REFINED BY THE WORD: 1ST QUARTER, 2023

Before you read the Word: Put away all distractions; find a quiet place; pray for The Holy Spirit to take control of all your being; ask for a seat at the foot of the throne of God for this fellowship; plead for spiritual understanding and your cleansing by His Holy Word.

Read the Word as prayer and as a two-way communication between you and The Lord. You read as you evoke His Character and ask what you seek according to His Truth. Allow His Word to correct, comfort, convict, and restore you.

This week’s challenge: Bless The Lord, O my soul;
And all that is within me, bless His Holy Name (Psalm 103:1)!

WEEK 1

Jeremiah 4

Deuteronomy 4

Acts 14

Psalm 103

Hosea 3

Numbers 16

John 10

Practice: 12 “Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the prophets” (Matthew 7).

WEEK 2

Isaiah 1

Psalm chapters 29 and 118

2 Corinthians 12

Jeremiah 12

2 Chronicles 32

John 12

1 Samuel 2

Practice:  ‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know’ (Jeremiah 33).

WEEK 3

2 Peter 3

Hosea 7

Psalm 102

Genesis 31

Nehemiah 10:28-39

Titus 3

Isaiah 4

Practice: “Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the Kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it” (Luke 18).

WEEK 4

Acts 9

James 2

Amos 8

Deuteronomy 6

Romans 8

2 Kings 17

2 Thessalonians 1

Practice: If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness (1 John 1). 

WEEK 5

Isaiah 59

Matthew 6

Deuteronomy 23

1 Peter 4

Psalm 50

Acts 17

Genesis 18

Practice: “Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise, you have no reward from your Father in heaven” (Matthew 6). 

WEEK 6

1 Timothy 6

Luke 17

1 Chronicles 29

Galatians 1

Matthew 24

Psalm chapters 75 and 27

Job 22

Practice: Take heed to yourselves. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns to you, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him” (Luke 17).

WEEK 7

Isaiah 13

Revelations 3

Hebrews 6

Ezekiel 30

Genesis 28

Matthew 4

Judges 6

Practice: 34 When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me” (Mark 8). 

WEEK 8

1 Peter 5

Proverbs 24

Psalm chapters 27 and 78

Romans 13

Genesis 49

Habakkuk 3

Deuteronomy 32

Practice: For all people walk each in the name of their god, but we will walk in the Name of The Lord our God, forever and ever (Micah 4).

WEEK 9

Jeremiah 25

1 John 3

Hosea 14

2 Corinthians 10

Acts 19

Isaiah 58

Psalm 35

Practice: Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things(Philippians 4). 

WEEK 10

1 Peter 1

Jeremiah 33

Luke 6

2 Chronicles 16

Leviticus 19

Mark 3

James 3

Practice: 13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by The Spirit, you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 14 For as many as are led by The Spirit of God, these are sons of God (Romans 8). 

WEEK 11

Philippians 2

Job 15

Acts 24

Revelations 6

Isaiah 40

John 17

Psalm chapters 5 and 14

Practice: Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind (2 Timothy 1).

WEEK 12

Zechariah 13

1 Corinthians 8

Ezekiel 16

Revelations 16

Exodus 7

John 8

Galatians 5

Practice: 20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me (Galatians 2).

SUSTENANCE IN THE WORD: FOURTH QUARTER, 2022

Before you read the Word: Put away all distractions; find a quiet place; pray for The Holy Spirit to take control of all your being; ask for a seat at the foot of the throne of God for this fellowship; plead for spiritual understanding and your cleansing by His Holy Word.

Read the Word as prayer and as a two-way communication between you and The Lord. You read as you evoke His Character and ask what you seek according to His Truth. Allow His Word to correct, comfort, convict, and restore you.

This week’s challenge:
16 How much better to get wisdom than gold!
And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver (Proverbs 16).

WEEK 1

2 Chronicles 15

Genesis 7

1 Corinthians 1

Isaiah 53

Psalm 37

Acts 20: 7-38

Amos 2

Practice: 20 Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter days (Proverbs 19).

WEEK 2

Genesis 13

Judges 3

John 6

Amos 6

Deuteronomy 20

Matthew 5

Psalm chapter 41 and 115

Practice: 17 Correct your son, and he will give you rest; Yes, he will give delight to your soul (Proverbs 29).

WEEK 3

Psalm 76

Jeremiah 21

3 John 1-11

Isaiah 54

2 Timothy 3

Job 38

Zephaniah 2

Practice: In mercy and truth, atonement is provided for iniquity. And by the fear of The Lord one departs from evil (Proverbs 6).

WEEK 4

Exodus 14

Ephesians 4

Hosea 8

1 Timothy 2

Isaiah 55

Matthew 7

Zechariah 2

Practice: 17 Do not be overly wicked, nor be foolish; Why should you die before your time? (Ecclesiastes 7)

WEEK 5

Luke 13

Psalm 33

Revelations 17

Acts 24

Gen 11: 1-9

Matthew 13

Job 31

Practice: 12 He who is devoid of wisdom despises his neighbor, but a man of understanding holds his peace (Proverbs 11).

WEEK 6

Numbers 9

1 Timothy 6

Jeremiah 15

Hebrews 3

Deuteronomy 17

Matthew 18

Psalm chapter 92 and 112

Practice: A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger (Proverbs 15:1).

WEEK 7

Jeremiah 24

I Corinthians 5

Isaiah 65

Ezra 8: 17-34

Psalm 34

Ezekiel 16

2 Thessalonians 1

Practice: 23 Whoever guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from troubles (Proverbs 21).

WEEK 8

Psalm 76

Exodus 20

Romans 15

2 Samuel 7

Job 36

John 14

2 Corinthians 13

Practice: 23 The fear of The Lord leads to life, and he who has it will abide in satisfaction. He will not be visited with evil (Proverbs 19).

WEEK 9

Matthew 27

Exodus 34

Colossians 2

Psalm 50

2 Kings 7

Ephesians 5

Genesis 32

Practice: Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him (Proverbs 26).

WEEK 10

Isaiah 29

Amos 8

John 8

Job 21

Psalm 94

Deuteronomy 33

1 Peter 3

Practice: 12 “If you are wise, you are wise for yourself, and if you scoff, you will bear it alone (Proverbs 9).”

WEEK 11

Isaiah 2

Revelations 18

Ezekiel 7

Romans 3

Hosea 13

1 Corinthians 14

Genesis 43

Practice: 18 Poverty and shame will come to him who disdains correction, but he who regards a rebuke will be honored (Proverbs 13).

WEEK 12

2 John

Isaiah 60

Numbers 21

Psalm chapter 22 and 107

2 Corinthians 11

Habakkuk 1

Deuteronomy 24

Practice: He who covers a transgression seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates friends (Proverbs 17).

SUSTENANCE IN THE WORD: THIRD QUARTER, 2022

Before you read the Word: Put away all distractions; find a quiet place; pray for The Holy Spirit to take control of all your being; ask for a seat at the foot of the throne of God for this fellowship; plead for spiritual understanding and your cleansing by His Holy Word.

Read the Word as prayer and as a two-way communication between you and The Lord. You read as you evoke His Character and ask what you seek according to His Truth. Allow His Word to correct, comfort, convict, and restore you.

This week’s challenge: 20 Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter days (Proverbs 19:20).

WEEK 1

Jeremiah 2

1 Thessalonians 5

Mark 3

Psalm 16 and chapter 115

2 Kings 19

1 Peter 1

Job 14

Practice: By humility and the fear of The Lord are riches and honor, and life (Proverbs 22).

WEEK 2

Matthew 4

Deuteronomy 32

Jonah 2

Galatians 6

Exodus 12

Ezra 9

Job 39

Practice: 29 He who is slow to wrath has great understanding, but he who is impulsive exalts folly (Proverbs 14).

WEEK 3

Ezekiel 3

2 Kings 25

Romans 9

Psalm 22

Isaiah 8

Jeremiah 12

1 Timothy 6

Practice: 3Do not look on the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it swirls around smoothly.32 At the last, it bites like a serpent, and stings like a viper (Proverbs 23).

WEEK 4

Hebrews 13

1 Chronicles 29

Micah 5

Deuteronomy 4

1 Corinthians 13

Isaiah 13

Malachi 4

Practice: Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil, and chasing after the wind (Ecclesiastes 4).

WEEK 5

Job 1

Acts 14

Psalm 144

Genesis 33

1 Kings 13

Isaiah 11

Mark 12

Practice: 17 He who has pity on the poor lends to The Lord, and He will pay back what he has given (Proverbs 19).

WEEK 6

Deuteronomy 5

Psalm 107

Joel 2

Exodus 16

John 12

Ezekiel 12

Hebrews 6

Practice: 16 A man who wanders from the way of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead (Proverbs 21).

WEEK 7

Isaiah 1

Luke 4

Daniel 2

Jeremiah 18

Mark 15

Genesis 17

Psalm 72

Practice: 13 Do not withhold correction from a child, for if you beat him with a rod, he will not die. 14 You shall beat him with a rod,
and deliver his soul from hell (Proverbs 23).

WEEK 8

Ezekiel 5

Matthew 5

Daniel 3

Jeremiah 24

1 Corinthians 9

Nehemiah 4

2 Chronicles 30

Practice: 13 He who covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy (Proverbs 28).

WEEK 9

Luke 16

Deuteronomy 10

2 Samuel 10

1 Peter 4

Isaiah 35

Leviticus 26

Psalm 10 and chapter 124

Practice: Do not strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm(Proverbs 3).

WEEK 10

Daniel 7

Philippians 2

Jeremiah 14

James 1

Genesis 12

Exodus 18

Luke 24

Practice: 31 The ear that hears the rebukes of life will abide among the wise (Proverbs 15).

WEEK 11

Psalm 12 and chapter 128

Matthew 9

Micah 7

1 Corinthians 15

Job 27

Ezekiel 22

2 Samuel 22

Practice: A man’s heart plans his way, but The Lord directs his steps (Proverbs 16).

WEEK 12

Deuteronomy 9

Zephaniah 3

Mark 11

Genesis 18

Daniel 9

2 Chronicles 7

Job 21

Practice: 20 Do not mix with winebibbers, or with gluttonous eaters of meat; 21 For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe a man with rags (Proverbs 23).

SUSTENANCE IN THE WORD: SECOND QUARTER, 2022

Before you read the Word: Put away all distractions; find a quiet place; pray for The Holy Spirit to take control of all your being; ask for a seat at the foot of the throne of God for this fellowship; plead for spiritual understanding and your cleansing by His Holy Word.

Read the Word as prayer and as a two-way communication between you and The Lord. You read as you evoke His Character and ask what you seek according to His Truth. Allow His Word to correct, comfort, convict, and restore you.

This week’s challenge: Lying lips are an abomination to The Lord, but those who deal truthfully are His delight (Proverbs 12:22).

WEEK 1

Psalm 97

Joshua 22

Revelations 3

1 Kings 19

John 3

Jonah 3

2 Corinthians 3

Practice: 16 How much better to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver (Proverbs 16).

WEEK 2

Isaiah 51

2 Samuel 12

2 Corinthians 1

Job 4

Jeremiah 8

Matthew 5

Hebrews 1

Practice: 18 Chasten your son while there is hope, and do not set your heart on his destruction (Proverbs 19).

WEEK 3

Psalm chapter 123 and 124

1 Thessalonians 4

Jeremiah 31

Revelations 11

Ezekiel 13

Daniel 6

Isaiah 51

Practice: Every Word of God is pure;
He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.Do not add to His Words, lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar (Proverbs 30).

WEEK 4

1 Corinthians 9

Exodus 15

Isaiah 38

1 Timothy 1

Jeremiah 6

Genesis 20

Daniel 4

Practice: Do not hasten in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools (Ecclesiastes 7).

WEEK 5

Hosea 4

Job 41

Exodus 9

Psalm chapter 15 and 16

Isaiah 9

John 8

Deuteronomy 12

Practice: 17 He who has pity on the poor lends to The Lord, and He will pay back what he has given (Proverbs 19).

WEEK 6

Deuteronomy 7

Luke 3:1-23

2 Kings 17

2 Chronicles 20

2 Timothy 2

Hosea 2

Ezekiel 29

Practice: Better to dwell in a corner of a housetop, than in a house shared with a contentious woman (Proverbs 21).

WEEK 7

Genesis 3

1 John 5

Jeremiah 7

Romans 3

Ezekiel 39

Psalm 33

Colossians 2

Practice: 11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver (Proverbs 25).

WEEK 8

2 Corinthians 3

Proverbs 11

Genesis 4

John 12

Psalm chapter 39 and 68

Deuteronomy 3

Luke 12

Practice: 16 A wise man fears and departs from evil, but a fool rages and is self-confident (Proverbs 14).

WEEK 9

Isaiah 53

Matthew 6

Micah 7

Romans 12

Job 16

Nehemiah 9

Psalm chapter 126 and 135

Practice: 27 He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live (Proverbs 15).

WEEK 10

Exodus 13

1 Samuel 15

Romans 3

Job 36

1 Kings 19

Galatians 6

Hosea 5

Practice: In mercy and truth atonement is provided for iniquity; And by the fear of The Lord one departs from evil (Proverbs 16).

WEEK 11

1 Samuel 16

Psalm chapter 82 and 92

Hebrews 13

Jeremiah 26

Mark 9

2 Kings 18

1 Thessalonians 5

Practice: 17 Do not let your heart envy sinners, but be zealous for the fear of The Lord all the day; 18 For surely there is a hereafter, and your hope will not be cut off (Proverbs 23).

WEEK 12

1 Samuel 9

Psalm 104

Genesis 8

Exodus 32

Colossians 1

Isaiah 10

Ruth 1

Practice: 23 A man’s pride will bring him low, but the humble in spirit will retain honor (Proverbs 29).

SUSTENANCE IN THE WORD: FIRST QUARTER, 2022

Before you read the Word: Put away all distractions; find a quiet place; pray for The Holy Spirit to take control of all your being; ask for a seat at the foot of the throne of God for this fellowship; plead for spiritual understanding and your cleansing by His Holy Word.

Read the Word as prayer and as a two-way communication between you and The Lord. You read as you evoke His Character and ask what you seek according to His Truth. Allow His Word to correct, comfort, convict, and restore you.

Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, before the difficult days come, and the years draw near when you say, “I have no pleasure in them”. (Ecclesiastes 12)

WEEK 1

Genesis 43

Luke 20

Isaiah 24

Hebrews 2

Nehemiah 13

Psalm chapter 105 and 29

Numbers 27

Practice: Debate your case with your neighbor, and do not disclose the secret to another; 10 lest he who hears it expose your shame, and your reputation be ruined (Proverbs 25).

WEEK 2

Psalm 39

Deuteronomy 9

1 Peter 2

Genesis 30

1 John 4

Jeremiah 6

Psalm 49

Practice: 11 As a dog returns to his own vomit, so a fool repeats his folly (Proverbs 26).

WEEK 3

Isaiah 8

Luke 16

Psalm chapter 28 and 102

Genesis 15

2 Corinthians 11

Hosea 10

John 12

Practice: Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding your nearest kin, that they may keep you from the immoral woman, from the seductress who flatters with her words (Proverbs 7).

WEEK 4

Joshua 20

Psalm 58

Acts 14

Isaiah 25

1 Peter 1

Job 23

Hosea 12

Practice: 17 He who speaks truth declares righteousness, but a false witness, deceit (Proverbs 12).

WEEK 5

Romans 2

Amos 5

Psalm chapter 5 and 8

Isaiah 63

1 Timothy 1

1 Kings 8

John 10

Practice: He who walks with integrity walks securely, but he who perverts his ways will become known (Proverbs 10).

WEEK 6

Genesis 49

Jeremiah 11

Romans 3

Ezekiel 36

Proverbs 9

Luke 6

Psalm 116

Practice: Commit your works to The Lord, and your thoughts will be established (Proverbs 16).

WEEK 7

1 Chronicles 16

Acts 17

Psalm 68

Jeremiah 15

Job 21

Ezekiel 20

John 8

Practice: He who walks in his uprightness fears The Lord, but he who is perverse in his ways despises Him (Proverbs 14).

WEEK 8

Revelations 13

2 Corinthians 3

Isaiah 37

Philippians 3

Jeremiah 31

Mark 9

Daniel 10

Practice: 28 Even a fool is counted wise when he holds his peace; when he shuts his lips, he is considered perceptive (Proverbs 17).

WEEK 9

Luke 5

2 Kings 4

Ephesians 1

1 Chronicles 21

Colossians 3

Exodus 3

Deuteronomy 10

Practice: 33 Hear instruction and be wise, and do not disdain it. 34 Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors (Proverbs 8).

WEEK 10

Psalm 44

Zephaniah 1

John 5

Genesis 17

Galatians 3

Isaiah 57

James 2

Practice: 17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he become weary of you and hate you (Proverbs 25).

WEEK 11

Ephesians 2

2 Samuel 7

Matthew 12

Judges 6

1 Peter 4

Zechariah 10

Psalm 69

Practice: 26 He who mistreats his father and chases away his mother is a son who causes shame and brings reproach(Proverbs 19).

WEEK 12

Psalm 141

Matthew 16

Numbers 24

Amos 7

Acts 18

1 Kings 17

Proverbs 18

Practice: To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to The Lord than sacrifice (Proverbs 21).

ENRICHED BY THE WORD: 2021, FOURTH QUARTER

Before you read the Word: Put away all distractions; find a quiet place; pray for The Holy Spirit to take control of all your being; ask for a seat at the foot of the throne of God for this fellowship; plead for spiritual understanding and your cleansing by His Holy Word.

Read the Word as prayer and as a two-way communication between you and The Lord. You read as you evoke His Character and ask what you seek according to His Truth. Allow His Word to correct, comfort, convict, and restore you.

This week’s challenge: 10 He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity (Ecclesiastes 5).

WEEK 1

Psalm 102

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Job 8

Matthew 24

Genesis 7

1 John 2

2 Peter 2

Practice: Commit your works to The Lord, and your thoughts will be established (Proverbs 16).

WEEK 2

Ephesians 4

1 Samuel 2

Hosea 13

Psalm chapter 76 and 113

Micah 1:1-9

Titus 3

Esther 1

Practice: Do not boast about tomorrow,
For you do not know what a day may bring forth (Proverbs 27:1)
.

WEEK 3

Nahum 1

Psalm chapter 99 and 100

2 Corinthians 6

Jeremiah 8

Hebrews 2

Matthew 21

Esther 2

Practice: 28 Do not testify against your neighbor without cause—would you use your lips to mislead? (Proverbs 24)

WEEK 4

Esther 8

Isaiah 11

1 Corinthians 2

Jeremiah 5

Revelations 14

John 6

Psalm 44

Practice: 11 Deliver those who are drawn toward death, and hold back those stumbling to the slaughter (Proverbs 24).

WEEK 5

Job 34

2 Timothy 2

Numbers 22

Matthew 24

Isaiah 59

1 Corinthians 12

Exodus 19

Practice: 13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is man’s all (Ecclesiastes 12).

WEEK 6

Leviticus 19

Job 4

Deuteronomy 7

Colossians 4:1-7

Psalm chapter 32 and 82

Esther 4

Ephesians 5

Practice: Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, before the difficult days come, and the years draw near when you say, “I have no pleasure in them” (Ecclesiastes 12:1).

WEEK 7

James 1

Matthew 5

Isaiah 43

Psalm chapter 17 and 71

Luke 12

Genesis 24

Romans 2

Practice: 27 Can a man take fire to his bosom, and his clothes not be burned 28 Can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be seared? 29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife; whoever touches her shall not be innocent (Proverbs 6).

WEEK 8

Psalm 9

Ezra 1

Isaiah 8

John 3

Matthew 4

Genesis 49

Romans 15

Practice: 28 Whoever has no rule over his own spirit is like a city broken down, without walls (Proverbs 25).

WEEK 9

Isaiah 13

Numbers 11

1 Corinthians 1

Psalm 66

Deuteronomy 32

Hosea 13

Hebrews 10

Practice: Debate your case with your neighbor, and do not disclose the secret to another; 10 Lest he who hears it expose your shame, and your reputation be ruined (Proverbs 25).

WEEK 10

Ezekiel 34

Psalm chapter 96 and 117

Jeremiah 6

Hebrews 13

Zechariah 11

Exodus 14

Isaiah 42

Practice: Forsake foolishness and live, and go in the way of understanding (Proverbs 9).

WEEK 11

Matthew 17

Leviticus 26

Romans 9

Hosea 14

Luke 21

Deuteronomy 5

Isaiah 66

Practice: He who walks in his uprightness fears the Lord, but he who is perverse in his ways despises Him (Proverbs 14).

WEEK 12

Revelations 12

Psalm 115

Genesis 6

1 John 5

Nehemiah 9

1 Kings 15

Philippians 3

Practice:

Practice: Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life which He has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity; for that is your portion in life, and in the labor which you perform under the sun (Ecclesiastes 9).

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