LUKE: PART I Friday Read: Luke 2:25-40 “25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him. 26 It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord’s Messiah. 27 Moved…

LUKE: PART I Thursday Read: Luke 2:21-24 “21 On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived. 22 When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present…

LUKE: PART I Wednesday Read: Luke 2:1-5 1 “In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to their own town to register.” 4 So Joseph also went up from the town of…

LUKE: PART I Tuesday Read: Luke 1:1-56 Mary’s Song46 And Mary said:“My soul glorifies the Lord47     and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,48 for he has been mindful    of the humble state of his servant.From now on all generations will call me blessed,49     for the Mighty One has done great things for me—    holy is his name.50 His mercy extends to those…

LUKE: PART I Monday Read: Luke 1:1-4 “1 Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, 2 just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word.3 With this in mind, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I…

FEAR Friday Read: Romans 8:38-39 ESV “38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. ” (Romans…

FEAR Thursday Read: Romans 8:15 ESV 15 For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” (Romans 8:15 ESV) Study: The power of sin is real.  It causes us to do things that we do not wish to do. …

FEAR Wednesday Read: Psalm 23:1-6 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.2 He makes me lie down in green pastures.He leads me beside still waters.3  He restores my soul.He leads me in paths of righteousness    for his name’s sake. 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,    I will fear no evil,for you are with me;    your rod and your staff, they comfort me. 5 You prepare a table before me    in the…