October 12: Psalm 13:1–2; Psalm 22:11; Psalm 27:9; Psalm 46:1; Psalm 62:1; Psalm 62:5; Psalm 91:15; Psalm 145:18–19; Matthew 28:20; John 14:18; Exodus 15:11; Exodus 34:14; 1 Chronicles 16:29; Job 42:5–6; Isaiah 6:1–3; Isaiah 6:5; Matthew 6:9; Hebrews 10:19; Hebrews 10:22; Hebrews 12:10; 1 John 1:7; Revelation 4:8 - a podcast by Crossway

Be not far from me, for trouble is near.

How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I take counsel in my soul and have sorrow in my heart all the day?—Hide not your face from me. Turn not your servant away in anger, O you who have been my help. Cast me not off; forsake me not, O God of my salvation!

When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him.—The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. He fulfills the desire of those who fear him; he also hears their cry and saves them.

“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.”—“Behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.—For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation. For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him.

Psalm 13:1–2 (Listen)

How Long, O Lord?

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

13   How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever?
    How long will you hide your face from me?
2   How long must I take counsel in my soul
    and have sorrow in my heart all the day?
  How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

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Psalm 22:11 (Listen)

11   Be not far from me,
    for trouble is near,
    and there is none to help.

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Psalm 27:9 (Listen)

9     Hide not your face from me.
  Turn not your servant away in anger,
    O you who have been my help.
  Cast me not off; forsake me not,
    O God of my salvation!

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Psalm 46:1 (Listen)

God Is Our Fortress

To the choirmaster. Of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth.¹ A Song.

46   God is our refuge and strength,
    a very present² help in trouble.

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Psalm 62:1 (Listen)

My Soul Waits for God Alone

To the choirmaster: according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.

62   For God alone my soul waits in silence;
    from him comes my salvation.

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Psalm 62:5 (Listen)

5   For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence,
    for my hope is from him.

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Psalm 91:15 (Listen)

15   When he calls to me, I will answer him;
    I will be with him in trouble;
    I will rescue him and honor him.

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Psalm 145:18–19 (Listen)

18   The LORD is near to all who call on him,
    to all who call on him in truth.
19   He fulfills the desire of those who fear him;
    he also hears their cry and saves them.

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Matthew 28:20 (Listen)

20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

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John 14:18 (Listen)

18 “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.

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“Hallowed be your name.”

“You shall worship no other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.”

“Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders?”—“Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty.”

Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness.—I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him stood the seraphim…. One called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!”… And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost.”—“I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you; therefore I despise myself.”

The blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.—That we may share his holiness.—Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus,… let us draw near with a true heart.

Exodus 15:11 (Listen)

11   “Who is like you, O LORD, among the gods?
    Who is like you, majestic in holiness,
    awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders?

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Exodus 34:14 (Listen)

14 (for you shall worship no other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God),

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1 Chronicles 16:29 (Listen)

29   Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name;
    bring an offering and come before him!
  Worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness;¹

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Job 42:5–6 (Listen)

5   I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,
    but now my eye sees you;
6   therefore I despise myself,
    and repent¹ in dust and ashes.”

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Isaiah 6:1–3 (Listen)

Isaiah’s Vision of the Lord

6 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train¹ of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3 And one called to another and said:

  “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts;
  the whole earth is full of his glory!”²

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Isaiah 6:5 (Listen)

5 And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!”

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Matthew 6:9 (Listen)

9 Pray then like this:

  “Our Father in heaven,
  hallowed be your name.¹

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Hebrews 10:19 (Listen)

The Full Assurance of Faith

19 Therefore, brothers,¹ since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus,

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Hebrews 10:22 (Listen)

22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

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Hebrews 12:10 (Listen)

10 For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness.

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1 John 1:7 (Listen)

7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

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Revelation 4:8 (Listen)

8 And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say,

  “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty,
    who was and is and is to come!”

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