Joel 2:1-2

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The Day of the Lord

2 ^(A)Blow a trumpet in ^(B)Zion;
    sound an alarm on ^(C)my holy mountain!
Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble,
    for ^(D)the day of the Lord is coming; it is near,
²^(E)a day of darkness and gloom,
    ^(F)a day of clouds and thick darkness!
Like blackness there is spread upon the mountains
    ^(G)a great and powerful people;
^(H)their like has never been before,
    nor will be again after them
    through the years of all generations.

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Joel 2:1-2

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The Day of the Lord

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Psalm 51:1-17

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Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when ^(A)Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

51 ^(B)Have mercy on me,^[a] O God,
    according to your steadfast love;
according to your ^(C)abundant mercy
    ^(D)blot out my transgressions.
²^(E)Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
    and ^(F)cleanse me from my sin!

³^(G)For I know my transgressions,
    and my sin is ever before me.
⁴^(H)Against you, you only, have I sinned
    and done what is evil ^(I)in your sight,
^(J)so that you may be justified in your words
    and blameless in your judgment.
⁵Behold, ^(K)I was brought forth in iniquity,
    and in sin did my mother conceive me.
⁶Behold, you delight in truth in ^(L)the inward being,
    and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.

⁷Purge me ^(M)with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
    ^(N)wash me, and I shall be ^(O)whiter than snow.
⁸Let me hear joy and gladness;
    ^(P)let the bones ^(Q)that you have broken rejoice.
⁹^(R)Hide your face from my sins,
    and ^(S)blot out all my iniquities.
¹⁰^(T)Create in me a ^(U)clean heart, O God,
    and ^(V)renew a right^[b] spirit within me.
¹¹^(W)Cast me not away from your presence,
    and take not ^(X)your Holy Spirit from me.
¹²Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
    and uphold me with a willing spirit.

¹³Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
    and sinners will ^(Y)return to you.
¹⁴Deliver me from ^(Z)bloodguiltiness, O God,
    O ^(AA)God of my salvation,
    and ^(AB)my tongue will sing aloud of your ^(AC)righteousness.
¹⁵O Lord, open my lips,
    and my mouth will declare your praise.
¹⁶^(AD)For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it;
    you will not be pleased with a burnt offering.
¹⁷The sacrifices of God are ^(AE)a broken spirit;
    a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

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Footnotes

Psalm 51:1 Or Be gracious to me
Psalm 51:10 Or steadfast

2 Corinthians 5:20-6:10

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²⁰Therefore, ^(A)we are ambassadors for Christ, ^(B)God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. ²¹^(C)For our sake he made him to be sin ^(D)who knew no sin, so that in him we might become ^(E)the righteousness of God.

6 ^(F)Working together with him, then, ^(G)we appeal to you ^(H)not to receive the grace of God in vain. ²For he says,

^(I)“In a favorable time I listened to you,
and in a day of salvation I have helped you.”

Behold, ^(J)now is the ^(K)favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation. ³We ^(L)put no obstacle in anyone's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry, ⁴but ^(M)as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: ^(N)by great endurance, ^(O)in afflictions, ^(P)hardships, calamities, ⁵^(Q)beatings, imprisonments, ^(R)riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger; ⁶^(S)by purity, ^(T)knowledge, patience, kindness, ^(U)the Holy Spirit, ^(V)genuine love; ⁷by ^(W)truthful speech, and ^(X)the power of God; with ^(Y)the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left; ⁸through honor and dishonor, ^(Z)through slander and praise. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true; ⁹as unknown, and ^(AA)yet well known; ^(AB)as dying, and behold, we live; ^(AC)as punished, and yet not killed; ¹⁰^(AD)as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; ^(AE)as poor, yet making many rich; ^(AF)as having nothing, ^(AG)yet possessing everything.

Matthew 6:1-6

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Giving to the Needy

6 “Beware of ^(A)practicing your righteousness before other people in order ^(B)to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

²^(C)“Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may ^(D)be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have ^(E)received their reward. ³But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, ⁴so that your giving may be in secret. ^(F)And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

The Lord's Prayer

⁵“And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love ^(G)to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. ^(H)Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. ⁶But when you pray, ^(I)go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. ^(J)And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

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Matthew 6:16-21

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Fasting

¹⁶“And ^(A)when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. ^(B)Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. ¹⁷But when you fast, ^(C)anoint your head and wash your face, ¹⁸that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. ^(D)And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

Lay Up Treasures in Heaven

¹⁹^(E)“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where ^(F)moth and rust^[a] destroy and where thieves ^(G)break in and steal, ²⁰^(H)but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. ²¹For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.