DECEMBER 6, 2025 PORTALS OF PRAYER READINGS
2 Peter 3:8-18
8 But do not overlook this one fact,
beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand
years as one day. 9 The Lord is not
slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you,[a] not
wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief,
and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies[b] will be
burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will
be exposed.[c]
11 Since all these things are thus to be
dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and
godliness, 12 waiting for and hastening
the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire
and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn! 13 But according to his promise we are waiting for
new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
Final Words
14 Therefore, beloved, since you are
waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and
at peace. 15 And count the patience of
our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you
according to the wisdom given him, 16 as
he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are
some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and
unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures.
17 You therefore, beloved, knowing this
beforehand, take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless
people and lose your own stability. 18 But
grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be
the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
Footnotes
- 2 Peter 3:9 Some
manuscripts on your account
- 2 Peter 3:10 Or elements;
also verse 12
- 2 Peter 3:10 Greek
found; some manuscripts will be burned up
Psalm 90
Book Four
From Everlasting to Everlasting
A Prayer of Moses, the man of God.
90 Lord, you
have been our dwelling place[a]
in
all generations.
2 Before the mountains were brought forth,
or
ever you had formed the earth and the world,
from
everlasting to everlasting you are God.
3 You return man to dust
and
say, “Return, O children of man!”[b]
4 For a thousand years in your sight
are
but as yesterday when it is past,
or
as a watch in the night.
5 You sweep them away as with a
flood; they are like a dream,
like
grass that is renewed in the morning:
6 in the morning it flourishes and is renewed;
in
the evening it fades and withers.
7 For we are brought to an end
by your anger;
by
your wrath we are dismayed.
8 You have set our iniquities before you,
our
secret sins in the light of your presence.
9 For all our days pass away
under your wrath;
we
bring our years to an end like a sigh.
10 The years of our life are seventy,
or
even by reason of strength eighty;
yet their span[c]
is but toil and trouble;
they
are soon gone, and we fly away.
11 Who considers the power of your anger,
and
your wrath according to the fear of you?
12 So teach us to number our
days
that
we may get a heart of wisdom.
13 Return, O Lord! How long?
Have
pity on your servants!
14 Satisfy us in the morning with your
steadfast love,
that
we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
15 Make us glad for as many days as you have
afflicted us,
and
for as many years as we have seen evil.
16 Let your work be shown to your servants,
and
your glorious power to their children.
17 Let the favor[d]
of the Lord our God be upon us,
and
establish the work of our hands upon us;
yes,
establish the work of our hands!
Footnotes
- Psalm 90:1 Some
Hebrew manuscripts (compare Septuagint) our refuge
- Psalm 90:3 Or of
Adam
- Psalm 90:10 Or pride
- Psalm 90:17 Or beauty
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