The Bible with Nicky and Pippa Gumbel Youth

Proverbs 29:2–7, 2 Peter 2:1–20, Daniel 3:16–28 The lives of men and women of courage and faith are hugely inspiring, challenging and motivational.

Psalm 135:5, 2 Peter 1:1–18, Daniel 24:27–45 You will grow in faith as you study the truth of God’s word and boldly proclaim that ‘there is a God’ and ‘he is great’.

Psalm 134:1–2; 1 Peter 5:1–14, Daniel 1:8–15,2:1–20 How should you respond to God’s great grace?

Psalm 133:1–3, 1 Peter 4:1–19, Ezekiel 47:6–12 God blesses ‘unity’. When Christians from different churches, traditions and denominations come together in unity, ‘that’s where God commands the blessing’.

Proverbs 28:26, 1 Peter 3:1–17, Ezekiel 45:1–15 What people see is far more important than what they hear. People do what people see.

Psalm 132:3–14, 1 Peter 2:4–24, Ezekiel 43:2; 44:4 The only church building the New Testament speaks about is a building made of people (Ephesians 2:20-22), founded and built upon Jesus, the chief cornerstone. The holy temple in the New Testament is one made of ‘living stones’ (1 Peter 2:5) – in other words, people like you and me. This is God’s new home.

Psalm 131:1–3, 1 Peter 1:3–23; 2:1–3, Ezekiel 41:18–19 In today’s passages, we see the implications of the new birth, the various stages of spiritual growth as a son or daughter of God and how ‘you may grow up in your salvation’.

Psalm 130:1–5, James 5:13–18, Ezekiel 40:4 How can you pray with power?

Proverbs 28:13, James 4:1–10, Ezekiel 38:23; 39:28–29 Why is there so much evil in the world? Why is there such a battle with evil in our own lives? How can you resist the devil? What will happen to the devil at the end of time?

Psalm 129:4, James 3:1–18, Ezekiel 37:2–10 God has divine connections lined up for your life. There is power in connection. Connections lead to life.

Psalm 128:1–2, James 2:1–26, Ezekiel 34:2–16 Centuries ago, when the people of God were in exile and despair, they cried out to God, “*How should we then live?*” (Ezekiel 33:10, KJV). The same question rings down through the ages. As ‘believers in our Lord Jesus Christ’ (James 2:1), *how now shall we live?*

Psalm 127:1–2, James 1:2–27, Ezekiel 33:11 The Christian life is multi-faceted. There are a number of different things going on at the same time. In the passages for today we see five of these aspects, which all begin with the letter T.

Proverbs 27:23; 28:1–5, Hebrews 13:1–21, Ezekiel 30:26 The Christian community, the church, is the community of our Lord Jesus, the ‘great Shepherd of the sheep’ (Hebrews 13:20). Each local church is called to be a community of the great Shepherd.

Psalm 126:2–5, Hebrews 12:14–29, Ezekiel 28:2–17 You no longer have to go to a specific physical place to experience the presence of God. Because of Jesus, the ‘mediator of a new covenant’ (Hebrews 12:24a), you can worship anywhere. Jesus is the one who has made this new relationship with God possible through his death on the cross for you and me.

Psalm 125:1–5, Hebrews 12:1–13, Ezekiel 27:33–34 In each of the passages for today, you see what you need to do in order to run ‘the race marked out for [you]’, as well as some of the results of doing so.

Psalm 124:2–8, Hebrews 11:23–40, Ezekiel 24:18 Faith is *leaning your whole weight upon Jesus*.

Proverbs 27:18–21, Hebrews 11:1–10, Ezekiel 22:29–30 Faith and ‘*being sure*’ are not opposed.

Psalm 123:1–4, Hebrews 10:19–39, Ezekiel 22:1–12 The will to persevere is often the difference between success and failure.

Psalm 122:1, Hebrews 10:1–14, Ezekiel 20:11–12 Holiness is beautiful and it has nothing to do with outward beauty. It is a beauty that radiates from within.

Psalm 121:1–8, Hebrews 9:16–28, Ezekiel 17:1–24; 18:26–32 ‘We have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ *once for all*’.

Proverbs 27:5–10, Hebrews 9:1–14, Ezekiel 16:60 *You* can meet *your* blood donor. Jesus came ‘to *give his life* as a ransom for many’ (Mark 10:45). At the last supper, when Jesus took the cup, he said: ‘*This is my blood* of the covenant’ (Matthew 26:28; Mark 14:24).

Psalm 120:1–7, Hebrews 8:1–13, Ezekiel 13:1–21,14:6–11 God created you for community – calling you into a loving relationship with him and with other human beings.

Psalm 119:170–176, Hebrews 7:18–27, Ezekiel 11:1–20 Prayer is such an immense privilege.

Psalm 119:162–165, Hebrews 6:13–20, 7:1–3, Ezekiel 7:1–27 God is the God of promise.

Proverbs 26:27–28; 27:1–4, Hebrews 5:12–14; 6:1–12, Ezekiel 4:4–8; 5:15 There are many warnings in the Bible and they all stem from God’s love for you.