Reading: Genesis 1-3, Acts 17:28, Psalm 148, Ps. 24:1, Gen. 4:1-9, Mt. 22:37-39, Rev. 14:7
Memory Text: “He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he who honors Him has mercy on the needy” (Proverbs 14:31, NKJV).
Sunday (John Lomacang) - “God: A Glimpse of Creation”
Monday (Mollie Steenson) - “A Complete World”
Tuesday (Shelley Quinn) - “Stewards of the Earth”
Wednesday (Ryan Day) - “A Broken World”
Thursday (Jill Morikone) - “The Family Web of Humanity”
Reading: Exod. 3:7, Matt. 22:37-40, Exod. 22:21-23, Deut. 14:22-29, 26:1-11, Lev. 25:8-23.
Memory Text: “ ‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord’ ” (Leviticus 19:18, NKJV).
Sunday (Jill Morikone) - “The God Who Hears”
Monday (Ryan Day) - “The Ten Commandments”
Tuesday (John Lomacang) - “Slaves, Widows, Fatherless, Foreigners”
Wednesday (Shelley Quinn) - “Second Tithing”
Thursday (Mollie Steenson) - “The Year of Jubilee”
Reading: Exod. 16:16-18, 20:8-11, Deut. 5:12-15, Matt. 12:9-13, Lev. 25:1-7.
Memory Text: “And He said to them, ‘The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath’ ” (Mark 2:27, NKJV).
Sunday (Ryan Day) - “Manna Enough”
Monday (Shelley Quinn) - “Two Reasons for Sabbath”
Tuesday (John Lomacang) - “A Day of Equality”
Wednesday (Mollie Steenson) - “A Day of Healing”
Thursday (Jill Morikone) - “Sabbath Rest of the Lord”
Reading: Ps. 9:7-9, 13-20; Psalm 82; Psalm 101; Psalm 146; Prov. 10:4; 13:23, 25; 30:7-9.
Memory Text: “Defend the poor and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and needy. Deliver the poor and needy; free them from the hand of the wicked” (Psalm 82:3, 4, NKJV).
Sunday (Shelley Quinn) - “Psalms: Songs of Hope for the Oppressed”
Monday (Ryan Day) - “Do Something, God!”
Tuesday (John Lomacang) - “A King's Promises”
Wednesday (Jill Morikone) - “Walking With the Lord”
Thursday (Mollie Steenson) - “Proverbs: Mercy on the Needy”
Reading: 1 Sam. 8:10-18, Amos 5:10- 15, Mic. 6:8, Gen. 19:1-13, Ezek. 16:49, Isa. 1:15-23.
Memory Text: “He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?” (Micah 6:8, NKJV).
Sunday (John Lomacang) - “The Recurring Call to Justice”
Monday (Mollie Steenson) - “Amos”
Tuesday (Shelley Quinn) - “Micah”
Wednesday (Ryan Day) - “Ezekiel”
Thursday (Jill Morikone) - “Isaiah”
Reading: Ps. 115:1-8, Deut. 10:17-22, Ps. 101:1, Isa. 1:10-17, Isaiah 58, Mark 12:38-40.
Memory Text: “ ‘Is this not the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and that you bring to your house the poor who are cast out; when you see the naked, that you cover him, and not hide yourself from your own flesh?’ ” (Isaiah 58:6, 7, NKJV).
Sunday (Jill Morikone) - “Idolatry and Oppression”
Monday (John Lomacang) - “A Reason to Worship”
Tuesday (Ryan Day) - “Religious Oppressors”
Wednesday (Shelley Quinn) - “A Way to Worship”
Thursday (Mollie Steenson) - “Mercy and Faithfulness”
Reading: Luke 1:46-55, 4:16-21, 7:18-23, Matt. 12:15-21, Matt. 21:12-16, Mark 11:15-19, Isa. 53:3-6.
Memory Text: “ ‘The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord’ ” (Luke 4:18, 19, NKJV).
Sunday (Ryan Day) - “Mary’s Song”
Monday (Jill Morikone) - “Jesus' Mission Statement”
Tuesday (John Lomacang) - “Jesus Heals”
Wednesday (Kenny Shelton) - “Clearing the Temple”
Thursday (Shelley Quinn) - “The Cross of Christ”
Reading: Matt. 5:2-16, 38-48; Rom. 12:20, 21; Luke 16:19-31; 12:13-21; Matt. 25:31-46.
Memory Text: “ ‘And the King will answer and say to them, “Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me” ’ ” (Matthew 25:40, NKJV).
Sunday (Shelley Quinn) - “Introducing the Sermon on the Mount”
Monday (John Lomacang) - “Overcoming Evil With Good”
Tuesday (Jill Morikone) - “The Good Samaritan”
Wednesday (Ryan Day) - “The Rich Man and Lazarus”
Thursday (Kenny Shelton) - “The Least of These”
Reading: Acts 2:42-47; 4:32-37; Matt. 25:38, 40; Acts 9:36; 2 Cor. 8:7-15; Romans 12; James 2:1-9.
Memory Text: “Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world” (James 1:27, NKJV).
Sunday (John Lomacang) - “A New Kind of Community”
Monday (Jill Morikone) - “Dorcas' Ministry and Witness”
Tuesday (Danny Shelton) - “Giving as a Way of Sharing”
Wednesday (Shelley Quinn) - “Paul’s Guide to Living and Loving Well”
Thursday (Ryan Day) - “James 'the Just'”
Reading: Rom. 8:20-23; John 3:16, 17; Matt. 9:36; Eph. 2:8-10; 1 John 3:16, 17; Rev. 14:6, 7.
Memory Text: “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them” (Ephesians 2:8-10, NKJV).
Sunday (Jill Morikone) - “For God So Loved…”
Monday (Danny Shelton) - “Compassion and Repentance”
Tuesday (Ryan Day) - “Grace and Good Works”
Wednesday (John Lomacang) - “Our Common Humanity”
Thursday (Shelley Quinn) - “The Everlasting Gospel”
Reading: Luke 18:1-8; Matthew 24-25; 1 Cor. 15:12-19; Eccles. 8:14; 12:13, 14; Rev. 21:1-5; 22:1-5.
Memory Text: “Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord” (1 Corinthians 15:58, NKJV).
Sunday (Ryan Day) - “How Long, O Lord?”
Monday (Jill Morikone) - “A Certain Kind of Hope”
Tuesday (John Lomacang) - “Resurrection Hope”
Wednesday (Shelley Quinn) - “Judgment Hope”
Thursday (Kenny Shelton) - “No More Tears or Pain”
Reading: Matt. 6:25-33; James 1:5-8; 2:15, 16; Isa. 52:7; 1 John 3:16-18; Isa. 58:1-10.
Memory Text: “Unto the upright there arises light in the darkness; he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous. A good man deals graciously and lends; he will guide his affairs with discretion” (Psalm 112:4, 5, NKJV).
Sunday (Shelley Quinn) - “Kingdom Priorities”
Monday (John Lomacang) - “Compassion Fatigue”
Tuesday (Greg Morikone) - “Generosity”
Wednesday (Jill Morikone) - “Peacemaking”
Thursday (Ryan Day) - “A Voice for the Voiceless”
Reading: 2 Cor. 2:14-16, Exod. 32:1-14, 1 Pet. 2:12, Phil. 2:15, Eph. 2:19, Heb. 10:23-25.
Memory Text: “Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works” (Hebrews 10:23, 24, NKJV).
Sunday (John Lomacang) - “Agents of Change”
Monday (Jill Morikone) - “A Servant Remnant”
Tuesday (Ryan Day) - “Reaching Souls”
Wednesday (Shelley Quinn) - “Grace Within the Church”
Thursday (Danny Shelton) - “Encourage Each to Good Works”
