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“For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
John 6:33

Today’s Bible Reading

The people of Israel are to provide generously for one another. At the end of every seventh year, all debts are to be forgiven.

BibleGateway: Deuteronomy 15 ESV Text: Deuteronomy 15 Deuteronomy 15 (Listen) The Sabbatical Year 15:1 “At the end of every seven years you shall grant a release. 2 And this is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release what he has lent to his neighbor. He shall not exact it of his neighbor, his brother, because… The people of Israel are to provide generously for one another. At the end of every seventh year, all debts are to be forgiven.

The Lord commands Noah to gather his family and the animals into the ark. Rain falls for forty days and forty nights. The flood water remains on the earth for 150 days.

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BibleGateway: Genesis 7 ESV Text: Genesis 7 Genesis 7 (Listen) 7:1 Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you are righteous before me… The Lord commands Noah to gather his family and the animals into the ark. Rain falls for forty days and forty nights. The flood water remains on the earth for 150 days.

The Lord has accomplished salvation for all people through His life, death, and resurrection. Individual sinners receive this salvation as the Holy Spirit gives them the gift of faith through the gospel.

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BibleGateway: Romans 10 ESV Text: Romans 10 Romans 10 (Listen) 10:1 Brothers,1 my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. 2 For I bear them witness that they have a… The Lord has accomplished salvation for all people through His life, death, and resurrection. Individual sinners receive this salvation as the Holy Spirit gives them the gift of faith through the gospel.

Paul encourages the Galatians to admonish and to restore one another in gentleness and to do good toward one another. Paul closes his letter with a blessing.

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BibleGateway: Galatians 6 ESV Text: Galatians 6 Galatians 6 (Listen) Bear One Another’s Burdens 6:1 Brothers,1 if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep… Paul encourages the Galatians to admonish and to restore one another in gentleness and to do good toward one another. Paul closes his letter with a blessing.

Believers in Christ are free from the curse of the law, free to stop gratifying the desires of the sinful flesh, and free to live according to the desires of the Spirit.

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BibleGateway: Galatians 5 ESV Text: Galatians 5 Galatians 5 (Listen) Christ Has Set Us Free 5:1 For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.… Believers in Christ are free from the curse of the law, free to stop gratifying the desires of the sinful flesh, and free to live according to the desires of the Spirit.

At the appointed time, God sent His Son to redeem us. We are no longer slaves, but sons and heirs of our heavenly Father. Paul urges the Galatians not to return to the slavery of their former paganism.

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BibleGateway: Galatians 4 ESV Text: Galatians 4 Galatians 4 (Listen) Sons and Heirs 4:1 I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a slave,1 though he is the… At the appointed time, God sent His Son to redeem us. We are no longer slaves, but sons and heirs of our heavenly Father. Paul urges the Galatians not to return to the slavery of their former paganism.

The writer to the Hebrews exhorts his readers to holy living before closing his letter with a benediction and personal greetings.

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BibleGateway: Hebrews 13 ESV Text: Hebrews 13 Hebrews 13 (Listen) Sacrifices Pleasing to God 13:1 Let brotherly love continue. 2 Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. 3 Remember those… The writer to the Hebrews exhorts his readers to holy living before closing his letter with a benediction and personal greetings.

We trust in Jesus Christ alone. By faith in Him we are equipped to endure whatever crosses or trials may come our way. We belong to the unshakable kingdom of the Lord!

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BibleGateway: Hebrews 12 ESV Text: Hebrews 12 Hebrews 12 (Listen) Jesus, Founder and Perfecter of Our Faith 12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every… We trust in Jesus Christ alone. By faith in Him we are equipped to endure whatever crosses or trials may come our way. We belong to the unshakable kingdom of the Lord!

Some sinners are saved purely by the grace of the Lord. Others are damned as a result of their own rejection of His grace. We cannot rationalize this paradox. We simply stand in awe of the Lord, trusting His infinite wisdom, justice, and love.

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BibleGateway: Romans 9 ESV Text: Romans 9 Romans 9 (Listen) God’s Sovereign Choice 9:1 I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit—2 that I have great… Some sinners are saved purely by the grace of the Lord. Others are damned as a result of their own rejection of His grace. We cannot rationalize this paradox. We simply stand in awe of the Lord, trusting His infinite wisdom, justice, and love.