Isaiah 11:1-9 (NIV) A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit Listen to passage & devotional: Belgic Confession of Faith, Article 18: The Incarnation So then we confess when Christ will return with a "sharp sword coming out of His mouth striking down the nations (Rev. 19 :15)." Today: Romans 14

John 1:6-14 (NIV) CONTEXT: This is part of the famous prologue that introduces John's gospel. 6  There as a witness to the light. 9  The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. 10   He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11 Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity Today: Luke 10

Psalm 143:1-6 (NIV) 1  LORD, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy; in your faithfulness hands have done. 6  I spread out my hands to you; I thirst for you like a parched land. ---- 11 your name’s sake, LORD, preserve my life; in your righteousness, bring me out of trouble. 12 Dig Deeper When we read Psalm 143 last year , we noted that it sure seems like David wrote this psalm Today: Luke 18

DailyVerses.net 1 John 4:8-10 (NIV) 8  Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election 1 - God's right to condemn all people 2 - God

Matthew 1:18-25 (NIV) 18 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged encounter with the archangel in which he informed her that she who was 'highly favored' by God (Luke 1: 28) would be having a child out of wedlock in 8-1/2 months. both needed to be told the same exact thing by their angelic messenger: "Do not be afraid (v20, Luke 1: Today: Romans 12

Hebrews 11:1-3 (NIV) Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not Today: Luke 10

Jeremiah 7:1-8 (NIV) This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: 2  “Stand at the gate of the All sorts of groups had splintered away from the corrupted Roman Church and formed their own 'churches Today: 1 Timothy 6

Genesis 1:24-26 (NIV) 24  And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity Article 1: The Effect of the Fall on Human Nature Human beings were originally created in the image But the account of the creation of humankind specifically notes that the man and the woman were not made Today: Philippians 1

Revelation 22:1-5 (NIV) Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, John records Jesus offering the Samaritan woman living water (John 4:10) and then later on he tells Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them (John 7:39, quoting Isaiah 58:11

Today's passage helps form the basis for the classic hymn Not What My Hands Have Done (especially v4-5) 1 John 4:13-16 (NIV) 13  This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit . 14  And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. 15   If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God. 16  And so Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity