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…

NAAMAN Tuesday Read: 2 Kings 5:8-10 “8 When Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his robes, he sent him this message: “Why have you torn your robes? Have the man come to me and he will know that there is a prophet in Israel.”9 So Naaman went with his horses and…

NAMMAN Monday Read: 2 Kings 5:1-7 “1 Now Naaman was commander of the army of the king of Aram. He was a great man in the sight of his master and highly regarded, because through him the Lord had given victory to Aram. He was a valiant soldier, but he had leprosy. 2 Now bands of raiders from Aram had…

LUKE: THE OTHER Friday Read: Luke 10:38-42 “38 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39 She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said.40 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be…

LUKE: THE OTHER Thursday Read: Romans 12:1 “1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.” (NIV Romans 12:1) Study:  Being a Christian can seem like a tall task at times. We are supposed…