Build a rock solid foundation in a world of shifting sand! Check out what we have planned for 2024! Thank you so much for being part of our daily Bible reading plan in 2023! Many of you read along with us each day this past year as we came to understand our only comfort in life and in death by using the Heidelberg Catechism to help us work our way through the Bible. In doing so, we got to read from over 50 different books of the Bible, from both the Old & New Testament. Each week day we read, summarized what the passage said, and the dug deeper into how it applies to our lives. We finished each daily post by praying the passage back to our Father. As we shift gears into 2024, we're going to work our way through the Belgic Confession of Faith in order to build up a rock solid foundation in a world of shifting sand. Here's a preview: We hope you'll join us in 2024! If you have benefitted from being part of the Bible reading plan, please consider sharing your experience on your social media. It's personal mentions and suggestions that have driven our growth the most. Also, if your congregation isn't formally participating, recommend it to your pastor. We can supply a weekly bulletin announcement and overhead screen graphic. Thanks for reading with us every day. Remember, everything else you read, see and hear today will fade away, but the Word of the Lord is Unfading Truth!

How would you act differently if you knew a lion was seeking to devour you? Read / Listen Listen to passage & devotional: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 127 Q. What does the sixth request mean? A. “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one” means, By ourselves we are too weak to hold our own even for a moment. And our sworn enemies— the devil, the world, and our own flesh— never stop attacking us. And so, Lord, uphold us and make us strong with the strength of your Holy Spirit, so that we may not go down to defeat in this spiritual struggle, but may firmly resist our enemies until we finally win the complete victory. Summary Peter's tremendous benediction begins with a call to humility, to literally put yourself under God's mighty hand. You're not to do this out of a sense of groveling, as if putting yourself down low will somehow enhance the chances of God giving you what you want, rather, it's as you yield your will to His that you will be lifted up when the time comes. Verse 7 is well worth memorizing: "cast all of your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you!" But these words of comfort are followed by a stark warning: a reminder that you live in the midst of a great spiritual war, and your enemy is on the hunt. Perhaps these words seem a bit over the top here, as if Peter's getting a little carried away with his rhetoric. But he's not; if anything, Peter is using quite restrained language here, compared to the vivid war scene John reports in Revelation 12. The last thing Peter wants to do in this passage is frighten you. Yes, the devil is prowling around seeking to devour you, but you can and must resist him. What Peter wants you to know here is that although this roaring lion can hurt you - even rip off an arm or leg, so to speak, if you stand still long enough - but ultimately all the beast can do is seek to devour you. The devil can not completely devour you because of what Peter teaches us in his first four chapters, and accentuates in today's final verse: you've been called by God to belong to Him, so you can be certain that the God of all grace will Himself fully restore you and complete the work He's begun in you. Dig Deeper Certainly we'd all be much more alert if we could actually see the devil prowling around us like a lion. The distractions the world throws at us wouldn't divert our attention one bit if we could see its sharp teeth and smell its acrid breath as the hellish creature roared at us. Just remember that even though the spiritual realm is beyond what we can sense, it is no less real than the physical things you can see, touch, hear, smell and taste. So take Peter's warning/blessing here seriously! You're given three instructions you must follow to keep the devil at bay: Humble yourself and cast your anxiety upon your Father, which we've already reviewed; Be alert and of sober mind: This lion rarely relies on brute force. His most effective strategy is to lull his prey to sleep with worldly distractions and anxieties. Keep your mind sharp (sober) by reading and thinking about God's Word every day. Let go of the distractions you can't avoid by casting the anxiety that results from them onto your Father! Resist him: Ultimately you are stronger than the lion! But certainly not in your own strength; you must stand firm in the faith! Remember that it is God who makes you strong, firm and steadfast in Christ. This is what you're praying for when you pray the simple line, "Lead me not into temptation, but deliver me from the evil one." AAA Prayer (About) ACKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS: The God of all grace, who lifts you up in His mighty hand; ALIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Ask God for the strength to be humble and alert, so that you can stand firm in the faith and resist the devil; ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - Revelation 19

Merry Christmas! Here's a morbid reminder that will bring you comfort! Read / Listen Listen to passage & devotional: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 127 Q. What does the sixth request mean? A. “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one” means, By ourselves we are too weak to hold our own even for a moment. And our sworn enemies— the devil, the world, and our own flesh— never stop attacking us. And so, Lord, uphold us and make us strong with the strength of your Holy Spirit, so that we may not go down to defeat in this spiritual struggle, but may firmly resist our enemies until we finally win the complete victory. Summary A voice tells the prophet to "cry out," and when Isaiah asks what he is to proclaim, he's told to announce what ought to be obvious: that life is fleeting. What's here today is gone tomorrow. Just like the grass and flowers of the field radiate beauty for a moment, before quickly disintegrating to nothing, so it is with our lives. The same breath of the Lord that gave us life also blows it away. This proclamation that ought to be obvious ends up hitting most people like a ton of bricks. If you're reading this, it means you've done a pretty good job at surviving. Somehow you've figured out how to make it to another day, and by using the skills and talents you've developed over the years, it's quite likely that you'll be able to survive tomorrow and into the foreseeable future as well. This feeling of self-sufficiency numbs us to the transient reality of life, that the day will come in which, just like last year's landscaping, we'll wither and fall away. While it's good to be reminded of our mortality, that's not the reason the prophet is instructed to make this proclamation. All people know they're going to die at some point; they don't need a prophet to inform them of that. Dig Deeper It's likely that you have faith that when that day of death comes for you, the Lord will be there to carry you through it to Him. This is where you depend upon Him the most, since the self sufficiency that's carried you to this point won't be of much help you then. This is our only comfort after all, that our souls belong to our faithful Savior in death! But this is exactly the reminder that the prophet was sent to bring: that you must depend upon God just as much in the here and now, to know that He's our only comfort in both life and in death, both body and soul. You need continual reminders that everything else around you will fade away, but that it's the Lord's "power" and "mighty arm" that "tends His flock like a shepherd and carries them close to His heart (v10-11). This is what you're praying for when you pray that God will lead you not into temptation: that instead of depending upon fleeting self sufficiency, you'll be firmly rooted in the forever eduring Word of God. AAA Prayer (About) ACKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS: Our Father, whose Word endures forever; ALIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Pray that God will lead you away from the temptation of self-sufficiency; ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - Revelation 18

The force of forgiveness is designed to break and reform you. Read / Listen Listen to passage & devotional: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 126 Q. What does the fifth request mean? A. “Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors” means, Because of Christ’s blood, do not hold against us, poor sinners that we are, any of the sins we do or the evil that constantly clings to us. Forgive us just as we are fully determined, as evidence of your grace in us, to forgive our neighbors Summary Newton's third law of motion states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. A ball that's dropped to the floor will likely bounce right back into your hand. David shows us here in this final passage of his confession of sin that this law of physics applies to theology as well. The force of God's forgiveness rebounds in David's life as he "opens his mouth to declare God's praise" so that "his tongue will sing of God's righteousness." As is often the case when heavy physical force is applied, damage occurs. This is the case spirtually as well. When a person confess his sins, and God echoes back with overwhelming grace, it results in a "broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart." But the spiritual 'damage' forgiveness results in does slightly differ from what might be expected in the physical world. A ball will continue to bounce in the same direction until it finally runs out of energy. But God wants more than just a formulaic, mechanical response to the force His forgiveness brings. David realizes this as he writes that God "does not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it." In other words, God's not interested in a perpetual pattern of sin which leads to sacrifice/confession leading to forgiveness leading to diminishing thanksgiving which brings you right back to sin again... Instead, God wants Zion - His people/Church - to be built up and strong. So He applies the force of His forgiveness to change the direction of the lives of His people. Dig Deeper After experiencing the force of God's forgiveness in his own life, it drives David in a new direction. He writes, "Then I will teach transgessors your ways, so that sinners will turn back to you (v13)." Teaching sinners God's ways certainly includes teaching them His law so they no longer transgress it, but primarily it means helping them understand God's ways of grace and forgiveness. This can be demonstrated on a much smaller scale when you show them forgiveness for the ways they've hurt you. This is exactly why Jesus teaches you to couch your requests for forgiveness with evidence of your ability to forgive others. It's not at all that God's grace is conditioned upon your actions, rather your actions in forgiving others evidence that you're being shaped by God's forgiveness rather than just mechanically expecting it. AAA Prayer (About) ACKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS: "O God, you who are God my Savior; my tongue will sing of your righteousness." ALIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Confess your sins, and pray that the force of God's resulting forgiveness will break your sinful spirit and then build you back up; ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - Revelation 17

Confession demolishes filthy sin and constructs a clean heart in its place. Read / Listen Listen to passage & devotional: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 126 Q. What does the fifth request mean? A. “Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors” means, Because of Christ’s blood, do not hold against us, poor sinners that we are, any of the sins we do or the evil that constantly clings to us. Forgive us just as we are fully determined, as evidence of your grace in us, to forgive our neighbors Summary It's easy to think of the confession of your sin as a purely negative act, in that you're asking for your sins to be taken away, or negated. But our passage today helps us understand that confession involves two distinct aspects: the removal of sins for sure, but also the restoration of godly behavior. Earlier in Psalm 51, David asks for his sins to be washed away (v3), and his iniquity to be blotted out (v9). This necessary first step removes the filfth and decay brought about by the sins being confessed. In today's passage, there are three actions David asks God to perform within him: to create a pure heart, to renew a steadfast spirit, and to restore the joy of salvation. These requests are sandwiched around the key ingredient for the new life that David is asking for: the internal presence of the Holy Spirit. Think of the process of replacing delapidated buildings with new construction. The project isn't finished once the old buildings are mowed down and hauled away. In fact, that's often the quickest and easiest part of the project! Raising up the new buildings takes hard work, resources and time. This is how confession works: it's not just asking God to demolish your sins and haul them away (that's actually the easy part!), but confession also must involve inviting the Spirit to (once again) begin new construction in your life. Dig Deeper Too often people equate forgiveness and salvation as nothing more than a bunch of divine do-overs, as if whenever you mess up God's expectation for perfect righteousness in your life, you can simply confess your sins and God will give you another new blank slate so you can try again. Of course the big problem with this type of thinking, aside from the fact that it's completly contrary to scripture, is that it's totally hopeless. Even if you were given an infinite amout of do-overs, you would never meet the perfect standard God requires. David wrote Psalm 51 roughly 1,000 years before Jesus lived, so David had no way of understanding the theological details describing how Jesus would become the perfect righteousness we need in order to satisfy God's demand. But even so, David knew he didn't just need his sin demolished and taken away, he needed a pure heart and steadfast spirit built back up in the spot that sin had been, and he knew that he was completely reliant on the Holy Spirit to construct these things within him. So confess your sin often, just as Jesus commands us in the Lord's Prayer. But in doing so, don't just ask for another hopeless do-over. Instead, pray that Holy Spirit will fill the void left by the blotted out sin with the pure heart and steadfast spirit you need. AAA Prayer (About) ACKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS: Our Father; who restores to us the joy of His salvation; ALIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Pray your sins will be taken away and that the Holy Spirit will create, renew, restore and grant you a pure heart. ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - Revelation 16

Confession of sin seems scary, but it always leads to relief and joy. Read / Listen Listen to passage & devotional: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 126 Q. What does the fifth request mean? A. “Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors” means, Because of Christ’s blood, do not hold against us, poor sinners that we are, any of the sins we do or the evil that constantly clings to us. Forgive us just as we are fully determined, as evidence of your grace in us, to forgive our neighbors Summary Generally, confession isn't something most people look forward to. It's hard to admit guilt even to other people, much less than to our God and Father! So it's not surprising that most people do all they can to keep themselves distracted from their guilt rather than subject themselves to the anticipated pain of confession. But as we read David's inspired words today, it certainly doesn't appear that his confession of one of the most heinous sins committed in the Bible is a painful process! Quite the opposite! Confession is a cathartic - that is, purifying - process. David asks our Father to cleanse him so that he will be clean, and to wash him and make him whiter than snow. He writes of the relief from the bone crushing weight of the guilt that had been pressing down on him. Imagine the transformation necessary for crushed bones to rejoice! (Side note: notice there in v8 that God was the one using David's guilt to crush his bones! In this way, God graciously used pain to bring David to salvation.) Ultimately, confession of sin doesn't just polish up our transgressions so they don't seem so bad, rather it completely removes them. That's what David, inspired by the Holy Spirit, asks for here: for God to blot out all of his iniquity. Dig Deeper It seems to make sense: big sins require big confessions. David's sin was much more than a tryst with a beautiful woman; it drove him into a conspiracy that led to betrayal, treason, and murder, which ultimately caused his entire country's downfall. But then we behold the overwhelming beauty of his confession here in Psalm 51, and our perception of David drastically improves. Just like in a cheesy romantic movie, the wayward protagonist eloquently apologizes to the woman he loves, and just like that, all is better. But that's not what's going on here at all. God didn't accept David's confession because somehow its beauty was sufficient to overcome the sin being confessed. God accepted David's confession because of His unfailing love and compassion, which we read about a couple of days ago. Here's a few things to keep in mind about confession: Since poetic beauty doesn't improve a confession's efficacy, you don't need to worry about making them eloquent. You just need to demonstrate sincerity and admit your guilt. Notice David never mentions any of the particulars of his sin in his confession. Confession is less about giving God a list of what you've done wrong, and more about demonstrating sorrow and repentance. While there generally should be some correlation between the magnitude of a particular sin and the process you utilize to confess it, remember that all sins, big and small, must be confessed (even the sins you're unaware of). The best way to do this well is to follow Jesus' simple command: Continually repent and pray often that God will forgive your debts as you trust in Christ's atoning blood. AAA Prayer (About) ACKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS: Our Father; who crushes our bones when we hide our guilt, but then causes them to rejoice when we confess our sin; ALIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Confess your sins and pray that God will forgive your debts as you trust in Christ alone. ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - Revelation 15

The guilt you feel is actually a good thing, but don't feel it for too long! Read / Listen Listen to passage & devotional: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 126 Q. What does the fifth request mean? A. “Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors” means, Because of Christ’s blood, do not hold against us, poor sinners that we are, any of the sins we do or the evil that constantly clings to us. Forgive us just as we are fully determined, as evidence of your grace in us, to forgive our neighbors Summary Is guilt a good or bad thing? Nobody really likes experiencing the pain of guilt. You've likely envied people just a bit who seem able to float through life guilt free, even after doing really awful things. But David here in Psalm 51 reminds you once again that guilt, as painful as it can be, is actually a good thing, in that it brings us to confess our sin before our gracious Father. David expresses the inescapable nature of guilt that covenant people experience when he writes that his sin is "always before him." Know that you'll never be able to outrun or hide from your guilt; the only solution is to confess it here as David does and then experience the unfailing, forgiving love and compassion we read about yesterday. While there certainly are lots of people that get hurt when we sin, the primary offense is against God Himself. Yet David isn't bitter about God, even after receiving God's righteous verdict and justified judgment. David knows God isn't being arbitrary or capricious, because David's conscience had already made him quite aware of his guilt. Sin and guilt is so intertwined with you that it's wrapped up in your DNA. Not only were you born into sin, you were conceived in it! This is why the New Testament emphasizes your need to not just change your behavior, but to change you very nature; you need to go from being in Adam and his sin to being grafted into Christ and His righteousness. Dig Deeper Maybe you've heard the analogy that if you had a treatable cancer in you, it would be much better if it generated a symptom that made you feel miserable than if it just grew undetected. In seeking relief from the symtoms, the cancer could be treated and removed. So it is with your sin. Life might seem to be much better for people who are able to mask their guilt or even ignore it all together, but the true advantage comes to those like David, whose guilt enables them to recognize their transgression and sin so they can remove it by confessing it to God. Sin infected you the moment you were conceived. Be grateful for the guilt that makes you aware of its presence in your life, and then follow Jesus' command to pray that your guilt-inducing debts will be forgiven. AAA Prayer (About) ACKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS: Our Father; against you, you only, have we sinned and done what is evil in your sight; ALIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Pray that God will, through Christ, forgive your debts and alleviate your guilt; ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - Revelation 14

You're forgiven through Christ, but it's the Father's love & compassion that makes it possible. Read / Listen Listen to passage & devotional: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 126 Q. What does the fifth request mean? A. “Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors” means, Because of Christ’s blood, do not hold against us, poor sinners that we are, any of the sins we do or the evil that constantly clings to us. Forgive us just as we are fully determined, as evidence of your grace in us, to forgive our neighbors Summary As David begins this famous prayer asking for repentance, he frames his request by acknowledging who God is. In other words, it's the very character and nature of God that makes forgiveness possible. David appeals to God's "unfailing love," that ḥěʹ·sěḏ love rooted in His covenant with us that He's obligated Himself to. David knows he can come to his God in repentance because of God's "great compassion." God's unchanging character is not only the reason that David can ask for forgiveness, but it is also the reason that David must ask for forgiveness. David uses three different words to describe his own actions: transgressions, iniquity and sin. All three of these words describe David's relationship to an aspect God's character as well: His justice. David admits his crime, his guilt and that he has missed God's legal expectations. Notice also that David doesn't use the word forgiveness! Rather, he expands on what it is that we mean when we ask for forgiveness: that our guilt would be "blotted out," and that we would be "washed" and "cleansed." Dig Deeper It's important that David prays this prayer of confession to God the Father. This is a good reminder for us, because we're often quick to say that Jesus came as a baby on Christmas morning to live, die, and be raised to life in order to forgive people's sins. It's certainly not wrong to say this, for the Bible often equates Jesus with forgiveness (Matt. 26:28, Luke 24:47, Acts 2:38, Acts 10:43, Acts 13:38, Eph. 1:7, Col. 1:13-14, 1 John 2:12, just to name a few). But a closer look at Psalm 51 and these other passages encourages us to tighten up our language. We're forgiven through Jesus, not by Jesus. Jesus' atonement (payment) for our sin on the cross satisfied the righteous anger that God has for those who cross His good and perfect will, making forgiveness possible, as Paul writes in Ephesians 1:4, "just as in Christ, God forgave you." This is an important distinction to keep in mind because otherwise it seems like God the Father is just a stubborn, angry old man, while God the Son is the good guy giving everyone a pass. Let David's beautiful confession remind you that it was God the Father's unfailing love and great compassion that sent His Son to die so that you could have complete forgiveness of all of your sin. AAA Prayer (About) ACKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS: Our Father, who loves you with unfailing love and great compassion; ALIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Pray that God will have mercy on you, and that He will blot out your transgressions, wash away your iniquity, and cleanse you from your sin; ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - Revelation 13

Trusting in God's unfailing loves brings you true rest & blessings. Read / Listen Listen to passage & devotional: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 125 Q. What does the fourth request mean? A. “Give us today our daily bread” means, Do take care of all our physical needs so that we come to know that you are the only source of everything good, and that neither our work and worry nor your gifts can do us any good without your blessing. And so help us to give up our trust in creatures and to put trust in you alone. Summary Often times in Hebrew poetry, the meaning comes in the middle. Such is the case here in Psalm 62, where v7 is sandwiched between two 8 line stanzas. Everything that you have that has any lasting value - your salvation and your honor - are completely dependent upon God, your mighty rock and refuge. We have a tendency to think the world is more evil now than it's ever been, but that's probably not the case. Just like today, King David had enemies who delighted in lies attempting to topple him. He too was surrounded by hypocrites who "bless with their mouths but in their hearts they curse." Greed, that ugly root of sin that Jesus identified in 1 Timothy 6:10, is nothing new either. For ages people have trusted in extortion and put vain hope in stolen goods. Although it seems like they're getting ahead, David here reminds you that ultimately God will "reward all people for what they have done." God sees through the lies and deceit, you can be sure of that! If you want to live in such a way that "you will not be shaken" no matter what goes on around you, then "trust in Him at all times... pour out your heart to Him, for God is our refuge (v8)." In other words, as we've read so many times this year, fully depend on God's unfailing ḥěʹ·sěḏ love (v12). It's as you "pour out your heart to Him (v8)" that you will "find rest (v5)." Dig Deeper My former Hebrew professor, Mark Futato, explains well the lesson Psalm 62 teaches: From this psalm we learn the importance of taking the time to be quiet before God when there is turmoil in our lives. Our temptation is to move into high gear to stay ahead of the storm. While there is a time and place for action, our activity is often a form of self-reliance. So our external pace is as hectic as our internal space. Quieting our souls before God and centering on him as the source of our well-being will produce the state of heart and mind needed to take action when appropriate. One way of quieting your soul and putting your trust in the Lord is to pray daily the simple prayer Jesus taught us: Give us each day our daily bread. AAA Prayer (About) ACKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS: Our Father, who is our rock and our salvation, He is our fortress, we will never be shaken; ALIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Pray that you will find rest in God as you put your hope in Him alone; ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - Revelation 12

It takes more than good stuff to have a good life. Find true enjoyment, wisdom, knowledge and happiness. Read / Listen Listen to passage & devotional: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 125 Q. What does the fourth request mean? A. “Give us today our daily bread” means, Do take care of all our physical needs so that we come to know that you are the only source of everything good, and that neither our work and worry nor your gifts can do us any good without your blessing. And so help us to give up our trust in creatures and to put trust in you alone. Summary All throughout history there have been ascetic Christians - that is, people who think the best way to prove their discipleship is by detaching themselves from any sort of physical or sensory pleasure. They embrace celibacy, they eat only the plainest and most basic foods, and go to great lengths to make sure there's nothing that could be considered luxurious or indulgent in their lives. While there may be very particular instances when a Christian is called to completely isolate himself in such a way for a short period of discernment, asceticism is not the lifestyle that the Bible teaches. Quite the opposite, in fact! Ecclesiastes is often mistakenly considered to be a very dour, pessimistic book. It's easy to see why, since the final clause of today's passage - that everything is a "meaningless chasing after the wind" - is a continuing refrain throughout the entire book. But one of Ecclesiastes' key lessons is what we read here today: that you need to slow down and enjoy the blessings God has given you when He gives them. Dig Deeper It's verse 25 that captures our attention today: For without Him, who can eat or find enjoyment? Certainly lots of very godless people accumulate really nice things, and many even seem to truly enjoy the good things they have. Yet as we read earlier this week, both the stuff they have and the joy it brings them are gifts of God's common grace, in which He sends rain on both the just and unjust. But today the Old Testament gives us a bit more insight into what we read earlier this week in the New Testament. Although they might find a little enjoyment along they way, ultimately those who don't recognize God's provision and blessing are simply "gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God." No matter how hard you work or how much you worry, or how much blessings God gives you along the way, none of it will give you true and lasting enjoyment until you recognize God as the giver of all good things. The best way for you to "find satisfaction in your toil" is to thank God often throughout the day, and continue to make clear in your prayers that you depend on Him each day for your daily bread. AAA Prayer (About) ACKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS: Our Father, who grants wisdom, knowledge and happiness to the person who pleases Him; ALIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Thank God for His blessings in your life, and continue to pray that each day He will give you your daily bread; ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - Revelation 11