Reading: Psalm 23, Rom. 12:18-21
Memory Text: “He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake” (Psalm 23:3, NKJV).
Sunday (Jill Morikone) - “A Guide for the Journey: The Shepherd””
Monday (John Lomacang) - “Locations on the Journey”
Tuesday (Ryan Day) - “Unexpected Detour 1: The Valley”
Wednesday (John Dinzey) - “Unexpected Detour 2: The Surrounded Table”
Thursday (Shelley Quinn) - “A Certain Promise for the Journey”
Reading: 1 Pet. 4:12-19, 1 Pet. 5:8-11, Rom. 1:21-32, Jer. 9:7-16, 2 Cor. 12:7-10.
Memory Text: “Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you; but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ’s sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy” (1 Peter 4:12, 13, NKJV).
Sunday (John Lomacang) - “Surprises”
Monday (Shelley Quinn) - “Crucibles of Satan”
Tuesday (Jill Morikone) - “Crucibles of Sin”
Wednesday (Ryan Day) - “Crucibles of Purification”
Thursday (James Rafferty) - “Crucibles of Maturity”
Reading: Exodus 14, Exod. 15:22-27, Exod. 17:1-7, Luke 4:1-13, 1 Pet. 1:6-9, Proverbs 3.
Memory Text: “In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials” (1 Peter 1:6 NKJV).
Sunday (James Rafferty) - “To the Promised Land via a Dead End”
Monday (Ryan Day) - “Bitter Waters”
Tuesday (John Lomacang) - “The Great Controversy in the Desert”
Wednesday (John Dinzey) - “An Enduring Legacy”
Thursday (Jill Morikone) - “Trial by Fire”
Reading: Matt. 5:16, 1 Cor. 4:9, Eph. 3:10, Job 23:1-10, Matt. 25:1-12, Dan. 12:1-10, Eph. 4:11-16.
Memory Text: “But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord” (2 Corinthians 3:18, NKJV).
Sunday (Shelley Quinn) - “In His Image”
Monday (Ryan Day) - “Faith Amid the Refining Fire”
Tuesday (Jill Morikone) - “Jesus' Last Words”
Wednesday (John Lomacang) - “The Wise”
Thursday (John Dinzey) - “Character and Community”
Reading: Genesis 22, Hos. 2:1–12, Job 1:6–2:10, 2 Cor. 11:23–29, Isa. 43:1–7.
Memory Text: “Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief. When You make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand” (Isaiah 53:10, NKJV).
Sunday (John Dinzey) - “Abraham in the Crucible”
Monday (James Rafferty) - “Wayward Israel”
Tuesday (Jill Morikone) - “Surviving Through Worship”
Wednesday (Shelley Quinn) - “Surviving Through Hope”
Thursday (John Lomacang) - “Extreme Heat”
Reading: John 16:5–15; Col. 1:28, 29; 1 Pet. 1:13; Matt. 5:29; Genesis 32.
Memory Text: “To this end I strenuously contend, struggling with all the energy Christ so powerfully works in me” (Colossians 1:29, NIV).
Sunday (Ryan Day) - “The Spirit of Truth”
Monday (Shelley Quinn) - “The Divine-Human Combination”
Tuesday (James Rafferty) - “The Disciplined Will”
Wednesday (John Lomacang) - “Radical Commitment”
Thursday (John Dinzey) - “The Need to Persevere”
Reading: Hab. 1:1–4, Job 38–41, Isa. 41:8–14, Jer. 29:1–10, Heb. 12:1–13.
Memory Text: “Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us” (Romans 5:5, NKJV).
Sunday (Jill Morikone) - “The Big Picture”
Monday (James Rafferty) - “Who Our Father Is”
Tuesday (Shelley Quinn) - “Our Father's Presence”
Wednesday (John Lomacang) - “Our Father's Plan for Us”
Thursday (Ryan Day) - “Our Father's Discipline”
Reading: Rom. 8:28–39, John 14:1–14, Eph. 1:18–23, Isa. 40:27–31.
Memory Text: “By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible” (Hebrews 11:27, NKJV).
Sunday (John Lomacang) - “Our Father's Extravagance”
Monday (John Dinzey) - “In the Name of Jesus”
Tuesday (James Rafferty)) - “The Power of the Resurrection”
Wednesday (Shelley Quinn) - “To Carry All Our Worry”
Thursday (Jill Morikone) - “Still Faithful When God Cannot Be Seen”
Reading: Phil. 4:4–7, Josh. 5:13–6:20, Psalm 145, Acts 16:16–34, 2 Chron. 20:1–30.
Memory Text: “Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I say, rejoice!” (Philippians 4:4, NKJV).
Sunday (James Rafferty) - “Framework for Praise”
Monday (Jill Morikone) - “Praying Down Walls”
Tuesday (John Dinzey) - “The Life of Praise”
Wednesday (Ryan Day) - “A Witness Who Convicts”
Thursday (John Lomacang) - “A Weapon That Conquers”
Reading: Ezek. 24:15–27, Exod. 32:1– 14, Matt. 5:43–48, 1 Pet. 2:18–25, Ps. 62:1–8.
Memory Text: “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth” (Matthew 5:5, NKJV).
Sunday (Shelley Quinn) - “Broken Bread and Poured-Out Wine”
Monday (John Lomacang) - “Interceding for Grace”
Tuesday (James Rafferty) - “Loving Those Who Hurt Us”
Wednesday (John Dinzey) - “A Closed Mouth”
Thursday (Ryan Day) - “Our Rock and Refuge”
Reading: Rom. 15:4, 5; Rom. 5:3–5; 1 Samuel 26; Ps. 37:1–11.
Memory Text: “But the fruit of the Spirit is...longsuffering”(Galatians 5:22, NKJV).
Sunday (John Dinzey) - “The God of Patience””
Monday (Jill Morikone) - “In God's Time”
Tuesday (Shelley Quinn) - “David: An Object Lesson is Waiting”
Wednesday (Ryan Day) - “Elijah: The Problem of Rushing”
Thursday (James Rafferty) - “Learning to Take Delight in the Lord””
Reading: Phil.2:5–9;Rom.12:1,2;1Sam. 2:12–3:18; 1 Sam. 13:1–14; Zech. 4:1–14.
Memory Text: “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; . . . but if it dies, it produces much grain” (John 12:24, NKJV).
Sunday (Ryan Day) - “Submission for Service”
Monday (James Rafferty) - “Dying Comes Before Knowing God's Will”
Tuesday (Jill Morikone) - “Willingness to Listen”
Wednesday (Shelley Quinn) - “Self-Reliance”
Thursday (John Dinzey) - “Substitutes”
Reading: Luke 2:7, 22–24; Matt. 2:1–18; John 8:58, 59; Luke 22:41–44; Matt. 27:51, 52; Rom. 6:23; Titus 1:2.
Memory Text: “And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, ‘Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?’ that is, ‘My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?’ ” (Matthew 27:46, NKJV).
Sunday (Jill Morikone) - “The Early Days”
Monday (John Dinzey) - “Despised and Rejected of Men”
Tuesday (Shelley Quinn) - “Jesus in Gethsemane ”
Wednesday (James Rafferty) - “The Crucified God”
Thursday (Ryan Day) - “The Suffering God”
