October 17: Ecclesiastes 9:10; Luke 2:49; John 2:17; John 9:4; Romans 12:11; 1 Corinthians 9:24; Ephesians 6:8; Colossians 3:23–24; Hebrews 6:11–12; 2 Peter 1:10; Genesis 13:10–11; Genesis 13:13; Proverbs 28:26; Matthew 6:13; Romans 14:4; 2 Corinthians 6:17; James 1:13–14; 2 Peter 2:7; 2 Peter 2:9 - a podcast by Crossway

Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.—Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.—Whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord.

“We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.”—“Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?”—“Zeal for your house will consume me.”

Brothers, be all the more diligent to make your calling and election sure, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall.—We desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end, so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.—So run that you may obtain it.

Ecclesiastes 9:10 (Listen)

10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might,¹ for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.

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Luke 2:49 (Listen)

49 And he said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?”¹

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John 2:17 (Listen)

17 His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.”

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John 9:4 (Listen)

4 We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.

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Romans 12:11 (Listen)

11 Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit,¹ serve the Lord.

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1 Corinthians 9:24 (Listen)

24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it.

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Ephesians 6:8 (Listen)

8 knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a bondservant or is free.

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Colossians 3:23–24 (Listen)

23 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, 24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.

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Hebrews 6:11–12 (Listen)

11 And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end, 12 so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

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2 Peter 1:10 (Listen)

10 Therefore, brothers,¹ be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall.

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“Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.”

Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.

Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.—“Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you.”

Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the Jordan Valley was well watered everywhere like the garden of the Lord…. So Lot chose for himself all the Jordan Valley…. Now the men of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against the Lord.—If he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked… then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials.—And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

Genesis 13:10–11 (Listen)

10 And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the Jordan Valley was well watered everywhere like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, in the direction of Zoar. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.) 11 So Lot chose for himself all the Jordan Valley, and Lot journeyed east. Thus they separated from each other.

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Genesis 13:13 (Listen)

13 Now the men of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against the LORD.

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Proverbs 28:26 (Listen)

26   Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool,
    but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.

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Matthew 6:13 (Listen)

13   And lead us not into temptation,
    but deliver us from evil.¹

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Romans 14:4 (Listen)

4 Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master¹ that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

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2 Corinthians 6:17 (Listen)

17   Therefore go out from their midst,
    and be separate from them, says the Lord,
  and touch no unclean thing;
    then I will welcome you,

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James 1:13–14 (Listen)

13 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. 14 But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.

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2 Peter 2:7 (Listen)

7 and if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked

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2 Peter 2:9 (Listen)

9 then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials,¹ and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,

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