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The day of the Lord is near.

This month's memory verse

Matthew 11:28-30

28 "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."

God is our Refuge

Key Verse | Joel 3:16

The Lord’s voice will roar from Zion
  and thunder from Jerusalem,
  and the heavens and the earth will shake.
 But the Lord will be a refuge for his people,
  a strong fortress for the people of Israel.

Joel 3:16-21

16The Lord’s voice will roar from Zion

and thunder from Jerusalem,

and the heavens and the earth will shake.

But the Lord will be a refuge for his people,

a strong fortress for the people of Israel.

Blessings for God’s People

17“Then you will know that I, the Lord your God,

live in Zion, my holy mountain.

Jerusalem will be holy forever,

and foreign armies will never conquer her again.

18In that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine,

and the hills will flow with milk.

Water will fill the streambeds of Judah,

and a fountain will burst forth from the Lord’s Temple,

watering the arid valley of acacias.*

19But Egypt will become a wasteland

and Edom will become a wilderness,

because they attacked the people of Judah

and killed innocent people in their land.

20“But Judah will be filled with people forever,

and Jerusalem will endure through all generations.

21I will pardon my people’s crimes,

which I have not yet pardoned;

and I, the Lord, will make my home

in Jerusalem* with my people.”

Footnotes

3:18 Hebrew valley of Shittim.
3:21 Hebrew Zion.