OUR FATHER Monday Read: Matthew 6:5-15, Luke 11:1-4 5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close…

HOPE AND FORGIVENESS Friday Read: Psalm 116:12-14, 12 What shall I return to the Lord    for all his goodness to me? 13 I will lift up the cup of salvation    and call on the name of the Lord.14 I will fulfill my vows to the Lord    in the presence of all his people. Study: For today, instead of reading a short devotional, I would like you to…

HOPE AND FORGIVENESS Thursday Read: Jeremiah 29:4-14 4 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says to all those I carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: 5 “Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce. 6 Marry and have sons and daughters; find wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they…

HOPE AND FORGIVENESS Wednesday Read: Acts 7:54-60 “54 When the members of the Sanhedrin heard this, they were furious and gnashed their teeth at him. 55 But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. 56 “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son…

HOPE AND FORGIVENESS Tuesday Read: Luke 23:34, 47 “34 Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up his clothes by casting lots. ” (NIV Luke 23:34) “47 The centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God and said, “Surely this was a righteous man.” ” (NIV Luke 23:47) Study: Jesus’ friends and…

HOPE AND FORGIVENESS Monday Read: Isaiah 55:6-8 6 Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near. 7 Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon. 8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,”…

NAAMAN Friday Read: 2 Kings 5:19-27 19 “Go in peace,” Elisha said. After Naaman had traveled some distance, 20 Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said to himself, “My master was too easy on Naaman, this Aramean, by not accepting from him what he brought. As surely as the Lord lives, I will run after him and get…

NAAMAN Thursday Read: 2 Kings 5:16-18 “16 The prophet answered, “As surely as the Lord lives, whom I serve, I will not accept a thing.” And even though Naaman urged him, he refused.17 “If you will not,” said Naaman, “please let me, your servant, be given as much earth as a pair of mules can carry, for your servant will…

NAAMAN Wednesday Read: 2 Kings 5:10-15 “10 Elisha sent a messenger to say to him, “Go, wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored and you will be cleansed.” 11 But Naaman went away angry and said, “I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call on the…