Monday, March 2 Genesis 2:25-3:725 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made.He said to the woman, "Did God actually say, 'You shall not eat of any tree in the garden'?" 2 And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, ...
Keep ReadingSunday, March 1 Genesis 2:4-9, 15-174 These are the generationsof the heavens and the earth when they were created,in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.5 When no bush of the field was yet in the land and no small plant of the field had yet sprung upfor the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground, 6 and ...
Keep ReadingSaturday, February 29 Matthew 6:1-6, 16-211 "Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.2 "Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say ...
Keep ReadingFriday, February 28 2 Corinthians 5:20-6:10 20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.1 Working together with him, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of Go...
Keep ReadingThursday, February 27 Psalm 103:8-14 8 The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.9 He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever.10 He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities.11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who ...
Keep ReadingAsh Wednesday, February 26 Joel 2:1-2, 12-17 1Blow a trumpet inZion; sound an alarm onmy holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, forthe day of theLordis coming; it is near, 2a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness! Like blackness there is spread upon the mountains a great and powerful people; their like has ne...
Keep ReadingJourney to Jerusalem Easter is on April 12th this year. Last year, it was on April 21st. In 2018, Easter was on April 1st. Confused? Here’s the deal. Christ's death and resurrection occurred at the time of the Jewish Passover, which was celebrated on the first Full Moon following the vernal equinox. This soon led different Christians to celebrate Easter on different...
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