"It was not you who sent me here, but God," Joseph told them. What a perfect way to remember what God's providence is! God saw beforehand the years of famine that would be coming, and He sovereignly put his servant Joseph YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Pray that just like Joseph's brothers you will let go of your fear and learn to trust in God's providence; ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year!

low esteem. 4 Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God his whole life on earth, but especially at the end, Christ sustained in body and soul the anger of God atoning sacrifice, he might set us free, body and soul, from eternal condemnation, and gain for us God Do you believe that the Son of God was punished by God, stricken by Him and afflicted so that you could to suffer so that we may be justified and forgiven; ALIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Pray that God would

Belgic Confession Article 20: The Justice and Mercy of God in Christ We believe that God— who is perfectly For God’s people who are oppressed, abused, and persecuted, Esther 7 is a message of hope: God sees, God judges, and God holds the final victory, reassuring believers that God's sovereignty is certain. AAA Prayer (About) ACKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS: Our Father, a Sovereign God who is righteous and just; ALIGN , walking humbly with your God (Micah 6:8); ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED:

God's dwelling place among His people was of paramount concern. God's heavy glory conveys His infinite value. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them and be their God ( Revelation 21:3 ). AAA Prayer (About) A CKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS : Our Father, the God who came to dwell amongst His people to follow, that your life will be directed by pursuing God's glory; A SK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED:

Our primary purpose is to glorify God, but our sin produces the opposite results: it profanes God's holy It's humbling to read that God didn't save us because we're so awesome. God is at the center, not us! God didn't save you so that you could live unto yourself as you see fit. And that's exactly what God does for those He saves! He gives us a new heart and new spirit.

forever, he has a permanent priesthood. 25  Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God Saints Article 8: The Certainty of This Preservation It is not by our own merits or strength but by God Rather, He gives it to those who come to God through Him. We've already been reminded this year that the reason you're able to come is because God has sovereignly Whereas a prophet represents God to the people, a priest represents the people to God.

. ---- 26 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city in Galilee called Nazareth will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne Belgic Confession Article 18: The Incarnation So then we confess that God fulfilled the promise which child and our Savior; ALIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Pray that you would align yourself with God's will as quickly and as willingly as Mary did; ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED:

CONTEXT: This week we'll be working through selections from the book of Acts looking at examples of how God's 30  The God of our fathers raised Jesus from the dead—whom you killed by hanging him on a cross. 31  God exalted him to his own right hand as Prince and Savior that he might bring Israel to repentance and In this way, therefore, faith is a gift of God,  not in the sense that it is offered by God for people as Peter and the apostles did; A SK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year!

. 3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he And God saw that it was good. 11 Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants And God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day. 14 And God And God saw that it was good. 26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so God is not far off; He did not create, get the world spinning, just to let it go.

of the True Church We believe that we ought to discern diligently and very carefully, by the Word of God In short, it governs itself according to the pure Word of God, rejecting all things contrary to it and AAA Prayer (About) A CKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS : Our Father, who planted us to "shine like the sun in the kingdom of our Father;" A LIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Pray that your 'wheat like attributes' will be so strong that nobody ever mistakes you for a weed; A SK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New