One Year Pray for America Bible - Flipbook - Page 23
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January 4
PROVERBS 1:1019
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My child, if sinners entice you,
turn your back on them!
They may say, “Come and join us.
Let’s hide and kill someone!
Just for fun, let’s ambush the
innocent!
Let’s swallow them alive, like the
grave*;
let’s swallow them whole, like
those who go down to the pit
of death.
Think of the great things we’ll get!
We’ll fill our houses with all the
stuff we take.
Come, throw in your lot with us;
we’ll all share the loot.”
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My child, don’t go along with
them!
Stay far away from their
paths.
They rush to commit evil deeds.
They hurry to commit murder.
If a bird sees a trap being set,
it knows to stay away.
But these people set an ambush for
themselves;
they are trying to get themselves
killed.
Such is the fate of all who are
greedy for money;
it robs them of life.
1:12 Hebrew like Sheol.
Lord, when the devil tempted Jesus, your truth protected
him. Plant your truth deep into the hearts of our leaders
so they—and our nation—can enjoy your protection.
I pray our leaders will turn to you in times of turmoil
and when deceit and lies tug at them. Amen.
GENESIS 8:1–10:32
But God remembered Noah and all
the wild animals and livestock with
him in the boat. He sent a wind to
blow across the earth, and the flood
waters began to recede. 2 The underground waters stopped flowing, and
the torrential rains from the sky were
stopped. 3 So the floodwaters gradually receded from the earth. After
150 days, 4 exactly five months from
the time the flood began,* the boat
came to rest on the mountains of Ar
arat. 5 Two and a half months later,*
as the waters continued to go down,
other mountain peaks became visible.
6 After another forty days, Noah
opened the window he had made in
the boat 7 and released a raven. The
bird flew back and forth until the
floodwaters on the earth had dried
up. 8 He also released a dove to see
if the water had receded and it could
find dry ground. 9 But the dove could
find no place to land because the
water still covered the ground. So it
returned to the boat, and Noah held
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out his hand and drew the dove back
inside. 10 After waiting another seven
days, Noah released the dove again.
11 This time the dove returned to him
in the evening with a fresh olive leaf
in its beak. Then Noah knew that the
floodwaters were almost gone. 12 He
waited another seven days and then
released the dove again. This time it
did not come back.
13 Noah was now 601 years old. On
the first day of the new year, ten and
a half months after the flood began,*
the floodwaters had almost dried up
from the earth. Noah lifted back the
covering of the boat and saw that the
surface of the ground was drying.
14 Two more months went by,* and at
last the earth was dry!
15 Then God said to Noah, 16 “Leave
the boat, all of y
ou—you and your
wife, and your sons and their wives.
17 Release all the a
nimals—the birds,
the livestock, and the small animals
that scurry along the ground—so they
can be fruitful and multiply throughout the earth.”
