me, O God, and Know My Heart

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

139   O LORD, you have searched me and known me!
2   You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
    you discern my thoughts from afar.
3   You search out my path and my lying down
    and are acquainted with all my ways.

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Psalm 139:7(Listen)

7   Where shall I go from your Spirit?
    Or where shall I flee from your presence?

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Psalm 139:9–10(Listen)

9   If I take the wings of the morning
    and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10   even there your hand shall lead me,
    and your right hand shall hold me.

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Proverbs 24:16(Listen)

16   for the righteous falls seven times and rises again,
    but the wicked stumble in times of calamity.

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Proverbs 29:25(Listen)

25   The fear of man lays a snare,
    but whoever trusts in the LORD is safe.

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Matthew 26:41(Listen)

41 Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

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Galatians 6:9(Listen)

9 And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.

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James 5:17(Listen)

17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth.

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