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

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

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

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

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

Hebrews 12:18-24 (NIV) 18  You have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning such a voice speaking words that those who heard it begged that no further word be spoken to them, 20 not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death.”  21   The sight was so terrifying that Moses said, “I am trembling with fear.”  22  But you have come Today: 2 Corinthians 4

Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 (NIV) 24  Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. 25  But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. 26  When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also 28  “ ‘An enemy did this,’ he replied. Today: 2 Timothy 1

Read / Listen Listen to passage & devotional: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 28 Q. In Ephesians 1:14, Paul calls the Holy Spirit the downpayment from God, guaranteeing our inheritance

the fourteen letters of Paul— to the Romans; the two letters to the Corinthians; to the Galatians, Ephesians continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law" (v10b, which is a direct quote from Deuteronomy 27 :26).