Genesis 17:9-14 (NIV) CONTEXT: God comes to Abraham when Abraham is 99 years old to renew His promises for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you for the generations to come. 10 your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among you shall be circumcised. 11   You are to undergo circumcision, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and you. 12  For Today: John 11

Hebrews 13:17 - (NIV) 17  Have confidence in your leaders and submit to their authority, because they Today: 1 Peter 3

Genesis 2:15–17 (ESV) 15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of Listen to passage & devotional: Belgic Confession of Faith, Article 14: The Creation and Fall of Man Here John calls men “darkness.”

Read / Listen Listen to passage & devotional: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 116 Q. to pray continually; ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - John 16

Mark 14:17-26 (NIV) 17  When evening came, Jesus arrived with the Twelve. 18  While they were reclining the table eating, he said, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me—one who is eating with me.” 19 Today: John 21

A petition. 1   Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. 2   Your arrows mouth can offer no reply. 15  Lord, I wait for you; you will answer, Lord my God. 16  For I said, “Do pain is ever with me. 18  I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin. 19  Many have become my enemies Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity Today: John 13

Acts 17:16-30 (NIV) 16  While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols. 17  So he reasoned in the synagogue with both Jews and God-fearing Greeks , as well as in the marketplace day by day with those who happened to be there. 18  A group of Epicurean They said this because Paul was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection. 19  Then they Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity

Psalm 73 A psalm of Asaph. 1   Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. 2   But 12  This is what the wicked are like— always free of care, they go on amassing wealth. 13  Surely in your children. 16  When I tried to understand all this, it troubled me deeply 17  till I entered the Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity Today: John 3

Almost immediately after God had given them the 10 Commandments, they created a golden calf. Whenever we would study the gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) there would not be flannelgraphs

Read / Listen Listen to passage & devotional: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 120 Q. grieved His Holy Spirit, so He turned and became their enemy and He Himself fought against them (v8-10 compassion are withheld from us, but you, LORD, are our Father, our Redeemer from old is your name (v15-16 ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - John 21