July 11

Exodus 20:4-5

“You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.  You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me.”

NLT:  “You must not make for yourself an idol of any kind or an image of anything in the heavens or on the earth or in the sea.  You must not bow down to them or worship them, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affection for any other gods.  I lay the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected—even children in the third and fourth generations of those who reject me.”

Isaiah 55:12

You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace.

NLT:  You will live in joy and peace.  The mountains and hills will burst into song, and the trees of the field will clap their hands!

2 Samuel 22:29

You are my lamp, O Lord; the Lord turns my darkness into light.

NLT:  O Lord, you are my lamp.  The Lord lights up my darkness.