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The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the game changer. The event that separates Christians from every other religion in the world. Jesus Christ died on the cross and was raised from the dead on the 3rd day just as He promised He would. Every other so-called "prophet" from all the other "religions" are dead and you can find their graves. Jesus has no grave, just an empty tomb because He is alive and will live forever. May this be a blessing to you.

Please join us as we worship the Lord together and study His holy word. Pastor Brian is teaching from the Gospel of John.

Please join us as we worship the Lord together and study His holy word. Pastor Brian is teaching from the Gospel of John.

Please join us as we worship the Lord together and study His holy word. If you have prayer requests or you just want to say Hi, learn more about us, see past sermons, or if you feel led to give to our church, please visit our website. www.kiowasbc.org Also if you need a Bible you can request one on our website. Just click contact us and give us your name, and address, and tell us you would like a Bible. And we will get one in the mail to you. (Usually within 2 or 3 business days) Thank you for being with us. If you are ever in the area stop by and see us in person. 647 Main St. Kiowa KS 67070 God loves you and we love you!!!

Join us as Pastor Brian continues verse by verse through the Gospel of John. Our apologies We had technical difficulties last week and we did not get a recording of our Livestream so we had nothing to upload for our podcast folks. We appreciate you and are blessed to have you listen to our podcasts each week. God bless you! www.kiowasbc.org

With a day off from court, we review the stories told by Jen McCabe and Kerry Roberts. Plus, who is Brian Higgins and what can we expect when he takes the stand? And the blogger known as Turtleboy was in court for his own case - what happened there?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Please join us as we worship the Lord and study His holy word. The rapture of the church is a hotly contested truth from scripture today. Many people falsely claim it isn't true or that they argue about the timing of it. This has led to many terrible false teachings designed to confuse people and lead them away from the truth. The rapture is real and will happen before the 7-year tribulation starts. It has to according to Paul. The Bible is so clear on this issue but many have changed the Bible to say things it doesn't. So, join us as we take a look at what Jesus said about it here in John 14.

Please join us as we worship the Lord together and study His holy word. If you have prayer requests or you just want to say Hi, learn more about us, see past sermons, or if you feel led to give to our church, please visit our website. www.kiowasbc.org Also if you need a Bible you can request one on our website. Just click contact us and give us your name, and address, and tell us you would like a Bible. And we will get one in the mail to you. (Usually within 2 or 3 business days) Thank you for being with us. If you are ever in the area stop by and see us in person. 647 Main St. Kiowa KS 67070 God loves you and we love you!!!

Please join us as we worship the Lord together and study His holy word. If you have prayer requests or you just want to say Hi, learn more about us, see past sermons, or if you feel led to give to our church, please visit our website. www.kiowasbc.org Also if you need a Bible you can request one on our website. Just click contact us and give us your name, and address, and tell us you would like a Bible. And we will get one in the mail to you. (Usually within 2 or 3 business days) Thank you for being with us. If you are ever in the area stop by and see us in person. 647 Main St. Kiowa KS 67070 God loves you and we love you!!!

Please join us as we worship the Lord together and study His holy word. If you have prayer requests or you just want to say Hi, learn more about us, see past sermons, or if you feel led to give to our church, please visit our website. www.kiowasbc.org Also if you need a Bible you can request one on our website. Just click contact us and give us your name, and address, and tell us you would like a Bible. And we will get one in the mail to you. (Usually within 2 or 3 business days) Thank you for being with us. If you are ever in the area stop by and see us in person. 647 Main St. Kiowa KS 67070 God loves you and we love you!!!

Please join us as we worship the Lord together and study His holy word. If you have prayer requests or you just want to say Hi, learn more about us, see past sermons, or if you feel led to give to our church, please visit our website. www.kiowasbc.org Also if you need a Bible you can request one on our website. Just click contact us and give us your name, and address, and tell us you would like a Bible. And we will get one in the mail to you. (Usually within 2 or 3 business days) Thank you for being with us. If you are ever in the area stop by and see us in person. 647 Main St. Kiowa KS 67070 God loves you and we love you!!!

Please join us as we worship the Lord together and study His holy word. If you have prayer requests or you just want to say Hi, learn more about us, see past sermons, or if you feel led to give to our church, please visit our website. www.kiowasbc.org Also if you need a Bible you can request one on our website. Just click contact us and give us your name, and address, and tell us you would like a Bible. And we will get one in the mail to you. (Usually within 2 or 3 business days) Thank you for being with us. If you are ever in the area stop by and see us in person. 647 Main St. Kiowa KS 67070 God loves you and we love you!!!

Please join us as we worship the Lord together and study His holy word. If you have prayer requests or you just want to say Hi, learn more about us, see past sermons, or if you feel led to give to our church, please visit our website. www.kiowasbc.org Also if you need a Bible you can request one on our website. Just click contact us, give us your name and address, and tell us you would like a Bible. And we will get one in the mail to you. (Usually within 2 or 3 business days) Thank you for being with us. If you are ever in the area stop by and see us in person. 647 Main St. Kiowa KS 67070 God loves you and we love you!!!

Please join us as we worship the Lord together and study His holy word. If you have prayer requests or you just want to say Hi, learn more about us, see past sermons, or if you feel led to give to our church, please visit our website. www.kiowasbc.org Also if you need a Bible you can request one on our website. Just click contact us, give us your name and address, and tell us you would like a Bible. And we will get one in the mail to you. (Usually within 2 or 3 business days) Thank you for being with us. If you are ever in the area stop by and see us in person. 647 Main St. Kiowa KS 67070 God loves you and we love you!!!

Pastor Brian is continuing in the Gospel of John. May it be a blessing to you. If you have prayer requests or you just want to say Hi, learn more about us, see past sermons or you feel led to give to our church, please visit our website. www.kiowasbc.org Also if you need a Bible you can request one on our website. Just click contact us and give us your name, and address, and tell us you would like a Bible. And we will get one in the mail to you. (Usually within 2 or 3 business days) Thank you for being with us. If you are ever in the area stop by and see us in person. 647 Main St. Kiowa KS 67070 God loves you and we love you!!!

Pastor Brian is continuing in the Gospel of John. May it be a blessing to you. If you have prayer requests or you just want to say Hi, learn more about us, see past sermons or you feel led to give to our church, please visit our website. www.kiowasbc.org Also if you need a Bible you can request one on our website. Just click contact us and give us your name, and address, and tell us you would like a Bible. And we will get one in the mail to you. (Usually within 2 or 3 business days) Thank you for being with us. If you are ever in the area stop by and see us in person. 647 Main St. Kiowa KS 67070 God loves you and we love you!!!

Pastor Brian continues verse by verse in the Gospel of John. For prayer requests, tithes, and offerings, request a free Bible, just say Hi, or find out more about us. Please visit our website www.kiowasbc.org

Pastor Brian continues verse by verse in the Gospel of John. For prayer requests, tithes, and offerings, request a free Bible, just say Hi, or find out more about us. Please visit our website www.kiowasbc.org

Please join us as we study God's holy word together. If you have prayer requests or you just want to say Hi, learn more about us, see past sermons or you feel led to give to our church, please visit our website. www.kiowasbc.org Also if you need a Bible you can request one on our website. Just click contact us and give us your name, and address, and tell us you would like a Bible. And we will get one in the mail to you. (Usually within 2 or 3 business days) Thank you for being with us. If you are ever in the area stop by and see us in person. 647 Main St. Kiowa KS 67070 God loves you and we love you!!!

Please join us as we study God's holy word together. If you have prayer requests or you just want to say Hi, learn more about us, see past sermons or you feel led to give to our church, please visit our website. www.kiowasbc.org Also if you need a Bible you can request one on our website. Just click contact us and give us your name, and address, and tell us you would like a Bible. And we will get one in the mail to you. (Usually within 2 or 3 business days) Thank you for being with us. If you are ever in the area stop by and see us in person. 647 Main St. Kiowa KS 67070 God loves you and we love you!!!

Please join us as we worship the Lord together and study His holy word. If you have prayer requests or you just want to say Hi, learn more about us, see past sermons or you feel led to give to our church, please visit our website. www.kiowasbc.org Thank you for being with us. If you are ever in the area stop by and see us in person. 647 Main St. Kiowa KS 67070 God loves you and we love you!!!

Please join us as we worship the Lord together and study His holy word. If you have prayer requests or you just want to say Hi, learn more about us, see past sermons or you feel led to give to our church, please visit our website. www.kiowasbc.org Thank you for being with us. If you are ever in the area stop by and see us in person. 647 Main St. Kiowa KS 67070 God loves you and we love you!!!

Please join us as we worship the Lord together and study His holy word. If you have prayer requests or you just want to say Hi, learn more about us, see past sermons, or feel led to give to our church, please visit our website. www.kiowasbc.org Thank you for being with us. If you are ever in the area stop by and see us in person. 647 Main St. Kiowa KS 67070 God loves you and we love you!!!

Please join us as we worship the Lord together and study His holy word. If you have prayer requests or you just want to say Hi, learn more about us, see past sermons, or feel led to give to our church, please visit our website. www.kiowasbc.org Thank you for being with us. If you are ever in the area stop by and see us in person. 647 Main St. Kiowa KS 67070 God loves you and we love you!!!

Morning: John 6:29; Galatians 5:6; Galatians 6:8; Ephesians 2:10; Philippians 2:13; 1 Thessalonians 1:3; 2 Thessalonians 1:3; 2 Thessalonians 1:11; Titus 2:14; James 2:17 Your work of faith. “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.—Faith working through love.—For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.—For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.—Who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works. We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing…. To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by his power.—For it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. John 6:29 (Listen) 29 Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” (ESV) Galatians 5:6 (Listen) 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love. (ESV) Galatians 6:8 (Listen) 8 For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. (ESV) Ephesians 2:10 (Listen) 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. (ESV) Philippians 2:13 (Listen) 13 for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. (ESV) 1 Thessalonians 1:3 (Listen) 3 remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. (ESV) 2 Thessalonians 1:3 (Listen) Thanksgiving 3 We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers,1 as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing. Footnotes [1] 1:3 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters (ESV) 2 Thessalonians 1:11 (Listen) 11 To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by his power, (ESV) Titus 2:14 (Listen) 14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works. (ESV) James 2:17 (Listen) 17 So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. (ESV) Evening: 1 Thessalonians 4:16–17; Titus 2:11–13; 2 Peter 3:4; Jude 14–15; Revelation 1:7 “Where is the promise of his coming?” It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones, to execute judgment on all.”—Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ. 1 Thessalonians 4:16–17 (Listen) 16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. (ESV) Titus 2:11–13 (Listen) 11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, 12 training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, 13 waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, (ESV) 2 Peter 3:4 (Listen) 4 They will say, “Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.” (ESV) Jude 14–15 (Listen) 14 It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones, 15 to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.” (ESV) Revelation 1:7 (Listen) 7 Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail1 on account of him. Even so. Amen. Footnotes [1] 1:7 Or mourn (ESV)

Morning: John 13:1; John 13:34; John 15:9; John 15:13–14; John 17:9–10; John 17:15–16; Ephesians 5:25–26; Philippians 1:6 Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. “I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours. All mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them…. I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.” “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love.”—“Greater love has no one than this, that someone lays down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you.”—“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.” He who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.—Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word. John 13:1 (Listen) Jesus Washes the Disciples' Feet 13 Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. (ESV) John 13:34 (Listen) 34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. (ESV) John 15:9 (Listen) 9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. (ESV) John 15:13–14 (Listen) 13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command you. (ESV) John 17:9–10 (Listen) 9 I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours. 10 All mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them. (ESV) John 17:15–16 (Listen) 15 I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one.1 16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Footnotes [1] 17:15 Or from evil (ESV) Ephesians 5:25–26 (Listen) 25 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, 26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, (ESV) Philippians 1:6 (Listen) 6 And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. (ESV) Evening: Matthew 13:11; John 15:15; 1 Corinthians 2:10; 1 Corinthians 2:12; Ephesians 3:14–19 The depths of God. “No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.”—“To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven.” Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Matthew 13:11 (Listen) 11 And he answered them, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. (ESV) John 15:15 (Listen) 15 No longer do I call you servants,1 for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. Footnotes [1] 15:15 Or bondservants, or slaves (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface); likewise for servant later in this verse and in verse 20 (ESV) 1 Corinthians 2:10 (Listen) 10 these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. (ESV) 1 Corinthians 2:12 (Listen) 12 Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. (ESV) Ephesians 3:14–19 (Listen) Prayer for Spiritual Strength 14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family1 in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Footnotes [1] 3:15 Or from whom all fatherhood; the Greek word patria in verse 15 is closely related to the word for Father in verse 14 (ESV)

Morning: John 10:29; Romans 8:37–39; Colossians 3:3; 2 Thessalonians 2:16–17; 2 Timothy 1:12; 2 Timothy 4:18; James 2:5 “No one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.” I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me.—The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom.—We are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.—Your life is hidden with Christ in God. Has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him? Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word. John 10:29 (Listen) 29 My Father, who has given them to me,1 is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. Footnotes [1] 10:29 Some manuscripts What my Father has given to me (ESV) Romans 8:37–39 (Listen) 37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. (ESV) Colossians 3:3 (Listen) 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. (ESV) 2 Thessalonians 2:16–17 (Listen) 16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, 17 comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word. (ESV) 2 Timothy 1:12 (Listen) 12 which is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that day what has been entrusted to me.1 Footnotes [1] 1:12 Or what I have entrusted to him; Greek my deposit (ESV) 2 Timothy 4:18 (Listen) 18 The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen. (ESV) James 2:5 (Listen) 5 Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him? (ESV) Evening: Psalm 119:45; John 8:32; John 8:34; John 8:36; Romans 6:18; Romans 7:2; Romans 8:2; Galatians 5:1; Galatians 5:13–14; James 1:25 The perfect law, the law of liberty. “You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free…. Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin…. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” Stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery…. For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”—Having been set free from sin, [you] have become slaves of righteousness.—Thus a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage. The law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.—I shall walk in a wide place, for I have sought your precepts. Psalm 119:45 (Listen) 45   and I shall walk in a wide place,    for I have sought your precepts. (ESV) John 8:32 (Listen) 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” (ESV) John 8:34 (Listen) 34 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who practices sin is a slave1 to sin. Footnotes [1] 8:34 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; also verse 35 (ESV) John 8:36 (Listen) 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. (ESV) Romans 6:18 (Listen) 18 and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. (ESV) Romans 7:2 (Listen) 2 For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage.1 Footnotes [1] 7:2 Greek law concerning the husband (ESV) Romans 8:2 (Listen) 2 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you1 free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. Footnotes [1] 8:2 Some manuscripts me (ESV) Galatians 5:1 (Listen) Christ Has Set Us Free 5 For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. (ESV) Galatians 5:13–14 (Listen) 13 For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” (ESV) James 1:25 (Listen) 25 But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing. 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Morning: John 15:8; John 15:16; Romans 6:19; Romans 12:1–2; Galatians 6:15–16; Colossians 1:10 Bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.—Just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.—Neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. And as for all who walk by this rule, peace and mercy be upon them. “By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.”—“I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.” John 15:8 (Listen) 8 By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. (ESV) John 15:16 (Listen) 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. (ESV) Romans 6:19 (Listen) 19 I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification. (ESV) Romans 12:1–2 (Listen) A Living Sacrifice 12 I appeal to you therefore, brothers,1 by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.2 2 Do not be conformed to this world,3 but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.4 Footnotes [1] 12:1 Or brothers and sisters [2] 12:1 Or your rational service [3] 12:2 Greek age [4] 12:2 Or what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God (ESV) Galatians 6:15–16 (Listen) 15 For neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. 16 And as for all who walk by this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God. (ESV) Colossians 1:10 (Listen) 10 so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; (ESV) Evening: Psalm 27:14; Psalm 62:1; Psalm 62:5; Song of Solomon 3:1; Lamentations 3:26; Hosea 14:1–2; Luke 18:7; James 1:13–17 I sought him, but found him not. Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity. Take with you words and return to the Lord; say to him, “Take away all iniquity; accept what is good.” Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God….” But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire…. Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!—It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.—“Will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them?” For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation…. For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him. Psalm 27:14 (Listen) 14   Wait for the LORD;    be strong, and let your heart take courage;    wait for the LORD! (ESV) Psalm 62:1 (Listen) My Soul Waits for God Alone To the choirmaster: according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. 62   For God alone my soul waits in silence;    from him comes my salvation. (ESV) Psalm 62:5 (Listen) 5   For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence,    for my hope is from him. (ESV) Song of Solomon 3:1 (Listen) The Bride's Dream 3   On my bed by night  I sought him whom my soul loves;    I sought him, but found him not. (ESV) Lamentations 3:26 (Listen) 26   It is good that one should wait quietly    for the salvation of the LORD. (ESV) Hosea 14:1–2 (Listen) A Plea to Return to the Lord 14   Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God,    for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.2   Take with you words    and return to the LORD;  say to him,    “Take away all iniquity;  accept what is good,    and we will pay with bulls    the vows1 of our lips. Footnotes [1] 14:2 Septuagint, Syriac pay the fruit (ESV) Luke 18:7 (Listen) 7 And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them? (ESV) James 1:13–17 (Listen) 13 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. 14 But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. 15 Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death. 16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.1 Footnotes [1] 1:17 Some manuscripts variation due to a shadow of turning (ESV)

Morning: John 11:25; John 14:3; 1 Corinthians 15:43; Colossians 3:4; 1 Thessalonians 4:16–18; 1 John 3:2; 1 John 5:11–12 When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.”—God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. The Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. Therefore encourage one another with these words.—When he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.—It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. “If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.” John 11:25 (Listen) 25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life.1 Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, Footnotes [1] 11:25 Some manuscripts omit and the life (ESV) John 14:3 (Listen) 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. (ESV) 1 Corinthians 15:43 (Listen) 43 It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. (ESV) Colossians 3:4 (Listen) 4 When Christ who is your1 life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Footnotes [1] 3:4 Some manuscripts our (ESV) 1 Thessalonians 4:16–18 (Listen) 16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words. (ESV) 1 John 3:2 (Listen) 2 Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears1 we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. Footnotes [1] 3:2 Or when it appears (ESV) 1 John 5:11–12 (Listen) 11 And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. (ESV) Evening: Psalm 25:5; Psalm 32:8; Isaiah 8:20; Isaiah 35:8; Matthew 6:22; John 7:17; John 16:13; 2 Timothy 3:15–17; 1 John 2:20 Lead me in your truth and teach me. “When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth.”—You have been anointed by the Holy One, and you all have knowledge. To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn.—All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.—The sacred writings… are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.—“The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.”—“If anyone's will is to do God's will, he will know whether the teaching is from God.”—It shall belong to those who walk on the way; even if they are fools, they shall not go astray. Psalm 25:5 (Listen) 5   Lead me in your truth and teach me,    for you are the God of my salvation;    for you I wait all the day long. (ESV) Psalm 32:8 (Listen) 8   I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;    I will counsel you with my eye upon you. (ESV) Isaiah 8:20 (Listen) 20 To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn. (ESV) Isaiah 35:8 (Listen) 8   And a highway shall be there,    and it shall be called the Way of Holiness;  the unclean shall not pass over it.    It shall belong to those who walk on the way;    even if they are fools, they shall not go astray.1 Footnotes [1] 35:8 Or if they are fools, they shall not wander in it (ESV) Matthew 6:22 (Listen) 22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, (ESV) John 7:17 (Listen) 17 If anyone's will is to do God's1 will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority. Footnotes [1] 7:17 Greek his (ESV) John 16:13 (Listen) 13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. (ESV) 2 Timothy 3:15–17 (Listen) 15 and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God1 may be complete, equipped for every good work. Footnotes [1] 3:17 That is, a messenger of God (the phrase echoes a common Old Testament expression) (ESV) 1 John 2:20 (Listen) 20 But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.1 Footnotes [1] 2:20 Some manuscripts you know everything (ESV)

Morning: John 8:34; John 8:36; Romans 6:14–15; Romans 7:4; Romans 8:2; 1 Corinthians 9:21; 1 Corinthians 15:56–57; Galatians 5:1 Sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means!—Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God.—Not being outside the law of God but under the law of Christ.—The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. The law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.—“Everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin…. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” Stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. John 8:34 (Listen) 34 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who practices sin is a slave1 to sin. Footnotes [1] 8:34 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; also verse 35 (ESV) John 8:36 (Listen) 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. (ESV) Romans 6:14–15 (Listen) 14 For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. Slaves to Righteousness 15 What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! (ESV) Romans 7:4 (Listen) 4 Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God. (ESV) Romans 8:2 (Listen) 2 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you1 free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. Footnotes [1] 8:2 Some manuscripts me (ESV) 1 Corinthians 9:21 (Listen) 21 To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law. (ESV) 1 Corinthians 15:56–57 (Listen) 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (ESV) Galatians 5:1 (Listen) Christ Has Set Us Free 5 For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. (ESV) Evening: Mark 11:24; Luke 9:62; John 15:4; 1 Corinthians 15:58; Ephesians 4:14–15; Hebrews 11:6; James 1:6–8 He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.” Whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.—Let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord.—“Whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” So that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ. “Abide in me.”—Be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain. Mark 11:24 (Listen) 24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received1 it, and it will be yours. Footnotes [1] 11:24 Some manuscripts are receiving (ESV) Luke 9:62 (Listen) 62 Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.” (ESV) John 15:4 (Listen) 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. (ESV) 1 Corinthians 15:58 (Listen) 58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain. (ESV) Ephesians 4:14–15 (Listen) 14 so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. 15 Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, (ESV) Hebrews 11:6 (Listen) 6 And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. (ESV) James 1:6–8 (Listen) 6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; 8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. (ESV)

Morning: John 14:3; Acts 1:11; 1 Thessalonians 4:17–18; Hebrews 10:37; Hebrews 11:16; Hebrews 13:14; James 5:7–8; 1 Peter 1:4 He has prepared for them a city. “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.”—An inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you.—Here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come. “This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”—Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains. You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.—“Yet a little while, and the coming one will come and will not delay.” We who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. Therefore encourage one another with these words. John 14:3 (Listen) 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. (ESV) Acts 1:11 (Listen) 11 and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.” (ESV) 1 Thessalonians 4:17–18 (Listen) 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words. (ESV) Hebrews 10:37 (Listen) 37 For,   “Yet a little while,    and the coming one will come and will not delay; (ESV) Hebrews 11:16 (Listen) 16 But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city. (ESV) Hebrews 13:14 (Listen) 14 For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come. (ESV) James 5:7–8 (Listen) Patience in Suffering 7 Be patient, therefore, brothers,1 until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains. 8 You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand. Footnotes [1] 5:7 Or brothers and sisters; also verses 9, 10, 12, 19 (ESV) 1 Peter 1:4 (Listen) 4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, (ESV) Evening: Isaiah 55:8; 1 Corinthians 1:28; 1 Corinthians 6:9–11; Ephesians 2:1–3; Titus 3:5–6 God chose what is low and despised in the world. Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world,… among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind. He saved us… according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior. “My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.” Isaiah 55:8 (Listen) 8   For my thoughts are not your thoughts,    neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. (ESV) 1 Corinthians 1:28 (Listen) 28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, (ESV) 1 Corinthians 6:9–11 (Listen) 9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous1 will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,2 10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. Footnotes [1] 6:9 Or wrongdoers [2] 6:9 The two Greek terms translated by this phrase refer to the passive and active partners in consensual homosexual acts (ESV) Ephesians 2:1–3 (Listen) By Grace Through Faith 2 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body1 and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.2 Footnotes [1] 2:3 Greek flesh [2] 2:3 Greek like the rest (ESV) Titus 3:5–6 (Listen) 5 he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, (ESV)

Morning: John 10:17–18; John 15:13; John 17:4; John 19:30; Colossians 2:14; Hebrews 10:10–14; Hebrews 12:2 “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith.—“I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do.”—We have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet. For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.—Canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. “I lay down my life that I may take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again.”—“Greater love has no one than this, that someone lays down his life for his friends.” John 10:17–18 (Listen) 17 For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.” (ESV) John 15:13 (Listen) 13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. (ESV) John 17:4 (Listen) 4 I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do. (ESV) John 19:30 (Listen) 30 When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. (ESV) Colossians 2:14 (Listen) 14 by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. (ESV) Hebrews 10:10–14 (Listen) 10 And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 11 And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12 But when Christ1 had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, 13 waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet. 14 For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified. Footnotes [1] 10:12 Greek this one (ESV) Hebrews 12:2 (Listen) 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. (ESV) Evening: Psalm 18:16; Psalm 40:2; Psalm 61:1–2; Psalm 66:12; Isaiah 43:2; Jonah 2:2–3; Ephesians 2:1–3 He sent from on high, he took me; he drew me out of many waters. He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.—You were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh. Hear my cry, O God, listen to my prayer; from the end of the earth I call to you when my heart is faint.—“Out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and you heard my voice. For you cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood surrounded me; all your waves and your billows passed over me.”—We went through fire and through water; yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance. “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you.” Psalm 18:16 (Listen) 16   He sent from on high, he took me;    he drew me out of many waters. (ESV) Psalm 40:2 (Listen) 2   He drew me up from the pit of destruction,    out of the miry bog,  and set my feet upon a rock,    making my steps secure. (ESV) Psalm 61:1–2 (Listen) Lead Me to the Rock To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. Of David. 61   Hear my cry, O God,    listen to my prayer;2   from the end of the earth I call to you    when my heart is faint.  Lead me to the rock    that is higher than I, (ESV) Psalm 66:12 (Listen) 12   you let men ride over our heads;    we went through fire and through water;  yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance. (ESV) Isaiah 43:2 (Listen) 2   When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;    and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;  when you walk through fire you shall not be burned,    and the flame shall not consume you. (ESV) Jonah 2:2–3 (Listen) 2 saying,   “I called out to the LORD, out of my distress,    and he answered me;  out of the belly of Sheol I cried,    and you heard my voice.3   For you cast me into the deep,    into the heart of the seas,    and the flood surrounded me;  all your waves and your billows    passed over me. (ESV) Ephesians 2:1–3 (Listen) By Grace Through Faith 2 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body1 and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.2 Footnotes [1] 2:3 Greek flesh [2] 2:3 Greek like the rest (ESV)

Morning: John 5:24; 2 Corinthians 1:21–22; Ephesians 2:1; Ephesians 2:5; Colossians 1:13; 1 John 3:14; 1 John 3:19; 1 John 3:21; 1 John 5:12; 1 John 5:19 We know that we have passed out of death into life. “Whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.”—Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. It is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.—By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him…. Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God.—We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one. You were dead in the trespasses and sins…. [God] made us alive together with Christ.—He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son. John 5:24 (Listen) 24 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life. (ESV) 2 Corinthians 1:21–22 (Listen) 21 And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, 22 and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.1 Footnotes [1] 1:22 Or down payment (ESV) Ephesians 2:1 (Listen) By Grace Through Faith 2 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins (ESV) Ephesians 2:5 (Listen) 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— (ESV) Colossians 1:13 (Listen) 13 He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, (ESV) 1 John 3:14 (Listen) 14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death. (ESV) 1 John 3:19 (Listen) 19 By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him; (ESV) 1 John 3:21 (Listen) 21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; (ESV) 1 John 5:12 (Listen) 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. (ESV) 1 John 5:19 (Listen) 19 We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one. (ESV) Evening: 1 Samuel 12:23; Psalm 16:11; Proverbs 14:12; Isaiah 35:8; Jeremiah 21:8; Hosea 6:3; Matthew 4:19; Matthew 7:13–14; John 14:2; John 14:6 You make known to me the path of life. “Thus says the Lord: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.”—“I will instruct you in the good and the right way.”—“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”—“Follow me.” There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.—“The gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.” And a highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Way of Holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it. It shall belong to those who walk on the way; even if they are fools, they shall not go astray.—“Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord.” “In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?” 1 Samuel 12:23 (Listen) 23 Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you, and I will instruct you in the good and the right way. (ESV) Psalm 16:11 (Listen) 11   You make known to me the path of life;    in your presence there is fullness of joy;    at your right hand are pleasures forevermore. (ESV) Proverbs 14:12 (Listen) 12   There is a way that seems right to a man,    but its end is the way to death.1 Footnotes [1] 14:12 Hebrew ways of death (ESV) Isaiah 35:8 (Listen) 8   And a highway shall be there,    and it shall be called the Way of Holiness;  the unclean shall not pass over it.    It shall belong to those who walk on the way;    even if they are fools, they shall not go astray.1 Footnotes [1] 35:8 Or if they are fools, they shall not wander in it (ESV) Jeremiah 21:8 (Listen) 8 “And to this people you shall say: ‘Thus says the LORD: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death. (ESV) Hosea 6:3 (Listen) 3   Let us know; let us press on to know the LORD;    his going out is sure as the dawn;  he will come to us as the showers,    as the spring rains that water the earth.” (ESV) Matthew 4:19 (Listen) 19 And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”1 Footnotes [1] 4:19 The Greek word anthropoi refers here to both men and women (ESV) Matthew 7:13–14 (Listen) 13 “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy1 that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. 14 For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few. Footnotes [1] 7:13 Some manuscripts For the way is wide and easy (ESV) John 14:2 (Listen) 2 In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?1 Footnotes [1] 14:2 Or In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you (ESV) John 14:6 (Listen) 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (ESV)

7.9.23 // Sunday Morning - John Snoderly

Morning: John 17:24; Romans 8:17; Galatians 3:29; Galatians 4:7; Ephesians 1:5; 1 John 3:1; Revelation 2:26; Revelation 3:21 If children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ. If you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise. See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God.—So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.—He predestined us for adoption through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will. “Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me.” “The one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations.”—“The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.” John 17:24 (Listen) 24 Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world. (ESV) Romans 8:17 (Listen) 17 and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him. (ESV) Galatians 3:29 (Listen) 29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise. (ESV) Galatians 4:7 (Listen) 7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God. (ESV) Ephesians 1:5 (Listen) 5 he predestined us1 for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, Footnotes [1] 1:5 Or before him in love, 5having predestined us (ESV) 1 John 3:1 (Listen) 3 See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. (ESV) Revelation 2:26 (Listen) 26 The one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations, (ESV) Revelation 3:21 (Listen) 21 The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne. (ESV) Evening: Matthew 4:18–19; John 15:5; John 15:16; Acts 2:7; Acts 4:13; 1 Corinthians 1:28; 1 Corinthians 2:4–5; 2 Corinthians 4:7 God chose what is low and despised in the world. “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans?” [Jesus] saw two brothers… casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. And he said to them, “Follow me.”—Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus. My speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. “You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit…. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.”—But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God. Matthew 4:18–19 (Listen) Jesus Calls the First Disciples 18 While walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. 19 And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”1 Footnotes [1] 4:19 The Greek word anthropoi refers here to both men and women (ESV) John 15:5 (Listen) 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. (ESV) John 15:16 (Listen) 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. (ESV) Acts 2:7 (Listen) 7 And they were amazed and astonished, saying, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? (ESV) Acts 4:13 (Listen) 13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus. (ESV) 1 Corinthians 1:28 (Listen) 28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, (ESV) 1 Corinthians 2:4–5 (Listen) 4 and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5 so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men1 but in the power of God. Footnotes [1] 2:5 The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women (ESV) 2 Corinthians 4:7 (Listen) Treasure in Jars of Clay 7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. (ESV)

Morning: John 14:16–17; John 16:7; Romans 5:5; Romans 8:15–16; Romans 8:26; Romans 15:13; 1 John 4:13 “I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper… even the Spirit of truth.” “It is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.” The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.—You did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”—The Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.—Hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. John 14:16–17 (Listen) 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper,1 to be with you forever, 17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be2 in you. Footnotes [1] 14:16 Or Advocate, or Counselor; also 14:26; 15:26; 16:7 [2] 14:17 Some manuscripts and is (ESV) John 16:7 (Listen) 7 Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. (ESV) Romans 5:5 (Listen) 5 and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. (ESV) Romans 8:15–16 (Listen) 15 For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” 16 The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, (ESV) Romans 8:26 (Listen) 26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. (ESV) Romans 15:13 (Listen) 13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. (ESV) 1 John 4:13 (Listen) 13 By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. (ESV) Evening: Ruth 3:1; Job 3:17; Psalm 23:1–2; Isaiah 30:15; Isaiah 32:18; Matthew 11:28–30; Hebrews 4:9; Hebrews 6:20; Revelation 14:13 “Should I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?” There remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God.—My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.—“There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest.”—“They may rest from their labors.” Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”—“In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.” The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. Ruth 3:1 (Listen) Ruth and Boaz at the Threshing Floor 3 Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you? (ESV) Job 3:17 (Listen) 17   There the wicked cease from troubling,    and there the weary are at rest. (ESV) Psalm 23:1–2 (Listen) The Lord Is My Shepherd A Psalm of David. 23   The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.2     He makes me lie down in green pastures.  He leads me beside still waters.1 Footnotes [1] 23:2 Hebrew beside waters of rest (ESV) Isaiah 30:15 (Listen) 15   For thus said the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel,  “In returning1 and rest you shall be saved;    in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.”  But you were unwilling, Footnotes [1] 30:15 Or repentance (ESV) Isaiah 32:18 (Listen) 18   My people will abide in a peaceful habitation,    in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places. (ESV) Matthew 11:28–30 (Listen) 28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” (ESV) Hebrews 4:9 (Listen) 9 So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, (ESV) Hebrews 6:20 (Listen) 20 where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. (ESV) Revelation 14:13 (Listen) 13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Blessed indeed,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!” (ESV)

Morning: John 14:19; John 17:21; Romans 6:2; 1 Corinthians 12:27; 2 Corinthians 5:15; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Galatians 2:20; Colossians 3:3; 1 John 5:20; Revelation 2:17 You have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. How can we who died to sin still live in it?—I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.—He died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.—Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. We are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ.—“Just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us.”—Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.—“Because I live, you also will live.” “To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone that no one knows except the one who receives it.” John 14:19 (Listen) 19 Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. (ESV) John 17:21 (Listen) 21 that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. (ESV) Romans 6:2 (Listen) 2 By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? (ESV) 1 Corinthians 12:27 (Listen) 27 Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. (ESV) 2 Corinthians 5:15 (Listen) 15 and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. (ESV) 2 Corinthians 5:17 (Listen) 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.1 The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. Footnotes [1] 5:17 Or creature (ESV) Galatians 2:20 (Listen) 20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. (ESV) Colossians 3:3 (Listen) 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. (ESV) 1 John 5:20 (Listen) 20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. (ESV) Revelation 2:17 (Listen) 17 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone that no one knows except the one who receives it.' (ESV) Evening: John 11:36; John 13:1; John 14:2–3; John 15:10; John 15:13; John 17:24; 2 Corinthians 5:14–15; Hebrews 7:25; 1 John 4:19 “See how he loved him!” He died for all.—“Greater love has no one than this, that someone lays down his life for his friends.” He always lives to make intercession for them.—“I go to prepare a place for you.” “I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.”—“Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am.”—Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. We love because he first loved us.—The love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. “If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.” John 11:36 (Listen) 36 So the Jews said, “See how he loved him!” (ESV) John 13:1 (Listen) Jesus Washes the Disciples' Feet 13 Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. (ESV) John 14:2–3 (Listen) 2 In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?1 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. Footnotes [1] 14:2 Or In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you (ESV) John 15:10 (Listen) 10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. (ESV) John 15:13 (Listen) 13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. (ESV) John 17:24 (Listen) 24 Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world. (ESV) 2 Corinthians 5:14–15 (Listen) 14 For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; 15 and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. (ESV) Hebrews 7:25 (Listen) 25 Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost1 those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them. Footnotes [1] 7:25 That is, completely; or at all times (ESV) 1 John 4:19 (Listen) 19 We love because he first loved us. (ESV)

Morning: John 15:4; Romans 7:18; Romans 7:24–25; Romans 8:10; Galatians 2:20; Colossians 1:23; 1 John 2:6; 1 John 2:28 “Abide in me, and I in you.” I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out…. Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!—But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness.—If indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard. And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming.—Whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked. John 15:4 (Listen) 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. (ESV) Romans 7:18 (Listen) 18 For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. (ESV) Romans 7:24–25 (Listen) 24 Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? 25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin. (ESV) Romans 8:10 (Listen) 10 But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. (ESV) Galatians 2:20 (Listen) 20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. (ESV) Colossians 1:23 (Listen) 23 if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation1 under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister. Footnotes [1] 1:23 Or to every creature (ESV) 1 John 2:6 (Listen) 6 whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked. (ESV) 1 John 2:28 (Listen) Children of God 28 And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming. (ESV) Evening: John 9:35–36; John 9:38; 1 Timothy 6:15–16; 2 Timothy 1:12; Hebrews 1:3; 1 Peter 2:6–7; Revelation 1:8 “Do you believe in the Son of Man?” “And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?” He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature.—He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.— “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” “Lord, I believe.”—I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me. “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.” So the honor is for you who believe. John 9:35–36 (Listen) 35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”1 36 He answered, “And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?” Footnotes [1] 9:35 Some manuscripts the Son of God (ESV) John 9:38 (Listen) 38 He said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him. (ESV) 1 Timothy 6:15–16 (Listen) 15 which he will display at the proper time—he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, 16 who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen. (ESV) 2 Timothy 1:12 (Listen) 12 which is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that day what has been entrusted to me.1 Footnotes [1] 1:12 Or what I have entrusted to him; Greek my deposit (ESV) Hebrews 1:3 (Listen) 3 He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, (ESV) 1 Peter 2:6–7 (Listen) 6 For it stands in Scripture:   “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone,    a cornerstone chosen and precious,  and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.” 7 So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe,   “The stone that the builders rejected    has become the cornerstone,”1 Footnotes [1] 2:7 Greek the head of the corner (ESV) Revelation 1:8 (Listen) 8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” (ESV)

Morning: John 5:26; John 11:25; John 14:19; 1 Corinthians 15:45; 1 Corinthians 15:51–52; 1 Timothy 1:17; 1 Timothy 6:15–16; 2 Timothy 1:10; Hebrews 3:14; Hebrews 6:4; 2 Peter 1:4; Revelation 4:8–9 “For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself.” Our Savior Christ Jesus… abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.—“I am the resurrection and the life.”—“Because I live, you also will live.”—We share in Christ.—Those… who have shared in the Holy Spirit.—Partakers of the divine nature.—“The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit…. Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”… who lives forever and ever.—He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone has immortality.—To the King of ages, immortal, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. John 5:26 (Listen) 26 For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. (ESV) John 11:25 (Listen) 25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life.1 Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, Footnotes [1] 11:25 Some manuscripts omit and the life (ESV) John 14:19 (Listen) 19 Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. (ESV) 1 Corinthians 15:45 (Listen) 45 Thus it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being”;1 the last Adam became a life-giving spirit. Footnotes [1] 15:45 Greek a living soul (ESV) 1 Corinthians 15:51–52 (Listen) 51 Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. (ESV) 1 Timothy 1:17 (Listen) 17 To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever.1 Amen. Footnotes [1] 1:17 Greek to the ages of ages (ESV) 1 Timothy 6:15–16 (Listen) 15 which he will display at the proper time—he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, 16 who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen. (ESV) 2 Timothy 1:10 (Listen) 10 and which now has been manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, (ESV) Hebrews 3:14 (Listen) 14 For we have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end. (ESV) Hebrews 6:4 (Listen) 4 For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, (ESV) 2 Peter 1:4 (Listen) 4 by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. (ESV) Revelation 4:8–9 (Listen) 8 And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say,   “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty,    who was and is and is to come!” 9 And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who is seated on the throne, who lives forever and ever, (ESV) Evening: Judges 8:24–25; Judges 8:27; Jeremiah 45:5; Matthew 11:29; 1 Corinthians 13:4–5; 2 Corinthians 12:7; Galatians 5:26; Philippians 2:3 Let us not become conceited. And Gideon said to them, “Let me make a request of you: every one of you give me the earrings from his spoil.” (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.) And they answered, “We will willingly give them.” And they spread a cloak, and every man threw in it the earrings of his spoil…. And Gideon made an ephod of it and put it in his city, in Ophrah. And all Israel whored after it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and to his family. “And do you seek great things for yourself? Seek them not.”—So to keep me from being too elated by the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh. Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.—Love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way. “Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me.” Judges 8:24–25 (Listen) 24 And Gideon said to them, “Let me make a request of you: every one of you give me the earrings from his spoil.” (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.) 25 And they answered, “We will willingly give them.” And they spread a cloak, and every man threw in it the earrings of his spoil. (ESV) Judges 8:27 (Listen) 27 And Gideon made an ephod of it and put it in his city, in Ophrah. And all Israel whored after it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and to his family. (ESV) Jeremiah 45:5 (Listen) 5 And do you seek great things for yourself? Seek them not, for behold, I am bringing disaster upon all flesh, declares the LORD. But I will give you your life as a prize of war in all places to which you may go.” (ESV) Matthew 11:29 (Listen) 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. (ESV) 1 Corinthians 13:4–5 (Listen) 4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;1 Footnotes [1] 13:5 Greek irritable and does not count up wrongdoing (ESV) 2 Corinthians 12:7 (Listen) 7 So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations,1 a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. Footnotes [1] 12:7 Or hears from me, even because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited (ESV) Galatians 5:26 (Listen) 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another. (ESV) Philippians 2:3 (Listen) 3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. (ESV)

Morning: John 20:29; 1 Corinthians 2:9–10; 1 Corinthians 15:19; 2 Corinthians 5:7; Ephesians 1:13–14; Hebrews 10:35; Hebrews 11:1; 1 Peter 1:8–9 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. If in this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”—these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit.—When you… believed in him, [you] were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it. Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”—Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls. We walk by faith, not by sight.—Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. John 20:29 (Listen) 29 Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” (ESV) 1 Corinthians 2:9–10 (Listen) 9 But, as it is written,   “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,    nor the heart of man imagined,  what God has prepared for those who love him”— 10 these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. (ESV) 1 Corinthians 15:19 (Listen) 19 If in Christ we have hope1 in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied. Footnotes [1] 15:19 Or we have hoped (ESV) 2 Corinthians 5:7 (Listen) 7 for we walk by faith, not by sight. (ESV) Ephesians 1:13–14 (Listen) 13 In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is the guarantee1 of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it,2 to the praise of his glory. Footnotes [1] 1:14 Or down payment [2] 1:14 Or until God redeems his possession (ESV) Hebrews 10:35 (Listen) 35 Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. (ESV) Hebrews 11:1 (Listen) By Faith 11 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. (ESV) 1 Peter 1:8–9 (Listen) 8 Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, 9 obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls. (ESV) Evening: Isaiah 6:5–7; Isaiah 43:25; Isaiah 44:22; John 6:20; 1 John 2:1; Revelation 1:17–18 “It is I; do not be afraid.” When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last, and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.”—“I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.” “Woe is me! For I am lost;… for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!” Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. And he touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.”—I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud and your sins like mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you. If anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. Isaiah 6:5–7 (Listen) 5 And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!” 6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 And he touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.” (ESV) Isaiah 43:25 (Listen) 25   “I, I am he    who blots out your transgressions for my own sake,    and I will not remember your sins. (ESV) Isaiah 44:22 (Listen) 22   I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud    and your sins like mist;  return to me, for I have redeemed you. (ESV) John 6:20 (Listen) 20 But he said to them, “It is I; do not be afraid.” (ESV) 1 John 2:1 (Listen) Christ Our Advocate 2 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. (ESV) Revelation 1:17–18 (Listen) 17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last, 18 and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades. (ESV)

Morning: John 14:23; Hebrews 13:20–21; 1 John 2:3; 1 John 2:5; 1 John 3:6–7; 1 John 4:17 Whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments.—“If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.”— No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.—By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world. John 14:23 (Listen) 23 Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. (ESV) Hebrews 13:20–21 (Listen) Benediction 20 Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, 21 equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us1 that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. Footnotes [1] 13:21 Some manuscripts you (ESV) 1 John 2:3 (Listen) 3 And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. (ESV) 1 John 2:5 (Listen) 5 but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him: (ESV) 1 John 3:6–7 (Listen) 6 No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. 7 Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. (ESV) 1 John 4:17 (Listen) 17 By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world. (ESV) Evening: Exodus 34:6; Proverbs 14:29; Galatians 5:22–23; Ephesians 4:26; Ephesians 5:1–2; 1 Peter 2:19–21; 1 Peter 2:23; 2 Peter 3:9 Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding. The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger.”—The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love.—But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.—For this is a gracious thing, when, mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly…. If when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God…. Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps…. When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.—Be angry and do not sin. Exodus 34:6 (Listen) 6 The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, (ESV) Proverbs 14:29 (Listen) 29   Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding,    but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly. (ESV) Galatians 5:22–23 (Listen) 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. (ESV) Ephesians 4:26 (Listen) 26 Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, (ESV) Ephesians 5:1–2 (Listen) Walk in Love 5 Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. 2 And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. (ESV) 1 Peter 2:19–21 (Listen) 19 For this is a gracious thing, when, mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly. 20 For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God. 21 For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. (ESV) 1 Peter 2:23 (Listen) 23 When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly. (ESV) 2 Peter 3:9 (Listen) 9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you,1 not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. Footnotes [1] 3:9 Some manuscripts on your account (ESV)

Morning: John 15:4–5; John 15:7; Romans 5:6; Romans 7:18; Romans 8:32; 1 Corinthians 1:5; Ephesians 4:7; Colossians 2:9–10; Colossians 3:16 In every way you were enriched in him. For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.—He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority. “Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.”—For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out.—But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ's gift. “If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.”—Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly… in all wisdom. John 15:4–5 (Listen) 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. (ESV) John 15:7 (Listen) 7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. (ESV) Romans 5:6 (Listen) 6 For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. (ESV) Romans 7:18 (Listen) 18 For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. (ESV) Romans 8:32 (Listen) 32 He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? (ESV) 1 Corinthians 1:5 (Listen) 5 that in every way you were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge— (ESV) Ephesians 4:7 (Listen) 7 But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ's gift. (ESV) Colossians 2:9–10 (Listen) 9 For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, 10 and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority. (ESV) Colossians 3:16 (Listen) 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. (ESV) Evening: Exodus 33:18; Exodus 33:20; Numbers 24:17; Job 19:25–26; Psalm 17:15; John 1:18; 1 Thessalonians 4:16–17; 1 John 3:2; Revelation 1:7; Revelation 22:4 They will see his face. “Please show me your glory.”… “But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for man shall not see me and live.”—No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known. Every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him.—“I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near.” “For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God.”—I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.—We shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.—For the Lord himself will descend from heaven…. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. Exodus 33:18 (Listen) 18 Moses said, “Please show me your glory.” (ESV) Exodus 33:20 (Listen) 20 But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for man shall not see me and live.” (ESV) Numbers 24:17 (Listen) 17   I see him, but not now;    I behold him, but not near:  a star shall come out of Jacob,    and a scepter shall rise out of Israel;  it shall crush the forehead1 of Moab    and break down all the sons of Sheth. Footnotes [1] 24:17 Hebrew corners [of the head] (ESV) Job 19:25–26 (Listen) 25   For I know that my Redeemer lives,    and at the last he will stand upon the earth.126   And after my skin has been thus destroyed,    yet in2 my flesh I shall see God, Footnotes [1] 19:25 Hebrew dust [2] 19:26 Or without (ESV) Psalm 17:15 (Listen) 15   As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness;    when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness. (ESV) John 1:18 (Listen) 18 No one has ever seen God; the only God,1 who is at the Father's side,2 he has made him known. Footnotes [1] 1:18 Or the only One, who is God; some manuscripts the only Son [2] 1:18 Greek in the bosom of the Father (ESV) 1 Thessalonians 4:16–17 (Listen) 16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. (ESV) 1 John 3:2 (Listen) 2 Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears1 we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. Footnotes [1] 3:2 Or when it appears (ESV) Revelation 1:7 (Listen) 7 Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail1 on account of him. Even so. Amen. Footnotes [1] 1:7 Or mourn (ESV) Revelation 22:4 (Listen) 4 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. (ESV)

Morning: John 1:16; Acts 3:26; Romans 5:10; Romans 8:32; Ephesians 1:3; Colossians 2:9–10; Titus 2:13–14; 1 Peter 1:3; 1 Peter 1:15–16 “God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, to bless you by turning every one of you from your wickedness.” Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.—Saved by his life. Our… Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.—But as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ… has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places.—For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have been filled in him.—And from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? John 1:16 (Listen) 16 For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.1 Footnotes [1] 1:16 Or grace in place of grace (ESV) Acts 3:26 (Listen) 26 God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, to bless you by turning every one of you from your wickedness.” (ESV) Romans 5:10 (Listen) 10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. (ESV) Romans 8:32 (Listen) 32 He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? (ESV) Ephesians 1:3 (Listen) Spiritual Blessings in Christ 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, (ESV) Colossians 2:9–10 (Listen) 9 For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, 10 and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority. (ESV) Titus 2:13–14 (Listen) 13 waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, 14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works. (ESV) 1 Peter 1:3 (Listen) Born Again to a Living Hope 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, (ESV) 1 Peter 1:15–16 (Listen) 15 but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” (ESV) Evening: Joshua 23:14; Psalm 119:28; Psalm 119:49; Isaiah 38:14; Daniel 10:19; Haggai 2:4; Zechariah 4:6; Luke 21:33; Ephesians 6:10 Strengthen me according to your word! Remember your word to your servant, in which you have made me hope.—O Lord, I am oppressed; be my pledge of safety! “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.”—“You know in your hearts and souls, all of you, that not one word has failed of all the good things that the Lord your God promised concerning you. All have come to pass for you; not one of them has failed.” “Fear not, peace be with you; be strong and of good courage.” And as he spoke to me, I was strengthened and said, “Let my lord speak, for you have strengthened me.”—“Be strong, all you people of the land, declares the Lord. Work, for I am with you, declares the Lord of hosts.”—“Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.” Be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Joshua 23:14 (Listen) 14 “And now I am about to go the way of all the earth, and you know in your hearts and souls, all of you, that not one word has failed of all the good things1 that the LORD your God promised concerning you. All have come to pass for you; not one of them has failed. Footnotes [1] 23:14 Or words; also twice in verse 15 (ESV) Psalm 119:28 (Listen) 28   My soul melts away for sorrow;    strengthen me according to your word! (ESV) Psalm 119:49 (Listen) Zayin 49   Remember your word to your servant,    in which you have made me hope. (ESV) Isaiah 38:14 (Listen) 14   Like a swallow or a crane I chirp;    I moan like a dove.  My eyes are weary with looking upward.    O Lord, I am oppressed; be my pledge of safety! (ESV) Daniel 10:19 (Listen) 19 And he said, “O man greatly loved, fear not, peace be with you; be strong and of good courage.” And as he spoke to me, I was strengthened and said, “Let my lord speak, for you have strengthened me.” (ESV) Haggai 2:4 (Listen) 4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, declares the LORD. Be strong, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land, declares the LORD. Work, for I am with you, declares the LORD of hosts, (ESV) Zechariah 4:6 (Listen) 6 Then he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the LORD of hosts. (ESV) Luke 21:33 (Listen) 33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. (ESV) Ephesians 6:10 (Listen) The Whole Armor of God 10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. (ESV)

Morning: John 15:12; Romans 5:5; 2 Corinthians 5:14–15; Galatians 5:22; Ephesians 5:2; 1 Thessalonians 4:9; 1 Peter 2:7; 1 Peter 4:8; 1 John 4:16; 1 John 4:19 But the fruit of the Spirit is love. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.—God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.—So the honor is for you who believe.—We love because he first loved us.—For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. You yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.—“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.”—Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.—And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. John 15:12 (Listen) 12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. (ESV) Romans 5:5 (Listen) 5 and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. (ESV) 2 Corinthians 5:14–15 (Listen) 14 For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; 15 and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. (ESV) Galatians 5:22 (Listen) 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, (ESV) Ephesians 5:2 (Listen) 2 And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. (ESV) 1 Thessalonians 4:9 (Listen) 9 Now concerning brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another, (ESV) 1 Peter 2:7 (Listen) 7 So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe,   “The stone that the builders rejected    has become the cornerstone,”1 Footnotes [1] 2:7 Greek the head of the corner (ESV) 1 Peter 4:8 (Listen) 8 Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. (ESV) 1 John 4:16 (Listen) 16 So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. (ESV) 1 John 4:19 (Listen) 19 We love because he first loved us. (ESV) Evening: Exodus 17:15; 2 Chronicles 13:12; Psalm 2:1; Psalm 2:4; Psalm 27:1; Psalm 27:3; Psalm 46:7; Psalm 60:4; Psalm 118:6; Isaiah 8:10; Romans 8:31; Revelation 17:14 The Lord is my banner. If God is for us, who can be against us?—The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me? You have set up a banner for those who fear you. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?… Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war arise against me, yet I will be confident. “Behold, God is with us at our head.”—The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. “They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them.” Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?… He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision.—Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing; speak a word, but it will not stand, for God is with us. Exodus 17:15 (Listen) 15 And Moses built an altar and called the name of it, The LORD Is My Banner, (ESV) 2 Chronicles 13:12 (Listen) 12 Behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with their battle trumpets to sound the call to battle against you. O sons of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers, for you cannot succeed.” (ESV) Psalm 2:1 (Listen) The Reign of the Lord's Anointed 2   Why do the nations rage1    and the peoples plot in vain? Footnotes [1] 2:1 Or nations noisily assemble (ESV) Psalm 2:4 (Listen) 4   He who sits in the heavens laughs;    the Lord holds them in derision. (ESV) Psalm 27:1 (Listen) The Lord Is My Light and My Salvation Of David. 27   The LORD is my light and my salvation;    whom shall I fear?  The LORD is the stronghold1 of my life;    of whom shall I be afraid? Footnotes [1] 27:1 Or refuge (ESV) Psalm 27:3 (Listen) 3   Though an army encamp against me,    my heart shall not fear;  though war arise against me,    yet1 I will be confident. Footnotes [1] 27:3 Or in this (ESV) Psalm 46:7 (Listen) 7   The LORD of hosts is with us;    the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah (ESV) Psalm 60:4 (Listen) 4   You have set up a banner for those who fear you,    that they may flee to it from the bow.1 Selah Footnotes [1] 60:4 Or that it may be displayed because of truth (ESV) Psalm 118:6 (Listen) 6   The LORD is on my side; I will not fear.    What can man do to me? (ESV) Isaiah 8:10 (Listen) 10   Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing;    speak a word, but it will not stand,    for God is with us.1 Footnotes [1] 8:10 The Hebrew for God is with us is Immanuel (ESV) Romans 8:31 (Listen) God's Everlasting Love 31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be1 against us? Footnotes [1] 8:31 Or who is (ESV) Revelation 17:14 (Listen) 14 They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.” (ESV)

Morning: John 3:16; 2 Corinthians 5:18–21; 1 John 4:8–11 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.—God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. John 3:16 (Listen) For God So Loved the World 16 “For God so loved the world,1 that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. Footnotes [1] 3:16 Or For this is how God loved the world (ESV) 2 Corinthians 5:18–21 (Listen) 18 All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling1 the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. 20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. Footnotes [1] 5:19 Or God was in Christ, reconciling (ESV) 1 John 4:8–11 (Listen) 8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. (ESV) Evening: Genesis 3:11; Psalm 139:23–24; Proverbs 20:27; John 8:7; John 8:9; Romans 14:20; Romans 14:22; James 4:17; 1 John 3:20–21 The spirit of man is the lamp of the Lord. “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.”… But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.—For whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything. Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God. Everything is indeed clean, but it is wrong for anyone to make another stumble by what he eats…. Blessed is the one who has no reason to pass judgment on himself for what he approves. Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting! Genesis 3:11 (Listen) 11 He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” (ESV) Psalm 139:23–24 (Listen) 23   Search me, O God, and know my heart!    Try me and know my thoughts!124   And see if there be any grievous way in me,    and lead me in the way everlasting!2 Footnotes [1] 139:23 Or cares [2] 139:24 Or in the ancient way (compare Jeremiah 6:16) (ESV) Proverbs 20:27 (Listen) 27   The spirit1 of man is the lamp of the LORD,    searching all his innermost parts. Footnotes [1] 20:27 Hebrew breath (ESV) John 8:7 (Listen) 7 And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.” (ESV) John 8:9 (Listen) 9 But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. (ESV) Romans 14:20 (Listen) 20 Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. Everything is indeed clean, but it is wrong for anyone to make another stumble by what he eats. (ESV) Romans 14:22 (Listen) 22 The faith that you have, keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who has no reason to pass judgment on himself for what he approves. (ESV) James 4:17 (Listen) 17 So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin. (ESV) 1 John 3:20–21 (Listen) 20 for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything. 21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; (ESV)

Morning: John 5:24; John 10:28–30; John 14:19; Romans 6:11; Galatians 2:19–20; Colossians 3:1; Colossians 3:3 So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.”—For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. “Because I live, you also will live.”—“I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. I and the Father are one.” If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God…. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. John 5:24 (Listen) 24 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life. (ESV) John 10:28–30 (Listen) 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me,1 is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. 30 I and the Father are one.” Footnotes [1] 10:29 Some manuscripts What my Father has given to me (ESV) John 14:19 (Listen) 19 Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. (ESV) Romans 6:11 (Listen) 11 So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. (ESV) Galatians 2:19–20 (Listen) 19 For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. 20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. (ESV) Colossians 3:1 (Listen) Put On the New Self 3 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. (ESV) Colossians 3:3 (Listen) 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. (ESV) Evening: John 8:10–11; Romans 5:15–16; Romans 8:32; Ephesians 2:4–7; James 1:5 God… gives generously to all without reproach. “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.” The grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many… the free gift following many trespasses brought justification. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? John 8:10–11 (Listen) 10 Jesus stood up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” 11 She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.”]] (ESV) Romans 5:15–16 (Listen) 15 But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man's trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many. 16 And the free gift is not like the result of that one man's sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brought justification. (ESV) Romans 8:32 (Listen) 32 He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? (ESV) Ephesians 2:4–7 (Listen) 4 But1 God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. Footnotes [1] 2:4 Or And (ESV) James 1:5 (Listen) 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. (ESV)

Morning: John 1:16; John 3:35; Romans 14:9; Ephesians 1:21; Philippians 2:9–11; Colossians 1:16; Colossians 1:19; Colossians 2:10 For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell. The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hand.—Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.—Far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.—For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.—And you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority.—And from his fullness we have all received. John 1:16 (Listen) 16 For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.1 Footnotes [1] 1:16 Or grace in place of grace (ESV) John 3:35 (Listen) 35 The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hand. (ESV) Romans 14:9 (Listen) 9 For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living. (ESV) Ephesians 1:21 (Listen) 21 far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. (ESV) Philippians 2:9–11 (Listen) 9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (ESV) Colossians 1:16 (Listen) 16 For by1 him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. Footnotes [1] 1:16 That is, by means of; or in (ESV) Colossians 1:19 (Listen) 19 For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, (ESV) Colossians 2:10 (Listen) 10 and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority. (ESV) Evening: Luke 24:39–40; John 19:35; 1 Corinthians 2:5; 2 Peter 1:16; 2 Peter 1:21; 1 John 1:3; Revelation 1:19 “Write therefore the things that you have seen, those that are and those that are to take place after this.” Men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.—That which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. “See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me, and see. For a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.” And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.—He who saw it has borne witness—his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth—that you also may believe. For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.—That your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. Luke 24:39–40 (Listen) 39 See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me, and see. For a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.” 40 And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. (ESV) John 19:35 (Listen) 35 He who saw it has borne witness—his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth—that you also may believe. (ESV) 1 Corinthians 2:5 (Listen) 5 so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men1 but in the power of God. Footnotes [1] 2:5 The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women (ESV) 2 Peter 1:16 (Listen) Christ's Glory and the Prophetic Word 16 For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. (ESV) 2 Peter 1:21 (Listen) 21 For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. (ESV) 1 John 1:3 (Listen) 3 that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. (ESV) Revelation 1:19 (Listen) 19 Write therefore the things that you have seen, those that are and those that are to take place after this. (ESV)

Holmberg's Morning Sickness - Opening Break - Wednesday December 14, 2022

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