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Dear Friends,
As we move into another new ear, Im reminded that or calling as Christians is to rn withperseverance the race marked ot or s (Hebrews 12:1, NIV). Were not in a 50-ard dash to thenish line, bt a long, sometimes greling marathon. Bt its worth it becase the prize is aneternit with God!
With that in mind, or theme or this isse oCnncnh aan is Press On! In thepages that ollow, we examine what that means, wh its important, the barriers we mstovercome, and the rewards that God has in store or s.
In addition, there are thoghts rom Anne Graham Lotz, the daghter o Bill Graham, Lena andmsel, and the earl chrch ather St. John Chrsostom. And were inclding a great conversationwith Alistair Begg on preaching the Word.
So lace p or rnning shoes, grab that water bottle, and rn along with s as we examine whatit takes to Press On!
In His strong love,
Skip
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OUR MISSION:We pursue the God who is passionately
pursuing a lost world; we do this with each
other, through worship, by the Word, to
the world.
Contributors
John Chrysostom
Fanny Crosby
Anne Graham Lotz
Lenya Heitzig
John Sweney
Design DireCtor
Khanh Dang
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Skip Heitzig
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eDitor in CHieF
Joan Polito
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Jerry Rood
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Nancy Reimann
Penny Rose
Yo Snyder
Laura Sowers
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03. Fo Skip
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46. Do You Kow God?
06.THE AMAZING RACET c o it is o lik tot ds. Wt t tigs w d to kp
goig so w c is wll?
12.PRESS ON TO THE UPWARD CALLI od to pss o w d ss o disstis-ctioot wit Cist but wit ou ow psol livs s
Cistis.
18.PRESSING ON TO JESUSIS IT WORTH IT?God clls us to li o itgity d puity,to li tt is sotis cllgig d t tis
just pli d. So, is it wot it?
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he Amazing Raceis a primetimereality show where teams otwo people who are in a per-
sonal relationship (married couples,best riends, or relatives) race aroundthe world, competing against otherteams. The teams gather clues andperorm tasks or challenges wherethey gain time and advantage overthe competition. They arrive atcheckpoints or Pit Stops along theway. Whoever arrives at the Pit Stoplast is eliminated rom The AmazingRace. Usually, the prize or coming inrst is one million dollars. When I rstsaw this TV show I thought, Theyreprobably playing on the hymnAmaz-ing Grace. Ater all, theres no more
Amazing Race than the Christian lie.
One o the apostle Pauls avoriteanalogies or living the Christian liewas running a race.
Paul oten used this metaphor orword picture in his New Testamentletters. He wrote to the Corinthianchurch, Don't you realize that in arace everyone runs, but only one
person gets the prize? So run to win!(1 Corinthians 9:24, NLT). We onlyhave a limited amount o time to runthe raceits a marathon more than ahundred-yard dash.
DETERMINATION TO PRESS ON
One essential to winning the raceo aith is a determination to presson. Two times in these verses Paultold the Philippians to press on or
press toward. He said, Not that Ihave already attained, or am alreadyperected; but I press on (Philippi-ans 3:12). Soon aterward he wrote,I press toward the goal or the prizeo the upward call o God in ChristJesus (v. 14).
The word press means to exertenergy; to sweat it out; to put every
possible ber o your being into atask. The Greek word or press, dioko,carries the idea o speeding on ear-nestly. Think about this as a principleor your lie. What i you put as muchdetermination into pursuing Christ as
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WHEN WE GET TO GLORy, WE'LLRECEIVE OuR REWARD. ISN'T THATENOuGH TO KEEP yOu RuNNING?
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you do your avorite hobby, like golor shopping? This is the type o ded-ication and determination that Paul istalking about.
In the movie Chariots o Fire, one o
the characters, Harold Abrahams,was running a preliminary race orthe Olympics when he suered hisrst deeat. He went to the bleach-ers, sat down, and began to pout. Hisgirlriend came to console him andhe said angrily (listen or a Scottishbrogue in your mind), I I cant win, Iwont r-r-r-run. She said somethingso logical we need to take it to heart:
But i you dont run, you cant win. Inreal lie, Harold Abrahams went on towin the gold medal or the 100-metersprint. The same is true with your raceo aith: I you dont run, you cantwin. Be determined. Run. Press on.Keep going. Dont stop!
RECOGNITION OF PRIZES
The second essential in running therace o aith is recognition o theprizes youre seeking. Do you knowthe prize or winning the Olympics2,000 years ago? The winning ath-letes would stand on a pedestal to becrowned with a laurel wreath. It mighthave gotten a little better than that:The citizens would laud them, erecta statue in their hometown, and they
would be exempt rom paying taxes.Not bad prizespublic recognitionand tax-ree living.
In the book o Philippians, Paul spokeabout two prizes: one temporal,one eternal. In a temporal sense, hespoke o knowing his purpose in lie:I press on, that I may lay hold othat or which Christ Jesus has also
laid hold o me (Philippians 3:12).The prize is to come to the point inlie where I discover the reason Godchose meto lay hold o the reasonthat He laid hold o me. One o the
worst ways to live the Christian lieis to meander aimlessly, not knowingwhy God picked you as His or whatyour purpose is in lie. Theres a prizein knowing the reason or which youlive.
Were also promised an eternal prize:I press toward the goal or the prizeo the upward call o God in ChristJesus (v. 14). The call rom above isthe call rom heaven. This is the timewhen the believer is called to glory.The believer crosses the nish line. Atthe end o this earthly lie, God says,Come home, and youre in heaven.
When Paul knew he was at the end ohis lie, he wrote to Timothy, I haveought the good ght, I have nishedthe race, I have kept the aith. Finally,there is laid up or me the crown orighteousness, which the Lord, therighteous Judge, will give to me onthat Day (2 Timothy 4:7-8). As abeliever, you can recognize the prizeo knowing Gods purpose or you on
earthwhat a wonderul temporalprize to keep you running the raceo aith. The other prize is the eter-nal prize: When we get to glory, wellreceive our reward. Isnt that enoughto keep you running?
PARTICIPATION WITHTHE PACK
The third essential in running the raceo aith is participation with the pack.Let us, as many as are mature, havethis mind; and i in anything you thinkotherwise, God will reveal even thisto you. Nevertheless, to the degreethat wehave already attained, let uswalk by the same rule, let usbe othe same mind (Philippians 3:15-16,
emphasis added).
Notice the requent use o words likewe and us. Not I, my, and me,but we and us. Runners run betterin packs. Its like iron sharpening iron.
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They encourage one another. Whenone is discouraged, the others cansay, Come on, you can do it! Itsimportant to have others around
you. To sum it up: Think progress, notperection. Think together, not alone.Beriend other runners and nish therace.
It was the 1968 Olympics in MexicoCity. By 7 pm at the 42-kilometermarathon, all o the runners hadnished the raceexcept one. Thestadium doors were let open. Sirens
sounded in the distance as the lonerunner appeared on the track in thestadium. He had allen at the 19-kilo-meter point, dislocating his knee andhitting his shoulder hard on the pave-ment. Barely hobbling, bandaged,and wearing the colors o his coun-try, Tanzania, John Stephen Akhwaridragged himsel into the dark stadi-um where a crowd o 1,000 people
remained. A camera crew rom themedal ceremony was sent to inter-view him. Why didnt you quit? theyasked. You werent going to win.Akhwari replied in broken English,My country did not send me 5,000
miles to start the race; they sent me5,000 miles to nish the race.
So here we are on earth, on the way
to heaven. God has given us this timeto pace ourselves, to run well, andto nish well. We cant do it lookingbackwardswell get rustrated. Wecant do it looking around at otherChristianswell get prideul or dis-couraged.
Lets run with determination to presson, no matter what comes our way.
Run recognizing the temporal andeternal prizes God has set beore us.Run with other believers, so we dontlose heart. But most o all, rememberthat we cannot nish the amazingrace without Gods amazing grace.
Skip Heitzig is the author o numerousbooks, and is the senior pastor o CalvaryAlbuquerque. You can access his teach-ings at skipheitzig.com and you canollow him on Twitter and Instagram@skipheitzig
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SO HERE WE ARE ON EARTH, ON THEWAy TO HEAVEN. GOD HAS GIVEN uS
THIS TIME TO PACE OuRSELVES, TO RuN
WELL, AND TO FINISH WELL.
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IN 1942, WITH THECOuNTRy AT WAR INEuROPE, AN ICON OFRESOLuTE POWER AND
COMMITMENT ARRIVEDON THE AMERICANSCENE: ROSIE THERIVETER.
With the great majority o the male
population called into military ser-vice, actory positions vital to the wareort had been vacated. The postero Rosie the Riveter, a pretty, youngwoman, hair held in a no-nonsensebandana and sleeve pulled back toreveal a strong arm, challenged: WeCan Do It. The appeal was aimed atthe American housewives to rise upand answer the call o their country.
And rise up they did. In one year,the population o working womenincreased rom 12 million to 18 million.Women lled riveting lines on B-29and B-24 bombers and countlessother needed jobs.
We are still at war. Literally, we arein an ongoing war on terror, and weare at war in Aghanistan. Spiritually,
we are on a battleeld o war withSatan. This war is personal. Maybeyour battleeld has you crouched onthe ront lines o ear. I so, press on.Perhaps you are burdened, worried,depressed, or dealing with disease.Press on. Your battle may be aconict in the amily, a struggle withnances, or a relentless tug-o-warwith sin. Dont give uppress on.
The rst step toward victory isthe recognition that we are at war.Like Rosie the Riveters creed, ourstrength comes in knowing that nomatter the oe, no matter the ailure,no matter the ear, with our God, WeCan Do It.
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For believers, pressing on is muchmore than a creed, its a high callingthat reaches an apex at Jesus Christ.
Not that I have already attained,
or am already perected; but I
press on, that I may lay hold othat or which Christ Jesus has
also laid hold o me. Brethren,
I do not count mysel to have
apprehended; but one thing I do,
orgetting those things which are
behind and reaching orward to
those things which are ahead, I
press toward the goal or the prize
o the upward call o God in Christ
Jesus. (Philippians 3:12-14)
The apostle Paul realized the mar-athon mentality o living throughboth the small victories and the deepvalleys o lie with the goal o oneday receiving the glorious prize thatwaits. He took a studied approach towinning the prize and answering thecall o Jesus.
DIVINE DISSATISFACTION
Pauls rst step in his pursuit opressing on was to evaluate his cur-rent spiritual condition with uninch-ing honesty. He readily admittedthat he had not attained perectionnor grasped the ullness o Godspurpose or his lie. Yet, this was
Paul the apostle, who wrote mosto the epistles in the Bible! Initially,God grabbed Pauls attention with apersonal invitation that knocked himright o his Damascus-bound horse.He would endure shipwreck and per-secution, yet he steadily pressed onto bring the gospel, always in pur-suit o greater understanding o andcloseness with Christ.
We might ask ourselves i we aresatised with our Christian walk. Isit all you dreamed it would be? Paulalways wanted more and wanted
other believers to want more as well.Note that he was not dissatisedwith Christ but with his own personalChristian lie. Warren Wiersbe said, Asanctied dissatisaction is the rstessential to progress in the Chris-
tian race. I you want to press on, Irecommend that you get dissatised.This divine dissatisaction is amil-iar among many saints in the Bible.Ater the miracles o the Red Seaand the plagues, Moses cried out toGod, Please, show me Your glory(Exodus 33:18). In Psalm 42, Daviddescribed his deep longing or Godas that o the ongoing thirst o a deer
panting or water. In Matthew 5:6,Jesus said, Blessed are those whohunger and thirst or righteousness.He is pleased with our hunger andour seeking.
SINGLE-MINDED FOCuS
In our culture, we are usually doingmore than one thing at a time. Were
on the phone, cooking dinner, helpingthe kids with their homework, andwatching the news. CNN recentlycited a scientic study o the resultso multitasking on our eectiveness.It indicated that carrying on severalduties at once might actually reduceproductivity rather than increase it.
Paul had a singular ocus on his
pursuit o the Lord: But onethingI do, orgetting those things whichare behind and reaching orward tothose things which are ahead, I presstoward the goal (Philippians 3:13-14,emphasis added). This might be lik-ened to a case o spiritual OCDbe-ing on the obsessive-compulsive sideo pursuing the Lord.
Single-minded saints are oundthroughout Scripture. David said,Onething I have desired o the Lord,that will I seek: that I may dwell in thehouse o the Lord all the days o my
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lie (Psalm 27:4, emphasis added).When speaking to the rich youngruler, Jesus said, You still lack onething. Sell all that you have and dis-tribute to the poor, and you will havetreasure in heaven; and come, ollowMe (Luke 18:22, emphasis added). ToMartha, the sister o Mary, Jesus said,But onething is needed, and Maryhas chosen that good part, which willnot be taken away rom her (Luke10:42, emphasis added).
Is it possible we need to start prac-ticing radical elimination in our livesso we can do one thing better?Weve heard it said that a good thingbecomes a bad thing i it keeps yourom the best thing. In this text, wend Paul in a singular pursuit that hemight gain Christ.
Doing this one thing necessitatesorgetting about the hindrances romyesterday. Forgetting those thingswhich are behind. Paul was not try-ing to minimize his past or his sins; hewas orgetting his spiritual pedigreethat he previously relied on to elevatehimsel above others and validate hisworth: Circumcised the eighth day,o the stock o Israel, o the tribe o
Benjamin, a Hebrew o the Hebrews(Philippians 3:5). He went on to saythat he counted it all as dung that Imay gain Christ (v. 8). Every day wemust renew our objective to knowChrist, and to press on with a clearpriority.
FORWARD AND uPWARD!
Paul said, Reaching orward tothose things which are ahead, I presstoward the goal or the prize o theupward call o God in Christ Jesus(Philippians 3:13-14). Reaching andstraining orward are terms that reerto athletics. Like the Olympian whopresses orward to gain a raction oan inch or a raction o a second inorder to win the gold medal, we toomust keep the prize held ast in ourminds eye.
Regardless o the earthly hurdlesstanding between ourselves and theprize, we must reach orward. Maybeyou need to keep reaching orward inyour marriage, or ocusing upward inprayers or your prodigal. Maybe youmust exercise restraint to live withina budget, or press on every day in achallenging job. The great missionary
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David Livingstone was asked, Whereare you going to go now? He an-swered, Im going to go anywhere aslong as its orward.
Even when he endured the conne-ment o prison, Paul strained orwardto an upward call and a prize. He toldTimothy, I have ought the goodght, I have nished the race, I havekept the aith (2 Timothy 4:7).
Ancient victorious Olympians re-ceived a crown o a laurel wreath,and today they receive a gold medal.For believers, there are many pos-sible crowns waiting or those whostay in the race. For example, i youare longing or His appearing, youwill receive the crown o righteous-ness (see 2 Timothy 4:8); i you standrm through your testing and main-tain your love or Him, there is thecrown o lie (James 1: 12), and, i youhave led others to Christ, the crowno rejoicing has your name on it (1Thessalonians 2:19-20).
All Christians will one day reachheaven, but not all Christians will re-ceive crowns. But those who receivecrowns will not prideully wear them
to gain admiration rom others. In-stead they will cast them beore thethrone o the Lamb o God and say,You are worthy, O Lord, to receiveglory and honor and power (Revela-tion 4:11).
I dont know about you, but I dontwant to arrive in heaven empty head-ed (well, you know what I mean).While we wait or that day, rememberthat we are pressing orward not oran earthly crown that tarnishes andades or or a medal that one dayis ound in a pawn shop, but or thesound o our Lords voice saying,Well done, good and aithul ser-vant Enter into the joy o your lord(Matthew 25:23). Worth pressing onor, isnt it?
Lenya Heitzig is an award-winning authorand sought-ater speaker at conerencesand retreats worldwide. Visit Lenyas blog
at sheabq.org and ollow her on Twitterand Instagram @lenyaheitzig
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Iloved the Olympics, but Im sobusy that I had to watch a lotonline, ater the act. But I caught
something on video that was amaz-ing, and I think it went viral. It wasjust one point in the womens volley-ball game between South Korea andBrazil. One o the Brazilian womenmade a move that nobody could re-member seeing beore in volleyball.
It was a soccer move and it was aspectacular save. She slid on theoor, kick-saved the ball, and sentit back over the net. You could seeher intensity and the eort she putinto it, as her eye never let the ball.And they won the point, but they lostthe match. She probably had a skinburn and maybe a bruise where she
banged her head, so you wonder ishe thought, Was it worth it? Puttingthat kind o eort and making thatkind o a savewas it worth it, whenwe ended up losing anyway?
Today, as you press on in the Chris-tian lie, I wonder i youre asking, Isit really worth it? Especially whenlie throws you a curveyou go to
the doctor and you get a bad diag-nosis, or your child rebels and yound him on drugs, or your spousewalks out, or you lose your job. Doyou ask, Is it really worth it?
WHEN WE PRESS ON,WE WIN. WE'RE NOTGOING TO LOSE THEMATCH.
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Is it worth it to get up 30 minutesearly to spend time with the Lord inprayer and Bible reading? Is it worthit to share the gospel with yourriends and lose their riendship? Is it
worth it to live your lie with integri-ty and purity, and lose a promotionor maybe even get red because oit? Is it worth it to deny yoursel andyour plans and ambitions, and takeup the cross o Gods will and ollowHim in this lie o aith?
Is it worth it to press on to Jesus?You can make up your own mind, but
my answer is Yes! Its worth it! Itsworth it because Jesus is worth it!
When we press on, we win. Were notgoing to lose the match. We have thevictory because Jesus has alreadywon it. Sometimes it helps to knowwhat were aiming or, where weregoing, and why were doing whatwere doing. It motivates us to press
on. So lets look at Revelation 5 orthree reasons that we press on toJesus.
We press on because He is
unequaled in His position. In verse 1,God the Father is seated on thethrone, and in His hand is a scroll,which I believe symbolizes that theperson who holds the scroll has the
ability and the power to ulll Godspurpose or the human race. Hes thevictor, the winner; its like the goldmedal, in a sense. And when no onein heaven or on earth can open thescroll or even look inside it, one othe elders tells John, The Lion o thetribe o Judah, the Root o David, hastriumphed. He is able to open thescroll (v. 5, NIV).
The One who is able to rule theuniverse is the same One who is ableto rule the details o your lie, andHis name is Jesus. Take your lie and
everything thats in it, and lay it downbeore Him. Let Him rule it rightly. Heknows what Hes doing. Hes un-equaled in His position; He is Lord.
We press on because He is undis-
puted in His power. John says, ThenI saw a Lamb looking as i it hadbeen slain (v. 6). In the Old Testa-ment, when somebody sinned, alamb would die in the sinners place.And when Jesus, the Lamb o Godwho takes away the sin o the world(John 1:29), poured out His blood atthe cross to make atonement or sin,we were orgiven!
Hes perect in His power becauseHes the Almighty. In verse 7, Jesusjust walks over and takes the scrollthat nobody else had been able to
I'VE DECIDED I WANTTO LIVE My LIFE ON MyKNEES, My TONGuECONFESSING, "JESuS,yOu ARE LORD. yOu
ARE KING."
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grasp, or even look inside, right outo the hands o God the Father. Hecreated everything in the beginning.He bought it at Calvary. And He hasthe right to rule it.
He made us at creation, and Hebought us at Calvary, so He has theright to rule our lives. He is undis-puted in His power. So why would wedispute His power or resist His will?
And we press on because He is
unrivaled in His praise. Verse 9 says,And they sang a new song. It wasnew because it was about the end
o the story, when Jesus wins andasserts His right to rule. You areworthy to take the scroll and open itsseals because you were slain. Withyour blood you purchased men orGod rom every tribe and languageand people and nation.
Verse 12 says, In a loud voice theysang: Worthy is the Lamb, who was
slain, to receive power and wealthand wisdom and strength and honorand glory and praise! He alone isworthy o all praise because He isLord.
Notice that the our living creaturesand the 24 elders each have a harp(v. 8). A harp represents your song,your joy. Have you lost your joy
because youre separated rom God,or youre angry or oended withHim because o what Hes allowed inyour lie? Do you want your joy back?Surrender your lie to the lordship oJesus. Stop complaining, stop resist-ing. Just give Him everything, andthen Hes in charge, Hes responsible.Just rest in His will, and the joy willcome back.
Ive decided I want to live my lie onmy knees, my tongue conessing,Jesus, You are Lord. You are King.Jesus is the answer; Hes the One
who wins. He is the King o kingsand the Lord o lords. So i He is yourLord, are you saying so? Are youconessing it with your mouth, to theglory o God?
I challenge you to press on to Jesus.Let me tell you, sometimes theresno other reason I press on. I donteel like it, I dont want to, its hard,I hurt, and the pain in my lie goesdeep. But I press on because I knowwhat the goal is. Press on to Jesus!And one day you and I will standbeore him, take those crowns thatHe has given us, and lay them at His
nail-pierced eet. On that day weregoing to know by experience that itsworth it! Whatever the pain, whatev-er the sacrice, whatever you thinkyou have to give up, lay down, leavebehind, let go, its worth it a thou-sand times overbecause Jesus isworth it!
We know were on the winning side.
So lets choose to rest in Him, sur-rendering everything, asking or thepower o the Holy Spirit to enableus to take the next step and live thenext day, to continue this journeycalled the Christian lie, to press onuntil we meet Him ace to ace.
Its not a sprint, its a marathon, sopace yoursel as you aim or the n-
ish line. Keep pressing on to Jesus!
Anne Graham Lotz has been named oneo the ve most inuential evangelists oher generation by The New York Times.Her ather, Billy Graham, calls her the bestpreacher in the amily. Her Just Give Me
Jesus revivals have been held around theglobe. Her most recent books are Expect-ing to See Jesusand her rst children's
book, Heaven: Gods Promise or Me.
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Byperseverance
thesnail
reachedtheark.
C.S.
Lewis
Faintnot;them
ilesto
heavenarebut
fewand
short.SamuelRutherford
yor lie is short, or dties man, orassistance great, and or reward sre;thereore aint not, hold on and hold p,
in was o well-doing, and heaven shallmake amends or all. Thomas Brooks
Press orward. Do not stop, do not lingerin or jorne, bt strive or the mark setbeore o. George Whiteeld
A constant attention to thework which God entrsts swith is a mark o solid piet.John Wesle
Beginning well is amomentar thing; nishingwell is a lielong thing.Ravi Zacharias
When we are oiled, let s believewe shall overcome; when wehave allen, let s believe weshall rise again So let s nevergive p, bt, in or thoghts knitthe beginning, progress, and endtogether, and then we shall seeorselves in heaven ot o thereach o all enemies. Richard Sibbes
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Pastor Skip,
I recently started listening to your broadcast on 106.9, The Light. Yourcurrent series on the end times is an answer to my prayer o indingsomeone who will teach the unadulterated, pure Word o God. Ater beingdisillusioned by many alse teachings o the past regarding the end times, I
had resorted to just reading the Bible on my own. I asked the Lord to openup my understanding o His Word on this matter. He began to deal withmy heart by drawing me back to the book o Revelation. He led me justrecently to your broadcasts which are very clear and easy to understand.The Bible should be read cover to cover and not just the irst 5 books orjust the NT only. I have some serious studying to do! I believe the Word oGod does not have to be so complex as many teachers have made it... Theministry I am currently a part o also encourages its attendees to bring apen and a notebook to Bible study and service just as you do. I have seenvery ew congregations do this. I do believe it is important because thisway a person will have something to go back to and relect on what wastaught. Thank you or allowing God to use you in this way.
Sincerely, Martha
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othing so renders our realexcellences vain and pus
them away, as to be remem-bering the good deeds we havedone; or this produces two evils, itboth renders us remiss, and raises usto haughtiness. Whereore see howPaul, since he knew our nature to beeasily inclined to remissness, thoughhe had given great praise to the Phi-lippians, now subdues their mind bymany other things above, but chiey
by his present words. And what arethey?
Brethren, I count not mysel to haveapprehended [Philippians 3:13, KJV].
But i Paul had not as yet apprehend-ed, and is not condent about the
Resurrection and things to come,hardly should they be so, who havenot attained the smallest proportiono his excellence. That is, I considerthat I have not as yet apprehendedall virtue, as i one were speaking oa runner. Not as yet, saith he, haveI completed all. And i in anotherplace he saith, I have ought thegood ght (2 Timothy 4:7), but here,
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But one thing, says he, orgettingthe things which are behind, andstretching orward to the thingswhich are beore, I press on towardthe goal unto the prize o the highcalling o God in Christ Jesus.[Philp-
pians 3:13-14]. For what made himreach orward unto the things whichare beore, was his orgetting thethings that are behind. He then, whothinks that all is accomplished, andthat nothing is wanting to him orthe perecting o virtue, may ceaserunning, as having apprehendedall. But he who thinks that he is stilldistant rom the goal, will never
cease running. This then we shouldalways consider, even though wehave wrought ten thousand gooddeeds; or i Paul, ater ten thou-sand deaths, ater so many dangers,considered this, how much moreshould we? ... Thus too we should act,we should orget our successes, andthrow them behind us. For the runnerreckons not up how many circuits he
hath nished, but how many are let.We too should reckon up, not howar we are advanced in virtue, buthow much remains or us. For whatdoth that which is nished prot us,when that which is decient is notadded? Moreover he did not say, Ido not reckon up, but I do not evenremember...
Stretching orward, saith he; beorewe arrive, we strive to obtain. For hethat stretches orward is one who,though his eet are running, endeav-ors to outstrip them with the rest ohis body, stretching himsel towardsthe ront, and reaching out his hands,that he may accomplish somewhatmore o the course. And this comesrom great eagerness, rom much
warmth; thus the runner should runwith great earnestness, with so greateagerness, without relaxation
See how great a distance this is that
must be run over! See how great anascent! Thither we must y up withthe wings o the Spirit, otherwise it isimpossible to surmount this height.Thither must we go with the body,or it is allowed. For our citizenshipis in heaven (Philippians 3:20), thereis the prize; seest thou the runners,how they live by rule, how they touchnothing that relaxes their strength,how they exercise themselves ev-ery day in the palstra [wrestlingschool], under a master, and by rule?Imitate them, or rather exhibit evengreater eagerness... Teach thy eet tobe sure, or there are many slipperyplaces, and i thou allest, straightwaythou losest much. But yet i thou all,rise up again. Even thus mayst thouobtain the victory Look upward,where the prize is; the sight o theprize increaseth the determination oour will. The hope o taking it su-ereth not to perceive the toils, it ma-keth the distance appear short. Andwhat is this prize? No palm branch;but what? The kingdom o heaven,everlasting rest, glory together withChrist, the inheritance, brotherhood,ten thousand good things, which it isimpossible to name.
Saint John Chrysostom (347-407), arch-bishop o Constantinople, was a preacher,
theologian, and early church ather, calledthe golden mouth or his eloquence.He was noted or his asceticism, and orhis denunciation o abuse o authorityboth within the church and in the Roman
Empire.
HE WHO THINKS THATHE IS STILL DISTANTFROM THE GOAL, WILL
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First o all, pressing on meanswe have to be ocused on theuture, on moving orward.
Thats the march o the Christianlieorward. I you want to live amiserable lie, always look back over
your shoulder and live in regretwhat it could have been, what itshould have been, what you neededbut didnt get, etc. In Philippians 3,Paul is saying, All o my previouslie, good or bad, is over. We haveto be like that, orgetting thosethings which are behind and reachingorward to those things which areahead (v. 13). Reaching orward is
an athletic term or sprinting or thenish line. At the end o the race, youwill always see the runners stretchingorward, putting all their eort intoreaching that goal.
Secondly, I think it also means thatwe should be dissatised, and I hopeyou are. But perhaps I should explainthat statement.
Whatever level o relationship withthe Lord that you have right now,its my prayer that youll never say,Thats enough. I dont need to getany more spiritual, any holier than Iam. What I have is sufcient. I praythat youll crave more, that youll al-ways want to learn more about Him,and to get closer to Him. I pray that
youll have a holy, sanctied kind odiscontentment.
There is a classic little book by A.W.Tozer called The Pursuit o God,and I recommend it to you. Its onethat truly changed my lie. I recentlythumbed through it, and was struckby the rst couple o paragraphs.Tozer describes the kind o people
who have that pursuit o God. Hesays, These are lives that are markedby a growing hunger ater God Him-sel. They will not be satised until
they have drunk deep o the ountaino living waters.
Thats the kind o dissatisaction Imean, where we have tasted theliving water and said, Its good, its
wonderul, but I want more. I wantto go urther. I want to go deeper.Paul the apostle had that very samedesire. Even ater 30 years o walk-ing with Christ, Paul said he was stillpressing on, still running with every-thing that was in him, still stretchingtoward that nish line. He was goingorward, with that healthy, holydissatisaction that I pray we will all
have.
Thomas Edison once said, Show me
a thoroughly satised man, and Illshow you a ailure. So its true thatthe more we learn about GodHismajesty, His attributes, His gran-deurand the more we taste o therelationship with Him, the more wesay, I want to know Him more, tolearn more and experience more oHim.
The goal will not be reached until wesee Him ace to ace, and only thenwill we be thoroughly satised!
I PRAy THAT yOu'LLCRAVE MORE, THATyOu'LL ALWAyS WANT
TO LEARN MORE ABOuTHIM.
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Rsarcr Grg Bara plld slf-prfssd Crstas ad lstd furbarrrs tat must b vrcm bfrty wll prsvr ad maxmz tr
cct wt Gd.
Commitment: Christians oten lack a ll determination tolive like Christ and or Him. 78% said spiritalit is ver important to them.
52% believe there is mch more to the Christian lie thanthe have experienced.
Onl 18% are totall committed to investing in their ownspirital development.
Onl 22% sa the are completel dependent pon God.
RepentanCe: Few Christians are serios abot abandoning the lreo sin and handing total control o their lie to God.
Onl 12% said the had recognized the signicance o their sinson a deep, emotional level.
Onl 3% have srrendered control to God and sbmitted to Hiswill or their lie.
aCtivity: Christians conse religios activit with spiritalsignicance and depth. On a weekl basis:
39% participate in normal Christian activities (attending chrch,praing, reading the Bible).
Less than 10% talk abot their aith with non-Christians, ast orreligios prposes, and spend time in spirital refection.
SpiRitual Community: There is not mch vlnerabilit andaccontabilit among believers. Onl 21% believe spirital matrit reqires a connection to a chrch. Onl 35% have conessed their sins to another believer in the past
qarter.
F h Maximm Faith Project, cnducd by h Bana gu.
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Connection host Peter Bensonasked Pastor Alistair Beggabout his method or sys-
tematically, consecutively teachingthrough the Bible.
Hw d rr dr chgr Scrr? Ds h chg r w
w, r ssg ssg, r d
h ssc w r w sd
?
Well, every week is dierent, but theone thing that isnt dierent is thatSunday comes around and that theinuences and the responsibilities o
a week somehow or another get old-ed into the preparation. You know,its hard to be involved in the loss olie o someone, or to be engaged inthe pastoral concerns o somebodywhos been diagnosed with a termi-nal illness, or a child whos been lostin a car accident without that actu-ally becoming part o the rameworkout o which we turn to the Scrip-
tures. But when I come to the Bible, Icome to it really the same way, that Istart and try and think mysel empty.In other words, just come to the textand read it, and think what there isthat strikes me. And then I try andread mysel ull, and then I try andwrite mysel clear, and then I try andpray mysel hot, and then I try andpreach and be mysel and orget
mysel.
ths gr rcss. Wh s xdg
h wrd s r?
Thats a good question, isnt it? Be-cause in the minds o some people,it isnt relevant. And really or as longas Ive lived my lie there have beenprophets o doom who have been
mentioning the act that preachingis in the shadows and its pretty wellover. And yet here we are in thesecond decade o the twenty-rstcentury and the churches that are e-
ective in terms o biblical emphasesare largely those where the Scrip-tures have a central place in all thattheyre doing. And one o the chal-lenges that is represented or olksis the idea o, how do we make the
Bible relevant? And you know, evento ask that question is so wrong be-cause what we discover is the Bible isrelevant. Its only our responsibility toshow how relevant it is. And when wehave a conviction regarding that, thatwe believe the Bible is authoritative,we believe that it is sufcient, thenit gives us courage and condencein opening up the Scriptures and
allowing them to do what God hasintended or them to do.
yr dg h c h s
cd wrg dw h Wrd.
W h sr-rd, r hs
rs. Wh r s r ggs
ccrs h xdg Gds wrd,
h chgs, r wh s r -
wshs h r s Wrd-crc r
xdg-crc?
Well, theres a couple o things.Obviously, theres a huge dierencebetween a model that is kind o anentertainment model and one that isa proclamation model. That seems tome to be airly obvious. And I thinkthe chickens are coming home toroost on that kind o thing already.
People who bought into that ideaand have thought that it was reallygoing to be wonderully satisying,many o them who are genuinely in-terested in coming to an understand-ing o the Scriptures have gone o insearch o Bible-teaching ministries.So thats airly straightorward. Oneo the other things, though, that Ihave detected is that there are some
congregations where the idea opreaching is sort o pass and thatwhat they really believe is the keyto it all is in small-group study. Andwe gather together in small groups
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and all share our various ideas. Now,obviously we wouldnt want to standagainst the notion o small groupsand the importance o studying theBible in that way. But when that be-comes a substitute or or an alterna-
tive or the actual gathered congre-gation sitting together under theinstruction o the Bible, then I think itbecomes a dangerous thing and alsoa potentially harmul thing. Becausewhat were called to do is to sit, iyou like, underneath the Word. Inthe old days, in the Scottish pulpits,they were built in such a way that itwas very obvious to the congrega-
tion that the Bible was central in allthat was taking place. And theres ahuge dierence between that senseo the minister himsel being underthe authority o Scripture and thentogether the congregation learningthe same text o Scripture and sittingunder its instruction together, romsitting around in a circle and every-body giving their view on what they
think the passage means or mightmean.
ar chg d rg hr g
srs c d rch h Wrd?
Yes, we are. I mean, were doing itby design, but were also doing it,i you like, by deault, in that as aresult o just doing what we do along
with others who do the same, wediscover that young men in particu-lar are seeking us out, that they aredownloading materials, that theyare inquiring as to how we do whatwe do and why we do it. And on mypastoral team, which is an increasing-ly young team, we also have a clustero interns on an annual basis whothemselves have identied the act
that they would like to come hereand learn what they can about thewhole approach to teaching the Biblein a way that is clear and is obviouslyrelevant.
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r h c rchrs, chrs
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rch? Ds h fsh s r ,
asr?
You mean in terms o peoplespersonal gitedness? Yes, I think so.I think it was Samuel Bolton whosaid that i we preach the Bible, wepreach Christ. And i we preachChrist, then every sermon will at leastby implication be evangelistic. Sothat when we turn to the Scripturesand we realize that the story o theBible is the story o what God has
done or sinners in and through theperson and work o Jesus Christ,then that saves us rom turningthe stories o the Bible into sort omoral precepts. And it also helps usto understand that rom Genesis allthe way to Revelation, the story isthe same, and that is that God savespeople, and that He puts peopleinto His amily, and aith comes by
hearing, and hearing by the Wordo God. And so while some contextsmake it more advantageous to go atthings rom an evangelistic perspec-tive, I nd that people are coming toChristnot in as large numbers as Iwould long or, but nevertheless arecoming to Christjust as a result othe aithul, consistent teaching othe Bible.
Alistair Begg is senior pastor at Parkside Churchnear Cleveland, Ohio. A native o Scotland, hehas been in the ministry since 1975, and is heardthroughout the U.S. on his radio program,Truth For Lie. He can be heard in Albuquerqueon KNKT 107.1 FM.
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PRESS ON,PRESS ON,YE WORKERSB: Fann Crosb and John R. Swene
Press on, press on, e workers
Be loal, brave and treGreat things the Lord is doing
And greater things will doHis arm, still increasingWith each revolving earShall send a sond o raptre orthThat all the world shall hear
Rejoice, rejoice, e workers all, rejoice!O clap or hands and sing!
O clap or hands and sing!Gods hol Chrch shall trimph et
And He shall reign or King
The walls o leaged oppressionTo dst shall all awaThe sword o trth eternalNo powr on earth can staTho all the hosts o darknessWere marshaled on the eld
The Chrch o God wold stand nmovedWith Christ her strength and shield
Behold her marching onwardIn majest sblime
Along the rolling prairiesThat bond or western clime
And soon rom ever hamletOn all or vast rontierGlad songs shall rise to Jess
While skeptics trn to hear
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The apostle Peter said, Addto your aith virtue, to virtueknowledge, to knowledge
sel-control, to sel-control persever-ance, to perseverance godliness, togodliness brotherly kindness, and to
brotherly kindness love. For i thesethings are yours and abound, you willbe neither barren nor unruitul in theknowledge o our Lord Jesus Christ(2 Peter 1:5-8). What these traits addup to is a portrait o a mature Chris-tian, and to be that you must alwaysbe in the process o growing, adding,and climbingpressing on, or as thispassage says, persevering.
Mature Christians persevere in trou-bles. They wont pick up their ootballand go home, no matter what hap-pens to them. They are committedto the will o God, whatever it is, andhowever it comes.
In Chapter 5 o James, he addressespersecuted, suering believers, those
who are being oppressed: Thereorebe patient, brethren, until the comingo the Lord. See how the armer waitsor the precious ruit o the earth,waiting patiently or it until it receivesthe early and latter rain (v. 7).
Farmers have to persevere. Onesimple reason, o course, is thatthey cannot control the weather.
Whatever comes, comes, and theyhave to take what they get and workaround it. Their attitude must be,Growing something takes time, soI am in this or the long haul, comewhat may, good years and bad years.I intend to be diligent.
Verses 10-11 give a couple o urtherexamples: My brethren, take the
prophets, who spoke in the name othe Lord, as an example o sueringand patience. Indeed we count themblessed who endure. You have heardo the perseverance o Job and seenthe end intended by the Lordthat
the Lord is very compassionate andmerciul.
Job is a classic example o some-body who persevered, because hedidnt understand what he was goingthrough. Job didnt have the advan-tage o going behind the curtain andlistening to the conversation thatSatan and God had together abouthim. He lived in real-time, not know-ing what was really going on behindthe scenes. What happened to him
was horrible, but he persevered.In act, when he lost his children,his home, and his health, the Biblesays he ell down on his ace and heworshiped. He said, The Lord gave,and the Lord has taken away; Blessedbe the name o the Lord (Job 1:21).Thats perseverance!
So this aithul man was the prime
example or the apostle James o themature Christian that we should allstrive to emulate. Mature Christiansare shaped by the trials and tempta-tions they ace. They remain humble,they are patient, and they persevere.Thats a mature believer.
Spiritual growth is a process, its notinstantaneousand its not an ab-
solute. You can be a spiritual person(and a lot o people these days saythey are) without being a spirituallymature person. You need patienceand perseverance to come tomaturity.
yOu MuST ALWAyS BEIN THE PROCESS OFGROWING, ADDING, AND
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January 1
reaD: Genesis 1-2reFLeCt:Then God saw
everything that He had
made, and indeed it was
very good(Genesis 1:31).
return: Genesis 3
January 2
reaD: Genesis 4-5
reFLeCt: I you do well,
will you not be accepted?
And i you do not do well,
sin lies at the door. And its
desire is or you, but you
should rule over it
(Genesis 4:7).
return: Genesis 6
January 3
reaD: Genesis 7-8
reFLeCt: For ater seven
more days I will cause it torain on the earth orty days
and orty nights, and I will
destroy rom the ace o the
earth all living things that I
have made(Genesis 7:4).
return: Genesis 9
January 4
reaD: Genesis 10-11
reFLeCt:Thereore its
name is called Babel,
because there the LORD
conused the language o
all the earth; and rom there
the LORDscattered them
abroad over the ace o all
the earth (Genesis 11:9).
return: Genesis 12
January 5
reaD:Genesis 13-14reFLeCt: For all the land
which you see I give to
you and your descendants
orever(Genesis 13:15).
return: Genesis 15
January 6
reaD: Genesis 16-17
reFLeCt:When Abram
was ninety-nine years old,
the LORDappeared to
Abram and said to him, I
am Almighty God; walk be-ore Me and be blameless
(Genesis 17:1).
return: Genesis 18
January 7
reaD: Genesis 19-21
reFLeCt:She also said,
Who would have said to
Abraham that Sarah would
nurse children? For I have
borne him a son in his old
age(Genesis 21:7).
return: Genesis 22-23
January 8
reaD: Genesis 24-25
reFLeCt:And the LORD
said to her: Two nations
are in your womb, two
peoples shall be separated
rom your body; one peopleshall be stronger than the
other, and the older shall
serve the younger
(Genesis 25:23),
return: Genesis 26
January 9
reaD: Genesis 27-28
reFLeCt:Then Jacob
awoke rom his sleep and
said, Surely the LORDis
in this place, and I did not
know it(Genesis 28:16).
return: Genesis 29
January 10
reaD: Genesis 30-31
reFLeCt:And she con-
ceived and bore a son, and
said, God has taken away
my reproach(Genesis 30:23).
return: Genesis 32
January
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January 11
reaD: Genesis 33-34
reFLeCt:But Esau ran to
meet him, and embraced
him, and ell on his neck
and kissed him, and they
wept(Genesis 33:4).
return: Genesis 35
January 12
reaD: Genesis 36-37
reFLeCt:Now Israel loved
Joseph more than all his
children, because he was
the son o his old age. Also
he made him a tunic o
many colors(Genesis 37:3).
return: Genesis 38
January 13
reaD: Genesis 39-40
reFLeCt:But the LORD
was with Joseph and
showed him mercy, and He
gave him avor in the sight
o the keeper o the prison
(Genesis 39:21).
return: Genesis 41
January 14
reaD: Genesis 42-44
reFLeCt:Then Judah said
to Israel his ather, Send
the lad with me, and we will
arise and go, that we may
live and not die, both we
and you and also our little
ones(Genesis 43:8).
return: Genesis 45-46
January 15
reaD: Genesis 47-48
reFLeCt:Now there was
no bread in all the land; or
the amine was very severe,
so that the land o Egypt
and the land o Canaan
languished because o the
amine(Genesis 47:13).
return: Genesis 49
January 16
reaD: Genesis 50, Exodus 1
reFLeCt:So Pharaoh
commanded all his people,
saying, Every son who is
born you shall cast into the
river, and every daughter
you shall save alive
(Exodus 1:22).
return: Exodus 2
January 17
reaD: Exodus 3-4
reFLeCt:And the LORD
said: I have surely seen the
oppression o My people
who are in Egypt, and have
heard their cry becauseo their taskmasters, or I
know their sorrows
(Exodus 3:7).
return: Exodus 5
January 18
reaD: Exodus 6-7
reFLeCt:And the LORD
spoke to Moses, saying,
Go in, tell Pharaoh king o
Egypt to let the children
o Israel go out o his land
(Exodus 6:10-11).
return: Exodus 8
January 19
reaD: Exodus 9-10
reFLeCt:But the LORD
hardened the heart o Pha-
raoh; and he did not heed
them, just as the LORDhadspoken to Moses
(Exodus 9:12).
return: Exodus 11
January 20
reaD: Exodus 12-13
reFLeCt:And thus you
shall eat it: with a belt on
your waist, your sandals on
your eet, and your sta in
your hand. So you shall eat
it in haste. It is the LORDs
Passover(Exodus 12:11).
return: Exodus 14
January 21
reaD: Exodus 15-17
reFLeCt:Your right hand,
O LORD, has become glo-
rious in power; Your right
hand, O LORD, has dashed
the enemy in pieces.
(Exodus 15:6).
return: Exodus 18-19
January 22
reaD: Exodus 20-21
reFLeCt: I am the LORD
your God, who brought you
out o the land o Egypt,
out o the house o bond-
age. You shall have no other
gods beore Me(Exodus 20:2-3).
return: Exodus 22
January 23
reaD: Exodus 23-24
reFLeCt:Keep yoursel ar
rom a alse matter; do not
kill the innocent and righ-
teous. For I will not justiy
the wicked(Exodus 23:7).
return: Exodus 25
January 24
reaD: Exodus 26-27
reFLeCt:And you shall
raise up the tabernacle ac-
cording to its pattern which
you were shown on the
mountain (Exodus 26:30).
return: Exodus 28
January 25
reaD: Exodus 29-30
reFLeCt:And Aaron and
his sons you shall bring to
the door o the tabernacle
o meeting, and you shall
wash them with water
(Exodus 29:4).
return: Exodus 31
January 26
reaD: Exodus 32-33
reFLeCt:And he received
the gold rom their hand
and made a molded cal.
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Then they said, This is your
god, O Israel, that brought
you out o the land o
Egypt!(Exodus 32:4).
return: Exodus 34
January 27
reaD: Exodus 35-36
reFLeCt:Work shall be
done or six days, but the
seventh day shall be a holy
day or you, a Sabbath o
rest to the LORD
(Exodus 35:2).
return: Exodus 37
January 28
reaD: Exodus 38-40reFLeCt:Then the cloud
covered the tabernacle o
meeting, and the glory o
the LORDlled the taberna-
cle(Exodus 40:34).
return: Leviticus 1-2
January 29
reaD: Leviticus 3-4
reFLeCt:And Aarons
sons shall burn it on the al-
tar upon the burnt sacrice,
which is on the wood that
is on the re, as an oering
made by re, a sweet aro-
ma to the LORD
(Leviticus 3:5).
return: Leviticus 5
January 30
reaD: Leviticus 6-7reFLeCt: Then the LORD
spoke to Moses, saying,
Command Aaron and his
sons, saying, This is the
law o the burnt oering
(Leviticus 6:8-9).
return: Leviticus 8
January 31
reaD: Leviticus 9-10
reFLeCt:Then Moses said,
This is the thing which
the Lord commanded you
to do, and the glory o the
LORDwill appear to you
(Leviticus 9:6).
return: Leviticus 11
February 1
reaD: Leviticus 12-13
reFLeCt:And on the
eighth day the esh o his
oreskin shall be circum-
cised(Leviticus 12:3).
return: Leviticus 14
February 2
reaD: Leviticus 15-16
reFLeCt:So he shall make
atonement or the Holy
Place, because o the un-
cleanness o the children o
Israel, and because o their
transgressions, or all their
sins(Leviticus 16:16).
return: Leviticus 17
February 3
reaD: Leviticus 18-19
reFLeCt:You shall ob-
serve My judgments and
keep My ordinances, to
walk in them: I am the
LORDyour God
(Leviticus 18:4).
return: Leviticus 20
February 4
reaD: Leviticus 21-23
reFLeCt:Whatever has a
deect, you shall not oer,
or it shall not be accept-
able on your behal
(Leviticus 22:20).
return: Leviticus 24-25
February 5
reaD: Leviticus 26-27
reFLeCt:I will walk among
you and be your God, and
you shall be My people
(Leviticus 26:12).
return: Numbers 1
February 6
reaD: Numbers 2-3
reFLeCt:Now these are
the records o Aaron and
Moses when the LORD
spoke with Moses on Mount
Sinai(Numbers 3:1).
return: Numbers 4
February 7
reaD: Numbers 5-6
reFLeCt:The LORDbless
you and keep you; the LORD
make His ace shine upon
you, and be gracious to
you; the LORDlit up His
countenance upon you, and
give you peace(Numbers 6:24-26).
return: Numbers 7
February 8
reaD: Numbers 8-9
reFLeCt:And they
kept the Passover on the
ourteenth day o the
rst month, at twilight, in
the Wilderness o Sinai;
according to all that the
LORDcommanded Moses,
so the children o Israel did
(Numbers 9:5).
return: Numbers 10
February 9
reaD: Numbers 11-12
reFLeCt:Where am I to
get meat to give to all these
people? For they weep allover me, saying, Give us
meat, that we may eat
(Numbers 11:13).
return: Numbers 13
February 10
reaD: Numbers 14-15
reFLeCt:Then the LORD
said to Moses: How long
will these people reject
Me? And how long will
they not believe Me, with
all the signs which I have
perormed among them?
(Numbers 14:11).
return: Numbers 16
February
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February 11
reaD: Numbers 17-19
reFLeCt:Behold, I Mysel
have taken your brethren
the Levites rom among
the children o Israel; they
are a git to you, given bythe LORD, to do the work o
the tabernacle o meeting
(Numbers 18:6).
return: Numbers 20-21
February 12
reaD: Numbers 22-23
reFLeCt:And God said
to Balaam, You shall not
go with them; you shall not
curse the people, or they
are blessed.
(Numbers 22:12).
return: Numbers 24
February 13
reaD: Numbers 25-26
reFLeCt:Take a census
o all the congregation o
the children o Israel rom
twenty years old and above,by their athers houses, all
who are able to go to war
in Israel(Numbers 26:2).
return: Numbers 27
February 14
reaD: Numbers 28-29
reFLeCt: Command the
children o Israel, and say to
them, My oering, My ood
or My oerings made by
re as a sweet aroma to Me,
you shall be careul to oer
to Me at their appointed
time(Numbers 28:2).
return: Numbers 30
February 15
reaD: Numbers 31-32
reFLeCt:Thereore they
said, I we have oundavor in your sight, let this
land be given to your
servants as a possession.
Do not take us over the
Jordan(Numbers 32:5).
return: Numbers 33
February 16
reaD: Numbers 34-35
reFLeCt:Command thechildren o Israel, and say
to them: When you come
into the land o Canaan,
this is the land that shall all
to you as an inheritance
the land o Canaan to its
boundaries
(Numbers 34:2).
return: Numbers 36
February 17
reaD: Deuteronomy 1-2
reFLeCt:See, I have set
the land beore you; go in
and possess the land which
the LORDswore to your
athersto Abraham, Isaac,
and Jacobto give to them
and their descendants ater
them (Deuteronomy 1:8).
return:
Deuteronomy 3
February 18
reaD: Deuteronomy 4-6
reFLeCt: You shall not
add to the word which I
command you, nor take
rom it, that you may keep
the commandments o the
LORDyour God which I
command you
(Deuteronomy 4:2).return: Deuteronomy 7-8
February 19
reaD: Deuteronomy 9-10
reFLeCt:Remember! Do
not orget how you pro-
voked the LORDyour God
to wrath in the wilderness.
From the day that you
departed rom the land oEgypt until you came to
this place, you have been
rebellious against the LORD
(Deuteronomy 9:7).
return: Deuteronomy 11
February 20
reaD: Deuteronomy 12-13
reFLeCt: These are the
statutes and judgments
which you shall be care-
ul to observe in the land
which the LORDGod oyour athers is giving you
to possess, all the days that
you live on the earth
(Deuteronomy 12:1).
return: Deuteronomy 14
February 21
reaD: Deuteronomy 15-16
reFLeCt:For the poor
will never cease rom the
land; thereore I command
you, saying, You shall open
your hand wide to your
brother, to your poor and
your needy, in your land
(Deuteronomy 15:11).
return: Deuteronomy 17
February 22
reaD: Deuteronomy 18-19
reFLeCt:You shall beblameless beore the
LORDyour God
(Deuteronomy 18:13).
return: Deuteronomy 20
February 23
reaD: Deuteronomy 21-22
reFLeCt:Provide atone-
ment, O LORD, or Your
people Israel, whom You
have redeemed, and do not
lay innocent blood to the
charge o Your people Israel
(Deuteronomy 21:8).
return: Deuteronomy 23
February 24
reaD: Deuteronomy 24-25
reFLeCt:When a man has
taken a new wie, he shall
not go out to war or becharged with any business;
he shall be ree at home
one year, and bring happi-
ness to his wie whom
he has taken
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(Deuteronomy 24:5).
return: Deuteronomy 26
February 25
reaD: Deuteronomy 27-29
reFLeCt: You shall build
with whole stones the altaro the LORDyour God, and
oer burnt oerings on it to
the LORDyour God
(Deuteronomy 27:6).
return: Deuteronomy
30-31
February 26
reaD: Deuteronomy 32-33
reFLeCt:For the LORDwill
judge His people and have
compassion on His servants
(Deuteronomy 32:36).
return: Deuteronomy 34
February 27
reaD: Joshua 1-2
reFLeCt:Have I not com-
manded you? Be strong
and o good courage; do
not be araid, nor be dis-mayed, or the LORDyour
God is with you wherever
you go(Joshua 1:9).
return: Joshua 3
February 28
reaD: Joshua 4-5
reFLeCt:Now the people
came up rom the Jordan
on the tenth day o the rst
month, and they camped in
Gilgal on the east border o
Jericho(Joshua 4:19).
return: Joshua 6
MarCH 1
reaD: Joshua 7-8
reFLeCt:Israel has sinned,
and they have also trans-
gressed My covenant which
I commanded them
(Joshua 7:11).
return: Joshua 9
MarCH 2
reaD: Joshua 10-11reFLeCt:So the sun stood
still in the midst o heaven,
and did not hasten to go
down or about a whole
day(Joshua 10:13).
return: Joshua 12
MarCH 3
reaD: Joshua 13-14
reFLeCt:And the LORD
said to him: You are old,
advanced in years, and
there remains very much
land yet to be possessed
(Joshua 13:1).
return: Joshua 15
MarCH 4
reaD: Joshua 16-18
reFLeCt:And they came
near beore Eleazar thepriest, beore Joshua the
son o Nun, and beore the
rulers, saying, The LORD
commanded Moses to give
us an inheritance among
our brothers
(Joshua 17:4).
return: Joshua 19-20
MarCH 5
reaD: Joshua 21-22
reFLeCt:So the LORD
gave to Israel all the land o
which He had sworn to give
to their athers, and they
took possession o it and
dwelt in it(Joshua 21:43).
return: Joshua 23
MarCH 6
reaD: Joshua 24, Judges 1reFLeCt:And it came
to pass, when Israel was
strong, that they put the
Canaanites under tribute,
but did not completely
drive them out
(Judges 1:28).
return: Judges 2
MarCH 7
reaD: Judges 3-4
reFLeCt:So the childreno Israel did evil in the sight
o the LORDThey orgot the
LORDtheir God, and served
the Baals and Asherahs
(Judges 3:7).
return: Judges 5
MarCH 8
reaD: Judges 6-7
reFLeCt:And the Angel o
the LORDappeared to him,
and said to him, The LORD
is with you, you mighty man
o valor!(Judges 6:12).
return: Judges 8
MarCH 9
reaD: Judges 9-10
reFLeCt:So the LORDsaid
to the children o Israel,
Did I not deliver you romthe Egyptians and rom the
Amorites and rom the peo-
ple o Ammon and rom the
Philistines?(Judges 10:11).
return: Judges 11
MarCH 10
reaD: Judges 12-13
reFLeCt:Again the chil-
dren o Israel did evil in the
sight o the LORD, and the
LORDdelivered them into
the hand o the Philistines
or orty years(Judges 13:1).
return: Judges 14
MarCH 11
reaD: Judges 15-17
reFLeCt:But he did not
know that the LORDhad
departed rom him(Judges 16:20).
return: Judges 18-19
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MarCH 12
reaD: Judges 20-21
reFLeCt:So the children
o Israel inquired o the
LORD(the ark o the cov-
enant o God was there in
those days)(Judges 20:27).
return: Ruth 1
MarCH 13
reaD: Ruth 2-3
reFLeCt:The LORDrepay
your work, and a ull reward
be given you by the LORD
God o Israel, under whose
wings you have come or
reuge(Ruth 2:12).
return: Ruth 4
MarCH 14
reaD: 1 Samuel 1-2
reFLeCt: For this child I
prayed, and the LORDhas
granted me my petition
which I asked o Him
(1 Samuel 1:27).
return: 1 Samuel 3
MarCH 15
reaD: 1 Samuel 4-5
reFLeCt:So the Philistines
were araid, or they said,
God has come into the
camp!(1 Samuel 4:7).
return: 1 Samuel 6
MarCH 16
reaD: 1 Samuel 7-8
reFLeCt:And the LORD
said to Samuel, Heed the
voice o the people in all
that they say to you; or
they have not rejected you,
but they have rejected Me,
that I should not reign over
them(1 Samuel 8:7).
return: 1 Samuel 9
MarCH 17
reaD: 1 Samuel 10-11
reFLeCt:But Saul said,
Not a man shall be put to
death this day, or today
the LORDhas accomplished
salvation in Israel
(1 Samuel 11:13).
return: 1 Samuel 12
MarCH 18
reaD: 1 Samuel 13-15
reFLeCt:The LORDhas
sought or Himsel a man
ater His own heart, and the
LORDhas commanded him
to be commander over His
people, because you have
not kept what the LORD
commanded you
(1 Samuel 13:14).
return: 1 Samuel 16-17
MarCH 19
reaD: 1 Samuel 18-19
reFLeCt:And David be-
haved wisely in all his ways,
and the LORDwas with him
(1 Samuel 18:14).
return: 1 Samuel 20
MarCH 20
reaD: 1 Samuel 21-22
reFLeCt:So the priest
gave him holy bread; orthere was no bread there
but the showbread which
had been taken rom beore
the LORD(1 Samuel 21:6).
return: 1 Samuel 23
MarCH 21
reaD: 1 Samuel 24-25
reFLeCt:Let the LORD
judge between you and me,and let the LORDavenge me
on you. But my hand shall
not be against you
(1 Samuel 24:12).
return: 1 Samuel 26
MarCH 22
reaD: 1 Samuel 27-28
reFLeCt:And when Saul
inquired o the LORD, the
LORDdid not answer him,
either by dreams or by Urim
or by the prophets
(1 Samuel 28:6).
return: 1 Samuel 29
MarCH 23
reaD: 1 Samuel 30-31
reFLeCt:Now David was
greatly distressed, or the
people spoke o stoning
him, because the soul o
all the people was grieved,
every man or his sons and
his daughters. But David
strengthened himsel in the
LORDhis God
(1 Samuel 30:6).
return: 2 Samuel 1
MarCH 24
reaD: 2 Samuel 2-3
reFLeCt:And now may
the LORDshow kindnessand truth to you. I also will
repay you this kindness,
because you have done this
thing (2 Samuel 2:6).
return: 2 Samuel 4
MarCH 25
reaD: 2 Samuel 5-7
reFLeCt:So David went
on and became great, and
the LORDGod o hosts was
with him (2 Samuel 5:10).
return: 2 Samuel 8-9
MarCH 26
reaD: 2 Samuel 10-11
reFLeCt: Then it hap-
pened one evening that
David arose rom his bed
and walked on the roo o
the kings house. And romthe roo he saw a woman
bathing, and the woman
was very beautiul to be-
hold(2 Samuel 11:2).
return: 2 Samuel 12
MarCH 27
reaD: 2 Samuel 13-14
reFLeCt:And Absalom
spoke to his brother Amnon
neither good nor bad. For
Absalom hated Amnon,
because he had orced his
sister Tamar
(2 Samuel 13:22).
return: 2 Samuel 15
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MarCH 28
reaD: 2 Samuel 16-17
reFLeCt:It may be that
the LORDwill look on my
afiction, and that the LORD
will repay me with good or
his cursing this day
(2 Samuel 16:12).
return: 2 Samuel 18
MarCH 29
reaD: 2 Samuel 19-20
reFLeCt:But the king
covered his ace, and the
king cried out with a loud
voice, O my son Absalom!
O Absalom, my son, my
son!(2 Samuel 19:4).return: 2 Samuel 21
MarCH 30
reaD: 2 Samuel 22-23
reFLeCt: I will call upon
the LORDwho is worthy
to be praised; so shall I be
saved rom my enemies
(2 Samuel 22:4).
return: 2 Samuel 24
MarCH 31
reaD: 1 Kings 1-2
reFLeCt: There let Zadok
the priest and Nathan the
prophet anoint him king
over Israel; and blow the
horn, and say, Long live
King Solomon!
(1 Kings 1:34).
return: 1 Kings 3
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