Morning Blend, 9.6.20

SCRIPTURE LESSONS

PSALM 51:1-12

For the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.

1 Have mercy on me, O God,
 according to your unfailing love;
according to your great compassion
 blot out my transgressions.

2 Wash away all my iniquity
 and cleanse me from my sin.

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

4 Against you, you only, have I sinned
 and done what is evil in your sight;
so you are right in your verdict
 and justified when you judge.

5 Surely I was sinful at birth,
 sinful from the time my mother conceived me.

6 Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb;
 you taught me wisdom in that secret place.

7 Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
 wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

8 Let me hear joy and gladness;
 let the bones you have crushed rejoice.

9 Hide your face from my sins
 and blot out all my iniquity.

10 Create in me a pure heart, O God,
 and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

11 Do not cast me from your presence
 or take your Holy Spirit from me.

12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation
 and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.

ROMANS 5:1-8

Peace and Hope

5 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we^[a] have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, ² through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we^[b] boast in the hope of the glory of God. ³ Not only so, but we^[c] also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; ⁴ perseverance, character; and character, hope. ⁵ And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

⁶ You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. ⁷ Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. ⁸ But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

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