October 16: 2 Samuel 22:2–3; Psalm 27:1; Psalm 28:7; Psalm 31:3; Psalm 59:9; Psalm 63:7; Psalm 125:2; Isaiah 59:19; Hebrews 13:6; Matthew 6:12; Matthew 18:21–22; Matthew 18:32–35; Ephesians 4:32; Colossians 2:13–14; Colossians 3:13 - a podcast by Crossway

You, O God, are my fortress.

“The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge, my savior.”—The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.

He will come like a rushing stream, which the wind of the Lord drives.—We can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?”

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people, from this time forth and forevermore.—For you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy.

For your name's sake you lead me and guide me.

2 Samuel 22:2–3 (Listen)

2 He said,

  “The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,
3     my¹ God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,
  my shield, and the horn of my salvation,
    my stronghold and my refuge,
    my savior; you save me from violence.

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Psalm 27:1 (Listen)

The Lord Is My Light and My Salvation

Of David.

27   The LORD is my light and my salvation;
    whom shall I fear?
  The LORD is the stronghold¹ of my life;
    of whom shall I be afraid?

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Psalm 28:7 (Listen)

7   The LORD is my strength and my shield;
    in him my heart trusts, and I am helped;
  my heart exults,
    and with my song I give thanks to him.

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Psalm 31:3 (Listen)

3   For you are my rock and my fortress;
    and for your name’s sake you lead me and guide me;

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Psalm 59:9 (Listen)

9   O my Strength, I will watch for you,
    for you, O God, are my fortress.

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Psalm 63:7 (Listen)

7   for you have been my help,
    and in the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy.

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Psalm 125:2 (Listen)

2   As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
    so the LORD surrounds his people,
    from this time forth and forevermore.

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Isaiah 59:19 (Listen)

19   So they shall fear the name of the LORD from the west,
    and his glory from the rising of the sun;
  for he will come like a rushing stream,¹
    which the wind of the LORD drives.

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Hebrews 13:6 (Listen)

6 So we can confidently say,

  “The Lord is my helper;
    I will not fear;
  what can man do to me?”

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“Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.”

“Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven.”—“‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me. And should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you?’ And in anger his master delivered him to the jailers, until he should pay all his debt. So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart.”—Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.—You,… God made alive,… having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.—As the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.

Matthew 6:12 (Listen)

12   and forgive us our debts,
    as we also have forgiven our debtors.

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Matthew 18:21–22 (Listen)

The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant

21 Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” 22 Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.

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Matthew 18:32–35 (Listen)

32 Then his master summoned him and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me. 33 And should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you?’ 34 And in anger his master delivered him to the jailers,¹ until he should pay all his debt. 35 So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart.”

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Ephesians 4:32 (Listen)

32 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

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Colossians 2:13–14 (Listen)

13 And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, 14 by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.

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Colossians 3:13 (Listen)

13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.

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