Day 89 - Monday in Holy Week

Read | Monday | March 30 | Joshua 22:1 – 24:33

Date | 1405 or 1239 BC | History - Click here

Reading | Eastern tribes return after the conquest; build an altar; Joshua's final address to Israel - be strong, obey God, remember God's promises, don't affiliate with conquered; renewal of covenant; burial of heroes of faith.

Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 | Click here 

Next| Tuesday | March 31 | Judges 1:1 – 3:30

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Psalm 51 
or Coverdale

¹ Have mercy on me, O God, according to your loving-kindness;*
in your great compassion blot out my offenses.

² Wash me through and through from my wickedness*
and cleanse me from my sin. 

³ For I know my transgressions,*
and my sin is ever before me. 

⁴ Against you only have I sinned*
and done what is evil in your sight. 

⁵ And so you are justified when you speak*
and upright in your judgment. 

⁶ Indeed, I have been wicked from my birth,*
a sinner from my mother's womb. 

⁷ For behold, you look for truth deep within me,*
and will make me understand wisdom secretly. 

⁸ Purge me from my sin, and I shall be pure;*
wash me, and I shall be clean indeed. 

⁹ Make me hear of joy and gladness,*
that the body you have broken may rejoice. 

¹⁰ Hide your face from my sins*
and blot out all my iniquities. 

¹¹ Create in me a clean heart, O God,*
and renew a right spirit within me. 

¹² Cast me not away from your presence*
and take not your holy Spirit from me. 

¹³ Give me the joy of your saving help again*
and sustain me with your bountiful Spirit. 

¹⁴ I shall teach your ways to the wicked,*
and sinners shall return to you. 

¹⁵ Deliver me from death, O God,*
and my tongue shall sing of your righteousness,
O God of my salvation. 

¹⁶ Open my lips, O Lord,*
and my mouth shall proclaim your praise. 

¹⁷ Had you desired it, I would have offered sacrifice,*
but you take no delight in burnt-offerings. 

¹⁸ The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit;*
a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. 

¹⁹ Be favorable and gracious to Zion,*
and rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. 

²⁰ Then you will be pleased with the appointed sacrifices,
with burnt-offerings and oblations;*
then shall they offer young bullocks upon your altar.

Source | Daily Office in English | Mission St Clare | Today - Click Here