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A STUDY OF CONTRASTS Opening Prayer Father, on this Lord’s Day, I delight in You. Your compassion, Your companionship, and Your care are amazing. Scripture Reference PSALM 138 Read Of David. 1 I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart;    before the “gods” I will sing your praise.2 I will bow down toward your holy temple    and will praise your name    for […]

HOW SOON WE FORGET Opening Prayer Sovereign Lord, I praise You that You do, indeed, reign overall in power, love, mercy, and grace. Scripture Reference EXODUS 15:22 – 16:8 Read The Waters of Marah and Elim 22 Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea and they went into the Desert of Shur. For three days they traveled in

THE COSMIC CLIMAX Opening Prayer Holy Lord, may Your Word and Your Spirit empower me to live life each day in Your might and victory. Scripture Reference ROMANS 8:31–39 Read More Than Conquerors 31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare

BETWEEN THE TIMES Opening Prayer Gracious Lord, I’m grateful that You see what I’ve been, You know what I am, and You see what I will become. I want Your future for me. Scripture Reference ROMANS 8:18–30 Read Present Suffering and Future Glory 18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the

DISTINCTIVELY CHRISTIAN Opening Prayer King Jesus, this day is Yours and I am Yours. I praise You for Your gifts, commands, and grace. Scripture Reference ROMANS 8:9–17 Read 9 You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if

NO CONDEMNATION Opening Prayer Holy Spirit of God, hear me as I pray. I affirm that You are good, full of love, and delight for me to call upon You. Scripture Reference ROMANS 8:1–8 Read Life Through the Spirit 8 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2 because through Christ Jesus

PERSONAL DILEMMA Opening Prayer God of might and mercy, in Your love I’m found, in Your mercy I live, in Your grace I’m saved. How great You are. Scripture Reference ROMANS 7:7–25 Read The Law and Sin 7 What shall we say, then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! Nevertheless, I would not have known what

THE NEW WAY Opening Prayer My God, in my busy, cluttered world, I long to see Your face and be touched by Your healing grace. Scripture Reference ROMANS 7:1–6 Read Released From the Law, Bound to Christ 7 Do you not know, brothers and sisters—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law has

A CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP Opening Prayer Great and Steadfast God, You are from everlasting to everlasting. In this constantly changing world, You are my forever God. Scripture Reference ROMANS 6:15–23 Read Slaves to Righteousness 15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? By no means! 16 Don’t you know that when

ALIVE TO GOD Opening Prayer Living Lord, You fashioned me to serve and worship You. Today, I surrender to Your voice and call. Scripture Reference ROMANS 6:1–14 Read Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ 6 What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? 2 By no means! We are those who have died