OUR FATHER Friday Read: Psalm 139:7-12 7 Where can I go from your Spirit?    Where can I flee from your presence?8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there;    if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn,    if I settle on the far side of the sea,10 even there your hand…

OUR FATHER Thursday Read: Mark 14:35-36, Romans 8:14-17 35 Going a little farther, he fell to the ground and prayed that if possible the hour might pass from him. 36 “Abba, Father,” he said, “everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.” (NIV Mark 14:35-36) “14 For those who are led by…

OUR FATHER Wednesday Read: Luke 11:11-12, 13:33-35 11 “Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion ” (NIV Luke 11:11-12) 33 “In any case, I must press on today and tomorrow and the next day—for surely no…

OUR FATHER Tuesday Read: John 17:11, 13-21; Ephesians 4:1-6 “11 I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world,and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one.” (NIV John 17:11)…

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…