The Way of the Cross

Spiritual Beings

Freedom in Forgiveness: Discover the Healing in Letting Go by Sara Brunsvold

Bold Faith, Mighty Works: Walking in the Spirit’s Power

Chosen and Complete: Embracing God's Plan Beyond Marriage

We're So Blessed: A Fun 5-Day Family Devotional From CAIN

3-Day Bible Quest: Level 2: Love Unlocked – Powering Up Through Jesus

3-Day Bible Plan: How to Truly Love Thy Neighbor in Today’s World

The Armor of God: Well Used Against Injury

The Big 5

New International Version

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkNUM">
      <div class="chapter ch21" data-usfm="NUM.21.4+NUM.21.5+NUM.21.6+NUM.21.7+NUM.21.8+NUM.21.9">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.21.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They traveled from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">21:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the Sea of Reeds</span></span></span><span class="content"> to go around Edom. But the people grew impatient on the way; </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.21.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">they spoke against God and against Moses, and said, &#8220;Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread! There is no water! And we detest this miserable food!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.21.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.21.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.21.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The people came to Moses and said, &#8220;We sinned when we spoke against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and against you. Pray that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will take the snakes away from us.&#8221; So Moses prayed for the people.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.21.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.21.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses, &#8220;Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.21.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived.</span></span></div>
      </div>
   </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkPSA">
      <div class="chapter ch107" data-usfm="PSA.107.1+PSA.107.2+PSA.107.3">
         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.107.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for he is good;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.107.1"><span class="content">his love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.107.1"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.107.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.107.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Let the redeemed of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> tell their story&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.107.2"><span class="content">those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.107.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.107.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">those he gathered from the lands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.107.3"><span class="content">from east and west, from north and south.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">107:3 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">north and the sea</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.107.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.107.3"></span></div>
      </div>
   </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkPSA">
      <div class="chapter ch107" data-usfm="PSA.107.17+PSA.107.18+PSA.107.19+PSA.107.20+PSA.107.21+PSA.107.22">
         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.107.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Some became fools through their rebellious ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.107.17"><span class="content">and suffered affliction because of their iniquities.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.107.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.107.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">They loathed all food</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.107.18"><span class="content">and drew near the gates of death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.107.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.107.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Then they cried to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in their trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.107.19"><span class="content">and he saved them from their distress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.107.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.107.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He sent out his word and healed them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.107.20"><span class="content">he rescued them from the grave.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.107.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.107.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Let them give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> for his unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.107.21"><span class="content">and his wonderful deeds for mankind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.107.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.107.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Let them sacrifice thank offerings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.107.22"><span class="content">and tell of his works with songs of joy.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.107.22"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.107.22"></span></div>
      </div>
   </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkEPH">
      <div class="chapter ch2" data-usfm="EPH.2.1+EPH.2.2+EPH.2.3+EPH.2.4+EPH.2.5+EPH.2.6+EPH.2.7+EPH.2.8+EPH.2.9+EPH.2.10">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EPH.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EPH.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EPH.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:3 </span><span class="ft">In contexts like this, the Greek word for </span><span class="fq">flesh </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">sarx</span>) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EPH.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EPH.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions&#8212;it is by grace you have been saved. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EPH.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EPH.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EPH.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith&#8212;and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EPH.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">not by works, so that no one can boast. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EPH.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For we are God&#8217;s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EPH.2.10"></span></div>
      </div>
   </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkJHN">
      <div class="chapter ch3" data-usfm="JHN.3.14+JHN.3.15+JHN.3.16+JHN.3.17+JHN.3.18+JHN.3.19+JHN.3.20+JHN.3.21">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:14 </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="fq">lifted up </span><span class="ft">also means </span><span class="fqa">exalted.</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.&#8221;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:15 </span><span class="ft">Some interpreters end the quotation with verse 21.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.3.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God&#8217;s one and only Son. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.</span></span></div>
      </div>
   </div>
</div>

Our Story: Part OneSample

Lectio Divina

Exercise

Dive Deeper

Scripture

About this Plan

Related plans