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Matthew week 11   Ephesians 5:18 ESV   18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,       Colossians 3:16a ESV   16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom,       Matthew 24:35 ESV   35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.       Psalm 119:11 ESV   11 I have stored up you...

Matthew week 10   Hebrews 2:17-18 ESV   17 Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. 18 For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.       Hebrews 4:15-16 ESV   15 For we do not have a high pri...

Matthew Week 9   Matt 3:13-17 ESV 13  k Then Jesus came  l from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. 14  m John would have prevented him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?" 15 But Jesus answered him,  " Let   it   be   so   now ,  for   thus   it   is   fitting   for   us   to   fulfill   all   righteousness ."  Then he consented. 16 And when Jesus was...

Matthew week 8   Matthew 3:1-12 ESV   In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." 3 For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said,   "The voice of one crying in the wilderness:   'Prepare the way of the Lord;   make his paths straight.'"   4 Now John wore a garment of camel's hair and a leather be...

Matthew week 7   Matthew 3:1-12 ESV   In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." 3 For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said,   "The voice of one crying in the wilderness:   'Prepare the way of the Lord;   make his paths straight.'"   4 Now John wore a garment of camel's hair and a leather be...

Matthew week 6   Matthew 2:15b   This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, "Out of Egypt I called my son."         Philippians 4:19 NASB   19 And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.       2 Timothy 3:16a ESV   16 All Scripture is breathed out by God…       2 Peter 1:21 NASB   21 for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will...

Matthew week 5   Matthew 2:5 ESV   5 They told him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:       Hebrews 4:12 ESV   12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.       2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV   16 All Scripture is bre...

Matthew week 4   Matthew 2:1 ESV   Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem,         Micah 5:2 NASB   But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,   Too little to be among the clans of Judah,   From you One will come forth for Me to be ruler in Israel.   His times of coming forth are from long ago,   From the days of ete...

Matthew week 3   Matthew 1:11 ESV   11 and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.       Jeremiah 22:30 ESV   Thus says the Lord:   "Write this man down as childless,   a man who shall not succeed in his days,   for none of his offspring shall succeed   in sitting on the throne of David   and ruling again in Judah."       Genesis 2:16 ESV   16 An...

Matthew week 2   Luke 1:26-35 NASB   26 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city in Galilee named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the descendants of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. 28 And coming in, he said to her, "Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you." 29 But she was very perplexed at this statement, and was ponderi...

Matthew week 1   Matthew 1:1 ESV   The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.                       2 Samuel 7:12-13NIV   12 When your days are over and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and blood, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He is the one who will build a house for my Name, and I will establis...

Philemon - Lessons in forgiveness   "Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved brother and fellow worker, and to Apphia our sister, and to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God always, making mention of you in my prayers, because I hear of your love...

"Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved brother and fellow worker, and to Apphia our sister, and to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God always, making mention of you in my prayers, because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have tow...

Resurrection Sunday 2023 Updated:  Apr 8   1 Corinthians 15:20 NIV   20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.       Matthew 27:46 NASB   46 About the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" that is, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?"       Mark 15:34 NASB   34 At the ninth hour Jesus cr...

Palm Sunday 2023   Exodus 12:3-7, 12-13 NIV   3 Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a lamb for his family, one for each household. 4 If any household is too small for a whole lamb, they must share one with their nearest neighbor, having taken into account the number of people there are. You are to determine the amount of lamb needed in accorda...

Acts week 73   Acts 28:11-16 ESV   11 After three months we set sail in a ship that had wintered in the island, a ship of Alexandria, with the twin gods as a figurehead. 12 Putting in at Syracuse, we stayed there for three days. 13 And from there we made a circuit and arrived at Rhegium. And after one day a south wind sprang up, and on the second day we came to Puteoli. 14 There we found brothers...

Acts week 72   Acts 28:1-2 ESV   After we were brought safely through, we then learned that the island was called Malta. 2 The native people showed us unusual kindness, for they kindled a fire and welcomed us all, because it had begun to rain and was cold.                 Romans 1:14 ESV   14 I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.       1 Peter...

Acts week 71   "Luke is a historian of the first rank; not merely are his statements of fact trustworthy. …[He] should be placed along with the very greatest of historians." -Ramsay, Sir William Mitchell (1915). The Bearing of Recent Discovery on the Trustworthiness of the New Testament p. 222       Acts 27:1-2 ESV   And when it was decided that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and so...

Acts week 70 Updated:  Mar 5   Acts 26:8 ESV   8 Why is it thought incredible by any of you that God raises the dead?       Acts 26:9-11 ESV   9 "I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things in opposing the name of Jesus of Nazareth. 10 And I did so in Jerusalem. I not only locked up many of the saints in prison after receiving authority from the chief priests, but when they were put to d...

Acts week 69 Updated:  Feb 26   Acts 25:1-27 ESV   Now three days after Festus had arrived in the province, he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea. 2 And the chief priests and the principal men of the Jews laid out their case against Paul, and they urged him, 3 asking as a favor against Paul that he summon him to Jerusalem—because they were planning an ambush to kill him on the way. 4 Festus replie...

Acts week 68 Updated:  Feb 19   Acts 24:1 ESV   And after five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a spokesman, one Tertullus. They laid before the governor their case against Paul.       Acts 24:2-9 ESV   2 And when he had been summoned, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying:   "Since through you we enjoy much peace, and since by your foresight, most excellent Felix, refor...

Acts week 66   1 Corinthians 4:4 NLT   My conscience is clear, but that doesn't prove I'm right. It is the Lord himself who will examine me and decide.       Acts 23:6-10 ESV   6 Now when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, "Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead th...

Acts week 65   Acts 22:22 ESV   22 Up to this word they listened to him. Then they raised their voices and said, "Away with such a fellow from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live."       Matthew 23:15 NIV   15 "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when you have succeeded, you make them twice as much a c...