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DAY 250 – Create in me a clean heart

A Psalm of David when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

Psalm 51:10-12 (New King James Version)

¹⁰ Create in me a clean heart, O God,
         And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
¹¹ Do not cast me away from Your presence,
         And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.
¹² Restore to me the joy of Your salvation,
         And uphold me by Your generous Spirit.

Psalm 51:17 (New King James Version)

¹⁷ The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit,
A broken and a contrite heart—
These, O God, You will not despise.

DAY 248: Wisdom from Ecclesiastes!

Ecclesiastes 10:10 If the ax is dull, And one does not sharpen the edge, Then he must use more strength; But wisdom brings success.

Ecclesiastes 11:1 (NKJV) Cast your bread upon the waters, For you will find it after many days.

Ecclesiastes 12:1a (NKJV) Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, Before the difficult days come,

Ecclesiastes 12:13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

DAY 247-A 3fold cord is not quickly broken!

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 (New King James Version)

The Value of a Friend

⁹ Two are better than one, Because they have a good reward for their labor.

¹⁰ For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, For he has no one to help him up.

¹¹ Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; But how can one be warm alone?

¹² Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

DAY 247 Psalm 47:1 Oh, clap your hands, all you peoples!

Psalm 47:1 (New King James Version)

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

¹ Oh, clap your hands, all you peoples!
Shout to God with the voice of triumph!

DAY 245: Paul’s Appear for Separation from Unbelievers

2 Corinthians 6:14-16a (New King James Version)

¹⁴ Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? ¹⁵ And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? ¹⁶ And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God.

DAY 245 & 247: the gift of God: man enjoy his labor!

Ecclesiastes 3:12-13 (New King James Version)

¹² I know that nothing is better for them than to rejoice, and to do good in their lives, ¹³ and also that every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labor—it is the gift of God.

Ecclesiastes 5:18-19 (New King James Version)

¹⁸ Here is what I have seen: It is good and fitting for one to eat and drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor in which he toils under the sun all the days of his life which God gives him; for it is his heritage. ¹⁹ As for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, and given him power to eat of it, to receive his heritage and rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God.