Matthew 27:46 (NIV) About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani Listen to passage & devotional: Belgic Confession of Faith, Article 21: The Atonement We believe that Jesus is directly quoting Psalm 22:1, which is a psalm of lament. Today: Colossians 2

John 15:26–16:15 (NIV) 26 “When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me. 27 And you also must testify, for you have been with me from the beginning. 16 “All this I have told you so that you will not fall away. 2  and the Son, but remember that every word you read in the Bible was breathed out by the Holy Spirit (2

Christianity's thorniest mystery is trying to define 'is.' 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 (NIV) 23  For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, 24 given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” 25 , “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 26 passage & devotional: Belgic Confession of Faith, Article   35: The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper (Part 2)

Hebrews 10:19-25 (NIV) 19  Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, 20  by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, 21  and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22  let us draw near to God hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Today: 2 Corinthians 10

Genesis 32:9-12, 22–32 (NIV) 9  Then Jacob prayed, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac took his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 23 , and a man wrestled with him till daybreak. 25  When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. 26  Then But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” 27   The man asked him, “What is your

Genesis 27:25–41 (NIV) Jacob brought food to Isaac and he ate; and he brought some wine and he drank. 26  Then his father Isaac said to him, “Come here, my son, and kiss me.” 27  So he went to him and kissed blessed him and said, “Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the L ORD  has blessed. 28   May God give you heaven’s dew and earth’s richness— an abundance of grain and new wine. 29  May nations

Deuteronomy 17:14-20 (NIV) 14  When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you and have taken to revere [fear] the LORD his God and follow carefully all the words of this law and these decrees 20 even as it yearns for freedom, it desires a king / government to fight our battles for us (1 Samuel 8:20 who himself struggled mightily with these temptations, captured God's desire for the king in Psalm 20 Today: Revelation 2

two overarching commands: 1) Pray for their new city, which is what grabs our attention today, and 2) God's name in every way; ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - 2

Genesis 25:19–34 (NIV) 19  This is the account [the generations ] of the family line of Abraham’s son Abraham became the father of Isaac, 20  and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram  and sister of Laban the Aramean. 21  Isaac prayed to the L The L ORD answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant. 22  The babies jostled each other So she went to inquire of the L ORD . 23  The L ORD  said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and

Hebrews 9:24–28 (NIV) 24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with human hands that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God’s presence. 25 Nor did he enter again, the way the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own. 26 Dig Deeper We saw earlier this week how the apocryphal books of 1 & 2 Maccabees give tremendous insight when the fallen Hebrew soldiers were gathered, they were found to be wearing some idolatrous jewelry. 2