Before I was born the LORD called me; from my mother’s womb he has spoken my name. 2   Listen to passage & devotional: Belgic Confession of Faith, Article 27: The Holy Catholic Church We God "forms in the womb" (v1, 5), or as Psalm 139:13 puts it, God knits people together. Today: 2 Corinthians 8

Romans 3:25-28 (NIV) 25  God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished— 26 No, because of the law that requires faith. 28  For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart Verse 27 is a perfect example. Since grace comes through faith, where then is boasting? by Christ alone ) credited to you through faith alone , which is itself a gift from God (Ephesians 2:

Find out how to escape. 1 Corinthians 15:21-22 (NIV) 21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. 22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive original sin, which instills in us a propensity to sin, and the wages of this sin is death (Genesis 2: 17, Romans 6:23).

1 John 5:19-20 (ESV) 19 We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one. 20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know word 'world' earlier, when he commanded us to "not love the world or anything in the world (1 John 2: Today: Matthew 21

John 3:19–21 (NIV) 19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into long for the pinnacle of His creation, His prized possession, the best thing He ever made (1 Peter 2:

This is the response of the crowd and Peter’s reply from Acts 2:37-38: When the people heard this, they and request it; ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - Luke 2

Matthew 1:18-25 (NIV) 18 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly. 20 be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” 22 ) would be having a child out of wedlock in 8-1/2 months.

Genesis 1:26–27 (NIV) 26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they Genesis 3:22 (NIV) 22 And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and In Genesis 1:26, God says “let us make mankind in our image”. Likewise in Genesis 3:22, God says, “Behold, the man has become like one of us”. Today: Hebrews 2

ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts (2

Dig Deeper In verse 22 Paul addresses our dual solidarity by writing, “For as in Adam all die, so in alive in Him; ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - Revelation 2