Read / Listen Listen to passage & devotional: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 103 Q. It's been said that man is incurably religious, a phrase I don't like because it makes religion seem like a disease, but which nonetheless accurately describes the innate drive seen in that people in all What God needed to command, and command often, was that His people not worship like their pagan neighbors ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - 2 Timothy 1

language; ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - 2 Corinthians 12

Psalm 5:1–7 (NIV) For the director of music. For pipes. A psalm of David. 1 Listen to my words, Lord, consider my lament. 2 Hear my cry for help, my King and But paradoxically, David, like us, can come into God's house by His great love (his ḥěʹ·sěḏ = covenant Some people view God as nothing but a wrath filled ogre, who delights in smiting sinners just like it

Today: Mark 16

the creation, preservation, and government of the universe, since that universe is before our eyes like the invisible things of God: his eternal power and his divinity, as the apostle Paul says in Romans 1: were to survey all of the people you know and ask them what their favorite Bible passage is, it's not likely He said, "Repent (Matthew 4:17, Mark 1:15)." Today: Mark 13

have given me ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - James 1

In Matthew 15, we get to listen to an exchange between Jesus and the Pharisees and scribes. They had altered the fifth commandment to their liking. He invokes Isaiah 29:13 to show they are good at speaking eloquently and religiously, but their heart Yet, Jesus' words here Matthew 15, like many of the confrontations, show they thought they could keep ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - 1 Corinthians 14

would have also been familiar with the Old Testament metaphor of Israel as God’s vineyard (Psalm 80:8–16 ; Isaiah 5:1–7; Jer. 2:21). who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him” (Heb. 11 words, and commands; ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - 1 Corinthians 13

Rom. 5:12–21). You may have heard the misguided phrase, “I like to sin, and God likes to forgive; so it’s a perfect Weeds seem like a constant battle: They must be uprooted, killed, and not left around to spawn another Like weeds, sin chokes out the good life and can become a tyrant in your life. ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - 1 Corinthians 10

Read / Listen Listen to passage & devotional: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 127 Q. Just like many of the prayers we read in the Bible, this benediction fits the AAA pattern!