April 3
2Samuel 7 & 2Corinthians 7
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2Samuel 7

Chapter 7

7:1When the king had settled into his palace and the Lord had given him rest on every side from all his enemies, 2the king said to Nathan the prophet, "Look, I am living in a cedar house while the ark of God sits inside tent curtains."
3So Nathan told the king, "Go and do all that is on your heart, for the Lord is with you."
4But that night the word of the Lord came to Nathan: 5"Go to My servant David and say, 'This is what the Lord says: Are you to build a house for Me to live in? 6From the time I brought the Israelites out of Egypt until today I have not lived in a house; instead, I have been moving around with a tent as My dwelling. 7In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked anyone among the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people Israel: Why haven't you built Me a house of cedar?'
8"Now this is what you are to say to My servant David: 'This is what the Lord of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture and from following the sheep to be ruler over My people Israel. 9I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have destroyed all your enemies before you. I will make a name for you like that of the greatest in the land. 10I will establish a place for My people Israel and plant them, so that they may live there and not be disturbed again. Evildoers will not afflict them as they have done 11ever since the day I ordered judges to be over My people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies.
"'The Lord declares to you: The Lord Himself will make a house for you. 12When your time comes and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up after you your descendant, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. 13He will build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14I will be a father to him, and he will be a son to Me. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with a human rod and with blows from others. 15But My faithful love will never leave him as I removed it from Saul; I removed him from your way. 16Your house and kingdom will endure before Me forever, and your throne will be established forever.'"
17Nathan spoke all these words and this entire vision to David.
18Then King David went in, sat in the Lord's presence, and said,
Who am I, Lord God, and what is my house that You have brought me this far?
19What You have done so far was a little thing to You, Lord God, for You have also spoken about Your servant's house in the distant future. And this is a revelation for mankind, Lord God.
20What more can David say to You? You know Your servant, Lord God.
21Because of Your word and according to Your will, You have revealed all these great things to Your servant.
22This is why You are great, Lord God. There is no one like You, and there is no God besides You, as all we have heard confirms.
23And who is like Your people Israel? God came to one nation on earth in order to redeem a people for Himself, to make a name for Himself, and to perform for them great and awesome acts, driving out nations and their gods before Your people You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt.
24You established Your people Israel to be Your own people forever, and You, Lord, have become their God.
25Now, Lord God, fulfill the promise forever that You have made to Your servant and his house. Do as You have promised,
26so that Your name will be exalted forever, when it is said, "The Lord of Hosts is God over Israel." The house of Your servant David will be established before You
27since You, Lord of Hosts, God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant when You said, "I will build a house for you." Therefore, Your servant has found the courage to pray this prayer to You.
28Lord God, You are God; Your words are true, and You have promised this grace to Your servant.
29Now, please bless Your servant's house so that it will continue before You forever. For You, Lord God, have spoken, and with Your blessing Your servant's house will be blessed forever.

2Corinthians 7

Chapter 7

7:1Therefore, dear friends, since we have such promises, let us cleanse ourselves from every impurity of the flesh and spirit, completing our sanctification in the fear of God.
2Accept us. We have wronged no one, corrupted no one, defrauded no one. 3I don't say this to condemn you, for I have already said that you are in our hearts, to live together and to die together. 4I have great confidence in you; I have great pride in you. I am filled with encouragement; I am overcome with joy in all our afflictions.
5In fact, when we came into Macedonia, we had no rest. Instead, we were troubled in every way: conflicts on the outside, fears inside. 6But God, who comforts the humble, comforted us by the arrival of Titus, 7and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort he received from you. He told us about your deep longing, your sorrow, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced even more. 8For even if I grieved you with my letter, I do not regret it-even though I did regret it since I saw that the letter grieved you, yet only for a little while. 9Now I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because your grief led to repentance. For you were grieved as God willed, so that you didn't experience any loss from us. 10For godly grief produces a repentance not to be regretted and leading to salvation, but worldly grief produces death. 11For consider how much diligence this very thing-this grieving as God wills-has produced in you: what a desire to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what deep longing, what zeal, what justice! In every way you showed yourselves to be pure in this matter. 12So even though I wrote to you, it was not because of the one who did wrong, or because of the one who was wronged, but in order that your diligence for us might be made plain to you in the sight of God. 13For this reason we have been comforted.
In addition to our comfort, we rejoiced even more over the joy Titus had, because his spirit was refreshed by all of you. 14For if I have made any boast to him about you, I have not been embarrassed; but as I have spoken everything to you in truth, so our boasting to Titus has also turned out to be the truth. 15And his affection toward you is even greater as he remembers the obedience of all of you, and how you received him with fear and trembling. 16I rejoice that I have complete confidence in you.

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