Psalm 92

[1] It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises

unto thy name, O most High:

[2] To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness

every night,

[3] Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp

with a solemn sound.

[4] For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in

the works of thy hands.

[5] O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.

[6] A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

[7] When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of

iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:

[8] But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.

[9] For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish;

all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

[10] But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be

anointed with fresh oil.

[11] Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall

hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.

[12] The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a

cedar in Lebanon.

[13] Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the

courts of our God.

[14] They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and

flourishing;

[15] To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no

unrighteousness in him.



PSALMS 93



1 The Lord reigns; He is robed in majesty;

the Lord is robed; He has put on strength as His belt.

Indeed, the world is established;

it cannot be moved.

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) Your throne is established of old;

You are from everlasting.

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) The floods have lifted up, O Lord,

the floods have lifted up their voice;

the floods lift up their roaring waves.

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) The Lord on high is mightier

than the noise of many waters,

yes, than the mighty waves of the sea.

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) Your statutes are very sure;

holiness is becoming to Your house,

O Lord, forever.



Psalm 93

[1] The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with

strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished,

that it cannot be moved.

[2] Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting.

[3] The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their

voice; the floods lift up their waves.

[4] The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than

the mighty waves of the sea.

[5] Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD,

for ever.



2) Our Daily Bread for 26 April 2026 titled

Restoration Efforts by Kirsten Holmberg



Ezra 2:68



68 As some of the heads of households came to the house of the Lord

in Jerusalem, they volunteered to erect the foundations for the house of God.



[68] And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of

the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set

it up in his place:



Ezra 3:1



1 (Lev 23:24) When the seventh month had come, the children of Israel

had resettled in their cities, and the people gathered themselves together,

as one man, to Jerusalem.





[1] And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in

the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.



Ezra 3:3-7



3 (Nu 28:2-8; Ezr 4:4) They set the altar upon its foundations and,

because they were living in fear of some of the peoples of the region,

they offered burnt offerings on it to the Lord-morning and evening.

4 (Ex 23:16; Nu 29:12-38) They also kept the Feast of Tabernacles,

as it had been written, and offered the daily burnt offerings

in accordance with the daily schedule, according to each day's custom.

5 (Nu 29:39) Thereafter, observance of the burnt offering became a perpetual

sacrifice with regard to the New Moon sacrifices and all of the appointed

feasts of the Lord that had been consecrated, and all of the voluntary

freewill offerings to the Lord.

6 From the first day of the seventh month

they had begun to offer burnt offerings unto the Lord,

but the foundation of the temple of the Lord was not yet laid.



[3] And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them because of

the people of those countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto

the LORD, even burnt offerings morning and evening.

[4] They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered

the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, as the duty of

every day required;

[5] And afterward offered the continual burnt offering, both of the new

moons, and of all the set feasts of the LORD that were consecrated, and of

every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the LORD.

[6] From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt

offerings unto the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the LORD was

not yet laid.



7 (1Ki 5:6; Ac 9:36) They gave money to the masons and carpenters,

and food, drink, and oil to the people of Sidon and to the people of Tyre

so that they would bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, at Joppa,

according to the grant they had from Cyrus king of Persia.



[7] They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat,

and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar

trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had

of Cyrus king of Persia.



1 Thessalonians 5:11



11 (Eph 4:29; Heb 10:25) So comfort yourselves together,

and edify one another, just as you are doing.



[11] Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as

also ye do.



In April 2019, a fire broke out in Notre-Dame de Paris - the city's famed

medieval cathedral - destroying the spire and a "forest" of oak beams

supporting the lead roof. Almost immediately, plans formed to restore the

cathedral. Donations poured in from across the globe, and craftsmen have

undertaken restoration using the same building techniques and the same types

of timber and stone employed in the original structure.



When Nebuchadnezzar instructed his armies to set fire to God's temple

in 586 B.C. as part of his siege on Jerusalem, the structure was decimated

(2 Kings 25:9). When the people returned to Jerusalem after decades

in captivity in Babylon, they "gave freewill offerings toward

the rebuilding of the house of God" (Ezra 2:68).



After tending first to the altar, they "gave money to the masons

and carpenters" and secured "cedar logs by sea from Lebanon" to lay the

temple's foundation (3:7). Though their rebuilding efforts were opposed

and even sabotaged, the task was finally completed, and God's people once

again worshiped Him in His temple (6:14-22).



As believers in Jesus, we - together - are God's temple

(1 Corinthians 3:16-17). God equips us to continuously restore fellow

believers and "build each other up," not with wood or stone, but with

encouraging words, prayer, and spiritual gifts (1 Thessalonians 5:11).



Reflect & Pray



How are you building up fellow believers in Jesus?

How has someone built you up recently?



Thank You, loving Father, for supplying what I

need to build up and restore others as Your temple.





The words we speak can encourage or discourage, so we need

to choose our words wisely.





3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 1 Knowing God's Word Day 1 - God's Perspective



Philippians 4:13



13 (2Co 12:9-10; Eph 3:16) I can do all things because

of Christ who strengthens me.



13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.



Many of us live out self-fulfilling prophecies. We believe

what we tell ourselves - or what we have been told by others:

"You're stupid", "You're ugly", "You'll never amount to anything,"

"You can't do anything right."

We programme ourselves for spiritual failure as well.

"I just can't memorise Scripture," we say. "It comes and goes,

and I can't seem to get it to stay." Yet daily we memorise

volumes of information that is less significant than the

Scriptures - telephone numbers, identification codes,

songs lyrics, advertising jingles.

The answer to the dilemma of negativism is not positive

thinking, but right thinking - biblical thinking, according

to what the Bible reveals of God's perspective. God says,

"You are worthwhile. You are valued. You are loved. I created you

just as you are, and whatever I call you to do,

I will give you the strength to do it.

The context of Phillipians 4:13 shows that Paul had learned

this important secret of spiritual strength. Paul had known

poverty and plenty, trouble and victory. But he also knew

he did not have to let circumstances determine his response to God's will.

We need not be controlled by the negative messages life throws in our paths

- even those self-defeating pronouncements we make to ourselves.

Rather, we can respond according to God's perspective, with the

conviction that God has given us strength we need to meet the

challenges we face.



Application



a) What challenges do I face that make me realise my own insufficiencies?

IS memorising Scripture one of those challenges for me?



b) How does today's memory verse help me face those challenges?