Read / Listen Listen to passage & devotional: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 115 Q. Like the other Psalms we've looked at this week, Psalm 32 is divided up into strophes (stanzas / verses power at work, causing us to "more eagerly look to Christ for forgiveness of sins and righteousness (QA 115 teach you in the way you should go," so that you don't get sucked into the many "woes of the wicked (v9-10 should go (v8); ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - John 14

Read / Listen Listen to passage & devotional: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 122 Q. The market for real estate would have been zilch, since it's not very likely that the new Babylonian Because of this, Jeremiah was able to buy the land for cheap (17 shekels of silver would be worth $160 most of the guys who witnessed this transaction probably thought Jeremiah was nuts and was wasting $160 Father and sovereign Lord, nothing is too hard for you; ALIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Pray for faith like

Philippians 2:5-11 (NIV) 5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus 9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every Listen to passage & devotional: Belgic Confession of Faith, Article 18: The Incarnation So then we confess Today: Romans 11

Then she instructed him to say to Mordecai, 11 “All the king’s officials and the people of the royal to Mordecai, 13 he sent back this answer: “Do not think that because you are in the king’s house you 15 Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai: 16 “Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and And if I perish, I perish.” 17 So Mordecai went away and carried out all of Esther’s instructions. Or, like Mordecai, sharing your faith in God's promises can inspire others to trust Him more deeply and

the land of his inheritance, at Timnath Heres in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash. 10   Then the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the L ORD  and served the Baals. 12   They forsook the They aroused the L ORD ’s anger 13   because they forsook him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths. 14   Verses 10-12 summarize the whole sad theme of the book of Judges: 10  After that whole generation had So the book of Judges, just like the rest of the books in the Old Testament, points us forward to the

Deuteronomy 30:11–20 (NIV) 11  Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. 12  It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, “Who will ascend into heaven to get 13  Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to ask, “Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim 14  No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it. 15  See, But we do good because Christ by his Spirit is also renewing us to be like himself, so that in all our

Read / Listen Listen to passage & devotional: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 126 Q. Just like in a cheesy romantic movie, the wayward protagonist eloquently apologizes to the woman he loves , and just like that, all is better. ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - Revelation 15

Read / Listen Listen to passage & devotional: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 125 Q. Summary The opening word to today's teaching from Jesus functions like a big STOP sign. perhaps even within your own life - to see the awful result of running after all sorts of worldly stuff like

Listen to passage & devotional: Belgic Confession of Faith, Article 13: The Doctrine of God’s Providence Dig Deeper This is the kind of providence that we like. Then when those 'good' things don't always materialize, it quickly seems like this promise is just hot

Numbers 22:18–35 (NIV) 18  But Balaam answered them, “Even if Balak gave me all the silver and gold in his palace, I could not do anything great or small to go beyond the command of the L ORD my God. 19  Lots of people claim the LORD, but so many, like Balaam, make that claim for selfish gain. destructive heresies... 3  In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories... 15 straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Bezer, who loved the wages of wickedness. 16